(Photo by Mark Brettingen/Getty Images) Adrian Murrell
The 1998 deal that brought Adrian Murrell to the desert made the Arizona Cardinals rushing attack a force to be reckoned with.
It was the NFL’s 1998 offseason, and the Arizona Cardinals were in search of a running back who could take some of the pressure off of their young quarterback.
Jake “The Snake” Plummer emerged just months before, injecting some life into an offense that revolved almost entirely around the pass in 1997. The pressure fell on Cards general manager Bob Ferguson to find a ball-carrier who could command the respect of the opposition’s defensive units.