Arizona Cardinals' Kyler Murray skips organized team activities on Monday

The Arizona Cardinals' Kyler Murray is not expected to be at organized team activities this week, per a report from ESPN's Adam Schefter.

"Cardinals’ QB Kyler Murray will not be at Arizona’s OTAs this week, as expected," Schefter tweeted Monday morning. "All continues to remain quiet on his contract front, for now."

Murray was a no-show at the Cardinals' facility in Tempe on Monday.

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Attendance at the OTAs are not mandatory, although many players are expected to participate for the Cardinals.

In April, the Cardinals picked up Murray's fifth-year option, which means Murray, the No.1 overall pick in the 2019 draft out of Oklahoma, now has a guaranteed salary of $29,703,000 for his fifth NFL season.

Murray is scheduled to make $5.5 million in salary this coming season, but he isn’t expected to agree to play for that price.

Though the Cardinals retain his rights for at least the next two years, the two sides can negotiate a new, long-term deal more in line with what some of the league’s top quarterbacks are earning. 

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Murray was also absent when the Cardinals began their offseason strength and conditioning program last month.

The Arizona Republic's Kent Somers wrote at the time that Murray's decision to skip voluntary workouts was a mistake.

He wrote: "That is his right in a free country, and under the terms of the collective bargaining agreement, which deems most parts of off-season get-togethers as voluntary. But it’s a mistake. The questions about Murray’s leadership skills are legitimate, and he could begin to address them by working out in Tempe with his teammates."

Murray created a stir this offseason when he removed mentions of the Cardinals on social media. His agent later questioned the Cardinals' "commitment to winning" in a tweet.

Murray's agent also released a statement that shared the reasons his client should be given a contract extension in Arizona.

The statement was slammed as a "ransom letter" and a "joke" by some NFL writers.

In April, Murray tweeted out that "I wanna win Super Bowls with the Cardinals, AZ is home" in response to a podcast saying that the quarterback could play elsewhere.

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He also replied to a tweet about GM Steve Keim saying there was "zero chance" Arizona traded Murray.

The Arizona Republic's Bob McManaman contributed to this story.

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