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Welcome to Sharp Football Analysis, I'm Warren Sharp, and today we're going to be running through a number of topics that have caught my eye over the last several days. Obviously, Kyler Murray just got announced as a starting quarterback for the Arizona Cardinals, we're going to hit on that. The commander's loss of left tackle, Laremy Tunsil, big deal, we're going to touch on that as well. The whole Patch Mahomes versus Josh Allen debate, who is the best quarterback of the last decade, we're going to hit on that. We're going to talk about the Bill Stadium, some of the sight lines, some of the issues that they had there. With the fan reaction to the first game that was played at the stadium itself. Some of the quarterbacks that came on last year that are being discussed as potential MVP candidates or players that are just really relevant right now. I want to urge a word of caution on some of those players based upon what we saw at the end of last season. A really important quarterback skill, which is sack avoidance, which quarterbacks did it the best or worst last year, and what might change in 2026 And then last but not least, we will bring in Rich Hribar to talk about Christian McCaffrey and Patrick Mahomes, talk about where he's ranked these two players and how important they're going to be and play into the 2026 fantasy football season. Big show. Let's get started.
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