Cut Ross, sign Levi Jones

Totally_Red · May 6th, 2009, 11:02 AM

I'm not one for jumping on the latest free agent release, but isn't it obvious that Levi Jones would be a better acquisition and OL depth than Oliver Ross? (PFT says the Bengals have officially released Jones.)

BigDavis75 · May 6th, 2009, 11:14 AM

Sweet! I don't know how his injuries and such are but even with the risk he is a far better player than Ross.

Renz · May 6th, 2009, 11:16 AM

It depends on how much money he wants.

SuperSpck · May 6th, 2009, 11:24 AM

He'll want to be a starter. Plenty of teams can offer him that. I don't think Arizona can.

the_future23 · May 6th, 2009, 11:38 AM

Levi Jones will want the money and the playing time. Cardinals can't afford him, and can't guarantee him a starting spot, although he would likely land one.

Camshaft · May 6th, 2009, 11:55 AM

Please don't ask for verification, but a few weeks ago Levi did mention he would like to play for Arizona. Bookends Levi(s), guard Gandy and whatever your imagination can think. A good offensive line with decent backups, don't wake me if I'm dreaming.

Shzm13 · May 6th, 2009, 11:57 AM

The Big Boy from Eloy!

Bring him in

ARZCardinals · May 6th, 2009, 11:57 AM

You posted it before me....we are thinking alike!

Well done

Dayman · May 6th, 2009, 12:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Camshaft

Please don't ask for verification, but a few weeks ago Levi did mention he would like to play for Arizona. Bookends Levi(s), guard Gandy and whatever your imagination can think. A good offensive line with decent backups, don't wake me if I'm dreaming.

http://www.azcentral.com/members/Blog/KentSomers/52047

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A couple of years ago, I went to Cincinnati to do a story on the Bengals and their dramatic turnaround. (They've since turned it around for the worse, doing a complete 360). Anyhow, I spoke to offensive tackle Levi Jones, an ASU product, who happened to mention to me that he would love to play for the Cardinals some day.
Jones, who is from Eloy, re-signed with the Bengals but has dealt with injuries the past few years. The Bengals are trying to trade him and could end up cutting him soon. Jones would still like to play for the Cardinals.

Here's what he told our page 2 columnist Bob Young today:

"I definitely would want to play here (Arizona). That would be the ultimate goal. I don’t fully know what their situation is at tackle or what their needs are. It's in God's hands. I'd love to come home, but wherever I'm called, that's where I've got to go. it's the nature of this league."

Jones on his health:

"My health is good. A lot of people thought it was my knee last year, but i it was actually my right leg. I had a lot of scar tissue up and down my right leg that caused it do go numb. I got that operated on this year and I’m good. I'm here in the Valley working out at API every day."

I don't know if the Cardinals are interested. They seem set with left tackle Mike Gandy and right tackle Levi Brown. (If they signed Levi Brown, they could have a pair of Levis. Pretty cool). The Cardinals also like their young tackles, Brandon Keith and Elliot Vallejo. We'll see where the situation goes.

Zeno · May 6th, 2009, 12:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Renz

It depends on how much money he wants.

Bingo. Also I think Ross understands he is a depth signing while Jones would expect to be a starter.

cgolden · May 6th, 2009, 12:58 PM

doesn't he have a pretty extensive injury history or am I think of someone else?

CardAvenger · May 6th, 2009, 01:08 PM

Isn't he the guy that Joey Porter beat up in Vegas?

Ouchie-Z-Clown · May 6th, 2009, 02:31 PM

(If they signed Levi Brown, they could have a pair of Levis. Pretty cool).

damnit! beaten to the punch!

AsUpRoDiGy · May 6th, 2009, 02:33 PM

Levi Jones was set to make $3M next year, which isn't much for a pro bowl tackle. He would probably take less than that to play for the cards, because he obviously wants to play here. We could put him in gandy's spot, then move gandy to LG... sounds good to me!

TigToad · May 6th, 2009, 06:15 PM

He might take less than 3 million a year, but he'd still want a signing bonus and that would count against the cap... which, if we have any hope of resigning Wilson, we can't do.

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Originally Posted by AsUpRoDiGy

Levi Jones was set to make $3M next year, which isn't much for a pro bowl tackle. He would probably take less than that to play for the cards, because he obviously wants to play here. We could put him in gandy's spot, then move gandy to LG... sounds good to me!