The Arizona Cardinals bucked tradition this past offseason when drafting quarterback Kyler Murray with the first overall pick of the 2019 NFL Draft — in a number of ways. Murray doesn’t pass the eyeball test of a number one overall pick at quarterback, that is at least until you see him throw the football. But the more prominent shock was Arizona doing so despite trading up to draft a quarterback at #10 overall just a year earlier — now Dolphins QB Josh Rosen.

What led to Rosen’s quick tenure in Arizona? It was part Rosen’s limitations and clear need for more than a quick tune-up, part horrid offensive line play and part terrible coaching. But according to Arizona Cardinals general manager Steve Keim, there was another variable at play — their perception of Kyler Murray as a pro prospect. Keim referred to Murray as a “generational talent” in a piece for the Ringer on Wednesday.

“You have to make the tough decisions and avoid the outside noise— ‘Why’d you give up on this guy? Why would you trade this guy?’…It’s unprecedented. I took (Rosen) in the top 10,” says Keim, as quoted by the story’s author, Robert Mays.

“I just felt that (Murray) was a generational talent that I just couldn’t pass up.”

There is a chance the Dolphins will come to the same conclusion in 2020 depending on Rosen’s level of play this year. The good news? The Dolphins will not have the pressure or financial obligations Arizona did in needing to remove Rosen from the roster. And so if Miami brings back Ryan Fitzpatrick for another season in 2020, retains Rosen and adds a first round quarterback to the mix from the 2020 class, the Dolphins will have no excuses to have not gotten the quarterback situation fixed for their rebuild. May the best man win.