Arizona Cardinals Sign a Tight End, Stephen Spach
With the Arizona Cardinals sporting more injured tight ends that healthy ones, they had little choice but to sigh Stephen Spach today. Apparently Cardinals GM, Rod Graves read Hawks' fanpost and voted for the third option because they cut Oliver Celestin to make room for Spach. He most recently spent time with the Patriots but he hasn't played in a game since 2005. He signed with the Eagles after being undrafted out of Fresno State and actually played in 13 games as a rookie (7 receptions for 42 yds). Spach was cut by the Eagles prior to the '06 season but didn't resurface until 2007 when he was signed by the Vikings and later the Patriots.
Spach (6'4 250) isn't a receiving threat at all considering that he had 19 receptions combined his junior and senior years at Fresno State. He's painfully slow (4.9 range) but he's smart player (All-academic) and looks like poor man's Jerame Tuman. We'll see how long he sticks around when (or should I say if) Ben Patrick and Leonard Pope get healthy, but until then at least we found a good picture of him stiff-arming a Cowboy:
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Blazing 4.9 speed huh...
Do you think he’ll actually even play? Why not just bring another lineman out whose athletic enough to catch passes?
by boogatt66 on
Oct 28, 2008 2:24 PM MDT
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he's got to be a long shot to play
Unless that show him a very limited amount of the playbook. I guess that could get him up to speed on a handful of running plays and he could be effective as a blocker. Who really knows though.
by cgolden on
Oct 28, 2008 2:52 PM MDT
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Well, crap
Did they wait this long to make this move so this guy could give his previous job two week notice? At least Alex Shor knows the playbook!!! ::grumble, grumble::
We all leave footprints in the sands of time, just watch out for the discarded fish hooks!
by Hawkwind on
Oct 28, 2008 2:28 PM MDT
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You called it though
I wasn’t too excited about it either, but whatever. Maybe he’ll be enough of a presence blocking have an impact.
by cgolden on
Oct 28, 2008 2:50 PM MDT
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Let Docket or Dansby play a little TE...
It used to work for Sapp and Vrabel and I know Whiz likes to mix it up.
by boogatt66 on
Oct 28, 2008 2:59 PM MDT
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or Calais Campbell
I bet with his size, he’s played some TE in the past.
by cgolden on
Oct 29, 2008 5:35 AM MDT
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Better Blocking
Compared to Pope or Patrick, I think he could provide better blocking, which is well needed.
by Andrew602 on
Oct 28, 2008 4:38 PM MDT
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new lineup for 2tight set. from left to right...
Tuman (starting TE), Gandy (LT), Elton Brown (LG), Seindlein ©, Levi Brown (RG), Wells (RT), and Spach (other TE). I think having the two Browns at a more natural guard position would increase the running game. Anyone???
by hevchv on
Oct 28, 2008 6:38 PM MDT
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he played tackle for Denny and earned his resigning so, yeah I think so.
by hevchv on
Oct 29, 2008 7:07 AM MDT
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man I gotta quick wiping my memory after a bad season
I forgot that somehow.
by cgolden on
Oct 29, 2008 7:26 AM MDT
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Like Leonard Davis
He always underachieved as a tackle, then was moved to guard and made the pro bowl. I think levi is still young though so who knows.
by Andrew602 on
Oct 29, 2008 10:37 AM MDT
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yeah, i could see both brown's following in big leonard's footsteps if moved to guard.
boy could we maul then.
by hevchv on
Oct 29, 2008 12:41 PM MDT
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