Kyler Murray’s agent torches negative reports

Former Oklahoma football star Kyler Murray has been hounded by negative media reports. His agent came to his defense, emphatically defending his client.

The hurry-up-and-wait of the NFL Draft calendar is here. Pro prospects did all they could to make a name for themselves at the 2019 NFL Combine. Now they wait for their respective Pro Days and, eventually, for the 2019 NFL Draft.

Kyler Murray is no exception — he too will wait his turn to showcase his abilities on the field — but his situation is a bit unique. Murray didn’t participate in any drills at the Combine, so his Pro Day will be the first chance, and the last chance, for him to work out in front of NFL teams. That’s already enough pressure in itself, but the media circus surrounding him isn’t making things any easier.

Murray was absolutely roasted by NFL Network’s Charlie Casserly, who took shots at this football intelligence and ability as a leader. He went as far as to say “These were the worst comments I ever got on a top-rated quarterback, and I’ve been doing this a long time.”

After his words hit the internet, the wait began again. If this was false, surely someone would come to the aid of the reigning Heisman Trophy winner. Wouldn’t they? Not only did the internet fire back at Casserly, so did Murray’s former head coach Lincoln Riley and his agent Erik Burkhardt.

Burkhardt’s retort was infinitely more scathing than Casserly’s initial dismissal:

"The bottom line here is that it calls into question the motives of a man to get on national television and cite anonymous sources on things such as ‘leadership’ and ‘study habits’ about somebody he’s never met…But when you slander the character and work ethic of a young man who’s worked his ass off his entire life and done everything right to put himself in his current position, you’d better cite your sources and come with a better record than 18-46 as a G.M. of the Texans, and whose own leadership and accountability has been questioned by his old bosses and colleagues, as well as the greatest coach on the planet."

Boom roasted. Burkhardt won the battle, but the question still remains: who will win the war? For Murray, all he can do is step foot back onto the field and prove his doubters wrong. That’s something he’s been doing for a long time. If he can do that, it won’t really matter what Casserly or the mainstream media think about him.

All that Murray has to do is convince one NFL franchise he’s worth the investment. If he can do that, the talking heads can go ahead and say whatever they want.