For a guy who’s supposedly too short to be a star quarterback in the NFL, Kyler Murray sure has a knack for avoiding the two biggest dangers a smallish QB faces — getting his bell rung and having his passes batted down at the line of scrimmage.
Neither of those major dilemmas have ever seemed to be an issue for the 5-foot-10 Murray, whom the Cardinals drafted with the first overall pick in the NFL draft on Thursday.
In addition to citing his uncanny playmaking ability as both a pocket passer and a quick-as-lighting ball carrier when he decides to run, it’s Murray’s ability to evade heavy contact and to always find open passing lanes which completely sold Arizona on picking the shortest quarterback to be drafted in the first round in more than 50 years.