Is this club a David Boston and Rosie Colvin away from a serious playoff run?

[Lomax to Green 84]

I know we should be moving on, but what if we had resigned Boston and paired him with the best deep thrower in the league (Blake)? What if we had thrown an offer so good that Colvin couldn't have thought twice about signing elsewhere? Looking at our current roster, is it within reason to say that the current roster plus Boston and Colvin would be a playoff ready club?

I say yes.

 

[so far away]

Not to mention drafting a stud defensive end!

 

[Krangodnzr]

Originally posted by so far away
Not to mention drafting a stud defensive end!

Calvin Pace?

 

[Cardinals.Ken]

Perhaps...maybe...who knows...

"If "if's" and "but's" were candy & nuts, we'd all have a wonderful Christmas..."

 

[CardLogic]

If...

If a frog had wings he wouldn't bump his ass!

 

[Krangodnzr]

Originally posted by Cardinals.Ken
Perhaps...maybe...who knows...

"If "if's" and "but's" were candy & nuts, we'd all have a wonderful Christmas..."

One of my favorite lines ever!

 

[Cardinals.Ken]

Originally posted by Krangthebrain
One of my favorite lines ever!

How many times I heard "Dandy" Don Merideth say that on MNF...funny, I feel a strange urge for some Lipton Iced Tea...

 

[so far away]

I'm pretty sure we could if our way to the superbowl every year couldn't we?

 

[CardinalChris]

If a squirrel had a square butt he'd crap bricks......

At least that's what my papi always said.

 

[Redheart]

If elephants could fly we would all be looking up.

 

[SECTION 11]

If my aunt had a package, she'd be my uncle.

 

[Cardinals.Ken]

And if my Grandmother had wheels, she'd be a wagon!

 

[JeffGollin]

I know we should be moving on, but what if
Never trust a person who says: "I know we should be moving on but..."

 

[azsports]

"IF"

Balls, Balls said the Queen. "IF" I had two, I would be King.

 

[Ouchie-Z-Clown]

hmm, tough crowd. i would say we would be closer to playoff status than ever before (excluding '98).

 

[Skkorpion]

Originally posted by Holian
I know we should be moving on, but what if we had resigned Boston and paired him with the best deep thrower in the league (Blake)? What if we had thrown an offer so good that Colvin couldn't have thought twice about signing elsewhere? Looking at our current roster, is it within reason to say that the current roster plus Boston and Colvin would be a playoff ready club?

I say yes.

I say no, and that's because of the poor defensive scheme and lousy defensive coaches.

Joe Greene has a bad back, limps around, and seems to coach as little as possible.

Larry Marmie has proven nothing yet but it appears he's changing the scheme significantly this year.

The keys are DE coach Cary Godette http://azcardinals.com/team/coachdetails.php?cid=129
and Defensive backs coach Ron Milus http://azcardinals.com/team/coachdetails.php?cid=123

Codette seems to be competent but he's grossly overweight and wears a huge knee brace at practice. I hope his physical ailments don't affect his coaching the way Joe Greene's seem to affect his.

Ron Milus was demoted by Shanahan tow years ago. Why?

 

[Cheesebeef]

I think with Rosie and Boston, this team would have the talent to be a playoff club, but Skorpp makes a good point - that talent would still have to be coached well - but they're not here, so who really cares?

 

[Cardinals.Ken]

Originally posted by cheesebeef
I think with Rosie and Boston, this team would have the talent to be a playoff club, but Skorpp makes a good point - that talent would still have to be coached well - but they're not here, so who really cares?

I do!

Jack-ass!

 

[Renz]

Colvin took far less $ to sign with New England. Why do the Cards get criticized for not signing him? Maybe next time they should put a gun to the guy's head, "Please Rosevelt! Accept our millions!"

 

[Cardinals.Ken]

Originally posted by Renz
Colvin took far less $ to sign with New England. Why do the Cards get criticized for not signing him? Maybe next time they should put a gun to the guy's head, "Please Rosevelt! Accept our millions!"

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We need to make an offer that they can't refuse...

 

[Cardinals.Ken]

oops...wrong Godfather...

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That's better!

 

[Cheesebeef]

Originally posted by Renz
Colvin took far less $ to sign with New England. Why do the Cards get criticized for not signing him? Maybe next time they should put a gun to the guy's head, "Please Rosevelt! Accept our millions!"

Signing someone is about more than just opening a checkbook - I think that's been made obvious by the Colvin signing.

 

[kerouac9]

Originally posted by Renz
Colvin took far less $ to sign with New England. Why do the Cards get criticized for not signing him?

Because performance is measured by results not by what you tried to do. Graves came out after the season and said, "Colvin is our guy, and we're going to do whatever it takes to get him in here." He wasn't able to do that, and wasn't even able to convince Colvin that this was a place to come and play, even with more money. That deserves criticism.

 

[CardinalChris]

Originally posted by kerouac9
Because performance is measured by results not by what you tried to do. Graves came out after the season and said, "Colvin is our guy, and we're going to do whatever it takes to get him in here." He wasn't able to do that, and wasn't even able to convince Colvin that this was a place to come and play, even with more money. That deserves criticism.

But at the same time have you considered the possibility that there was NOTHING Graves could have done to sign Colvin?

 

[Cheesebeef]

Originally posted by CardinalChris
But at the same time have you considered the possibility that there was NOTHING Graves could have done to sign Colvin?

Of course - and that may have been the case - but . . . screw it, I'm not getting into another Rod Graves cut from the same cloth/need fresh people in the organization argument again. We will agree to disagree on the offseason until we see what results are like on the field.