Cardinals' Beachum: No bad blood between Kyler and me

After criticizing Arizona Cardinals quarterback Kyler Murray's maturity in March, offensive lineman Kelvin Beachum has now said there's no bad blood between him and the signal-caller.

"There is no big deal," Beachum said Friday, according to Grant Gordon of NFL Network. "I think we're grown men in an NFL locker room. I don't think there's any hard feelings that comes from this."

In an interview on the "Burns and Gambo" show earlier this offseason, Beachum said Murray needs to "grow up."

Beachum re-signed with the Cardinals in free agency on a two-year deal, meaning he will protect Murray for the foreseeable future.

"I would expect that he would hold me accountable if I wasn't doing my job," Beachum said Friday. "So I think it's grown men that have to have grown-men conversations. That's part of this game."

Murray is scheduled to miss the start of the season after tearing his ACL in December. Colt McCoy, David Blough, Jeff Driskel, and rookie Clayton Tune will compete to start the season at quarterback.

With Murray's injury and the team starting over with a new general manager and head coach, the Cardinals are projected to be one of the weaker teams in the NFL next season. Some rumors suggest Arizona is shopping veterans DeAndre Hopkins and Budda Baker.

Beachum isn't worried about the trade rumors surrounding some of Arizona's star players, though.

"I don't care about any of those things until we step into the field in September," Beachum said. "So everything that happens in the offseason is the offseason. That's what it is. Everybody has an opportunity to go their way, go do what they want to do."

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