While he won't be reverting to the way things were under Bob Harlan any time soon, he does sound like a man who understands what the perception of his role is and he seems intent on calming fears around that perception.
Speaking with Rich Ryman in a recent interview, Murphy laid out the following:
I’ll be involved and supportive, but I’m not going to make football decisions. I’m not making decisions on who we are going to draft or who’s on the 53-man roster or whether we should pass on third-and-1."
On the one hand, this is obviously what you want to hear.