Keim should definitely be held to the same standards as message board squawkers. Extremely high expectations.
On Cards Underground they tiptoe gingerly around the idea that if you look at him on the sideline he does have a limp. He’s listed with a knee but man he didn’t like playing here.
They released him injured.
Blankenship ended up being injured for us also?
Not sure, but the kid couldn’t stay healthy with Indy.
An injury prone kicker must be glass made
Yeah, saw it on a tweet from Urban.
Uh, yeah, Keim traded for a center who ended up sucking on shotgun snaps, had to be begged out of retirement, and didn't play. This one is definitely on Keim. Board opinion at the time of the trade means literally nothing to the responsibility he bears.
Yup, the underlying issue as we all know is not the trade itself, all teams for the most part get taken to town when they continuously take this route to cover their deficiencies, the actual fault is Keim cannot draft. 'Keim time' is something he should not get patted on the back for when he does get it right, because he is occasionally taking a step forward but two steps back every draft
You can’t argue this. Granted, I haven’t been as critical of Keim as many on this board have been. But, how do you draft a QB #1 overall and not draft an Olineman high in the draft at all in like 7 years? And our OL sucked even BEFORE we drafted Murray. This is inexcusable. And he hasn’t drafted a stud DLineman during that stretch either. And this team is wretched in the trenches. Football has changed quite a bit over the decades I’ve watched it, but one thing hasn’t changed. Teams that are strong in the trenches are playoff teams & teams that suck in the trenches are crap. We obviously are in the latter group.
Sucker organizations are gonna do sucker organization things..
Yep. You would think that the Bidwills would eventually learn. But, they haven’t in the almost 60 years I’ve watched them.
Before this draft I was pounding the proverbial plastic table (storied franchises have theirs made out of oak in places like Pittsburgh and Baltimore) the Cards own to draft linemen. One could say our situation at center and the loss of Rashard Lawrence at DT is why this team is falling apart. Lawrence is not a great player but a starting caliber guy, but we were still iffy because even before injury (which is often) you need someone to step in and give him a breather. The main problem before coaching, pass rusher or our favorite QB play, is the fact that the core of our OL/DL is a sieve
The trade wasn’t terrible, it was giving him the extension to make him happy when we didn’t need to.
When you can't draft, you kinda need to.. which is the repeating cycle this team finds itself in...always.
