What needs remain in Free Agency and what can we afford?

[BirdGangThing]

77 players listed on our current roster and just picked 12 more - anyone know what a dozen draftees cost? or how many do we see making the squad?

active roster + unsigned rookies

Cardinals Player Roster I Arizona Cardinals – AZCardinals.com

and correct me if im wrong but if we do dip our toes back in the free agency pool - it'll be defense - but how deep is the pool on the defensive end? are we expecting top tier talent or stop gaps? where would you spend it?

btw here's who we've signed so far

2024 cardinals free agency tracker

Arizona Cardinals Free Agency Tracker 2024

 

[oaken1]

There are a few good corners available...and a few midling edge guys...Ala Yannick nagookoo.
...it's a tough call as we have tons of youth and a couple guys in development...do we bring in vets when they will just take snaps from our youth?

I'm guessing a corner...but maybe not until after rookie camp.
Need to coach these guys a bit and see if it sticks after they sleep.

 

[QuebecCard]

There are a few good corners available...and a few midling edge guys...Ala Yannick nagookoo.
...it's a tough call as we have tons of youth and a couple guys in development...do we bring in vets when they will just take snaps from our youth?

I'm guessing a corner...but maybe not until after rookie camp.
Need to coach these guys a bit and see if it sticks after they sleep.

Steve Nelson (CB) from the Texans.

I read somewhere that JG likes his game.

 

[Harry]

There are a few good corners available...and a few midling edge guys...Ala Yannick nagookoo.
...it's a tough call as we have tons of youth and a couple guys in development...do we bring in vets when they will just take snaps from our youth?

I'm guessing a corner...but maybe not until after rookie camp.
Need to coach these guys a bit and see if it sticks after they sleep.

I think they get a veteran Edge at some point

 

[TruColor]

I'm still not convinced the WR room is complete. Who's the #2? Wilson? How about #3?

 

[juza76]

Emmanuel Ogbah still available
Would be a great addition

 

[Cbus cardsfan]

Taj Boyd would be ideal for the slot.

Not sure if he’s signed with anyone or not.

Can’t see the Cards signing any impact defensive guys at all.

 

[Pda4976]

One injury and the WR is a mess again.

 

[HairZach]

One injury and the WR is a mess again.

The way our roster is being built I wonder how often we are really going to have more than 2 receivers on the field at once.

 

[Proteus]

I'm still not convinced the WR room is complete. Who's the #2? Wilson? How about #3?

I'm guessing Wilson and Dortch are the #2 and #3 wide receivers respectively. I'm not too comfortable with this situation.

 

[Goldfield]

I wanted a guy to compete with Wilson for #2 even though we go with heavy TE sets. Still you have to be able to spread it out at times. Not to mention injuries

 

[BurqueCardFan]

We can afford anything.
Definitely need a more established #2 WR and pass rusher

 

[PDXChris]

We can afford anything.
Definitely need a more established #2 WR and pass rusher

We have $29 million in cap space with a $19.9 rookie pool. With some offsets for bumping players from the top 51, $13-$14 million left to spend. We did let $10 million role over last year, so we could do that again.

 

[GatorAZ]

I'm guessing Wilson and Dortch are the #2 and #3 wide receivers respectively. I'm not too comfortable with this situation.

Thank God for Trey McBride.

 

[BACH]

The obvious positions would be Edge, WR Or LB. Have to expect some June 1 cuts

 

[Stout]

We have $29 million in cap space with a $19.9 rookie pool. With some offsets for bumping players from the top 51, $13-$14 million left to spend. We did let $10 million role over last year, so we could do that again.

Yeah, let's not.

 

[cardsfanmd]

I'm guessing Wilson and Dortch are the #2 and #3 wide receivers respectively. I'm not too comfortable with this situation.

MHJ is the #2. McBride is the first passing option. These are the small luxuries afforded to teams with star receiving TE’s.

 

[Stout]

MHJ is the #2. McBride is the first passing option. These are the small luxuries afforded to teams with star receiving TE’s.

We're talking WRs, not pass-catching options. MHJ is the #1. As of now, Wilson and Dortch are #2 and #3. Not good. In the passing game, I predict this year will become MHJ #1 and McBride #2 but we have very little depth. Not a good setup in the WR room, IMO.

 

[SoonerLou]

I'm still not convinced the WR room is complete. Who's the #2? Wilson? How about #3?

One injury and the WR is a mess again.

The way our roster is being built I wonder how often we are really going to have more than 2 receivers on the field at once.

We're talking WRs, not pass-catching options. MHJ is the #1. As of now, Wilson and Dortch are #2 and #3. Not good. In the passing game, I predict this year will become MHJ #1 and McBride #2 but we have very little depth. Not a good setup in the WR room, IMO.

The way our DLine is built we better have another WR. Cause as nice as this multiple TE stuff sounds if we're trailing we're going to have to throw the ball down the field.

 

[CardNots]

The way our DLine is built we better have another WR. Cause as nice as this multiple TE stuff sounds if we're trailing we're going to have to throw the ball down the field.

Which brings an important question to the table for pondering.

What will be the weakness of the upcoming team?

My stab, youth as I believe they will keep at least half of the draft class on the opening day roster. Rookies will see more playing time the upcoming season than the previous season.

 

[BACH]

If there are no players worth signing, use the money to extend a player on the last year of his contract that you want to keep. Coming out of training camp and you know that one player has confirmed his position and future on the team. Extend. Thinking White or Froholdt as obvious candidates. Younger players that are both solid starters (Froholdt finished really strong)

 

[az jam]

Don't see them signing any free agents at this time. Maybe at training camp if injuries occur.

 

[JohnnyCakes]

Dont sleep on Higgins

 

[ajcardfan]

Don't see them signing any free agents at this time. Maybe at training camp if injuries occur.

They signed their free agent in Chris Moore. No one is excited about him. But he is guaranteed $750,000 so the staff has them in their plans. He isn't camp fodder.

 

[Krangodnzr]

We're talking WRs, not pass-catching options. MHJ is the #1. As of now, Wilson and Dortch are #2 and #3. Not good. In the passing game, I predict this year will become MHJ #1 and McBride #2 but we have very little depth. Not a good setup in the WR room, IMO.

If MHJ and McBride are fairly high volume receivers, a #3 and #4 receiver aren't getting that many touches. 40-50 catches from Wilson and Dortch. Then after that the backs and other receivers just need to chip in like 20-30 catches.

Source: 2023 Kansas City Chiefs stats.