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[SoonerLou]

Cardinals media take Trey Hendrickson rumors very serious.

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[unseenaz]

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Every time I delete Twitter from my phone & swear it off, some absolute PEAK drama pulls me back in.

 

[BACH]

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This is insane...

 

[gimpy]

OK, after the Tomlinson signing, how much do we realistically have left that we can spend?
Still enough to get another good FA that most people on here would be thrilled/good with?

 

[GatorAZ]

OK, after the Tomlinson signing, how much do we realistically have left that we can spend?
Still enough to get another good FA that most people on here would be thrilled/good with?

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Depends on how the deals are structured. In terms of AAV it’s pretty much all if it.

 

[BACH]

OK, after the Tomlinson signing, how much do we realistically have left that we can spend?
Still enough to get another good FA that most people on here would be thrilled/good with?

Doing some headmath with the signings, deducting the rookie cap and some RFA tenders, I guestimate 10M left (impossible to calculate without details on structure).

BUT! Monti could free 15M more by converting Kyler's base into bonus. Then there is the question on Jalen Thompson which would clear 12M.

I would clear space if the right player is there. This team only have two major (money-wise) free Agents after this season. Jonah Williams and Jalen Thompson. And they are not being brought back at current salary. Zero risk in moving some of Kyler's cap hit into next year.

EDIT: McBride's new contract of course and most likely one for Garrett Williams after this season will have to be done, but buttom line is that there is no serious cap challenged next year either. Overthecap has 74M available after this season + 20-30M in expected cap increase (23M increase this year) with even fewer own free agents to re-sign.

Only major contributing players to become free agents - Jonah Williams, Jalen Thompson, Trey McBride, P Gulligan, K Ryland, OT Beachum.

Williams, Thompson and I hope Beachum (love him, but he's 37) are not being extended. Salaries for McBride, Gulligan and Ryland will cost 25M-ish. Still minimum 70M to spend. So almost the same as this year with hopefully much fewer holes to plug after these signings and the draft.

This is the exact reason, why I am a supporter of Monti's plan! (how well he executes is another discussion). But two seasons in a row with plenty of cap space and few holes to plug. No more paying millions to big name-over the hill players and then "Ups! I guess we have to start a RB at CB now"

 

[daves]

Zero risk in moving some of Kyler's cap hit into next year.

Not true if they want to keep open the option of trading him next offseason!

 

[BACH]

Not true if they want to keep open the option of trading him next offseason!

Doesn't really matter IMO. Pushes 7.5M Dead Money on the Cardinals if traded.

 

[GatorAZ]

After next season cutting Conner, Justin Jones, Bilal Nichols and SMB frees up $30m. Only one of those is a tough conversation. As stated Kyler can be restructured fairly easily.

 

[oaken1]

Every time I delete Twitter from my phone & swear it off, some absolute PEAK drama pulls me back in.

Thats an early sign of Low T

 

[Brian in Mesa]

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[BACH]

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Love this!

 

[Gandhi]

Just wondering how excited we should be to buy the fifth-best guy on a super bowl OL. There's probably a reason Philly isn't asking him back.

Hjalte Froholdt was not even considered among the five best offensive linemen on a team with Bill Callahan as the coach. Be careful to evaluate the way you do.

 

[Stout]

So like what really excited you guys about kyzir white last year that makes you really want him back?

Dude is a leader sure - but performance? Meh- I don’t see the huge drop off you guys do. Maybe I’m missing something - enlighten me. I don’t see the world collapsing because of his absence - and apparently neither does the rest of the nfl with the crickets chirping on his free agency interesting

He's no great shakes, but he's also not horrid--bang average. We're "replacing" him with special teams players thus far. That is the problem. I'd like us to at least be as good as last year at the position, certainly not worse.

 

[Stout]

If you wrote articles with the same tone as the way we talk about the team on this website, you'd be fired.

Nah, that would be a professional gig and a different animal. It would offer a lot of talking points. Also, why would you be fired? Good sports talk radio rips bad home teams all the time. The Stillers have been getting CRUSHED around here.

 

[Stout]

I thought free agency was over for Monti by lunch time after peeking in here earlier lol

He got lucky. This was a cut. Had the guy not been cut, what were the options at DT? That said, after getting lucky, he closed the deal, so kudos to Monti for that.

 

[BritCard]

Walker is a solid player and an upgrade on Barnes. He is a steal at $2M. Exactly the kind of depth/ST player teams need.

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[BritCard]

Honestly, this thread is a little embarrassing if you read it back. Imagine thinking that free agency was over before it even started officially.

 

[TheCardFan]

Wouldn’t be shocked if we double down on interior DL in the draft in the first two rounds.

I like the way your thinking.

Sign Reddick and draft Walter Nolen and Deone Walker.

I am starting to like Grant the best at this point.

 

[Totally_Red]

Honestly, this thread is a little embarrassing if you read it back. Imagine thinking that free agency was over before it even started officially.

Exactly. Biggest signing last FA was Jonah Williams after tampering period ended. Patience is a virtue!

 

[QuebecCard]

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[Chopper0080]

Honestly, this thread is a little embarrassing if you read it back. Imagine thinking that free agency was over before it even started officially.

Are you saying you feel embarrassed? Or is this a passive aggressive way for you to say others should feel embarrassed?

 

[Harry]

They could still cut Thompson. Decent draft for late pick safeties.

 

[Mulli]

Are you saying you feel embarrassed? Or is this a passive aggressive way for you to say others should feel embarrassed?

Being a Cardsfan has been embarrassing for a large portion of my life.

 

[Chopper0080]

They could still cut Thompson. Decent draft for late pick safeties.

A possibility for sure. I think they would really need the money for something to insert the uncertainty of starting a rookie S. Maybe they feel DTD showed enough to start next to Budda but they can just let the two compete as well.