Upcoming Free Agent Discussion

[Wanderer]

As we enter they bye week, who are some of the in house free agents that the Cardinals should prioritize.


Patrick Peterson
Larry Fitzgerald
Kenyan Drake
De'Vondre Campbell
J.R. Sweezy
Markus Golden
Corey Peters
Haason Reddick
Zane Gonzalez
Andy Lee
Max Garcia
Kelvin Beachum
Chris Banjo
Dre Kirkpatrick
Brett Hundley
Angelo Blackson
Josh Mauro
Isaiah Irving
Charles Washington
Kevin Peterson
Tanner Vallejo
Darrell Daniels
Dan Arnold

 

[Wanderer]

Maybe separate them into

Must Re-sign




If Price is Right




Hard Pass

 

[BigDavis75]

I don’t think there are any must keeps on this list outside of maybe Peterson. The most important ones for me are
1. Peterson
2. Reddick
3. Peters

The rest of the guys depend on price and how our young talent is progressing so my second tier is:
4. Fitz (price)
5. Campbell (if he is keeping Simmons off the field I’d let him walk)
6. Beachum (josh Jones)

 

[Wanderer]

Beachum would be an ideal swing OT and competition for Jones, who I hope can take over the RT spot next season. Getting him back for 3-4 million would be a nice re-sign and insure an OT injury doesn't derail us.

 

[TheCardFan]

If Peterson can continue to play like he did against Metcalf, I wouldn't rule out giving him the franchise tag next year @16m (his cap hit this year is 13m).

 

[Wanderer]

If Peterson can continue to play like he did against Metcalf, I wouldn't rule out giving him the franchise tag next year @16m (his cap hit this year is 13m).

I would think you could also extend him for a little cheaper than that as well.

At 32 do you think he commands top CB money? 14/season on a 2 year deal would seem to make sense.

 

[TheCardFan]

I really like Zane Gonzalez...hope he comes back next year.

We need a new punter for sure.

 

[Wanderer]

Based on a 180 million dollar cap, the Cardinals can pretty easily generate 56 million in space.

Cap Space: 31 million
Roll Over: 9 million
Total Cap Space: 40 million

Released [16 million saved]

Justin Pugh 7.5 million
Robert Alford 7.5 million
Marcus Gilbert 1 million

Cap Space: 56 million

 

[GuernseyCard]

Beachum would be an ideal swing OT and competition for Jones, who I hope can take over the RT spot next season. Getting him back for 3-4 million would be a nice re-sign and insure an OT injury doesn't derail us.

We also have Marcus Gilbert under contract for 2021, should he return.

 

[TheCardFan]

Can we afford to pay #11 11 million again next year?

 

[Ragnar]

Not mentioned but I would definitely want to keep Brett Hundley , a solid backup .

 

[juza76]

Can we afford to pay #11 11 million again next year?

No, he already made ton of money and he is at best a third/fourth receiver, so his salary should be in the range of 4/5mil

 

[Dr. Jones]

Can we afford to pay #11 11 million again next year?

Y E S

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[juza76]

Patrick Peterson still good and 2021 free agents group of cb's aren't very good
De'Vondre Campbell i would cut Hicks cause he is already a 2downs linebacker, slow
Corey Peters solid and core player
Haason Reddick reaching his potential
Zane Gonzalez one of the best Cardinals kicker I saw
Andy Lee old but still have the leg
Kelvin Beachum starter or back up, good player and cheap
Brett Hundley he knows the playbook and I think is one of the best back up qb
Angelo Blackson good rotational player
Dan Arnold good receiver, he has to improve his blocking skills, add weight?

I would keep all of them
U need to keep some players, can't change the 50%of the roster

 

[Wanderer]

Can we afford to pay #11 11 million again next year?

I think the hope would be that he would come in a little under that.

At this point we are paying for as much leadership as production.

Does 8 million get it done?

Or something like 2 years 20 million/10 guaranteed and we split the guaranteed money 7 [21] and 3 [22]. He gets 10 million and the Cardinals can spread it over 2 years.

 

[Wanderer]

Hundley for me is a must re-sign. As much continuity as possible around K1.

I would pay Hundley 2 years 5 million/4 guaranteed with incentives if he actually plays.

 

[dreamcastrocks]

I would think you have to keep at least half of that list. We don't want to replace that many players with drafted or undrafted free agents.

 

[GuernseyCard]

Can we afford to pay #11 11 million again next year?

Yes.

 

[SoonerLou]

No, he already made ton of money and he is at best a third/fourth receiver, so his salary should be in the range of 4/5mil

Going into the game he was 111 out of 120 on PFF...

Now to be fair Kyler has missed or not seen an open Fitz a bunch of times, but still..

I think Fitz needs to take a 3 or 4 mill kind of deal at this point in career.

 

[SoonerLou]

Hundley for me is a must re-sign. As much continuity as possible around K1.

I would pay Hundley 2 years 5 million/4 guaranteed with incentives if he actually plays.

He's not even 2nd string..

I think we need to upgrade our back up QB spot if Hundley cant beat out Strev.

 

[itlnsunsfan]

I love Fitz, but at this point his salary is vastly above his production, and thus hurts the team. At what point do we stop paying thank you for your service money?

 

[Goodyear Card]

over the cap has our cap space for 2021 at 25.6 million. That does not allow us very many big signings

 

[GuernseyCard]

Going into the game he was 111 out of 120 on PFF...

Now to be fair Kyler has missed or not seen an open Fitz a bunch of times, but still..

I think Fitz needs to take a 3 or 4 mill kind of deal at this point in career.

Every year for the past 5, the same refrain.

Not going to happen and M. Bidwill won't have an issue with the price.

 

[Wanderer]

He's not even 2nd string..

I think we need to upgrade our back up QB spot if Hundley cant beat out Strev.

He is 2nd string if Kyler was to get actually injured.

Streveler is a knock of Tim Tebow.

 

[Wanderer]

over the cap has our cap space for 2021 at 25.6 million. That does not allow us very many big signings

Sorry these are the updated numbers

Cap Space: 25.5 million
Roll Over: 6.5 million
Total Cap Space: 32 million