ARIZONA — The Arizona Cardinals decided to move in a very different direction following the conclusion of the 2025 season, hitting the reset button at vital spots such as head coach and quarterback in hopes of reaching a better tomorrow. Whether their choices will be correct can only be told with time, though Arizona made a series of decisions throughout the course of the offseason that could determine the trajectory of the franchise for years to come. Not every choice will be the correct one, though the Cardinals did avoid these three mistakes: 1. Keeping Kyler MurrayArizona Cardinals quarterback Kyler Murray watches his team from the sidelines as they play the San Francisco 49ers at State Farm Stadium in Glendale on Nov. 16, 2025. | USA TODAY Network via Reuters ConnectThis is less about Murray personally and more about the big picture. Murray spent seven years with the Cardinals and ultimately couldn't emerge as a winning quarterback. The exact reasons can and will be debated for years to come, but the bottom line is most quarterbacks don't survive two coaching staff changes. Murray wasn't an exception. A split was mutually beneficial. There's hope Murray can realize his obvious potential elsewhere (which is now Minnesota) while the Cardinals can move forward despite a very unclear picture at their most important position. It was a move that wasn't easy — though it needed to be done. Keeping Murray would have only delayed the inevitable. 2. Signing Malik WillisGreen Bay Packers quarterback Malik Willis (2) against the Seattle Seahawks on Saturday, August 23, 2025, at Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wis. The Packers defeated the Seahawks 20-7.