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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 reply reply actions actions   0 recs

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 to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

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 reply reply actions actions   0 recs

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 to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

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 reply reply actions actions   0 recs

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 to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

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 reply reply actions actions   0 recs

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 reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I like!

Doubt we’d see Levi moving to guard this year.

We all leave footprints in the sands of time, just watch out for the discarded fish hooks!

by Hawkwind on Oct 28, 2008 6:44 PM MDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

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