Week 4 of the Arizona Cardinals off season. 01/27/25-02/02/25

[cardpa]

"Watch your mouth" - Cardinals star Budda Baker clowned by fans for trolling Commanders' effort on defense

Arizona Cardinal safety Budda Baker was criticized for comments he made during Sunday's NFC Championship game between the Philadelphia Eagles and the Washington Commanders.

www.sportskeeda.com

You have to admit the fans were right on this one.

 

[kerouac9]

The problem they have here is both Baker and Thompson are Strong safeties. Neither is going to fill the free safety position. With Baker solidified as the starting SS, Thompson has no real position other than to continue to struggle as a FS who can't cover. Hopefully they can work out a trade for Thompson and get something in return instead of an outright cut.

Thomson is a good free safety and more than adequate in coverage. This is a bad take.

 

[Card'em]

Agree that Thompson is adequate in coverage, just not special. Very good tackler and good in run support. Overall, he's a better than average starter at safety. I think the Cardinals will keep him this year while DTD continues to develop, and then not resign him after next season.

 

[kerouac9]

Agree that Thompson is adequate in coverage, just not special. Very good tackler and good in run support. Overall, he's a better than average starter at safety. I think the Cardinals will keep him this year while DTD continues to develop, and then not resign him after next season.

I think that's going to be the result, also. He's not Earl Thomas, but you can win with him. I think if and when we put a pass rush in front of him we'll get better results. He suffered because his job was covering up for poor/inconsistent play at the corner position.

 

[Ronin]

Tyler Drake

@Tdrake4sports
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12m


Arizona Cardinals S Budda Baker will be taking part in the relay race at the 2025 Pro Bowl Games.TE Trey McBride is set to participate in the Satisfying Catches event.Both will also play in Sunday's flag football game.

 

[Chopper0080]

I think that's going to be the result, also. He's not Earl Thomas, but you can win with him. I think if and when we put a pass rush in front of him we'll get better results. He suffered because his job was covering up for poor/inconsistent play at the corner position.

There is a world where you have a solid roster and you need to cut or trade Thompson because of cap savings. I don't believe the Cardinals are currently at that point where they need to cut him. I could see a trade if they wanted to swap him with a similar type player on another team at a position the Cardinals need to fill. Not sure who or what that actually looks like,

 

[Stout]

There is a world where you have a solid roster and you need to cut or trade Thompson because of cap savings. I don't believe the Cardinals are currently at that point where they need to cut him. I could see a trade if they wanted to swap him with a similar type player on another team at a position the Cardinals need to fill. Not sure who or what that actually looks like,

Well stated. Wouldn't it be nice, heading into year THREE of a plodding rebuild, to even be able to say we have a roster approaching solid, let alone a solid roster?

 

[Chopper0080]

Well stated. Wouldn't it be nice, heading into year THREE of a plodding rebuild, to even be able to say we have a roster approaching solid, let alone a solid roster?

I do think the roster is approaching solid. Injuries and some obvious misses have hurt the process (but in some ways, that should be expected). In some ways, the fact the Cardinals have few expensive contracts and finished with 8 wins is a credit to Monti. But the lack of top end talent across the roster is a problem, and some key position groups are still in flux. It's just tough to justify cost-cutting moves right now because there is no real need to cut costs until something changes.

 

[Chopper0080]

So the best type of move the Cardinals could likely do is trade Jalen Thompson for an expensive OG or ILB. An example of a move like this could be a trade for Cleveland guard Joel Bitonio. He is expensive, old, and on an expiring deal. Jalen is younger but would only cost 8 mil on the trade and allow the Browns to cut Thornhill and free up 4 mil in salary this year. I am not saying either team would be interested, but this is the kind of scenario that makes sense for the Cardinals to move off of Jalen.

 

[PDXChris]

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[Ronin]

Mike Garafolo

@MikeGarafolo
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13m

The #Cowboys are interviewing #AZCardinals OL coach Klayton Adams for their offensive coordinator in person today at The Star, sources say. The favorite to land the gig on Brian Schottenheimer’s coaching staff is in the building to meet with folks after interviewing virtually.

 

[PDXChris]

Mike Garafolo
@MikeGarafolo
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13m

The #Cowboys are interviewing #AZCardinals OL coach Klayton Adams for their offensive coordinator in person today at The Star, sources say. The favorite to land the gig on Brian Schottenheimer’s coaching staff is in the building to meet with folks after interviewing virtually.

He's the one I'm worried about losing the most. He's done a lot with journeyman and injuries.

 

[Ronin]

He's the one I'm worried about losing the most. He's done a lot with journeyman and injuries.

Bo Brack
@BoBrack

Klayton Adams 2024 Cardinals Offensive Line:
Allowed 5th least sacks (30)Third least pressures allowed (180 NFL average is 213)
Cards O-line under Adams the past two seasons:3rd in rushing yards only behind Philly and Baltimore
2nd in YPC (5.2)
Would be a big loss for AZ.

 

[kerouac9]

Bo Brack
@BoBrack

Klayton Adams 2024 Cardinals Offensive Line:
Allowed 5th least sacks (30)Third least pressures allowed (180 NFL average is 213)
Cards O-line under Adams the past two seasons:3rd in rushing yards only behind Philly and Baltimore
2nd in YPC (5.2)
Would be a big loss for AZ.

I don't know where Brack is getting these stats. According to PFR, the key OL rankings are:

4th lowest pressure percentage (16.3%)
3rd fewest pressures (100; NFL median is 130)
3rd in yards before contact per rush (3.0; NFL median is about 2.4)

I don't know why I can't find rushing success rate as a team.

 

[Ronin]

https://x.com/RapSheet
Ian Rapoport

@RapSheet


This is now done: Klayton Adams is the new #Cowboys OC, per The Insiders.

 

[Ronin]

Adam Schefter

@AdamSchefter
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6m
Cowboys are hiring Cardinals offensive line coach Klayton Adams as their offensive coordinator, per source. Adams now will be paired with Matt Eberflus as the two new Cowboys coordinators under head coach Brian Schottenheimer.

 

[Ouchie-Z-Clown]

Adam Schefter

@AdamSchefter
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6m
Cowboys are hiring Cardinals offensive line coach Klayton Adams as their offensive coordinator, per source. Adams now will be paired with Matt Eberflus as the two new Cowboys coordinators under head coach Brian Schottenheimer.

That stinks. I can’t believe a mid team like the Cardinals is suddenly the place to raid for coaches. Must mean everyone thinks our talent sucks and the mediocre success we had was all coach driven. If true we are in deep doo doo.

 

[Ronin]

Justin Frye is our new o-line coach

 

[Ronin]

Pete Thamel

@PeteThamel
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20m


Sources: Ohio State offensive line coach Justin Frye is expected to become the offensive line coach of the Arizona Cardinals. Frye is a veteran OL coach with stops at UCLA, Boston College and Temple. Frye was also offensive coordinator during his time at UCLA under Chip Kelly.