This article, without the filler:
Question: Will Murray succeed in the NFL?
Answer: Nobody knows.
Nonsense as insurance companies will pocket any rebates and pass along huge copayment to patients.
fast can compensate for small -- why didn't you, Marc Tracy, tell us his last reported 40 time?
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@frankly 32 I looked it up on internet, it said he's in the 4.3's, how does that compare with Russel Wilson?
Have people forgotten Doug Flutie?
Anyone remember Doug Flutie?
@Jim Healthy: or better yet, the thousand other talented young men who Didn't make a dent?
'Stories beat stats', but they are usually a terrible basis for making a decision.
How many center fielders have been diagnosed with CTE?
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Murray should stick to baseball; he has the tool set; all he needs is a bit a patience. In baseball he can make money even if he does not become an all star and he has a better chance of a long career rather than being blown up when he scrambles or drops back to pass. He looks like a great kid; he looks like a great player; but he is getting terrible advice; stay in baseball kid and forget the NFL-it a graveyard for qbs- most go nowhere; some end up badly hurt; a very few make it to the top; and then they finish and are targets for brain injury.
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We are allowed to decide what is best for us. The question I would ask is how many baseball players suffer brain damage that are not hit in the head with a baseball? How many cannot walk because of getting hit hard in both legs? Last but not least am I willing to play baseball for the love of the game? At the end of the day the only person who has to decide this is Murray.
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Being a Wisconsin Badger fan, I have watched ex-Badger Russell Wilson's career with interest. He was also told he was too small to play pro ball. If you recall, he took Seattle to the Superbowl in 2013 and won. So much for being too short.
I wish Mr. Murray luck in his career pursuits. But my guess is that he will once again be exploring his baseball prospects within 5 years from today.
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Personally, I wouldn't rule out Kyler Murray as a franchise NFL quarterback, but I don't think he's worth a first-round pick despite winning the Heisman. He's just too small.
Look at the two other short franchise quarterbacks in the NFL: Drew Brees and Russell Wilson. Both are slightly taller than Murray and neither was a first-round pick. Wilson went in the middle of the third round and Brees at the tail end of the second. Murray belongs somewhere in this range in my opinion.
But it'll be interesting to see what he does in the NFL.
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For all of the statistical measures that go on during the combine they simply cannot figure out who will thrive under the bright lights of the NFL. Being drafted by the A's is a good sign that he has all of the non-measurable characteristics that boe well for an impactful NFL career.
Many will say he is too short to compete, but plenty of "prototypes" have never made it in the NFL.
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As a baseball fan who prefers following MLB over NFL, I do not blame Murray one bit for choosing NFL. The MLB compensation system is a joke, rewarding players for past performance if, and only if, they are fortunate enough to reach free agency after 6-7 years in the big and no major injuries. Harper and Machado are the rare exceptions.
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