With the recent Arizona Cardinals vs. New Orleans Saints game receiving attention for being one of the finest Thursday games of the season, star QB Kyler Murray also gained attention prior to the game, but for a different reason. With some particularly poor performances by the player in recent games as a result of his gaming addiction, it appears that the player is facing some fan fury.
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With Call of Duty releasing its Modern Warfare II Early Access to fans recently for PC and Xbox, a meme started circulating around the internet saying that Murray may not be playing the Cardinals vs Saints game. This was before the game. The confusion led to some pretty hilarious conclusions.
Fans react to memes regarding Kyler Murray’s absence from his team’s match
Recently a meme was circulated by NFL fans saying that Kyler Murray was not participating in the upcoming TNF (already played).
This was a sort of show of rage by fans as they thoughts that since Call of Duty is also releasing their Early Access on the same day for PC and Xbox, Murray might skip the game to play it.
Big blow for the Cardinals pic.twitter.com/gubSYCF6hr
— NFL Memes (@NFL_Memes) October 20, 2022
While it was not meant to be taken seriously, fans actually got scared of the news and started searching for sources claiming the same.
Didn't read the fine print. Had me checking my draftkings lineups.
— Dmintz (@22dmintz) October 20, 2022
Man don’t scare me like that
— Jeremy (@imjeremytho) October 20, 2022
Apparently, fans also started commenting hilariously, saying that Kyler Murray might be on the injured reserved list when multi-player drops and retires by the time Warzone 2.0 releases.
He'll be on IR next week when multi-player drops. Retire when warzone 2.0 drops
— DougieP (@DougieP24) October 20, 2022
Kyler Murray leaving to go to play video games pic.twitter.com/SEV0o6UyZm
— Steelersfan9018 (@steelersfan9018) October 20, 2022
Fans also said that since Kyler Murray is their Fantasy (team-making app) starter, it almost had them worried about the news, later realizing that the tweet is just a meme and not an actual piece of news.
He's my Fantasy starter. I almost had a panic attack for fucks sake 🤣😂
— Albert Albanese (@KydJustice) October 20, 2022
Lmfao I didn't pay attention just saw Murray out and went straight to putting Tua in
To then realize coming back to Twitter it's nfl memes 🤣 😂— fooku (@ChellaSi17) October 20, 2022
Why is this a bad sign for the star QB?
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The fact that so many fans thought that the meme is an actual piece of news shows how much fans have lost their faith in the star player. It is saddening to see that they don’t question the fact that it can be something of a lie but instead believe it, thinking that Kyler Murray can surely drop out of a game to play Call of Duty.
Kyler Murray was banned from playing Call of Duty by the Arizona Cardinals a few months ago. The star QB is also a member of the popular gaming organization Faze Clan since 2021.
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