Pat McAfee reacts to the news that the Colts placed a transition tag on QB Daniel Jones. (2:15) After a tumultuous seven seasons in the desert, Kyler Murray's time with the Arizona Cardinals is set to end. Arizona will release the 28-year-old quarterback Wednesday, the first day of the 2026 league year, sources told ESPN NFL insider Adam Schefter on Tuesday. This was Murray's preferred outcome, a source told ESPN. Now, Murray can dictate where he ends up instead of being traded to a team in a move that's beyond his control. The source told ESPN that Murray prefers two unnamed destinations. Wherever Murray ends up, the Cardinals have already guaranteed him $36.8 million for 2026. They avoided paying him another $19.5 million for 2027 by releasing him before the fifth day of the league year. It started out as an apparent match made in heaven in 2019 with the Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback out of Oklahoma going No. 1 to the Cardinals, who had just hired Kliff Kingsbury as their coach.…