Part of what makes Kyler Murray a great football player is that nobody knows what he will do at any given moment. He might throw an 80-yard pass. He might rip off a 50-yard run. But when the Cardinals’ QB was frustrated with his contract this offseason, he made one of the most predictable moves in the modern NFL: He deleted any reference to his team from his social media accounts. (Deebo Samuel did the same thing with the 49ers this spring, as others have done before him.)
Murray’s brief career has now come full (social) circle. When Arizona drafted him to replace Josh Rosen, Rosen unfollowed the team, too.
If the last decade has taught us anything about pro sports, it’s that no matter how big your yacht is, you’re going to sit on the deck, look at your phone and stew about people you can’t stand anymore. In 2017, PSG stars Neymar and Edinson Cavani were supposedly feuding over who would take penalty kicks when Neymar unfollowed Cavani on Instagram. One of the first signs that Antonio Brown’s Raiders tenure was doomed was when he unfollowed quarterback Derek Carr on Instagram. On Dwight Howard’s way from the Lakers to the Rockets in ’13, Kobe Bryant unfollowed him on Twitter.
