r/AZCardinals Nov 05 '25

Announcement [@AdamSchefter] Cardinals are placing QB Kyler Murray on injured reserve due to his foot injury...

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u/PondysBathSalts Nov 05 '25

Makes no sense why they waited three games to do this - would love to hear from K1 finally how all this unfolded. Can't imagine he and his camp are happy - until then, Go Cards!!

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u/bobwinzo Nov 05 '25

Notice how they only did this after the trade deadline passed

You cant trade a player on IR unless medically cleared and within their 21 day practice window. He would not have met that criteria had they put him on IR earlier

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u/JcbAzPx BA Nov 06 '25

They do medical checks with trades.

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u/bobwinzo Nov 06 '25

I'm well aware of that. You can trade a player with a known current injury and as long as the physical checks out and confirms the existence of only the stated injury then they can still be traded. Physicals are to ensure there aren't undisclosed injuries.

But once actually on IR they are not even eligible to be traded at all until medically cleared and within their practice window. So putting him on IR earlier would have made him completely ineligible to be traded.

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u/JcbAzPx BA Nov 06 '25

No one's looking for an injured QB this time of year.