Very Good Read on FA's

[Brian]

Some insightful breakdowns:

http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/6800194/the-nfl-great-scrambling-act

 

[THESMEL]

The world is our cherry, with stable proven players available, we may pay the most for the lease proven highest risk QB. I evaluate Palmer, Orton and Mcnabb as cheaper and better than Kolb. I see the chance of snagging a long term answer at QB. But i have not seen it on the field from Kolb, like say Ryan or Flacco or even Sanchez.

That said if we give up DRC and a 1st round pick for Kolb, I'm gonna back him with all my fanhood. The real problem is In Whiz and staff I have lost faith, in the draft and FA evaluations. they have turned diamonds to dust, and sold me crap and called it honey.

But I have my fools hope, The Cardinals will win the west and get better every game and peak in the playoffs.


Depending on which side you're on, then, it's either ironic or terrifying that this year's group of free agents is pretty bad. There's only one Can't Miss in the entire market. The core of the market is a group of flawed tackles: too fat, too slow, too old, too young, too inexperienced, there are valid critiques for every one of them. Owners looking for a dynamic playmaker to excite a jaded fan base are going to find them few and far between. The quarterback crop looks like an erstwhile fantasy team from 2007.


Matt Leinart was benched for a Hall of Fame quarterback and waived last year by a coaching staff that actually believes in the professional viability of Derek Anderson as a starting quarterback. There's no guarantee that Leinart's ever going to show the form that made him the 10th overall pick in 2006, but he's more deserving of another shot than, say, Kyle Boller.

 

[Longcolts]

I could have actually been on board with part of your Post Thesmel right up until you yet once again had to harp on last year and Leinart. Dude! He's gone. Let it freaking go will ya?

 

[Garthshort]

When you read the article you see ALL the injuries that these guys have. The medics will be very important in determining who to sign. There are certainly a lot of FA's at positions of need, but who to sign (assuming we can sign them). That's the rub. At least we are in a financial position to do so.

 

[Mulli]

Great writeup!

 

[Linderbee]

I could have actually been on board with part of your Post Thesmel right up until you yet once again had to harp on last year and Leinart. Dude! He's gone. Let it freaking go will ya?

It was a quote from the article; not Thesmel's writing, fwiw.

 

[Mulli]

Being more deserving of another shot than Kyle Boller is not saying much.

 

[slanidrac16]

The world is our cherry, with stable proven players available, we may pay the most for the lease proven highest risk QB. I evaluate Palmer, Orton and Mcnabb as cheaper and better than Kolb. I see the chance of snagging a long term answer at QB. But i have not seen it on the field from Kolb, like say Ryan or Flacco or even Sanchez.

That said if we give up DRC and a 1st round pick for Kolb, I'm gonna back him with all my fanhood. The real problem is In Whiz and staff I have lost faith, in the draft and FA evaluations. they have turned diamonds to dust, and sold me crap and called it honey.

But I have my fools hope, The Cardinals will win the west and get better every game and peak in the playoffs.


Depending on which side you're on, then, it's either ironic or terrifying that this year's group of free agents is pretty bad. There's only one Can't Miss in the entire market. The core of the market is a group of flawed tackles: too fat, too slow, too old, too young, too inexperienced, there are valid critiques for every one of them. Owners looking for a dynamic playmaker to excite a jaded fan base are going to find them few and far between. The quarterback crop looks like an erstwhile fantasy team from 2007.


Matt Leinart was benched for a Hall of Fame quarterback and waived last year by a coaching staff that actually believes in the professional viability of Derek Anderson as a starting quarterback. There's no guarantee that Leinart's ever going to show the form that made him the 10th overall pick in 2006, but he's more deserving of another shot than, say, Kyle Boller.

Yes, Matty is gone for good so let's bury that dead horse.

However, I do agree that anything more than a couple of picks for Kolb would be a mistake.Orton is the guy we should look go after. Why?
He has thrown for over 7000 yards in 2 years with a terrible team.
He has twice as many td's to int's in those 2 years.
He is only 28 years old.
He has been around and has way more experience than Kolb.
And finally we don't have to give up a guy like DRC to get him.

We have the talent on this team to contend for the playoffs. I believe if we had Orton last year we would have won the West.

That being said, if we end up with Kolb I will be excited that we went out in an attempt to solve the biggest problem on this team last year. I will look forward to seeing him grow to his "expected" potential.

I just hope we don't get fleeced and overpay. Because if we do and he doesn't live up to expectations it will set us back another 3 or 4 years.

 

[jmt]

Palmer and McNabb are washed up and Orton has the look of "journeyman".Lets take a shot with Kolb and get some excitement going here!