The Arizona Cardinals want Kyler Murray to play again this season and are willing to take the financial risk that comes along with his return.

Murray, who returned to practice last week for the first time since suffering a torn ACL in December, has $29.9 million in 2025 salary compensation that becomes fully guaranteed in March if he can't pass a physical by then.

The only way to ensure that Murray would be healthy by March would be to not play him, which the Cardinals don't want to do.

Murray, 26, signed a five-year extension in July 2022 that keeps him under contract through the 2028 season and includes $160 million guaranteed for injury.