Kyler Murray Rumors: Contract Extension Likely Won’t Happen Until Late June or July

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Arizona Cardinals quarterback Kyler Murray is under contract through the 2023 campaign, and he reportedly is unlikely to receive an extension until the middle of the summer.

NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport made an appearance on The Pat McAfee Show on Wednesday and discussed the Murray situation in comparison to the contract Deshaun Watson signed with the Cleveland Browns this offseason.

“We’ll see on how much is actually guaranteed, but that’s going to be one of the fights,” Rapoport said. “Because Deshaun Watson, based on several different metrics, is the highest-paid in the NFL. Certainly based on fully guaranteed money he is. You can look at it a lot of different ways. But $46 million per year, not in new money, just over the course of his contract, that’s massive. 

“That, I’m sure, is what Kyler is going to want. The fully guaranteed battle is going to wage on. It’s going to be a lot. My sense is we’re probably looking at late, late June or early training camp.”

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