Kyler Murray: Cardinals not bad, but not where they want to be

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The NFC West is the toughest division in football.

This season the Arizona Cardinal showed how a 7-0 start to the season is a one-ply cushion in the West; playing against the San Francisco 49ers, Seattle Seahawks and Super Bowl-bound Rams.

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Despite a vast improvement from 2020 to 2021, players on the Cardinals understand that they’re still facing a long road to developing into a true alpha in the division.

Arizona Cardinals quarterback Kyler Murray (1) walks off the field after the Los Angeles Rams defeated the Cardinals in an NFL wild-card playoff football game in Inglewood, Calif., Monday, Jan. 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Among them is quarterback Kyler Murray, who was up-front over the omissions in Arizona with Cardinals reporter Darren Urban.

The QB spoke with candor on where the team currently stands between their hopes for a Super Bowl and the actual chance his team holds to reach a championship game.

"I wouldn’t get into too much detail but just get better," Murray said. "I think there are a lot of things we all need to address individually. Team-wise we understand kind of what happened, how we get there. We’ve got to do it together. Obviously, everyone has to work hard individually."

Kyler Murray #1 of the Arizona Cardinals throws a pass against the Los Angeles Rams during the third quarter in the NFC Wild Card Playoff game at SoFi Stadium on January 17, 2022 in Inglewood, California. (Ronald Martinez/Getty Images)

The Arizona Cardinals quickly became a darkhorse pick to reach the Super Bowl until the latter half of the 2021 season. Starting 10-2, then losing a stretch of games