Culture My Ass

[BooksOrangePlanet]

If nothing happens and Kyler is on the roster in 2026, his cap charge is $53 million.

If the Cards cut him before his 2027 guarantee comes due, they’ll have to pay him $36.8 million in already guaranteed 2026 salary plus already-paid bonuses totals is $54.78 million. This the Cards only take on $1.5 million in additional cap charge by releasing him compared to if he stayed on the roster.

If the Cards convert some of his 2026 salary to bonus to facilitate a trade, they’ll have to keep that money on their cap, but they’re relieved of his $42.54 million 2026 salary charge (minus whatever the Cards convert), so they’d actually save money and cap space by paying Kyler to go away.

It’s not calculus; it’s simple arithmetic.

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[dreamcastrocks]

The Rams have proven time and again that the cap is ephemeral and there are tons of ways around it.

same with the niners.

The cap is only ephemeral when there are teams willing to spend liquid assets in order to work around it. This team doesn't do that.

 

[Weenus O'Baggins]

Do you think it’s possible his rating would go up with a better o-line and a running game? Maybe.
But you’re dodging the question. If it’s not Kyler and it’s not Brissett then who.
Or are you just throwing your arms in the air and start watching roller derby?

Your question isn't answerable because we might still have some fraction of the current coaching staff and GM. But in a perfect world, everyone is out. If Ossenfort is here then he will screw it all up again.

You hand the GM my mentioned plan of 80 million in cap room. Brissett stays because half his salary is already guaranteed and you let that GM decide to either take a QB on day 2 this year or on day 1 next year.

 

[Weenus O'Baggins]

So with the above scenario, this is what the roster looks like

QB - ? (Brissett and ?)
RB - ?
WR - MHJ
WR - Wilson
WR - ?
TE - McBride
TE - Tip
LT - PJJ
LG - ?
C - Fro
RG - ?
RT - ?

EDGE - Sweat
DE - Nolen
NT - Tomlinson
DE - ?
EDGE - Collins
ILB - Wilson
ILB - ?
CB - Will Johnson
CB - ? (STV or Melton)
CB - GWilliams
S - Baker
S - ? (DTD)

There are significant holes here but I would argue this shouldn't be too tough to fix as long as you hit on your players. The toughest spots are QB, OL, and DL with OL and DL being the money pits. I don't necessarily see a QB they would pay up for. Maybe they spend 10 mil on a RB but that would likely be the top end.

You keeping Baker at 19 million is interesting. We are two years of good GMing from being competitive.

 

[Weenus O'Baggins]

Wolfin down the excuses has made it abundantly clear what the plan is right now. They will blame Kyler and the injuries and excuse the horrific coaching and GMing.

Brissett is the QB next year and they will draft someone. Both coordinators probably stay.

 

[Cheesebeef]

Wolfin down the excuses has made it abundantly clear what the plan is right now. They will blame Kyler and the injuries and excuse the horrific coaching and GMing.

Brissett is the QB next year and they will draft someone. Both coordinators probably stay.

lol… 98.7 will have to ban callers for the entire offseason if that’s the case because they will savagely rip the apart if they don’t even fire anyone on the coaching staff.

I mean, the team needs a complete and total enema, full stop. To place all blame on Kyler and injuries is gonna look hilarious when we’re awful again 6 games into next season and Gannon’s doing the same glass-eyed stare on the sidelines looking clueless as usual.

 

[BullheadCardFan]

Wolfin down the excuses has made it abundantly clear what the plan is right now. They will blame Kyler and the injuries and excuse the horrific coaching and GMing.

Brissett is the QB next year and they will draft someone. Both coordinators probably stay.

Doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results

Hmm... sounds familiar

 

[slanidrac16]

Your question isn't answerable because we might still have some fraction of the current coaching staff and GM. But in a perfect world, everyone is out. If Ossenfort is here then he will screw it all up again.

You hand the GM my mentioned plan of 80 million in cap room. Brissett stays because half his salary is already guaranteed and you let that GM decide to either take a QB on day 2 this year or on day 1 next year.

So indirectly you are saying Brissett has had his performance affected by this staff.
So if the staff is changed, the O-line is addressed, and we get our rb’s back in order Brissett might be a little more functional?
If all these things are contributing to his ( your opinion) underwhelming performance is that not being a little unfair?

 

[BooksOrangePlanet]

there is so much cause and relation when it comes to our problems - we were dead in the water well before the turf toe - only thing you can take from this year imo is the players who continued to produce during all the dismal - and there's not many - but brissett is definitely one

 

[slanidrac16]

there is so much cause and relation when it comes to our problems - we were dead in the water well before the turf toe - only thing you can take from this year imo is the players who continued to produce during all the dismal - and there's not many - but brissett is definitely one

I agree. Many that blast Brissett as a “ loser” and a “career backup” usually follows that up with the o-line sucks, Petzing sucks, JG sucks, we can’t run the ball, yada yada yada.
If that’s the case( which it is) then Brissett has overperformed.

A great qb can overcome to some degree a less talented roster. An average qb needs a better surrounding cast. Two examples would be Daniel Jones who “stunk” with the Giants but he was pretty effective with Indy.

A better example is Sam Darnold. I would say neither one of these two would be considered great. But they proved to be functional with a proper supporting cast and coaching staff.

I don’t see a superstar qb within reach. So what’s the alternative? See Sam Darnold and Daniel Jones.

 

[602 Native]

Wolfin down the excuses has made it abundantly clear what the plan is right now. They will blame Kyler and the injuries and excuse the horrific coaching and GMing.

Brissett is the QB next year and they will draft someone. Both coordinators probably stay.

This will be awesome to see. I so hope it happens.

Can’t even imagine what will be said by the sycophants on 98.7.

 

[602 Native]

Jacoby can fill in for 2 years at least but in what system & with what coach? Too many questions & not enough answers.

Man our fan base just struggles spotting QB talent.

“2 years at least” for a career backup that has looked below average while winning a total of 1 game out of 10.

Dear lord

 

[602 Native]

Our culture is losing and has been since they came here in 88.

 

[ASUCHRIS]

Our culture is losing and has been since they came here in 88.

It was a losing culture long before Bidwill brought his crap train to town.

 

[602 Native]

It was a losing culture long before Bidwill brought his crap train to town.

Agree I just don’t care about anything prior to stinking up the great state of Arizona.

 

[Chopper0080]

Are we fielding a 7-win team or trying for a 10-win team?

You can get functional defensive linemen on a budget—the Cards did it the past two seasons. Maybe DRob matures.

You can’t really bank on getting functional OL starters that way. Evan Brown can be the worst player on an adequate line (as we saw last season), but you load up with these guys and you end up both bad and thin.

I mean...it depends on who the GM and HC are tbh. I think the path to 7 wins is pretty easy with better coaching/GM IMO. Whether Bidwill can bring in anyone competent is another discussion.

If the plan is run it back with Monti and Gannon, it is a bit tougher because they have to produce a high number of wins which means the aggressiveness gets ramped up.

 

[ASUCHRIS]

You keeping Baker at 19 million is interesting. We are two years of good GMing from being competitive.

Insanity. He's JAG. They should have traded him a long time ago - most overrated Cardinal vs. actual production ever.

 

[ASUCHRIS]

I mean...it depends on who the GM and HC are tbh. I think the path to 7 wins is pretty easy

It sure as hell should be...winning 7 and losing 10 in a league that prides itself on parity is no accomplishment.

 

[Chopper0080]

The cap is only ephemeral when there are teams willing to spend liquid assets in order to work around it. This team doesn't do that.

Self inflicted issues aren't real issues.

 

[Chopper0080]

You keeping Baker at 19 million is interesting. We are two years of good GMing from being competitive.

I think you are essentially breaking even at best if you try to replace Budda with 5 mil. Yes, it can be done but if I am trying to max resources I have and limit holes to fill, he falls into the Evan Brown category of overpaid but not an anchor. It's like Dalvin as well. I don't know that I get as good of a player to replace him with 9 mil.

This was the issue with Monti in 2023. Sometimes you don't need to "clear the books" if the player you have is a decent player and can help you be competitive quicker. Look at CB this year. Monti chose not to add a vet and we have all seen the learning curve with young players and how it impacts an entire unit.

 

[slanidrac16]

Self inflicted issues aren't real issues.

This 100%. We do not operate like the “ real” NFL teams. Denver spent a gazzillion dollars for Wilson only to dump him and continued to not only function but improve.

 

[kerouac9]

Insanity. He's JAG. They should have traded him a long time ago - most overrated Cardinal vs. actual production ever.

He doesn’t have any trade value at his current contract number

 

[dreamcastrocks]

Self inflicted issues aren't real issues.

How are they not? If you consistently shoot yourself in the foot, that's an issue.

 

[BullheadCardFan]

If you consistently shoot yourself in the foot, that's an issue.

We are real good at that

 

[slanidrac16]

He doesn’t have any trade value at his current contract number

Other teams let players play on their last year of their contracts. We freak out because we are convinced if our player hit free agency they will leave.
The Rams let a guy like Kupp walk and get comp picks in return.
Do any of our players we have on their last year aren’t worth anything.