2019 NFL Draft: Implications of Kyler Murray going No. 1 overall

There’s little suspense left on who the Cardinals are going to take with the first overall pick. Head coach Kliff Kingsbury and GM Steve Keim can throw up as many smoke screens as they want, but it would be shocking at this point in the process if anyone other than Kyler Murray is picked first.

The only suspense remaining is when, and to who, Arizona trades Josh Rosen. Will they be able to recoup the first round pick investment they made in him last year? Their best chance of doing so is to probably unload Rosen on draft day to a team who misses out on the run on quarterbacks. A team like the Chargers and Patriots at the end of the first round could make the move to land their QB of the future, particularly if Drew Lock is already off the board and neither team is all that enamored with Daniel Jones or any of the other quarterbacks in this class.

Getting that first round pick back might be difficult, though. I imagine they might be forced to settle for a second rounder.

Rosen has the potential to be a good starting QB in the league. I don’t buy that he’s not a fit in Kingsbury’s air-raid system; you don’t have to be particularly mobile to run the air-raid successfully. Alan Bowman wasn’t particularly mobile for Texas Tech last season, and he ran the offense seamlessly when he was healthy.

Fit isn’t the issue; it comes down to the fact that Kingsbury has long been enamored with Murray since he was a highly sought after high school recruit. I’m not totally convinced that Kingsbury will have success in the NFL, but I’d be lying if I wasn’t fascinated to see his offenses with Murray at the helm. They should be fun, at the very least.