Rod Graves Pours Water All Over the Arizona Cardinals Free Agent Fire

by Hawkwind on Feb 12, 2009 8:30 AM MST

Darren Urban has an article today with several quotes from Arizona Cardinals' GM Rod Graves regarding the many decisions facing the front office this off season. Most of the story is exactly what you'd expect but at the end of the article, there is a short, two sentence paragraph that should cause all of us to tap the brakes a bit. While that paragraph doesn't include any quotes from Graves, it's still discouraging:

What the Cardinals probably won't do is chase big-name free agents on the market. Not only do the Cards want to spend most of their money on their current players, Graves also said the team has done well filling out its roster with lower-tier free agents, guys like defensive tackle Bryan Robinson, linebacker Clark Haggans and cornerback Rod Hood.

While I know we're all on board with keeping guys like Karlos Dansby and Kurt Warner, it sounds like (at least for now) we can put the "Terrell Suggs" and/or "Julius Peppers" dreams to bed. Could this be just posturing by the organization to hide a much larger master plan? Sure, I guess it could, but I'll guess we'll know in a month or so.

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Master Plan hope

I read yesterday the quotes from Rod Graves, and my only hope is that he is putting his poker face, and hidding his real plans, otherwise I would feel very dessapointed if they don’t try to get one of those big-names… we have become a very likeable destination for Free Agents, and we have to take advantage of that… and about the approach even the steelers (very conservative with free agents) signed Jerome Bettis, when they felt the team can be improved, so I will be expecting Graves to go and get one or two of those free agents.

paco cabrera

by pacocab on Feb 12, 2009 11:10 AM MST reply actions

Get Suggs.

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by DbacksSkins on Feb 12, 2009 12:03 PM MST up reply actions

Graves was saying pretty much the same the year James was signed

So who knows what will really happen.

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

by Hawkwind on Feb 12, 2009 1:00 PM MST up reply actions

True...

Wouldn’t be the offseason w/o gamesmanship.

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by DbacksSkins on Feb 12, 2009 1:31 PM MST up reply actions

"And starting at defensive end....Julius Peppers!!!!!"

Hey, hey, hey hey hey, watch the language, ok? I have a family.
Revenge of the Birds

by Andrew602 on Feb 12, 2009 7:28 PM MST reply actions

I'm with Graves

Rod has earned my respect over the past few years. While other teams are scraping the bottom of the barrel for free agent cash, the Cardinals are sittin pretty. Bring in a big name only if you can’t get Warner, Dansby to sign. My top target for free agency is Bo Scaife fro TENN. Good hands and a better run blocker than we have seen in AZ in a while. Save your cap space, big name free agents demand too much these days.

by AkVermynking on Feb 16, 2009 3:57 PM MST reply actions

OK

So we are looking for guyz that can contribute at a reasonable contract, my list so far
1) Bo Scaife TE Tenn. (add some run blocking, and he can catch)
2) Chris McAlister (3-4 exp, playmaker even at 30somthing)

Anybody got names to add?

by AkVermynking on Feb 16, 2009 5:41 PM MST up reply actions