Arizona Cardinals and Karlos Dansby Talking New Contract

by cgolden on Jul 2, 2008 4:12 PM MDT in General Arizona Cardinals News

Kent Somers is reporting that Rod Graves and Dansby's agent, Kirk Wood finally talked this week this week about a long term for Dansby and that more talks are scheduled for next week. Both sides have stated that they would like to get a
new deal in place before the July 15th deadline in order to not only free up cap space but also keep Dansby in Arizona for the foreseeable future. If a deal can't be reached, Dansby would play out this season (with $8 million guaranteed) and then be a free agent. Reports have surfaced recently that Dansby and his agent purposed a contract that would pay him about $9 million a season, but the Cardinals obviously didn't agree with that amount.

Speculation has been rampant since Dansby was franchised concerning how much it would cost to lock him up long term. Most people point to Calvin Pace's contract of 6 years for $42 million with $21.5 million guaranteed and think that Dansby's contract should be slightly north of those numbers. There another group (myself included) that thinks the Jets well overpaid for Pace and Somers points to the contracts recently signed by Seattle's Lofa Tatupa (six year extension, $40 million of new money, $18 million guaranteed), or Chicago's Lance Briggs (six years, $36 million, $13 guaranteed) as more reasonable barometers.

So, does anyone think that they'll get a deal done before the deadline and if so, what are the numbers? If they do, which I'd put as a serious long shot, I'd have to say something very close to Tatupa's contract.

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We need to do whatever we have to to get this long term deal done. Los is one full healthy season away from Hawai and our best player on Defense beside Adrian Wilson. This year the Cards are going to have a top rated defense with all their depth and the same starters across the board.

by boogatt66 on Jul 3, 2008 12:50 AM MDT reply actions

Dansby

I agree, I really hope that they can get some kind of deal done. He’s playing arguably the most productive position in a 3-4 defense and he should rack up well over 100 tackles a season for the next handful of seasons. Do you think he deserves Calvin Pace type of money? More/Less?

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by cgolden on Jul 3, 2008 5:27 AM MDT up reply actions

Pace got lucky

Dansby is definitely worth more money than Pace but I doubt he’ll get more.
I hope he signs as he is a playmaker and our defence needs him. I have a feeling though that he will play for the 8 mil this season and go for his pay day next year.

by CardsIrish on Jul 3, 2008 1:06 PM MDT reply actions

I don't think...

I don’t think Pace deserves Pace kind of money. He’s been a bust since his draft and has one decent season last year and cuts one of the biggest LB salaries ever??? If anyone deserves a big paycheck though its Dansby However, I think it should be Briggs money with more incentive based pay reflecting his play.

by boogatt66 on Jul 3, 2008 2:15 PM MDT reply actions

Get it done

I don’t think this will get done before the deadline, but we still must lock this guy down before the ‘09 season. He would be worth every penny of the contract that Pace got for anchoring our front seven(And I’m still laughing at the Jets). To be honest, would rather lose Q if it was necessary to free up money to anchor core players for the front 7 & OL.

by AJ BirdWatcher on Jul 7, 2008 5:37 PM MDT reply actions