O'Brien Schofield Released

[ASUCHRIS]

Wow... whats he make? 500k? Even if he only plays 8-10 games you can stick him in there on passing downs for the blitz. I dont get what we're doing.

Yeah, I don't see the point of releasing him either, can never have enough pass rushers.

That being said, if it is an either or proposition, I'll take the guy who is healthy and produces.

 

[kerouac9]

Yeah, I don't see the point of releasing him either, can never have enough pass rushers.

That being said, if it is an either or proposition, I'll take the guy who is healthy and produces.

It's not--at least not now. It's an either/or between O'Brien Schofield and Zach Nash. It's just weird.

 

[Buckybird]

Yeah, I don't see the point of releasing him either, can never have enough pass rushers.

That being said, if it is an either or proposition, I'll take the guy who is healthy and produces.

It's a numbers game right now given the OLBs we have on the depth chart. And as K9 pointed out somewhere else, he wasn't going to be a Cardinal most likely next year anyway.

Schohawk was basically Beanie playing OLB...hurt more than on the field. I still wouldn't be suprised to see him light it up somewhere...I bet Denver has him on the radar.

 

[kerouac9]

It's a numbers game right now given the OLBs we have on the depth chart. And as K9 pointed out somewhere else, he wasn't going to be a Cardinal most likely next year anyway.

Schohawk was basically Beanie playing OLB...hurt more than on the field. I still wouldn't be suprised to see him light it up somewhere...I bet Denver has him on the radar.

Again, this is unfair. Schofield has played in 35 of a possible 48 games in his pro career. The Cards knew when they drafted him that he wouldn't be available much of his rookie season.

After he came off the PUP list, he played 10 games as a special teamer his rookie year, 16 games his sophomore season, and 9 games before Dockett rolled up on his leg.

I hope he finds a landing spot. Kid got pulled from the field as he was going out for his run test. He's off the roster now; no need to pour dirt on him.

 

[splitsecond]

Honestly feel like this is a stupid, stupid move the Cards will regret. Maybe not because someone else won't replace him, but because he is going to light it up somewhere.

 

[SteveKiner]

I think the Abraham signing meant that someone would have to go and I feel bad it's OB. Great kid and hard worker but I don't think he ever got all the way back from his knee injury in the Senior Bowl. I wish him the best of luck wherever he signs on. I think it was a class move by the Cards also. Release him early so he has a chance to catch on with someone else before rosters get real tight. I haven't followed the Cards closely very long, but I like a lot of the moves the FO is making.

 

[Buckybird]

Again, this is unfair. Schofield has played in 35 of a possible 48 games in his pro career. The Cards knew when they drafted him that he wouldn't be available much of his rookie season.

After he came off the PUP list, he played 10 games as a special teamer his rookie year, 16 games his sophomore season, and 9 games before Dockett rolled up on his leg.

I hope he finds a landing spot. Kid got pulled from the field as he was going out for his run test. He's off the roster now; no need to pour dirt on him.

I'm not dogging him, he seamed to be always nicked. Started just 9 of 35 career games

I think the kid can be pretty good if he can stay on the field & gets a fair chance

 

[Darkside]

BA is hardcore, no doubt about it. Straight up and hard core. He's going to get the most from our guys.

 

[Duckjake]

The way I see it we upgraded fron Scho to Abraham and added a year since Scho was going to need a new contract for 2014 for roughly 1.7 million (if you roughly 6 mill/2yr for Abraham). Buys us some time to find an edge rusher.

Schofield was most likely headed to be the #5 OLB before Abraham was signed. No reason to keep him. Good kid but nothing special. Another Horton casualty.

Acho, Alexander, Okafor, Shaugnessy......

 

[Buckybird]

Schofield was most likely headed to be the #5 OLB before Abraham was signed. No reason to keep him. Good kid but nothing special. Another Horton casualty.

Acho, Alexander, Okafor, Shaugnessy......

Exactly...it was a numbers game

 

[speedy]

Again, this is unfair. Schofield has played in 35 of a possible 48 games in his pro career. The Cards knew when they drafted him that he wouldn't be available much of his rookie season.

After he came off the PUP list, he played 10 games as a special teamer his rookie year, 16 games his sophomore season, and 9 games before Dockett rolled up on his leg.

I hope he finds a landing spot. Kid got pulled from the field as he was going out for his run test. He's off the roster now; no need to pour dirt on him.

Agreed

 

[Duckjake]

This leaves only 6 players on the roster drafted from 2005 through 2010 and half of those are from 2010.

Tough to build a 53 or even a 22 through the draft with those results.

The coaching carousel strikes again.

 

[kerouac9]

I'm not dogging him, he seamed to be always nicked. Started just 9 of 35 career games

I think the kid can be pretty good if he can stay on the field & gets a fair chance

Maybe, but for two seasons he was stuck behind the hulking, decomposing corpse of Joey Porter, and he was productive.

It's amazing that no one had anything bad to say about O'Brien Schofield until six hours ago.

Amazing. Simply amazing.

 

[kerouac9]

This leaves only 6 players on the roster drafted from 2005 through 2010 and half of those are from 2010.

Tough to build a 53 or even a 22 through the draft with those results.

The coaching carousel strikes again.

Steve Keim: super scout.

Even more fun fact: Of the fifteen players selected in the 2011 and 2012 drafts, three are off the Roster, five are projected starters, and five are in a fight for their NFL careers.

It's not like anyone was saying this when Steve Keim was promoted.

 

[mwanamatapa]

Really surprised they released him. Why sign this Kenny Rowe then? Could have kept Schofield - he was coming along just fine. The injury was a fluke last year but maybe he wasn't fully recovered?

 

[Bodha]

Im thinking it has to be injury related



or maybe with Abraham, they couldnt have a guy like Schofield who wanted to play all the time. Cause problems, doesnt want to be a backup.


Im going to trust the move. With Abe, Arenas, Winston this staff has done a great job so theres no reason to doubt them now.

 

[Brian in Mesa]

Schofield

:BIM:

O'Brien too.

BIM

 

[SECTION 11]

Maybe, but for two seasons he was stuck behind the hulking, decomposing corpse of Joey Porter, and he was productive.

Lol

 

[27Veer]

This leaves only 6 players on the roster drafted from 2005 through 2010 and half of those are from 2010.

Tough to build a 53 or even a 22 through the draft with those results.

The coaching carousel strikes again.

I agree with this and i think it was a mistake to get rid of him.

 

[Cbus cardsfan]

Schofield was most likely headed to be the #5 OLB before Abraham was signed. No reason to keep him. Good kid but nothing special. Another Horton casualty.

Acho, Alexander, Okafor, Shaugnessy......

Exactly...it was a numbers game

Agreed to a point. I like his chances coming into the NFL but he just wasn't able to get over the hump.

It definitely seems like the Cards are going for bigger LB's which falls into the Bill Parcells line of thinking in which Bowles is a product.

 

[cardpa]

Wasn't Schofield the one who had to wear a wrist band so he could look at it to figure out what defenses were being called so he knew where to be? If that was the case maybe he was having a really hard time picking up the defense Bowles was installing in OTAs and they decided he wasn't getting it.

May be his release was a combination of the injuries and the lack of smarts.

Sounds like he was deep in the depth charts if signing Abraham was what caused him to get cut.

 

[GuernseyCard]

Twitter reports that there are 24 waiver claims for Schofield.

 

[kerouac9]

Twitter reports that there are 24 waiver claims for Schofield.

LOL. Maybe he had some trade value. Something must be up, because it's crazy that we released this guy instead of Zack Nash or some other bottom of the roster player.

 

[GuernseyCard]

LOL. Maybe he had some trade value. Something must be up, because it's crazy that we released this guy instead of Zack Nash or some other bottom of the roster player.

Perhaps they made a few calls.

Bottom line: they didn't project him on the final 53 and wanted the $1.3m.

May prove a mistake.

 

[CardsFan88]

I wonder how sudden Abraham's visit was. IF Abraham's agent called some teams late with a reduced asking price, it's conceivable they had to act fast, not leaving much/any time to trade him.

But I agree with K9 that there were some other people at the bottom of the barrel they could have cut. They wouldn't of saved as much, but we aren't hurting for capspace.

Perhaps they have another vet or two they are interested in, as for some players, the wake up call about not getting a decent salary is when training camps are underway.

24 claims is pretty crazy. If true, it means there's no way he gets past the bottom 7-8 teams record wise from last season, and most likely not past the bottom 2-4 teams.