Report: Former Packers DT Kingsley Keke signed by Cardinals. Now Cut.

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I am a fan of this signing. He has his issues, but so does pretty much everyone who is still available.

Building up depth on the d-line is critical. Especially when Watt is the centerpiece of that line. Guys like Fotu, Dogbe and Lawerence are fine, but they shouldn't be significant pieces of the rotation.
 

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I am a fan of this signing. He has his issues, but so does pretty much everyone who is still available.

Building up depth on the d-line is critical. Especially when Watt is the centerpiece of that line. Guys like Fotu, Dogbe and Lawerence are fine, but they shouldn't be significant pieces of the rotation.

They are in the rotation and by extension significant pieces.
 

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Cards seem to be predisposed to favoring players with the letter “K” in their initials.

Only fitting, therefore, that they bring in a dude named “Ke Ke.”
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One of the reasons that paying Budda all this money was insane was that Vance doesn't seem to think you need dynamic defensive backs and when we were cooking last season, Budda and Thompson were playing back, and he wasn't making plays.

When we got desperate late in the season and Simmons was regressing, we started bringing Budda down into the box as a pass rush threat and in run support, and the pass defense came unglued.

It's worth considering that the Cards announced extensions for Keim, Kingsbury, and a bunch of the offensive staff, but it's been *crickets* about Vance and his staff. Would not be at all surprised if we look outside the organization. Seems like he and Keim have never seen eye to eye on personnel or system.
interesting take.
 

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He's never met Texans coaches. He was claimed in Jan.
The question that needs to be asked is why a team like the Texans who are so talent deficient almost everywhere including Dline (especially at gettting sacks) would sign a guy and then release him without even taking a look at what he has to offer.
 

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The question that needs to be asked is why a team like the Texans who are so talent deficient almost everywhere including Dline (especially at gettting sacks) would sign a guy and then release him without even taking a look at what he has to offer.
He was insurance in case they weren’t able to address the position in the draft.
 

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The question that needs to be asked is why a team like the Texans who are so talent deficient almost everywhere including Dline (especially at gettting sacks) would sign a guy and then release him without even taking a look at what he has to offer.
His cap number is fairly high for a noncompetitive team.
 

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Reading his stats and being a depth guy doesn't look like just a body
4 sacks 2021
2.5 sacks in 2022
Not bad numbers for a defensive tackle
When I said Kingsley Keke was just a body a few people chimed in he was a good pass rusher. They cited his 4 sacks in 2020. Most talent evaluators disregard 2020 due to Covid absences. Teams were often not playing all first string players. In Keke’s case he had 2 sacks in 2 games and none in the other 14. He had only 12 pressures that year. In 2021 (12 games)he dropped to 2.5 sacks, only 7 pressures & 4 QB hits . He had 1 TFL. Again all the sacks & the TFL happened in only 2 games. These are not indicators of a successful rusher. By way of contrast, Jordan Phillips (9 games) had 3 sacks, 8 pressures, 3 TFLs & 4 QB hits. The Cards dumped Phillips, incurring dead money, because of inadequate performance.
 

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A rookie minimum number?
"The Texans claimed Keke off waivers not long after, which pointed to him becoming another young piece to Houston’s rebuilding roster. However, as Wilson notes, he was due a base salary of just over $2.5MM as a result of playtime escalators, making him an expensive rotational option. Releasing him does not incur any dead cap charge for the Texans."

 

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The question that needs to be asked is why a team like the Texans who are so talent deficient almost everywhere including Dline (especially at gettting sacks) would sign a guy and then release him without even taking a look at what he has to offer.
Or why would they trade Hopkins :)
 

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"The Texans claimed Keke off waivers not long after, which pointed to him becoming another young piece to Houston’s rebuilding roster. However, as Wilson notes, he was due a base salary of just over $2.5MM as a result of playtime escalators, making him an expensive rotational option. Releasing him does not incur any dead cap charge for the Texans."

But we didn't get him off waivers, but as a FA, so we likely got him cheaper than that.
 
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