You know, as stupid and satirical as the headline reads, I'm not so sure that it's not at least somewhat serious. I've been a staunch supporter of Kyler Murray and his well-earned autonomy in looking at more than just dollar signs in deciding which sport he wants to devote his blood, sweat, and tears to for the foreseeable future. However, I can't help but think that he may have cost himself a little bit something-something by, metaphorically speaking, fouling softballs off his own face in making Dan Patrick's fluffy, Super Bowl-week filler seem like it was conducted across an interrogation table. With how asininely over-reactionary NFL scouts are in picking apart prospects down to their pajama patterns, I can certainly think of more minute critiques than the inability of first-round arm talent to endorse electrolytes without seeming as though he just walked into his own surprise party stoned through next Sunday. Granted, it's got to be weird that every person that passes the Heisman winner by is at least silently asking themselves the same thing, but - as a kid who spoke to the entirely implausible possibility of being a two-sport athlete in 2018 - Kyler Murray is going to approach higher hurdles than having to artfully dodge his indecisiveness. His height, or lack thereof, might be the main knock on him as the future face of a franchise, but the shortstop's confidence throughout that short stop on set would have to stand on its tippy toes if it even wanted to tell a white lie about being taller than 5'9. Again, I absolutely loathe those that turn the draft process into a presumptuous personality dissection, but I'd have a reservation or two about asking a kid who had to have his Dad interject in an easy interview to lead an NFL huddle. Of course, he's got a lot more on his plate than the average aspiring quarterback, being that he apparently doesn't want divulge his plan going forward. Still, just silently staring at that proverbial plate as if it were going to clean itself like a self-conscious date who regrets not ordering a salad was made even more awkward by the fact that quality communication, or even something remotely like it, is kind of key to succeeding at the quarterback position.
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