Darius Philon Arrested for Aggravated Assault
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1. Gets arrested and brings negative attention the Cards
2. Already paid $4M signing bonus - salary is fully guaranteed.
3. Counts $3M against the cap which Cards cannot recover.
4. Creates $2M in dead money in 2020.
This is more than just cutting some dude with legal issues and finding a replacement. He's consuming cap space that can't be recovered. And, I agree with prior posts that the front office has to be somewhat accountable -- maybe for simply guaranteeing him so much money and signing a guy to a $1M base salary contract with a $4M bonus.
2. Already paid $4M signing bonus - salary is fully guaranteed.
3. Counts $3M against the cap which Cards cannot recover.
4. Creates $2M in dead money in 2020.
This is more than just cutting some dude with legal issues and finding a replacement. He's consuming cap space that can't be recovered. And, I agree with prior posts that the front office has to be somewhat accountable -- maybe for simply guaranteeing him so much money and signing a guy to a $1M base salary contract with a $4M bonus.
The Kraken
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Exactly...
This guy was a great signing on paper, young starter 5 tech DE whose previous team shifted to a 4-3 and was an odd man out. Kept his nose clean in SD and LA.
As much venom as there is for SK, SK wasn't at the club (that we are aware of LOL) with him...100% on DP, it sucks we have to absorb the financial implications of his bad behavior.
Solar7
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Keim's not on the hook for every individual poor decision by a guy off the field, but when we have to cut two guys on account of major legal issues, and the guy decided to drive drunk on 4th of July himself, it's time to start calling out judgement of character here.
Our dead money is the equivalent of a top-level starter's signing bonus. That could be CJ Moseley or something. Instead? Rodney Gunter and a 3rd round draft pick are going to have to take every start.
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This
Yes Philon made bad decisions and is now out of work...at least temporarily. Front offices cannot babysit all the time but let's not act like Keim knew nothing and is clean.
He almost certainly knew Philon likes the strip clubs. That would have been common knowledge. It is also an easy assumption Pgilon owns a gun or guns. There was a study 5+ years ago that showed 75%-80% NFL players own guns.
I am also guessing Philon had some minor scraps with the law that were washed away and you would be surprised how even the incidents that never amount to charges are still out there in the background checks front offices perform. Guys are squeaky clean then are suddenly pulling guns on strippers.
Keim had made yet another bad move and all those bad decisions plus his DUI and he still has a job. Sounds hypocritical.
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Keim getting blamed for not knowing a grown man was going to pull a gun at 2 strippers.
Alright.
Alright.
Solar7
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Keim getting blamed for a series of poor character decisions, and a bunch of wasted money.
If I cost my company $34 million in poor hires I had to let go and then hired a guy who pulled a gun on strippers in his first month, I would lose my job.
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Read the post that’s directly above me.
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Does your company make as much money as the NFL and their respective franchises, is the loss of millions something which is not uncommon in your line of business in relation to the nature of the company which has disposable millions and the occupation of the employees to dismantle someone physically as part of a job description? Agree on Keim's track record on some picks but your analogy is a poor example putting him in your shoes unless your line of work coincides with pro football. We are in a rebuild mode and loss of money is usually reflected anyways in a massive rebuild were there is no guarantee template
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I have never seen so much speculation as what is speculated on this forum.
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How is Keim responsible? I'd understand if he signed a Ruben Foster and another incident happened but I don't believe there's a history with Philon.
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So now our o-line could quite possibly only be the second worst line on the team. This is really not good. This team may very well be exciting to watch (and I’m very excited) but we won’t be very good.
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My assumption would be that Keim bought him the pistol as a welcome gift, and took him to the club to celebrate his signing.
Liens biggest mistake was believing this team was going to compete LAST year when he signed Bradford.i don’t blame him for drafting Rosen. It made sense at the time. But what could we do with the 20 m dead cap money right now?
On the other hand I think if we all take a deep breath all we can hope for this year is to be competitive and entertaining. Next year we will have 100 million in cap space and another draft. Next year is when we should be a tesm to be reckoned with.
On the other hand I think if we all take a deep breath all we can hope for this year is to be competitive and entertaining. Next year we will have 100 million in cap space and another draft. Next year is when we should be a tesm to be reckoned with.
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Cardinals did what they had to do by moving on from this fellow.
What is amusing is people using Darius Philon's as an excuse to come down on their expectations. I mean..
What is amusing is people using Darius Philon's as an excuse to come down on their expectations. I mean..
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I am betting that there is video of the whole thing. He wouldn’t of been arrested without evidence.
If you lost $34 million you would have never been given the chance at hiring Philon.....
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Who is ready for A-Dub as GM in 2020? I am not but hey you know there is a decent chance of this happening!
I can tell you with 100% certainty you are wrong about that.
I was arrested based on an allegation, and then had words put in my mouth (it was articulated in the report I admitted to committing a crime). I brought the situation before the department leadership and then later POST, and they chalked the behavior up as “discretion.”
I’m telling you, someone can say “Speedy touched my ass at the ABC club on Saturday night; he was wearing a blue shirt with khaki pants.”
The cops can ask me, “were you at ABC Friday night? Were you wearing a blue shirt with khaki pants? Did you touch Janes butt?” I can answer “yes, yes, and absolutely effin not,” and they can arrest me on a “preponderance of evidence: I admitted to being at ABC and I was wearing the clothes they alleged, so it’s “reasonable” to believe the allegation of ass touching had merit.
I’m not making this up- it happens on the regular. I know a few professional LEO’s that wouldn’t make an arrest like that, but there are many that would. Any accusation involving Guns, violence against women, and threats of terrorism, are all hot button topics.
It’s WAY easy to arrest someone, especially with these trendy accusations.
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No....please no.
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Philon is the 3rd Cardinal to be released due to legal troubles in the past month. And our best defensive player was suspended for 6 games in May for failing a drug test and attempting to cover it up. That is not a normal 3 months for an NFL team. And it's just a fraction of the nightmare we have witnessed over the past year.
Even for the Cardinals, this all feels entirely too dysfunctional. Especially when we potentially have a young, legit star at QB. We need to provide him with talent and stability in order for him to reach his potential. Not knuckleheads and dead cap space.
Even for the Cardinals, this all feels entirely too dysfunctional. Especially when we potentially have a young, legit star at QB. We need to provide him with talent and stability in order for him to reach his potential. Not knuckleheads and dead cap space.
