Arizona Cardinals tight end Trey McBride enjoyed the best season, to date, of his NFL career while catching passes thrown by quarterback Kyler Murray. McBride then inked a four-year, $76M contract extension with $43M guaranteed this past April. While appearing on ESPN from the annual Tight End University summit on Tuesday, McBride mentioned that he feels he and Murray can follow in the footsteps of Kansas City Chiefs stars Travis Kelce and Patrick Mahomes sooner rather than later. “[Kelce] would always give us some nuggets on being friendly to the quarterback,” McBride explained, per Grant Gordon of the NFL’s website. “Make sure you and your quarterback are on the same page. …Him and Mahomes have a nice connection, and I kind of took that and was like, ‘Why can’t Kyler and I have that same connection?’ I feel like that’s what I tried to do. I tried to have that same relationship and that growth with Kyler and just continue to make plays for him and be that security blanket.” Together, Kelce and Mahomes hRead More
Cardinals’ Trey McBride wants to follow in footsteps of Chiefs’ Travis Kelce, Patrick Mahomes
