The Final Straw: Please Fire Ossenfort Now.

[602 Native]

We have a ton of cap space next season guys.
Please be excited.
I hate it here

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[Stout]

I think clearly Ossenfort was not in a position to fix everything. I don’t think Murray was a playoff QB and I’m not sure one was available now that Murray has been resolved. For all the people criticizing that the Cards didn’t sign Willis, I’ve yet to see a reliable post indicating Willis would play for the Cards. I do think it’s fair that Ossenfort should be held responsible for now building a roster that could win with a quality QB at the helm.

The big problem is he is fixing almost nothing, and certainly not building the team to be competitive around a young QB next season. The starting OG he signed is old. The RB room is about as good as it was heading into last year. He's effectively trying to build the belly of the team--still, four years later, and he hasn't gotten it right--and cutting all of his many, many mistakes. Jeebus, man, he is bad.

The QB position...hard to argue with you there. Not much he could have done beyond go all out for Mendoza, and I doubt the Raiders were doing that.

 

[602 Native]

I think clearly Ossenfort was not in a position to fix everything. I don’t think Murray was a playoff QB and I’m not sure one was available now that Murray has been resolved. For all the people criticizing that the Cards didn’t sign Willis, I’ve yet to see a reliable post indicating Willis would play for the Cards. I do think it’s fair that Ossenfort should be held responsible for now building a roster that could win with a quality QB at the helm.

Brother we have been rebuilding the entire time MO has been here.

What do you do though, you go straight to K1.

Oline sucks
Dline sucks
Special teams sucks
LB Core a joke
Corners meh
QB sucks (1-11) his hand picked guy and the ones he drafted or brought in are garbage.
TE (He didn’t draft, the one he did meh)
WRs meh

But K1 is not a playoff QB.

 

[Harry]

Exactly what has he "fixed" this off-season?

What position on the team is clearly better now than it was a year ago?

OL greatly improved, but iff season has a long way to go.

 

[az jam]

I think they willl get a qb in the draft this year to develop and it could be Ty Simpson. Need to watch who they work out and bring in prior to draft day. IMO thy are not going to wait til the 2027 draft.

 

[football karma]

We have a ton of cap space next season guys.
Please be excited.
I hate it here

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i went looking and couldnt find it, but:

I really want to know how much cap space the Cards have ended the last 5 years with

it feels like every year they have cap space they dont use, sometimes a significant amount -- $14mm from 2025 is 5% of last years total they didnt use

 

[602 Native]

OL greatly improved, but iff season has a long way to go.

Zero proof of this but please tell us more.

 

[ajcardfan]

Better question… what has he fixed since THREE years ago?!

It's a great question.

Other than TE, I don't think ANY position is significantly better than 3 years ago. Gannon's team was WORSE than KK's last team.

 

[ajcardfan]

OL greatly improved, but iff season has a long way to go.

I would disagree with "greatly". These two guys we signed this year are stiffs.

Pryor being called a starter if the season started today? That would be a joke. I know, I know. We will use the number 3 pick on a RT. Yippee.

 

[kerouac9]

It's a great question.

Other than TE, I don't think ANY position is significantly better than 3 years ago. Gannon's team was WORSE than KK's last team.

We were better with McBride and Ertz than we are with McBride and Higgins.

We added our best or second-best OL. That’s something to legit feel good about.

 

[Harry]

Zero proof of this but please tell us more.

It’s just talk until they play

 

[Harry]

I would disagree with "greatly". These two guys we signed this year are stiffs.

Pryor being called a starter if the season started today? That would be a joke. I know, I know. We will use the number 3 pick on a RT. Yippee.

Lucky they don’t start today

 

[Ouchie-Z-Clown]

OL greatly improved, but iff season has a long way to go.

“Greatly?” We signed one starter. A good one. But an old one. “Greatly” . . . ehhhh

 

[Crimson Warrior]

Sickening that the negativity has got to the point where this happens

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Never let Keim win.

I think some of the teams from the late 70’s were pretty bad
And post Lomax pre Plummer had some dark days for certain.

Of course there was 2018.

But this current roster might be the most hopeless of the St. Louis + Arizona era.

Rallis being retained and Monti running this next draft makes it even less inspiring.

Coming off 8-9 in 2024 it wasn’t hard to talk ourselves into 10 wins in 2025.

Instead that was one of the most disappointing seasons in history, and incredibly we’re still tracking downward.

The organization is in free fall.

 

[ajcardfan]

I think some of the teams from the late 70’s were pretty bad
And post Lomax pre Plummer had some dark days for certain.

Of course there was 2018.

But this current roster might be the most hopeless of the St. Louis + Arizona era.

Rallis being retained and Monti running this next draft makes it even less inspiring.

Coming off 8-9 in 2024 it wasn’t hard to talk ourselves into 10 wins in 2025.

Instead that was one of the most disappointing seasons in history, and incredibly we’re still tracking downward.

The organization is in free fall.

It is really grim.

The free agents we have signed are all backup types. At the very best, marginal starters. And we are going to draft a RT or a RB who will almost immediately wreck their knee.

 

[az jam]

It is really grim.

The free agents we have signed are all backup types. At the very best, marginal starters. And we are going to draft a RT or a RB who will almost immediately wreck their knee.

Maybe that is all Monti could get and the better players just don't want to come here.

 

[Harry]

“Greatly?” We signed one starter. A good one. But an old one. “Greatly” . . . ehhhh

Many guards are just getting good at his age. They often play a long time.

 

[Harry]

Maybe that is all Monti could get and the better players just don't want to come here.

It’s an issue!

 

[BulldogCard]

What? Name them. How many Big Johns do we have on this team? It shouldn't take long because there aren't many.

Yeah, I noticed you like to throw that term around. Is that supposed to be trenches? Thank the awful coaching, and scouting for that. They draft from the same pool. Thank the poverty free agency...blah blah

 

[LoyaltyisaCurse]

This is pure what if scenario. But I may change my tune a bit on Monti if he had the cajones to pull this off:

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[kerouac9]

This is pure what if scenario. But I may change my tune a bit on Monti if he had the cajones to pull this off:

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Interesting point, Twitter bleater with <8k followers.

We should repost more of Mitch’s stuff if we’re gonna keep doing this.

 

[Cheesebeef]

We have a ton of cap space next season guys.
Please be excited.
I hate it here

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oh hell yeah! can't wait to not spend that next year either and read all the articles talking about what great shape our cap is in... without mentioning the shape of the actual team.

 

[kerouac9]

oh hell yeah! can't wait to not spend that next year either and read all the articles talking about what great shape our cap is in... without mentioning the shape of the actual team.

Also only 27 rostered players RN, including guys we’ll be talking about wanting to trade as early as right now:

Budda Baker
Josh Sweat
MHJ

Kendrick Bourne has the sixth-highest 2027 cap hold RN. Seventh if you count Kyler’s cap hold.

 

[dreamcastrocks]

Please explain Monti's approach. Sign backup level players and try to sell them as starters is all I see.
Or is it, mess up the draft, mess up free agency, mess up the coaching hire? He's spent money on 1 legit free agent. Lo and behold, that guy is one of their better players. What a shock. Sweat is the ONLY good thing he has done since becoming GM. I challenge anyone to give me a 2nd.

Signed Trey to an extension. What do I win?

 

[Ouchie-Z-Clown]

This is pure what if scenario. But I may change my tune a bit on Monti if he had the cajones to pull this off:

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Only 28. I’d kick the tires.