The Cardinals Front Office: To Be Or Not To Be

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Peterson was traded. Who would you have traded to a divisional rival and who would the Seahawks have excepted. Is Peterson even a 3-4 LB?

I would also disagree that there are plenty of players to pick from. Good even decent 3-4 OLB's that can rush the passer rarely hit the open market. The ones that do are let go for a reason. The few that do, have 12 to 15 other teams competing for their services. Heck even the guys you mentioned for this year - KVB isn't a LB, Kampman is a wild card in the 3-4(although I think it might work), Banta Cain is hit and miss who just got 10 sacks the first time in his career at the age of 29 and only 12.5 sacks in his 6 years prior, Porter is a old headcase who may or may not work, and Merriman do you want to trade away draft picks and a huge contract for him?

I forgot about Peterson being traded, you got me there. KVB, Kampman and such are just different guys that could help us out with a better passrush right away while our draft picks mature. Those guys could play just like Berry did. My case is this. Any team should be able to bring in two top players per year. One through the draft and one in free agency. Any GM that can't do that should not be a GM. Also if you combine the draft and free agency there are plenty of players to choose from. If we were a team like the Rams that had so many holes to fill then I would say trade down in the draft for extra picks, sign a bunch of average players just to upgrade the team enough so it didn't go 1-15. We are not in that position. We are a playoff caliber team that with a few more very good players we can again contend for the Superbowl. When a team has this chance you have to take the bull by the horns and get the job done.