Kyler Murray unfollows Cardinals, scrubs account: Does it mean anything?

John Buhler

Kyler Murray, Arizona Cardinals. (Arizona Republic)

Kyler Murray unfollowed the Arizona Cardinals on Instagram and scrubbed his account of all team-related content.

The Arizona Cardinals might want to check in on franchise quarterback Kyler Murray and see how he is doing.

Murray unfollowed the Cardinals on Instagram and removed all team-related content from his page. The only recent activity he has on his feed is a post of himself from last weekend’s Pro Bowl in Las Vegas, as well as a re-share of Texas A&M football legend turned Tampa Bay Buccaneers wide receiver Mike Evans that said, “always wanted to catch a pass from the Texas legend.”

Is this just one of those clean slate type of offseason deals or something worth investigating in?

Arizona QB Kyler Murray has unfollowed the team & removed all Cardinals-related content from his Instagram.

The only recent content was a picture of himself at the Pro Bowl and a story re-share of a Mike Evans post that said "always wanted to catch a pass from the Texas legend." pic.twitter.com/ltcQTvJcPA
— The Athletic (@TheAthletic) February 7, 2022

Kyler Murray removes all Arizona Cardinals content from his Instagram page

This was Murray’s third season as the star quarterback in the Valley of the Sun. While Arizona did not win the NFC West, the Cardinals were the last undefeated team in the NFL and made the NFC playoffs. Unfortunately, they came up sort in the No. 4 vs. No. 5 game against the division rival Los Angeles Rams on Super Wild Card Weekend. Murray was absolutely abysmal in that playoff game.

So could Murray want out of Arizona? That would not make a ton of sense, as he gets to play for a coach who he has known since high school in Kliff Kingsbury. Though the Cardinals have been dysfunctional at times, they have good ownership and a front office committed to putting a winning product on the field. It is not like he is playing for some woebegone franchise in Arizona.

It may only be a fresh start for 2022 in a metaphorical sense for Murray, but him unfollowing the Cardinals and scrubbing all Arizona content from his Instagram page certainly raised a few eyebrows on Monday afternoon.

John Buhler

John Buhler is a FanSided NCAA staff writer. He specializes in covering college football and the NFL on a national level, as well as his hometown Atlanta Braves. Nearly a decade into his writing career at FanSided, he has also written about MLB, NBA, golf, tennis and the Olympics. Buhler is a University of Georgia graduate (2012), but he spent most of his time in Athens enjoying the finer things in life than studying business management. He co-hosts the national college football podcast False Start with his FanSided colleague Cody Williams, and hosts The Blogging Dirty Podcast to hype up his beloved hometown Atlanta Falcons. In his spare time, Buhler loves singing karaoke and dominating in bar trivia.