He said better not better prospect. Stroud has established himself as one of the best young QBs. But go ahead and try and downgrade what he did. Right now I’ll take stroud over all these guys. And I was NOT stroud fan when he came out.
Appreciate the clarification. Would you take stroud now or one of these guys? I am not impressed with this class.
Lol… ok.
Last year perhaps Baker had leverage over the Cardinals - if they cut him on the heels of a horrible season and an offseason that hadn't moved the needle in a positive way, it diminish optimism for the future.
But this season, given the glutted market for safeties, Baker's failure to be a difference maker in 2023, and the shift of emphasis on safeties around the league, the Cardinals have leverage. If they cut Baker now, there are a lot of other good safeties who could be had for less.
If they want to keep him since he's one of the few "faces of the franchise", and assuming that forcing him to take a pay cut a year after giving him a raise would set a sour tone entering free agency, perhaps they could "commit to him" by extending him at a much lower rate, to spread his salary cap hit over more years and lower his average.
EDIT: he signed a big extension. Ooh for the days when Cardinals sign players to second contracts.I suspect Jaylon Johnson will play under the tag. So "can't be done.'
Why would we cut Budda Baker right now? What is the marginal value of the additional cap space? We have $56 million in cap space with 63 players under contract. We're extremely unlikely to head into the draft with less than $25 million in available cap space.
The problem is...if they don't bend and trade him soon, the QB openings might fill.
No team who is planning on Kirk Cousins is going to act faster to get Justin Fields. Teams are going to wait until Cousins and maybe Ryan Tannehill are off the market before turning to Fields, I believe.
That's my thoughts as well.
Rosen was traded after Kyler was drafted....so it's not a closed door, just because of FA.
I think that's what is going to happen to Fields. He will go once the QB situations have been explored in the draft.
Who? Say Josh Allen again.
Why do you count Budda and PP's Pro Bowls, but talk about Kyler like he is not as good as Colt McCoy!
That's not me, bruh. Kyler is way better than Colt McCoy, despite the whispers that Steve Keim was feeding to the local gabbers last fall.
I was once jealous that the Cardinals didn't get their pick of Jameis Winston and Marcus Marriota
People are smoking crack laced with LSD if they think Jayden Daniels is a top 3 pick and yet here we are.
I saw a crazy stat about how seldom JD threw over the middle last year. I thought that is the Jayden I know.
He was something like #147 or something in passes over the middle.
We should bring Jameis in as backup QB this offseason.
Change your tune, sir! CT has the position on repeat!
Kinda has a Jerry Cooney feel to it doesnt it?
