RugbyMuffin
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As the cliche' goes, the future is now.
There are no playoffs in our future, at least IMHO. Especially when most sports media giants have you the 31st team out of 32 teams, and most are eying up our game against Carolina to drop us to 32 out of 32.
It is time to grow this team.
QB: John Skelton
For Pete's sake we "Rode and died" with Anderson. Who cares if Skelton makes mistakes, we have been dealing with mistakes for the whole season. Just keep reminding the kid that "None of this really matters".
RB: Tim Hightower
And none of this back and forth stuff. Tim is a free agent at the end of the year, and in all seriousness we need to start looking at him as our starter. Not saying Chris Wells should be cut/traded, etc., etc. But if Chris Wells is supposed to be better than Hightower he has to start proving it. Wells has already blown the free pass you get when you are a first round pick. Now he will have to earn the spot like everyone else. Seriously, didn't we learn from the whole Leinart/Warner debacle, that you just start the best guy ?
FB: Who cares.
Seriously ? For right now ? I would put Hightower or Jim Dray in there. Maui'a sucks. At least we would know IF we Hightower or Dray has that versitility.
WR: Fitzgerald, Breaston, Roberts
Fitz, and Breaston are a gimme. Roberts should move up to the 3rd spot. Doucet is horrible, he caught whatever illness Jehreme Urban had while hear and just drops everything. He is GONE in the offseason, the 3rd round pick curse continues. At least lets see if Roberts is as poor a WR as he is a PR. This will also let Stephen Williams back in the mix at the 4th WR spot.
TE: Jim Dray
I hate our TE position. I really, really do. Jim Dray is a younger version of Steven Spach. Ben Patrick is gone in the offseason, at least I hope. What a disappointment Patrick has been on a HUGE scale. Play Dray, and lock in who should be our #2 TE for the next few years, keep in mind he is playing after a nasty knee injury in college the year before.
OT: Levi Brown, Jeff Bridges
Ugh. Just.......ugh. It has been too long to talk about potential. Brown is a bust. He is a solid OT but still for his position he is questionable starter, and that is not good enough. We signed Jeremy Bridges for 3 years (love that signing), he is our backup OT, and since Keith is hurt he goes in cause that is his job. I love the job Bridges does on special team, BTW.
OG: Deuce Lutui, Rex Hadnot/Alan Faneca
Lutui and be extremely critical of his play for the next 4 weeks. This is our "best lineman", he is a "run blocking guard", and our team cannot run consistently, and is 3-9. Just sayin', before we go ahead and throw money at him. I do not see, and wouldn't pay for it, IMO. Next is a choice between Faneca, and Sendlien. Rex Hadnot is signed for 3 years, much like Bridges, to be our backup. Let's see what Hadnot can do since we have seen Faneca, and Sendlien. I personally would start Faneca.
OC: Rex Hadnot/Lyle "pushed off the line" Sendlein
Look at the best running teams, and their center. That is not a coincedence. Sendlein is horrible. He is the Max Hall of offensive linemen. Sure his heart is big, and supposidely knows what he is doing, but that amounts to jack squat when you get blown off the line like he does, cannot block like he can't, and your team cannot run the ball. A poster said he knew this season was in the crapper once Sendlein was named captain. I agree. I really, really, really hope the Cardinals finally sign a NFL caliber center this offseason. How many more Nick Leckey, Jason Starkey, Lyle Sendlein do we need to watch ? Again, put in Hadnot, see what he can do.
DE: Darnell Dockett, Alan Branch
I think Dockett hear the whispers after his "what are we playing for comment" he played like the animal he is for 60 full minutes last game. Yes, Darnell that is what you are playing for: pride, fans and the color red. Loved that performance from him last week. Alan Branch. Alan Branch. WHERE HAS THIS BEEN !?!?! My hate for Branch was fueled like the hate some people have for Whiz right now. I was so happy to get Branch in the draft, and was 100% certain we had a NT for the next 10 years. Then he sucked, then he said he hates playing NT, then he was fat, and lazy. I guess John Lott said. "If you wanna play DE in this league then you cannot be the fat-ass you are now." Branch has noticably lost a lot of weight and now as a DE, is making difference out there. The light bulb was plugged into the wrong socket, and needed to drop some fat off the copper to make the right connection I guess. Branch is playing very, very well. So, well, and with such determination he may get himself a huge contact. And yes, Campbell rides the bench, and with 2 years left in his contract should be forced to beat out Branch next season, or IMO, learn to play OLB for pass rushing situations, I mean if Bertrand Berry, Okeafor, and a host of other DE's can do it why can't Campbell ?
Sidenote: Did anyone see Dockett covering a RB last week ? Not bad for the big guy.
NT: Dan Williams
Nuff said. He is "getting it" and in his rookie year that is something to be impressed with. Robinson ? Watson ? Bye, bye in the offseason.
OLB: Haggans, Porter
You just try to put in Schofield as much as possible, and I saw the Cardinals put Daryl Washington there a couple times last week....so, yeah keep doing that. What else are you going to do ? Porter and Haggans are the only ones that really know what to do there at this point. Ugh. Oh yeah, and I would personally try Campbell out of that spot a couple of times.
ILB: Hayes, Washington
Don't care if Washington is playing out of position, don't care the he over pursuits. Don't care. Get him in there. Take a REAL close look at Gerald Hayes, who still has 2 years on his contract. But, is he our starter next year ? Depth wise, the Cardinals are actually in pretty good shape at ILB, I stress depth wise. They need a stud SILB with Hayes starting to fall apart. But Hayes as the back up SILB, and Lenon as the backup WILB we are pretty good.
CB: DRC, Toler
The infatiuation with "Money Mike" is madness, IMO. The guy is not even worth the NB spot, IMO. I would like to see AJ Jefferson get a lot more time out on the field. Toler needs the work, and will be fine at CB. As for the coward.....how disappointing. DRC, is scared of getting hurt again. I hate to say it but it looks like he will never be the same after that injury, and that is in a negative way. DRC should and could be trade bait this year, cause he has been horrible, disappointing, and worst of all he is shameful to watch. That is not the kind of guy I want on my football team.
FS: Kerry Rhodes
The Bertrand Berry veteran acquisition for this era. I personally think he has played lights out. Better than Rolle could have or would have played this year. What he has done with ZERO pass rush has been impressive. Rashad Johnson should continue to be our 3rd safety in as well, he has made Matt Ware expendable, AND Ware should be inactive, in place of Abdullah, IMO.
SS: Adrian Wilson
It is look in the mirror time for Adrian Wilson. The old man has lost a step, and his future as a SS is going to be reliant on who the next DC brought in will be. But, what really concerns me is his lack of tackling this year. His decline has made safety the second most position of need in the offseason after QB, IMO.
Yet, even with his declining skills, I love the guy. And will root him on for the next four games.
K,P: Feeley, Graham.
PR: UGH!! Money Mike Madness strikes again. The sole reason Marshay Green sits and doesn't get a chance to return punts.
There are no playoffs in our future, at least IMHO. Especially when most sports media giants have you the 31st team out of 32 teams, and most are eying up our game against Carolina to drop us to 32 out of 32.
It is time to grow this team.
QB: John Skelton
For Pete's sake we "Rode and died" with Anderson. Who cares if Skelton makes mistakes, we have been dealing with mistakes for the whole season. Just keep reminding the kid that "None of this really matters".
RB: Tim Hightower
And none of this back and forth stuff. Tim is a free agent at the end of the year, and in all seriousness we need to start looking at him as our starter. Not saying Chris Wells should be cut/traded, etc., etc. But if Chris Wells is supposed to be better than Hightower he has to start proving it. Wells has already blown the free pass you get when you are a first round pick. Now he will have to earn the spot like everyone else. Seriously, didn't we learn from the whole Leinart/Warner debacle, that you just start the best guy ?
FB: Who cares.
Seriously ? For right now ? I would put Hightower or Jim Dray in there. Maui'a sucks. At least we would know IF we Hightower or Dray has that versitility.
WR: Fitzgerald, Breaston, Roberts
Fitz, and Breaston are a gimme. Roberts should move up to the 3rd spot. Doucet is horrible, he caught whatever illness Jehreme Urban had while hear and just drops everything. He is GONE in the offseason, the 3rd round pick curse continues. At least lets see if Roberts is as poor a WR as he is a PR. This will also let Stephen Williams back in the mix at the 4th WR spot.
TE: Jim Dray
I hate our TE position. I really, really do. Jim Dray is a younger version of Steven Spach. Ben Patrick is gone in the offseason, at least I hope. What a disappointment Patrick has been on a HUGE scale. Play Dray, and lock in who should be our #2 TE for the next few years, keep in mind he is playing after a nasty knee injury in college the year before.
OT: Levi Brown, Jeff Bridges
Ugh. Just.......ugh. It has been too long to talk about potential. Brown is a bust. He is a solid OT but still for his position he is questionable starter, and that is not good enough. We signed Jeremy Bridges for 3 years (love that signing), he is our backup OT, and since Keith is hurt he goes in cause that is his job. I love the job Bridges does on special team, BTW.
OG: Deuce Lutui, Rex Hadnot/Alan Faneca
Lutui and be extremely critical of his play for the next 4 weeks. This is our "best lineman", he is a "run blocking guard", and our team cannot run consistently, and is 3-9. Just sayin', before we go ahead and throw money at him. I do not see, and wouldn't pay for it, IMO. Next is a choice between Faneca, and Sendlien. Rex Hadnot is signed for 3 years, much like Bridges, to be our backup. Let's see what Hadnot can do since we have seen Faneca, and Sendlien. I personally would start Faneca.
OC: Rex Hadnot/Lyle "pushed off the line" Sendlein
Look at the best running teams, and their center. That is not a coincedence. Sendlein is horrible. He is the Max Hall of offensive linemen. Sure his heart is big, and supposidely knows what he is doing, but that amounts to jack squat when you get blown off the line like he does, cannot block like he can't, and your team cannot run the ball. A poster said he knew this season was in the crapper once Sendlein was named captain. I agree. I really, really, really hope the Cardinals finally sign a NFL caliber center this offseason. How many more Nick Leckey, Jason Starkey, Lyle Sendlein do we need to watch ? Again, put in Hadnot, see what he can do.
DE: Darnell Dockett, Alan Branch
I think Dockett hear the whispers after his "what are we playing for comment" he played like the animal he is for 60 full minutes last game. Yes, Darnell that is what you are playing for: pride, fans and the color red. Loved that performance from him last week. Alan Branch. Alan Branch. WHERE HAS THIS BEEN !?!?! My hate for Branch was fueled like the hate some people have for Whiz right now. I was so happy to get Branch in the draft, and was 100% certain we had a NT for the next 10 years. Then he sucked, then he said he hates playing NT, then he was fat, and lazy. I guess John Lott said. "If you wanna play DE in this league then you cannot be the fat-ass you are now." Branch has noticably lost a lot of weight and now as a DE, is making difference out there. The light bulb was plugged into the wrong socket, and needed to drop some fat off the copper to make the right connection I guess. Branch is playing very, very well. So, well, and with such determination he may get himself a huge contact. And yes, Campbell rides the bench, and with 2 years left in his contract should be forced to beat out Branch next season, or IMO, learn to play OLB for pass rushing situations, I mean if Bertrand Berry, Okeafor, and a host of other DE's can do it why can't Campbell ?
Sidenote: Did anyone see Dockett covering a RB last week ? Not bad for the big guy.
NT: Dan Williams
Nuff said. He is "getting it" and in his rookie year that is something to be impressed with. Robinson ? Watson ? Bye, bye in the offseason.
OLB: Haggans, Porter
You just try to put in Schofield as much as possible, and I saw the Cardinals put Daryl Washington there a couple times last week....so, yeah keep doing that. What else are you going to do ? Porter and Haggans are the only ones that really know what to do there at this point. Ugh. Oh yeah, and I would personally try Campbell out of that spot a couple of times.ILB: Hayes, Washington
Don't care if Washington is playing out of position, don't care the he over pursuits. Don't care. Get him in there. Take a REAL close look at Gerald Hayes, who still has 2 years on his contract. But, is he our starter next year ? Depth wise, the Cardinals are actually in pretty good shape at ILB, I stress depth wise. They need a stud SILB with Hayes starting to fall apart. But Hayes as the back up SILB, and Lenon as the backup WILB we are pretty good.
CB: DRC, Toler
The infatiuation with "Money Mike" is madness, IMO. The guy is not even worth the NB spot, IMO. I would like to see AJ Jefferson get a lot more time out on the field. Toler needs the work, and will be fine at CB. As for the coward.....how disappointing. DRC, is scared of getting hurt again. I hate to say it but it looks like he will never be the same after that injury, and that is in a negative way. DRC should and could be trade bait this year, cause he has been horrible, disappointing, and worst of all he is shameful to watch. That is not the kind of guy I want on my football team.
FS: Kerry Rhodes
The Bertrand Berry veteran acquisition for this era. I personally think he has played lights out. Better than Rolle could have or would have played this year. What he has done with ZERO pass rush has been impressive. Rashad Johnson should continue to be our 3rd safety in as well, he has made Matt Ware expendable, AND Ware should be inactive, in place of Abdullah, IMO.
SS: Adrian Wilson
It is look in the mirror time for Adrian Wilson. The old man has lost a step, and his future as a SS is going to be reliant on who the next DC brought in will be. But, what really concerns me is his lack of tackling this year. His decline has made safety the second most position of need in the offseason after QB, IMO.
Yet, even with his declining skills, I love the guy. And will root him on for the next four games.
K,P: Feeley, Graham.
PR: UGH!! Money Mike Madness strikes again. The sole reason Marshay Green sits and doesn't get a chance to return punts.
