Cap Space 2019 $70M, 2020 104M

[Ronin]

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[Ronin]

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[Chopper0080]

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I wonder if Golden will re-sign for a short term deal as this is a terrible class to try and get the deal I think he wants.

 

[Chopper0080]

Heading into FA, if I am the Cardinals, I am looking at a DE, LB, LB, WR, 2 OL in free agency. Maybe a CB.

I want to be use the draft to improve OL, DL, and WR.

In FA Give me
Golden Tate (3yrs)
Trey Flowers (5yrs)
CJ Mosley / Jordan Hicks (4yrs)
Kwon Alexander (3yrs)
Rashaan Melvin (2yrs)
If I can get Earl Thomas for 2yrs, I will take him (2yrs)
Andy Levitre (1yr)
Ty Neshke (2yrs)

I would re-sign
RSJ
Benson Mayowa
Rodney Gunter
John Wetzel
Markus Golden
Olsen Pierre

Draft
Ed Oliver - DT
Dalton Risner - OT/OG
Hakeem Butler - WR

This is spending a ton of money, but most locked up into the short term.

This would give us Golden Tate, Christian Kirk, and a vertical Hakeem Butler. We would still have Chad Williams and Trevor Sherfield but the core would be looking better and Tate has experience with young QBs.

You have to go heavy on the vet defense early because you have to be able to make situational stops. I would rather invest in FA LBs than try to draft them at this point. So, Mosley/Hicks and Alexander should fit the bill to go along with Reddick and Bynes.

Flowers gives us a grinder on the defensive line who should not cost us a huge contract. Golden, Flowers, Jones and Mayowa is a nice rotation of edge guys. I'm bringing back my interior group and adding Ed Oliver to give it some juice understanding Nkemdiche is probably not going to be back in 2020.

Melvin and Thomas would give us more guys in the secondary. We probably need to get younger, but it seems better to invest in the pass rush and add vet pieces who won't be out of position.

The line is the toughest part. We could add a better FA RT, but I prefer Neske who can also play LT at a high level. I still think you could plug in Risner at RG and Cunningham at RT and be ok. Cole, Risner, and Cunningham would be a group of consistently healthy players to add stability. Levitre is added on a one year deal to add a vet who can be an ok starter.

 

[vince56]

At some point you will always have to pay the Piper. Sure you can spend now but at a cost later. Ask Jacksonville who is currently $12M over the cap next year with not much to show for it.

Maybe we can sign Calais Campbell if he's a cap casualty.

 

[az jam]

Maybe we can sign Calais Campbell if he's a cap casualty.

That would be very interesting and could possibly happen. I'd like to see him back with the Cards but at a reasonable salary.

 

[cardpa]

https://www.spotrac.com/nfl/arizona-cardinals/cap/2019/

Here is a link to Spotrac which shows the Cardinals having a little over $74MM in cap space with $6.5 of that as rollover. It also breaks down the salaries of the players under contract and cap hits both staying on the team and if they get released.

 

[cardpa]

Heading into FA, if I am the Cardinals, I am looking at a DE, LB, LB, WR, 2 OL in free agency. Maybe a CB.

I want to be use the draft to improve OL, DL, and WR.

In FA Give me
Golden Tate (3yrs)
Trey Flowers (5yrs)
CJ Mosley / Jordan Hicks (4yrs)
Kwon Alexander (3yrs)
Rashaan Melvin (2yrs)
If I can get Earl Thomas for 2yrs, I will take him (2yrs)
Andy Levitre (1yr)
Ty Neshke (2yrs)

I would re-sign
RSJ
Benson Mayowa
Rodney Gunter
John Wetzel
Markus Golden
Olsen Pierre

Draft
Ed Oliver - DT
Dalton Risner - OT/OG
Hakeem Butler - WR

This is spending a ton of money, but most locked up into the short term.

This would give us Golden Tate, Christian Kirk, and a vertical Hakeem Butler. We would still have Chad Williams and Trevor Sherfield but the core would be looking better and Tate has experience with young QBs.

You have to go heavy on the vet defense early because you have to be able to make situational stops. I would rather invest in FA LBs than try to draft them at this point. So, Mosley/Hicks and Alexander should fit the bill to go along with Reddick and Bynes.

Flowers gives us a grinder on the defensive line who should not cost us a huge contract. Golden, Flowers, Jones and Mayowa is a nice rotation of edge guys. I'm bringing back my interior group and adding Ed Oliver to give it some juice understanding Nkemdiche is probably not going to be back in 2020.

Melvin and Thomas would give us more guys in the secondary. We probably need to get younger, but it seems better to invest in the pass rush and add vet pieces who won't be out of position.

The line is the toughest part. We could add a better FA RT, but I prefer Neske who can also play LT at a high level. I still think you could plug in Risner at RG and Cunningham at RT and be ok. Cole, Risner, and Cunningham would be a group of consistently healthy players to add stability. Levitre is added on a one year deal to add a vet who can be an ok starter.

I like this a lot. The reality is can we get all those guys to sign in the desert? I guess you can get most of them if you throw enough money their way.

 

[AZCrazy]

Heading into FA, if I am the Cardinals, I am looking at a DE, LB, LB, WR, 2 OL in free agency. Maybe a CB.

I want to be use the draft to improve OL, DL, and WR.

In FA Give me
Golden Tate (3yrs)
Trey Flowers (5yrs)
CJ Mosley / Jordan Hicks (4yrs)
Kwon Alexander (3yrs)
Rashaan Melvin (2yrs)
If I can get Earl Thomas for 2yrs, I will take him (2yrs)
Andy Levitre (1yr)
Ty Neshke (2yrs)

I would re-sign
RSJ
Benson Mayowa
Rodney Gunter
John Wetzel
Markus Golden
Olsen Pierre

Draft
Ed Oliver - DT
Dalton Risner - OT/OG
Hakeem Butler - WR



Draft
Ed Oliver - DT
Dalton Risner - OT/OG
Hakeem Butler - WR

That's a lot of adds. Who are you canning from the roster without adding dead money?

 

[cardpa]

That's a lot of adds. Who are you canning from the roster without adding dead money?

For 2019 there are only 30 rostered players who are still under contract.

 

[Chopper0080]

That's a lot of adds. Who are you canning from the roster without adding dead money?

You have to add a ton with this roster. The questions are, will people sign with us, and where can you add the best pieces in FA while balancing the strengths of this draft class.

 

[gimpy]

Money talks.

 

[Chopper0080]

Money talks.

Not with Wilks as a head coach

 

[Ronin]

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[Zeno]

https://overthecap.com/salary-cap/arizona-cardinals/

Cutting Gresham will free up another $4.7 million pre June 1 or $6.5 million post June 1. He really is the most likely cut based on salary and production...no reason he should be making $8.25 million

The team will be sitting really good.

 

[juza76]

humphries should be cut too

injury prone and slightly average when healthy

9.800.000 for him is a joke

 

[Zeno]

humphries should be cut too

injury prone and slightly average when healthy

9.800.000 for him is a joke

Until you have someone better at OT you have to keep him. I wouldn’t sign him to an extension though that’s for sure.

 

[BirdDroppings]

https://overthecap.com/draft/

Projected rookie pool of $12.6m for us.

 

[Arz101]

humphries should be cut too

injury prone and slightly average when healthy

9.800.000 for him is a joke

You don't cut an average left tackle or slightly below average when under contract for 9.8 million one year.

 

[kerouac9]

If Humphries isn’t healthy on March 5 (or whenever the league year starts) you can’t cut him. That’s what guaranteed for injury means.

 

[Ronin]

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