Who do the Cardinals blame without scapegoat Kyler Murray?

The recent success of backup quarterback of Jacoby Brissett made it all easy to shift the focus of the team’s struggle on its 2-3 start solely on Murray not fulfilling his role of being a team captain. And despite Brissett only being 1-3 as a starter, the easy solution for the team was to dump Murray on the curb.

This past week has been Arizona’s Magma Opus on shifting the blame towards the 28-year-old. Reports leaking of Murray being ready to start Monday’s game vs. his hometown team the Dallas Cowboys, only for the last second for Brissett to be name the starter. But clarifying to the media that he could be used in certain situations, which became a silent benching. Then, waiting till after the team’s win on Monday to place Murray on injury reserve, and still being mysterious about his injury for the past month.

The Cardinals’ handling of Murray’s injury to the media has only added more wood to the fire of outlets stirring up rumors of the two sides separating after seven years.

Arizona entered Week 10 acting triumph, that it finally got this wait off its shoulders to finally start playing like a team. Only to have its worse performance of the season, being outscored 35-0 by the Seattle Seahawks to start the game and be completely humiliated.

Sunday’s loss makes the Cardinals 5-17 without Murray, with head coach Jonathan Gannon being 2-11 without his usual starter. The embarrassing loss was a wake up call for the organization.

This year’s team had heavy preseason expectations, and when it started to fall short it looked for a singular person to blame. Like usual, Murray was the best option, but now that he’s on injury reserve and away from the team, where does the franchise go to now?

Their scapegoat isn’t there to be a safety net. Week 10 is just the beginning, and sooner rather than later, Cardinals leadership will need to look in the mirror and realize that they aren’t doing a good enough job. Injuries haven’t help, but this roster, coaching, schemes and everything else just isn’t good enough. Once that reality is realized, the sooner this team can start to take the step in the right directions.