1 – I hope Larry Fitzgerald never retires.
2 – I am just going to be an echo of myself: I have said over and over and over again throughout the years that the salary cap is waaaaaay overrated. The Cards can easily get a lot of salary cap space if they want. That is also why I don’t include anything about contracts in these thoughts. It would simply be a waste of time.
3 - I don’t think it is biased to say that Kyler Murray is in the top five among the league’s most exciting players going into next season.
4 – First round cornerback, thank you very much.
5 – What about bringing in Josh McCown as offensive coordinator? He was let go by the Texans (!!!) as a player and he has been open about his desire to get into coaching, and he is considered a very bright coaching mind. The odds still are that the Texans bring him back in some coaching role, but with his past history in Arizona? I would be all for it. He is not going to call plays anyway, so let him grow in the role.
6 – Before last season, wide receiver Marquis Hollywood Brown declared his unhappiness in Baltimore. Since then he has become their #1 receiver, but hasn’t exactly flourished. He was once Kyler Murray’s favorite target in Oklahoma. Reunite the dynamo-duo?
7 - Patrick Peterson would be a stud centerfield safety.
8 - Do you tag Haason Reddick to see if he can replicate his great season before you might sign him long term after next season? I say aye.
9 – Center Corey Linsley is probably my dream-signing. I think the center position is criminally underrated and that a very good center would do wonders for the o-line.
10 – I really don’t have anything at all to say about the speculation of a Kyler Murray-for-Deshaun Watson trade, but…
Few people are bigger fans of Watson than his former college head coach, Dabo Swinney, who is a good friend of Steve Keim.
Steve Keim wanted to draft Deshaun Watson in 2017 before being leapfrogged by the Texans.
How do Texans owner Cal McNair save face after the fight with Watson? By bringing in the local hotshot budding superstar quarterback that the team can grow around.
New Texans head coach David Culley comes from a job as assistant head coach and passing game coordinator for the Ravens, where he worked closely with the Murray-clone, Lamar Jackson.
… and that’s all I have to say to that! Hmrf.
11 – Tight end / pass catcher trades to be made? David Njoku from the Browns and Evan Engram from the Giants are players with huge potential and not much success so far.
12 – Are the people arguing that Keim is going all in this year the same who said that Keim was going all in the year he traded for Chandler Jones? Or after he traded for DeAndre Hopkins? Or after he drafted a quarterback first overall one year after paying a lot to draft another quarterback?
Case in point: he certainly will make aggressive and bold moves.
13 – I am so ecstatic about the Watt-signing! I have seen some (a lot) of fans on this board insinuating that he is washed up, and I guess that is because they didn’t see him play last year or have not read any articles about it. That is fair. You can’t expect Cards fans to read Texans-news. That said, this can turn out to be a massive, massive reinforcement.
14 – As I said, the salary cap is very easy to manipulate (well, to the teams. Not to me), but it cannot be ignored, and the penalty might be cancellation of contract or loss of draft picks.
So to get under the limit, the Steelers would save a lot by letting stud guard David DeCastro go.
… and the Chiefs would save a lot by letting Tyrann Mathieu go. Okay okay, it will not happen. Just wanted to mention one of my favorite players of all time.
15 – It does raise my eyes when I see both Steve Keim and Sean Kugler talk about how Josh Jones can also play guard as well as tackle. Do they have other things in mind at tackle? Justin Murray switching out and Jones playing guard? Praying that Marcus Gilbert finally plays? Signing one?
Daryl Williams from Buffalo was an All Pro some years ago with the Panthers before he destroyed his knee, and he more than proved last year that he can still play. He will get a lot of dollars but might also be worth it.
I will bump this thread when free agency gets nearer. No matter what you think about it. It will happen.
Also, maybe some of the thoughts are outdated at that time.
2 – I am just going to be an echo of myself: I have said over and over and over again throughout the years that the salary cap is waaaaaay overrated. The Cards can easily get a lot of salary cap space if they want. That is also why I don’t include anything about contracts in these thoughts. It would simply be a waste of time.
3 - I don’t think it is biased to say that Kyler Murray is in the top five among the league’s most exciting players going into next season.
4 – First round cornerback, thank you very much.
5 – What about bringing in Josh McCown as offensive coordinator? He was let go by the Texans (!!!) as a player and he has been open about his desire to get into coaching, and he is considered a very bright coaching mind. The odds still are that the Texans bring him back in some coaching role, but with his past history in Arizona? I would be all for it. He is not going to call plays anyway, so let him grow in the role.
6 – Before last season, wide receiver Marquis Hollywood Brown declared his unhappiness in Baltimore. Since then he has become their #1 receiver, but hasn’t exactly flourished. He was once Kyler Murray’s favorite target in Oklahoma. Reunite the dynamo-duo?
7 - Patrick Peterson would be a stud centerfield safety.
8 - Do you tag Haason Reddick to see if he can replicate his great season before you might sign him long term after next season? I say aye.
9 – Center Corey Linsley is probably my dream-signing. I think the center position is criminally underrated and that a very good center would do wonders for the o-line.
10 – I really don’t have anything at all to say about the speculation of a Kyler Murray-for-Deshaun Watson trade, but…
Few people are bigger fans of Watson than his former college head coach, Dabo Swinney, who is a good friend of Steve Keim.
Steve Keim wanted to draft Deshaun Watson in 2017 before being leapfrogged by the Texans.
How do Texans owner Cal McNair save face after the fight with Watson? By bringing in the local hotshot budding superstar quarterback that the team can grow around.
New Texans head coach David Culley comes from a job as assistant head coach and passing game coordinator for the Ravens, where he worked closely with the Murray-clone, Lamar Jackson.
… and that’s all I have to say to that! Hmrf.
11 – Tight end / pass catcher trades to be made? David Njoku from the Browns and Evan Engram from the Giants are players with huge potential and not much success so far.
12 – Are the people arguing that Keim is going all in this year the same who said that Keim was going all in the year he traded for Chandler Jones? Or after he traded for DeAndre Hopkins? Or after he drafted a quarterback first overall one year after paying a lot to draft another quarterback?
Case in point: he certainly will make aggressive and bold moves.
13 – I am so ecstatic about the Watt-signing! I have seen some (a lot) of fans on this board insinuating that he is washed up, and I guess that is because they didn’t see him play last year or have not read any articles about it. That is fair. You can’t expect Cards fans to read Texans-news. That said, this can turn out to be a massive, massive reinforcement.
14 – As I said, the salary cap is very easy to manipulate (well, to the teams. Not to me), but it cannot be ignored, and the penalty might be cancellation of contract or loss of draft picks.
So to get under the limit, the Steelers would save a lot by letting stud guard David DeCastro go.
… and the Chiefs would save a lot by letting Tyrann Mathieu go. Okay okay, it will not happen. Just wanted to mention one of my favorite players of all time.
15 – It does raise my eyes when I see both Steve Keim and Sean Kugler talk about how Josh Jones can also play guard as well as tackle. Do they have other things in mind at tackle? Justin Murray switching out and Jones playing guard? Praying that Marcus Gilbert finally plays? Signing one?
Daryl Williams from Buffalo was an All Pro some years ago with the Panthers before he destroyed his knee, and he more than proved last year that he can still play. He will get a lot of dollars but might also be worth it.
I will bump this thread when free agency gets nearer. No matter what you think about it. It will happen.
Also, maybe some of the thoughts are outdated at that time.
