Should Arizona exercise Floyd's 2016 option?

[Chopper0080]

I would not pick up his option for several reasons...

1-His play and/or lack of consistency does not warrant it.

2-If he blows up next year, you can always sign him then or use the franchise tag.

3-If his current level of play continues, you can offer him a more equitable extension, or let someone else overpay for him.

4-If I could get a 3rd rounder for him, I would make that deal in a second.


More and more young athletes are flocking to the wide receivers position every year due to the expansion of spread offenses. This means the WR position is getting flooded with talent and will soon be saturated. It is best to view WRs in a few catagory's...1-Elite. These are players who can win every way as a WR. Speed, size, routes. Worth top contracts. 2-Fringe Players who are more talented but are limited in the ways they can win. These are the guys in the second tier of contracts and are those to stay away from. Role Wrs. These are players who are limited but fit into defined roles as player. They are in a third contract tier and are whatyou stock your roster with. Floyd would fall into that 2nd group, and I would cap him at a third tier contract.

 

[kerouac9]

I would not pick up his option for several reasons...

1-His play and/or lack of consistency does not warrant it.

2-If he blows up next year, you can always sign him then or use the franchise tag.

3-If his current level of play continues, you can offer him a more equitable extension, or let someone else overpay for him.

4-If I could get a 3rd rounder for him, I would make that deal in a second.


More and more young athletes are flocking to the wide receivers position every year due to the expansion of spread offenses. This means the WR position is getting flooded with talent and will soon be saturated. It is best to view WRs in a few catagory's...1-Elite. These are players who can win every way as a WR. Speed, size, routes. Worth top contracts. 2-Fringe Players who are more talented but are limited in the ways they can win. These are the guys in the second tier of contracts and are those to stay away from. Role Wrs. These are players who are limited but fit into defined roles as player. They are in a third contract tier and are whatyou stock your roster with. Floyd would fall into that 2nd group, and I would cap him at a third tier contract.

The option is pricey, and it's a good thing we don't have to extend it until next year. I think we'll have a better idea about Floyd at the end of next season.

Michael Floyd just isn't going to be in the category of Fitz 5 years ago, Megatron 3 years ago, A.J. Green and Julio Jones now. That's not the guy that he is.

He's different than Jeremy Maclin, but I think the talent is pretty close. Maclin got a five-year, $55M contract with $23M guaranteed to go from Philly to KC after a career year.

I think Floyd is probably a better player than Fitz now, and defintely will be in 2016, but we're stuck with Fitz's deal, and we can't pay Floyd $10M and Fitz $11M. That makes no sense whatsoever.

We're going to move on, even if it's probably a bad short-term move.

 

[BigRedRage]

The option is pricey, and it's a good thing we don't have to extend it until next year. I think we'll have a better idea about Floyd at the end of next season.

I believe we have to decide if he gets the 5th year or not by May 3rd this year.

Arizona Cardinals receiver Michael Floyd could be a free agent after the 2015 season. He enters the fourth year of his rookie contract. However, the Cardinals have until May 3 to make a decision that could keep him in Arizona another season.

http://www.revengeofthebirds.com/20...decide-soon-on-michael-floyds-5th-year-option

 

[kerouac9]

I believe we have to decide if he gets the 5th year or not by May 3rd this year.



http://www.revengeofthebirds.com/20...decide-soon-on-michael-floyds-5th-year-option

You're right, and the number is $7.32MM:

http://www.profootballrumors.com/2016-fifth-year-option-decision-tracker/

Thought this was interesting:

These 2016 option salaries are guaranteed for injury only up until the first day of the 2016 league year, at which point they become fully guaranteed. As such, many teams figure to exercise the options for now, even if they’re not 100% sure they’ll keep the player — there isn’t a ton of risk in picking up the option and maintaining as much roster flexibility as possible. Teams and players can also continue to negotiate long-term contracts from this point on.

Based on this, the Cards should absolutely just pick up the option. There's almost no downside.

 

[BigRedRage]

You're right, and the number is $7.32MM:

http://www.profootballrumors.com/2016-fifth-year-option-decision-tracker/

Thought this was interesting:



Based on this, the Cards should absolutely just pick up the option. There's almost no downside.

good notes and I agree if that is the case.

 

[CardLogic]

$7.32 million just doesn't buy what it used to. . .

 

[TigToad]

Floyd was pretty dinged up from everything I understood last year. I would expect him to have a much, much better season this year.