Heisman Trophy winner Kyler Murray declared on Monday

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that he is “firmly and fully committing my life and time to becoming an NFL quarterback” as opposed to pursuing a professional baseball career with the Oakland A’s.That decision will make Murray a closely watched prospect over the next few months as teams determine whether they believe he’s worth a first-round pick in April. One of the concerns that some teams will have is about Murray’s height.Oklahoma’s football team listed Murray at 5’10” and Phil Simms Jerseys Stitched , as the team name would lead you to believe, that’s reportedly shorter than the Giants would like. Ralph Vacchiano of SNY reports, via a team source, that Murray is “probably a little too small” to interest the team and references a quote from Giants head coach Pat Shurmur from last April.“I fancy guys that are tall. … You’re trying to find sightlines,” Shurmur said. “It’s no different for a quarterback when he is behind a very tall offensive line. All else being equal, as long as all the skill sets are equal or maybe even a little better than equal, guys that can see have a chance to be very good.”That wasn’t in reference to Murray or any other specific player and there’s a lot of workouts, interviews and other business to conduct before anyone makes any picks in Nashville. If height remains a big issue for the Giants Youth Doug Kotar Jerseys , though, Murray will be heading elsewhere to begin his NFL career. Odell Beckham appears taken aback about the criticism he received after stating a desire for the Browns to become the new Patriots. The Browns receiver took to social media Thursday to clarify what he meant in an interview with .“Just to clarify, I will always aspire to be great,’’ Beckham wrote on Instagram, via Mary Kay Cabot of cleveland.com. “I haven’t reached that point in the NFL but that’s what we all chase and I’m going to continue to work to help the Browns become great. [I] never meant the Browns are the new Patriots or going to be the new Patriots. I just have great respect for what they’ve done but definitely recognize the work that has to be done to get there.”Beckham said everyone should want what the Patriots have — six Super Bowls and counting.“There’s nothing wrong with having aspirations, and who wouldn’t aspire to be part of an organization that is 12-4, 11-5 and in the playoffs and playing for Super Bowls on the regular,” Beckham wrote. “It’s really stating the obvious when you say you want your organization to be successful like the Patriots. I know my teammates want to be a part of building something like that.”In his Monday interview with Doug Kotar Jerseys Stitched , Beckham came across as if he had a bust waiting for his new quarterback, Baker Mayfield, in Canton and a hand full of rings already sized up for his hand.“I plan on being there for the next five years and trying to bring as many championships there as possible, turning [the Browns] into the new Patriots,” Beckham said in his magazine interview. He said of Mayfield: “I would say he’s next, but I feel like he’s now. He’s Brett Favre. He’s going to be a Hall of Famer.”Beckham, whom the Browns acquired in a March trade with the Giants, has played only one playoff game in his career. The sixth-year veteran Youth Harry Carson Jerseys , though, said he knows what it will take to get where he wants to go.“Our work will determine what the Browns become,” Beckham wrote. “I’m content with that because I know we control the amount of work we put in. I will keep working, working towards building something great!”