Why Kyler Murray Is a Frustrating NFL Player to Watch

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00:00You know, say what you're talking about Kyler Murray.

00:01I'm not a Kyler guy outside of his highlights.

00:04Like, Kyler Murray, to me, is like, I was trying to think of a comparison for the show.

00:08Yeah.

00:09Because he's the only dude, like, under 5'10", that's ever had any success,

00:12with all due respect to Doug Flutie, in the history of the NFL.

00:16Yeah.

00:16Because he's one of the greatest athletes, you know, to ever play the quarterback position.

00:20First round pick in baseball as well.

00:21Like, when he runs, his feet look like Fred Flintstone's in the car.

00:26Like, wah, wah, wah.

00:27But he moves.

00:28He moves.

00:29Yeah, no, that dude can move.

00:30Like, I'd rather him out of the pocket than in the pocket.

00:32He's one of the most entertaining players to watch.

00:35But I was trying to think of a good analogy that we all understand.

00:40Yeah.

00:40You included and the guys downstairs who aren't that bright.

00:43And to me, Kyler Murray, and I'm going to go deep on this one.

00:49You have to be of a certain age you are to get this reference, all right?

00:53Kyler Murray is like Rafer Alston, a.k.a. Skip to my Lou.

00:59Skip to my Lou, yeah.

01:00Now, where did – now, Rafer Alston made it into the NBA.

01:03I think he played for the Raptors and the Rockets.

01:05Had like a 10-year career.

01:06Played for the Heat a little bit.

01:07Okay, right.

01:08Yeah.

01:08So, Skip to my Lou was his street nickname.

01:12Yeah.

01:12All right?

01:12But where did he first make a name for himself?

01:15Yeah.

01:15He made a name for himself when there was a shoe company called An One.

01:19Oh, yeah.

01:19And An One did one of the greatest guerrilla marketing campaigns I've ever seen for any

01:24brand, and that was they played street basketball.

01:28And they made a quote-unquote mixtape out of their street basketball games, which became

01:33legendary and produced people like Skip to my Lou and The Professor and a whole bunch of

01:38other guys who legitimately became stars, superstars, and household names.

01:43That's what Kyler Murray is.

01:44When you watch Kyler Murray's highlight tape and you didn't see anything else, you would

01:50have said, wow, that kid can play.

01:53I don't want to miss another game that he plays.

01:57The problem, of course, is that highlights in the NFL, four plays a game, six plays a game,

02:04a couple drives here and there, right?

02:07Maybe a crunch time play, which we've seen out of him.

02:10But the mundane parts of football, the third and sixes, the second and tens, where there's

02:16not a major highlight play for us to watch, he's pedestrian.

02:20He's average, much like when you watch the An One tape and you only see the high-flying

02:26dunks, the crazy handle, the no-look passes, and that type of stuff.

02:31We all said the same thing, and I remember talking about it.

02:34If I took the five best An One players, could they beat an NBA team?

02:39And we're all like, you're damn right they could.

02:42Eh, wrong.

02:43They would lose by 40 to any starting five of any NBA team in the history of basketball.

02:49Yes.

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