Cleaning House

[JeffGollin]

"Gay was awful, Toler was awful, Wilson was old....." Yet somehow the Cardinals managed to have the 5th ranked pass defense in the NFL...Meanwhile Rashod Johnson needs to step up.

How about Gay was awful, Toler was coming back and Wilson was OK? And Johnson was beginning to step up?

 

[Chopper0080]

What was shocking to me was the timing of the William Gay release. With all the hedging they are doing with Kolb, you would have thought they would have held onto their #2 CB until they re-signed Greg Toler or signed one in free agency. Now they are stuck with 2 CBs on the roster and no money to sign a #2 CB to replace Gay. It isn't that Gay isn't replaceable, it is that it will be difficult to sign a #2 CB for what we would have owed him. Chris Wells is the same. Who no the open market is going to sign for the 1.8 mil or so Wells would have cost us? Not Reggie Bush, or Mendenhall or Steven Jackson that is for sure.

I figured the Cardinals would be taking a step back on defense but I can't believe the amount of holes they purposely made by making these cuts. Before the offseason you could argue we needed to get a decent QB, upgrade the offensive line, find a cheap SILB, sign a CB to replace Toler if he left and hopefully grab an OLB. Now we have added the need for a starting CB, a starting RB and we are hoping Rashad Johnson can take over for Adrian Wilson.

Difficult to see how we intend to fill all of these holes AND field a competitive team which means we probably don't intend to do so. It wouldn't be such a big issue if we didn't give the reigns of our front office to a guy who had a part in creating this whole mess.

 

[kerouac9]

Don't worry. We're paying a kicker $1M more than we need to. Nothing to see here. All of Keim and Arians' decisions are the best possible ones, and beyond second-guessing.

 

[Heucrazy]

"Gay was awful, Toler was awful, Wilson was old....." Yet somehow the Cardinals managed to have the 5th ranked pass defense in the NFL. So how do they respond to that lofty ranking? Release half the starting secondary and lose another CB to free agency. (And maybe Money Mike too )

But they'll do what they always do, go to CBrental.com and bring in another guy or two for one year. Meanwhile Rashod Johnson needs to step up.

Please refrain from putting words in my mouth. Adub getting cut hurt and I seriously wanted Toler back, but you are freaking blind if you think Gay wasn't awful last year.

 

[Chopper0080]

Please refrain from putting words in my mouth. Adub getting cut hurt and I seriously wanted Toler back, but you are freaking blind if you think Gay wasn't awful last year.

I am blind then because he wasn't terrible. Gay at 3.5 mil is better than Toler at 5 mil, but now we have neither.