9/2/2023 0 Comments John dorsey prank callsThe most fascinating moment of the whole draft was when the Dolphins were about to be on the Clock and had made an offer to Arizona for Josh Rosen. Did the Cardinals.go away from their board? (Trade back was still an option, perhaps?) Guess that showed it.īyron’s PFF ranking was 6th overall, showcasing that the team’s analytics research lined up with their opinion of players when scouting and for them to get him at 33 is a tremendous value for the team overall. It helped explain the photo of Murphy meeting with Kliff and Keim and a local Arizona restaurant back in February despite the fact that the team was picking at 1 and Murphy was expected to go in the top 15 picks. You read that right, not only was he their number 1 corner in the draft but they had a top 5 grade on him. The Cardinals had a top 5 grade on Byron Murphy He even joked about how small he was saying that they’d “need to get the kid’s size” when they didn’t have the exact type available. Murray was talking about his preferred type of pads that offered a good enough combination of torso protection and also maneuverability to hold onto the football. Kyler is self-aware about his smaller than usual size Seems like the GM has a secret passion project. Keim asked Murray if he was ready to be the “second best shoe game in the building” and then later when meeting Kyler face to face took a look at what he was wearing and exchanged a verbal barb back and forth. There was a lot of pre-draft chatter about Arizona possibly going in a different direction but overall Steve Keim didn’t seem disappointed with the pick and Dru Grigson came up to him and said “He’s going to light the stadium on fire.” “Write it down and put it in now” was the quote, no name given.īecause apparently no different name was needed. They didn’t need to clarify exactly who it was that they were drafting when sending the pick in to their man on-site. It seemed the Murray decision wasn’t a last minute one.to say the least It’s a hilarious peek into an NFL circle where nothing beats a prank call to diffuse a bit of tension in a high stakes game like the NFL Draft. In a clip that’s gone viral, Browns GM John Dorsey called the Colts GM Chris Ballard, who promptly hung up on him, knowing it was a prank.Ĭards GM Steve Keim acknowledged that, saying that Dorsey was likely “trying to (bleep) with me.” The Colts weren’t the only team to get “prank called” by Browns GM John Dorsey on draft day As for the takeaways? Here were the biggest ones.
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