1. Forget about DE/DT Vonnie Holliday. Why are the Cardinals letting him keep the team in limbo when he's clearly trying to use the Cardinal offer as leverage in signing somewhere else? The guy is coming off injuries and he's not a consistent pass rusher. Time to look elsewhere.
2. The Cardinals are not pursuing DE Chike Okeafor because of Okeafor's back problems. Seems wise.
3. Forget about RB Emmitt Smith. While I was very much in favor of signing Smith last week, two things have happened since that make me interested in going in a different direction: (A) The Cardinals offered Smith as good an offer as he is going to get, but Smith is not jumping at it...which is fine...but that tells me he's not convinced he wants to play in Arizona; (B) Junior Seau has become available and Seau would be a better pickup than Smith because his energy could totally revitalize the Cardinal defense. The Smith signing could very well put the Cardinals in the similarly awkward position of having to start a player who may not be the best player on the team at his position...and we all know the Cardinals HAVE to stop doing that. I thought it was a GREAT move on Mac's part to tell Jeff Blake that he is going to compete for the QB job with Josh McCown. The same statement should be made to ANY free agent signee. Smith wouldn't be able to handle being relegated to second string, especially not with the Cardinals. Thus, what once appeared to be a PR boon may turn out to be a PR nightmare. Smith isn't sure what he wants to do. Let him ponder his options elsewhere.
(4) Great post by Jason this morning on the WR situation. Right on, Jason. Want to understand why the Cardinals are only offering MarTay Jenkins $1M a year? Look at it this way. Is Kevin Kasper just as good or even better than MarTay? The Cardinals must think so. One thing that impressed me most about Kasper last year was his consistency . He ran super hard and well on every kickoff. And he made good clutch plays at wide receiver, game in and game out. MarTay has been inconsistent and he certainly has not established himself as a starting WR. That isn't to deny Jenkins' excellent potential...but, he will only deserve the money he's looking for when he emerges as a relaible and consistently productive starter.
The Cardinals should add a veteran WR into the mix. Should be interesting to see who the Cardinals add. They made a last ditch effort to sign Ricky Proehl. Who will they go after next? It would appear certain too that they will select a WR at some point in the draft.
2. The Cardinals are not pursuing DE Chike Okeafor because of Okeafor's back problems. Seems wise.
3. Forget about RB Emmitt Smith. While I was very much in favor of signing Smith last week, two things have happened since that make me interested in going in a different direction: (A) The Cardinals offered Smith as good an offer as he is going to get, but Smith is not jumping at it...which is fine...but that tells me he's not convinced he wants to play in Arizona; (B) Junior Seau has become available and Seau would be a better pickup than Smith because his energy could totally revitalize the Cardinal defense. The Smith signing could very well put the Cardinals in the similarly awkward position of having to start a player who may not be the best player on the team at his position...and we all know the Cardinals HAVE to stop doing that. I thought it was a GREAT move on Mac's part to tell Jeff Blake that he is going to compete for the QB job with Josh McCown. The same statement should be made to ANY free agent signee. Smith wouldn't be able to handle being relegated to second string, especially not with the Cardinals. Thus, what once appeared to be a PR boon may turn out to be a PR nightmare. Smith isn't sure what he wants to do. Let him ponder his options elsewhere.
(4) Great post by Jason this morning on the WR situation. Right on, Jason. Want to understand why the Cardinals are only offering MarTay Jenkins $1M a year? Look at it this way. Is Kevin Kasper just as good or even better than MarTay? The Cardinals must think so. One thing that impressed me most about Kasper last year was his consistency . He ran super hard and well on every kickoff. And he made good clutch plays at wide receiver, game in and game out. MarTay has been inconsistent and he certainly has not established himself as a starting WR. That isn't to deny Jenkins' excellent potential...but, he will only deserve the money he's looking for when he emerges as a relaible and consistently productive starter.
The Cardinals should add a veteran WR into the mix. Should be interesting to see who the Cardinals add. They made a last ditch effort to sign Ricky Proehl. Who will they go after next? It would appear certain too that they will select a WR at some point in the draft.
