Kyler: Cardinals are 'not a bad football team'

Quarterback Kyler Murray thinks the Arizona Cardinals are closer to being a good team than their record indicates.

"We're really not that far off," Murray said Thursday, according to ESPN's Josh Weinfuss. "Obviously people may think we're a bad football team. We're not a bad football team. We gotta clean some things up and we need to make more plays. And that's what it comes down to, is making plays."

The Cardinals are currently 1-8 and would have the No. 1 pick in the draft if the season ended today. They rank 28th in scoring offense and 27th in points allowed per game.

Murray is expected to make his season debut Sunday after working his way back from tearing his ACL last December.

Rehabbing the injury has changed Murray's mindset as he anticipates his return.

"I just feel like I gained a new level of resiliency with this," the signal-caller said, per PHNX Cardinals. "Already felt like (I) had that chip on my shoulder. Never out of anything, never down, always feel like I can win anything. ... When you go through something like this, you find out really quick about who you are and what you're about."

Murray will be the third quarterback to start under center for Arizona this season. Joshua Dobbs opened the campaign as the starter before being traded to the Minnesota Vikings at the trade deadline, and rookie Clayton Tune started the team's last contest.

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