
By Coach K on Jan 4, 2015 | Reply
Cactus Jeff
B.A. did not give Lindley a chance for success. His poor play calling on first down put Lindley in a third and long all night. Add to that Ted Ginn’s poor play on special teams, Lindley had a long field on almost every play.
So I don’t blame Lindley, I blame B.A. for playing too conservative on first down and trying to run the ball against 9 men in the box. Ryan NEVER HAD A CHANCE.
By John The Draft Guy on Jan 4, 2015 | Reply
Not surprised with the results of the game. I was hoping that we could pull it out, but Lindley on the road was way too much to overcome.
Also, I have been saying for weeks now the defense was getting warn down. Guys like Foote, Kelly and Rucker were not expected to play as many snaps as they did.
With an inept offense lead by a guy who doesn’t belong in the NFL, coupled with a warn down defense, could not be overcome.
Listen, take Rodgers, Romo, Brady, Wilson, Newton,Flacco, Manning or Luck off their teams and they are done.
By John The Draft Guy on Jan 4, 2015 | Reply
Dates to remember;
January 15th – Last day underclassman can declare for the draft
February 17-23 – Scouting Combine
March 10th – Free Agency starts
March 10th – Larry Fitzgerald gets his 8 million dollar bonus if on team with no new contract
April 30th – NFL Draft begins
If the cardinals can win the off season, they will be back to the playoffs next year.
By Darren Urban on Jan 4, 2015 | Reply
JTDG —
RE: Fitz deal
My understanding is that Fitz bonus due by fifth day of league year. That’d be March 15.
By John The Draft Guy on Jan 4, 2015 | Reply
Got to say the excuse to not play Logan Thomas was really weak.
Arians said QB Logan Thomas has “great future.” One of reasons “there was no way I was going to put him out there & go thru growing pains.”
If Thomas’ mentality is that weak, he will never be a good QB.
The fact is, Arians declared him the starter for 2 days, but 1 practice was all it took to put Lindley back in.
I like Bruce, but he likes to blow smoke. From the elite Levi Brown to this comment, he likes to keep his cards close to the vest.
By John The Draft Guy on Jan 4, 2015 | Reply
Cap numbers for players the cards could release.
Who do YOU want released?
Fitz would save 9.2 million
Palmer saves 4.5 million
Dockett saves 6.8 million
Powers saves 4.25 million
Ginn saves 2.5 million
Stanton saves 3.2 million
Shaughnessy saves 2 million
Alexander saves 1.5 million
Carlson saves 1.6 million
Larsen saves 1.3 million
The cards are possibly 10 million over the 2015 cap right now. So how do you clear the space?
By John The Draft Guy on Jan 4, 2015 | Reply
Darren,
You may be right but SB Nation has this;
March 10: Prior to 1:00 p.m., PT, clubs must exercise options for 2015 on all players who have option clauses in their 2014 contracts..
Fitz is a bonus and not an option, so you may be right
By rod on Jan 4, 2015 | Reply
Darren-
If it was a crown hit, is it against the rules in that instance?
By Darren Urban on Jan 5, 2015 | Reply
Rod —
RE: Crown
I’d have to look that up. No one said a word about it, so I doubt it was a problem.
By Big Ken on Jan 4, 2015 | Reply
John TDG–Looking at your hit list, it might be easy to slice 10 mil off the salary cap. Why wait to March 10th?
By Mark on Jan 5, 2015 | Reply
We need special teams help. Ginn is not a punt returner and our punter is the worst in the league and both need to be cut immediately. We need new guys on the right side of the offensive line. Lindley had no time in the pocket as it kept collapsing the entire game on him from the right side. The defense needs an overhaul. We need new corners, a healthy honey badger and a bigger defensive line. Foote is done. Great guy but he is too old. We need youth like every other team in the league. Look around. The best teams have young guys. I know it saves money bringing in Vets that are washed up but they run out of gas at the end of the season. Dansby did nothing this year. Glad he left. Lots of off season work. I don’t think we can repeat this season next year if we keep what we have. 8-8 maybe at best but not enough in the toughest division in the NFL to make the playoffs. Bruce will find a way to get with Keim and get new blood in here. Don’t peak so early next year!!
By Mark on Jan 5, 2015 | Reply
For cap space let Dockett, Ginn, Carlson (worthless and can’t catch a freaking ball if his life depended on it), Brown and Larsen go. That would save $12.2 million right off the top. Let Foote and Kelly retire. Get rid of Massie and Fanaika. Worthless and can’t block. Trade them. Draft a right guard and a tackle. Then go after a real line backer and a running back like Faulk. Then we can have a run at the Superbowl. Great year Cardinals. I have been a fan since day one and always will be but we all have to say, What if?
By Cactus jeff on Jan 5, 2015 | Reply
JTDG
Keep Palmer and restructure DD. Let the rest go. Love to keep Fitz but Fitz is gone. He doesn’t want to be here. He wanted to be FA all along, that is why the contract is structured the way it is. It will be the offseason of Fitz. He will be visiting a bunch of teams with ESPN following him everywhere he goes.
My biggest concern is PP. He is not a franchise DB. Huge mistake moving forward. Finally, JTDG what is your assessment of the rookie class?
By rod on Jan 5, 2015 | Reply
Thanks Darren, you’re probably right.
By Xeano on Jan 5, 2015 | Reply
With Lindley and Stanton under center, you didn’t see the Cardinals take 6 minutes on an 80 yard drive. It’s my personal opinion that the defense was tired. They carried the team the past few weeks, and the offense never moved to complement their efforts. Three plays, 120 secs off the clock, and they are right back out there.
Darren-
Know it’s a while out, but what do you think will be the main positional need that will be addressed this off-season? Not much else to discuss at this point. Thanks for your reporting efforts this season, while I would have liked it to continue, I see nothing wrong with how it ended. Great year.
By Darren Urban on Jan 5, 2015 | Reply
Xeano —
RE: Positional need
Off the top of my head, I’d say pass rusher.
By Scott H on Jan 5, 2015 | Reply
JTDG –
From my venemous posts recently, you might have guessed I would happily release Ginn. Whatever he made this year, it was entirely too much. Good riddance to him and I hope the door DOES hit him in the ass on the way out. After all the hits he did NOT take this year during all the returns he did NOT make, I would feel better about him getting hit by SOMETHING.
I hope Fitz is back but I wonder about what HE wants. If HE wants to be gone and that is accomodated….obviously, it helps the cap. It just won’t be the same ( for me ) without him here.
I would also say ( and I do hate to say it, but ) Dockett might have to go. I love the guy and all that he has been for this team over the years. But his age…the injury he’s coming back from….his cap number….it all just points to him being a candidate to be a cap casualty. My preference, of course, would be for him to stay IF his knee is healed to where the expectation is he should be fine and ready to roll for 2015.
Alexander and Larsen can go. Neither saves us a ton, but every little bit helps.
I like Carlson, but….what’s the point of having a solid TE here if we are going to continue to under-utilize the position? Speaking of which, I am hoping we can finally be done with Housler. Fells has the basketball-player size that makes so many other TE’s so dangerous, so…why not just roll with him? Of course, you still have to throw him the ball, but…..that just doesn’t happen here.
By Dr. G. on Jan 5, 2015 | Reply
JTDG….. Now, it is the time you like best, the draft and assembling a team, so we expect to read more accurate research from you than the average Cardinal Fan.
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