A quarterback’s left tackle is a very important person to his professional life. He protects the quarterback’s blind side if he is right-handed. It would appear that Arizona Cardinals left tackle D.J. Humphries has some level of importance personally to quarterback Kyler Murray.
Murray is naming his dog after his left tackle, Humphries found out recently.
“He really cares about me,” Humphries told reporters in a video conference Monday.
According to Humphries, the name hasn’t been set yet, but it will be one of three possibilities.
“He told me he was either going to choose between Hump Jr., Lil D.J. or Senfo,” he explained. “Senfo is a shortened, abbreviated way to say 74. That was my No.1 suggestion.”
Humphries, of course, wears No. 74 for the Cardinals.
This might be Murray’s dog, as Arizona Republic reporter Katherine Fitzgerald found on Murray’s Instagram story.
Breaking: DJ Humphries says Kyler Murray named his dog after him. This may be the dog: pic.twitter.com/DbiPT0xQkk
— katherine fitzgerald 🌵🗞 (@kfitz134) June 15, 2020
Humphries re-signed with the Cardinals in the offseason to a three-year deal. He will be the guy protecting Murray’s blind side for years to come.
It’s a good thing to see they have a good relationship.
[vertical-gallery id=440798]
Listen to the latest from Cards Wire’s Jess Root on his podcast, Rise Up, See Red. Subscribe on Apple podcasts or Stitcher Radio.
Ep. 268
[protected-iframe id=”b982993d8c20b3c1204a481770f7fbae-112738498-106269283″ info=”https://api.spreaker.com/v2/episodes/29016811/download.mp3″ ]
Ep. 267
[protected-iframe id=”682ebb6e7ef6b83ea73b8875d2f5241d-112738498-106269283″ info=”https://api.spreaker.com/v2/episodes/27243565/download.mp3″ ]