Cap Usage

[Chris_Sanders]

It's kind of crazy that this is our ranking in cap allotment

#1. LBs
#2. OL
#3. WR
#4. Secondary

Now think about team weakness and what we are drafting at #8

 

[pinetopred]

Yeah when you have highly paid guys at those positions but still don't have a complete unit makes sense, but I bet if you look at most teams that's where most of the money is spent LT/OLB/CB/WR/QB we are fortunate to have a QB rookie contract right now.

 

[AZCrazy]

Well, we do have the best LB in the league in Chandler Jones, possibly the best WR in Hopkins and a former best WR in Fitz.

The O Line is made up of free agents who were paid to be here. No young guys on early contracts starting for us. (Unless you count Murray, but we're paying Gilbert).

The reason our O Line wasn't awful last year as it had been the previous two was that they stayed healthy. Hump, Sweez, Ship, and Pugh started every game.

 

[legend]

Cole at center figures to be cheap as well.

 

[juza76]

Cole at center figures to be cheap as well.

Cheap player cheap plays
Hope he can turn into serviceable center

 

[Chris_Sanders]

Well according to some, we shouldn't draft positions where we have spent money already. Unfortunately actual facts directly disputes the assertion on money allocation.

Really though this is an indictment of the ability to get good rookies at key positions later in the draft.

 

[Solar7]

Well according to some, we shouldn't draft positions where we have spent money already. Unfortunately actual facts directly disputes the assertion on money allocation.

Really though this is an indictment of the ability to get good rookies at key positions later in the draft.

Yeah, as you've mentioned, this is the issue when your GM flops miserably at the draft for multiple years running, only getting maybe one adequate player a year, and spending subsequent drafts or free agency replacing positions you just drafted. To get adequate players, we have had to overpay.

I'm not against drafting positions where we have spent money, as long as there are holes. Give me Simmons, an OL, or Brown all day. I'm just not willing to invest more when the position group is good-to-adequate.

Unfortunately I think both Keim and some fans have also gotten too used to immediately judging players and not giving them time to develop. Obviously it was the right move with Rosen and Murray, but keep up that habit and the football team will just never catch up.

 

[Goldfield]

1a Brown or 1b Wills...

 

[CardsSunsDbacks]

Aren't those the rooms with the most players though? We run a 3-4 base so we are going to have more LBs than DLs, OL takes up 5 starters and 4-5 backups, WR usually accounts for at least 7 players and the secondary has 4-6 starters depending on what exactly you consider your base package to be. QB, RB, DL and TE all tend to be smaller groups.

 

[Zeno]

I was listening to the Cardinals podcast recently and Jurecki said that the cap could go up $40 million next year...where is he getting that number from? That is hugely significant.

 

[GuernseyCard]

Well, we do have the best LB in the league in Chandler Jones, possibly the best WR in Hopkins and a former best WR in Fitz.

The O Line is made up of free agents who were paid to be here. No young guys on early contracts starting for us. (Unless you count Murray, but we're paying Gilbert).

The reason our O Line wasn't awful last year as it had been the previous two was that they stayed healthy. Hump, Sweez, Ship, and Pugh started every game.

Cole at centre.

 

[GuernseyCard]

I was listening to the Cardinals podcast recently and Jurecki said that the cap could go up $40 million next year...where is he getting that number from? That is hugely significant.

New TV deals!