Cards Interested In Extending D Wash

[Gee!]

And he wants to end career here..

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/07/31/cardinals-interested-in-extending-daryl-washington/

 

[NashDishesDimes]

Thats great to hear he wants to stay. I think adub is a huge reason for this teams focus, commitment, and humility.

Its obviously a very smart move if they can extend him now as we are all expecting him to be a top 5-7 ILB this year in which he will command a lot more money..

 

[BigRedRage]

saw something about that this morning, great news.

 

[Crazy Canuck]

Guess the extension to Wilson was part of the plan.

 

[Russ Smith]

Great, as good as he is if he was a few inches taller he'd be even better.

Wait that's not what you mean by extend?

 

[juza76]

Great, as good as he is if he was a few inches taller he'd be even better.

Wait that's not what you mean by extend?

.....is taller then ray lewis and tall as patrick willis..what about london fletcher..he is adding muscle also and now is about 240lb

 

[kerouac9]

I'd love to see this happen. Washington deserves an upgraded contract. I'd like to see that the Cards can take care of these players before their free agency periods are on the horizon. If the analysts are correct, we're going to see two or even three more years of relatively flat cap growth, and it's going to be more and more important that the Cards are able to spread out the payments for guys as early as possible.

 

[Goldfield]

Great news. Keep him here and it should be a reasonable deal getting it don't before his value peaks.

 

[Early]

I always think how he would look on that famous Tampa defense, it would have been a scary fit to his skills. He is a very good LB in any scheme, you have to keep him long term.

 

[slanidrac16]

This type of signing would be a HUGE move in the right direction. This is the way to keep players that are considered cornerstones of the team.

A. You get the player at today's going rate.
B. The player is happy with today's going rate.
C. Nobody else ever gets the chance to woo the player away.

It's obvious to most of us D Wash is a player now and he is only going to gett better. To many times we have left players enter their final year and that is REALLY rolling the dice. If that said player has a pro bowl type year you most certainly are going to be paying him a whole helluva lot more money either eith or without the dreaded tag.
If you extend him and the player suddenly becomes "content" a team can always cut him or maybe even trade him.

 

[Crazy Canuck]

This type of signing would be a HUGE move in the right direction. This is the way to keep players that are considered cornerstones of the team.

A. You get the player at today's going rate.
B. The player is happy with today's going rate.
C. Nobody else ever gets the chance to woo the player away.

It's obvious to most of us D Wash is a player now and he is only going to gett better. To many times we have left players enter their final year and that is REALLY rolling the dice. If that said player has a pro bowl type year you most certainly are going to be paying him a whole helluva lot more money either eith or without the dreaded tag.
If you extend him and the player suddenly becomes "content" a team can always cut him or maybe even trade him.

And the Cards have also ripped up entry level contracts for guys who clearly out performed their deals.

 

[MadCardDisease]

I like it. I still think the next player whose contract gets extended is Paris Lenon. Maybe a 2 year deal. Then I think they will move on to Washington and lock him up long term.

 

[BigRedRage]

i heard something about paris possibly getting a deal dont remember where, was surprised to hear but i guess I shouldnt be. Not much behind him and he is solid. Should 100% draft ILB next year though unless stewart bradley is better than they tell us.

 

[Reddog]

If it happens, these are exactly the kinds of moves that the Cards never did in the past and paid the price for. I will be impressed if they get it done. Finally we will have taken something from the Stellers that works for us.

 

[kerouac9]

And the Cards have also ripped up entry level contracts for guys who clearly out performed their deals.

I may be wrong, but have the Cards done this since the first Adrian Wilson/Darnell Dockett/Anquan Boldin bonanza? How long ago was that? Five years? More? Calais Campbell was given the Franchise tag, Steve Breaston left in free agency (the last guy to really outperform his rookie deal), Alan Branch and Karlos Dansby bolted when they became unrestricted. Levi Brown and Antrel Rolle were released.

Yes, you can say that it's been few and far between that Cardinal draft picks "clearly outperformed their deals", but that's as much of an indictment of the coaching staff and front office as anything else.

 

[juza76]

the best thing to hear ,he want to play for arizona cardinals and finish his career as a cardinal.i think adrian wilson was the reason..a leader able to create an identity in the team.just dansby left cause he wanted to be near his family

 

[AsUdUdE]

Please let this happen.. if we can extend Campbell AND Washington what an offseason that would be...

 

[Crazy Canuck]

I may be wrong, but have the Cards done this since the first Adrian Wilson/Darnell Dockett/Anquan Boldin bonanza? How long ago was that? Five years? More? Calais Campbell was given the Franchise tag, Steve Breaston left in free agency (the last guy to really outperform his rookie deal), Alan Branch and Karlos Dansby bolted when they became unrestricted. Levi Brown and Antrel Rolle were released.

Yes, you can say that it's been few and far between that Cardinal draft picks "clearly outperformed their deals", but that's as much of an indictment of the coaching staff and front office as anything else.

I was referencing Adrian Wilson/Darnell Dockett/Anquan Boldin. As for the others, there are stories upon stories as to why some are no longer here, none of which I care to re-hash.

 

[Catfish]

Its all about keeping your core players together. No matter how you go about it, (whether by use of the Franchise Tag to get into the money clearance period), or by having an obvious agreement prior to release like with Levi, (he wasn't going anywhere else despite offers from other clubs), or by early contract rework like Q, or DD. The important thing is that you keep your core players at home, make your team better, and develop new draft picks to augment the core. Once it becomes common knowledge that players want to stay here, it becomes more conducive to signing the right free agents into the mix. This team has far passed the point where no one wanted to come here, or home grown talent all wanted to leave. I give much credit to Michael B. and to Whiz for working together to make this happen.

 

[Crazy Canuck]

Its all about keeping your core players together. No matter how you go about it, (whether by use of the Franchise Tag to get into the money clearance period), or by having an obvious agreement prior to release like with Levi, (he wasn't going anywhere else despite offers from other clubs), or by early contract rework like Q, or DD. The important thing is that you keep your core players at home, make your team better, and develop new draft picks to augment the core. Once it becomes common knowledge that players want to stay here, it becomes more conducive to signing the right free agents into the mix. This team has far passed the point where no one wanted to come here, or home grown talent all wanted to leave. I give much credit to Michael B. and to Whiz for working together to make this happen.

Yup! but there's a third person in that team.

 

[bg7brd]

Yup! but there's a third person in that team.

I'm sure he was alluding to the fact that they were able to do all of this in spite of that giant albatross around their neck.