The Arizona Cardinals tried their best to make people think they had not made up their mind about taking Kyler Murray with the first overall pick leading up to the draft, and that apparently included keeping their former quarterback in the dark about it. In fact, Josh Rosen is still waiting to hear from Cardinals general manager Steve Keim.
In an appearance on “The Rich Eisen Show” Tuesday, Rosen spoke about the process leading up to him being dealt to the Miami Dolphins during the draft. He said Keim never called him to inform him about the trade, and he still has not heard from the GM.
Rosen said he still hasn't heard from #AZCardinals GM Steve Keim. Didn't hear from him in months leading up to this year's NFL Draft and hasn't heard from him since.
— Rich Eisen Show (@RichEisenShow) May 14, 2019
There can’t be an easy way to tell your 2018 first-round pick that he is already being replaced by your 2019 first-round pick, but it feels like Keim should have had some sort of communication with Rosen. Head coach Kliff Kingsbury at least reached out to Rosen, though the message was less than inspiring.
Josh Rosen tells us he got a call from Kliff Kingsbury one minute before the Cardinals drafted Kyler Murray saying they were drafting the Heisman Trophy winner.
Said it went like this from KK: "Hey, so we're about to draft Kyler… I don't really know what happens now."
— Rich Eisen Show (@RichEisenShow) May 14, 2019
We’ve already explained to you in detail how we feel Keim botched the Rosen situation, but not calling him to at least wish him well seems unprofessional. Granted, that is just Rosen’s side of the story. Perhaps Keim did reach out and Rosen just didn’t want to speak with him.
