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This is a really slow time for free agency, draft stuff etc... We have all talked ourselves purple about draft projections and have taken every rumor or innuendo and turned it into something big. But things are about to really heat up in the next week or so and all of this B.S. the prognosticators have been spewing will start to either sink or swim and in many cases will sink.
Remember 4 years ago (January through early April of 1999 to be specific) when everyone had us either taking John Tait OT from Brigham Young or us taking Torry Holt WR from NC State. All indications were that these were the guys the Cards were targeting. These were the guys the Cards had spent tons of time with at the combine, these were the guys that had the entire Cardinal entourage going to visit for their personal workouts.
However, I distinctly remember reading a short blurb in the "whispers" section of the April 2-9 Pro Football Weekly that mentioned that Arizona Cardinal draft personell were spotted snooping around the campus of the University of Miami and that they were reportedly spending a great deal of time watching film of Edgerrin James. The Cardinals who have a history of stealthy type tactics only sent a single scout to the official Miami workout day.
I guess what I am getting at is that January through early April is really just time to speculate for us fans, to make money for draft geeks like Kiper, and to posture and try to hide your intentions if you are a general manager. The real stuff is going to start coming out in the next few weeks. All indications are that the Cards are zeroing in on a defensive stud-Suggs, Newman, Kennedy, Robertson etc...However, you might want to pay special attention to any "whispers" that come out of the workout of Byron Leftwich next week. Whispers and rumors 3 months out from the draft are just garbage, but whispers 2 weeks from the draft sometimes hold some water just as the one in 1999 did. The Cards were ready to snatch up James had he fallen to them at #8 even though they already had a 1000 yard back in Adrian Murrell. Bob Fergeson admitted that James was their guy after the draft and they were ready to take him even if Holt or Tait or Boston were there when they picked.
Remember 4 years ago (January through early April of 1999 to be specific) when everyone had us either taking John Tait OT from Brigham Young or us taking Torry Holt WR from NC State. All indications were that these were the guys the Cards were targeting. These were the guys the Cards had spent tons of time with at the combine, these were the guys that had the entire Cardinal entourage going to visit for their personal workouts.
However, I distinctly remember reading a short blurb in the "whispers" section of the April 2-9 Pro Football Weekly that mentioned that Arizona Cardinal draft personell were spotted snooping around the campus of the University of Miami and that they were reportedly spending a great deal of time watching film of Edgerrin James. The Cardinals who have a history of stealthy type tactics only sent a single scout to the official Miami workout day.
I guess what I am getting at is that January through early April is really just time to speculate for us fans, to make money for draft geeks like Kiper, and to posture and try to hide your intentions if you are a general manager. The real stuff is going to start coming out in the next few weeks. All indications are that the Cards are zeroing in on a defensive stud-Suggs, Newman, Kennedy, Robertson etc...However, you might want to pay special attention to any "whispers" that come out of the workout of Byron Leftwich next week. Whispers and rumors 3 months out from the draft are just garbage, but whispers 2 weeks from the draft sometimes hold some water just as the one in 1999 did. The Cards were ready to snatch up James had he fallen to them at #8 even though they already had a 1000 yard back in Adrian Murrell. Bob Fergeson admitted that James was their guy after the draft and they were ready to take him even if Holt or Tait or Boston were there when they picked.
