Dansby's a better player than Bart Scott and he's more important to the Cards than Scott was to Bmore. This deal definitely helps in setting parameters for a new Dansby deal. He knows what the DPOY has just signed for and he knows he's not getting that much. Also, i think people are way overreacting to his comment about upcoming free agency and the uncapped year. He's also said, many times, that he wants a long term deal in Arizona. BUt, for some reason , people only want to take the FA comment and believe that.
what part of Dansby saying a deal wasn't even close don't you understand? What player doesn't want to make a splash in free agency? How can you take his one comment as gospel and then disregard the many other comments about wanting to sign a long term deal in Arizona? Find me one comment where he has said he wants out of Arizona.
i guess we should have just traded Fitz when he wanted more money as well. Let's say we do trade him. Who's going to step in and give even remotely the quality of play Dansby has? I think the last thing the Cards need to do is weaken the team by casting off their best defensvie player because he fired his agent. Even Graves has said he doesn't know how the new agent will affect negotiations. What if Parker comes in and reccomends Dansby taking a deal very similar to what "supposedly" was a close deal. Trading him is the last thing to do when you have Super Bowl aspirations for this upcoming year.
