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BTW: KURT WARNER you look like Peter Brady or whatever that guys name is on that reality show.
BTW: KURT WARNER you look like Peter Brady or whatever that guys name is on that reality show.
Cards Sign James Signs to 4 Year Deal
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http://www.profootballweekly.com/PFW/Features/Free+Agency/2006/reynolds031306.htm
That’s what the Cardinals have to be thinking about after Sunday’s signing. PFW’s top-rated free agent, RB Edgerrin James, signed a four-year contract worth around $30 million, including $20 million in the first two years of the pact, with Arizona. The move makes quite a statement for the Cardinals, who were long endorsed as a free-agent burial grounds, a mere mirage on the NFL radar. But head coach Dennis Green, in a win-now situation before the Cardinals pack for Glendale and the opening of their new stadium, has truly changed the culture. The all-star offense, which includes WRs Larry Fitzgerald and Anquan Boldin, will be all too familiar to James. The Cardinals don’t have to ask him to touch the ball 400 times and will carve out a niche for scatback J.J. Arrington and find some snaps for Marcel Shipp. James improves the offensive line because of his uncanny awareness and recognition as a blocker, but the Cardinals could use more help up front. And, with Green calling the shots, don’t be at all surprised if the name Daunte Culpepper is more than written in the sand for the Cardinals.
There is no question James is the biggest free-agent acquisition in the history of the Arizona club. He turns 28 in August, but James continues to be one of the NFL’s most productive and consistent weapons, topping 1,200 yards in every season, save one (2002), in which he has been healthy enough to start 12 or more games. The Cardinals, since moving to Arizona after the 1997 season, have never had a back top 1,100 yards. Garrison Hearst ran for 1,070 in 1995.
Toward the end of the 2005 season, a scout told PFW that he could see James in Arizona because "it was the closest thing to the Colts’ offense." It didn’t hurt that the Cardinals had a wealth of salary-cap space and could provide James with a more lucrative offer, in the first three years of the contract, than the Seahawks built for Shaun Alexander last week. The deal for Alexander, who turns 29 in August, met the public as an eight-year, $61 million deal. At best, Alexander will play under the terms of that contract three or four seasons before, at 32 or 33 years old, being cut or having the deal restructured.
The Cardinals could be aided by Green’s former employer if the Vikings’ monstrous $49 million offer sheet to Pro Bowl OLG Steve Hutchinson holds up. Seattle has the salary-cap space to match the deal, which compares quite modestly to the contract the Seahawks drew up for OLT Walter Jones in 2005, but it would be hamstrung from bringing in additional help for the defense, where cornerback is a pressing need.
That’s what the Cardinals have to be thinking about after Sunday’s signing. PFW’s top-rated free agent, RB Edgerrin James, signed a four-year contract worth around $30 million, including $20 million in the first two years of the pact, with Arizona. The move makes quite a statement for the Cardinals, who were long endorsed as a free-agent burial grounds, a mere mirage on the NFL radar. But head coach Dennis Green, in a win-now situation before the Cardinals pack for Glendale and the opening of their new stadium, has truly changed the culture. The all-star offense, which includes WRs Larry Fitzgerald and Anquan Boldin, will be all too familiar to James. The Cardinals don’t have to ask him to touch the ball 400 times and will carve out a niche for scatback J.J. Arrington and find some snaps for Marcel Shipp. James improves the offensive line because of his uncanny awareness and recognition as a blocker, but the Cardinals could use more help up front. And, with Green calling the shots, don’t be at all surprised if the name Daunte Culpepper is more than written in the sand for the Cardinals.
There is no question James is the biggest free-agent acquisition in the history of the Arizona club. He turns 28 in August, but James continues to be one of the NFL’s most productive and consistent weapons, topping 1,200 yards in every season, save one (2002), in which he has been healthy enough to start 12 or more games. The Cardinals, since moving to Arizona after the 1997 season, have never had a back top 1,100 yards. Garrison Hearst ran for 1,070 in 1995.
Toward the end of the 2005 season, a scout told PFW that he could see James in Arizona because "it was the closest thing to the Colts’ offense." It didn’t hurt that the Cardinals had a wealth of salary-cap space and could provide James with a more lucrative offer, in the first three years of the contract, than the Seahawks built for Shaun Alexander last week. The deal for Alexander, who turns 29 in August, met the public as an eight-year, $61 million deal. At best, Alexander will play under the terms of that contract three or four seasons before, at 32 or 33 years old, being cut or having the deal restructured.
The Cardinals could be aided by Green’s former employer if the Vikings’ monstrous $49 million offer sheet to Pro Bowl OLG Steve Hutchinson holds up. Seattle has the salary-cap space to match the deal, which compares quite modestly to the contract the Seahawks drew up for OLT Walter Jones in 2005, but it would be hamstrung from bringing in additional help for the defense, where cornerback is a pressing need.
Cardinal Bob
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cheesebeef said:
This is my reaction as well...Wow! I am pleasantly surprised and rather optimistic!
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40yearfan said:
And you woke up and you saw Marge Simpsons twin sisters smiling at you as they smoked there cigars. LOL
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