Cardinals Sign OL Rex Hadnot To Three Year Deal, Worth $9 Million
by Andrew602 on Mar 11, 2010 9:36 PM MST
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Shorty after visiting with linebackers Larry Foote and Joey Porter, the Arizona Cardinals signed free agent offensive lineman Rex Hadnot to a three year, $9 million dollar contract on Thursday.
Hadnot spent the previous two seasons with the Cleveland Browns where he started 15 games, allowing only 1.5 sacks. Before that, he spent the previous four seasons with the Dolphins, where he started 55 games and allowed eight sacks. Hadnot has primarily been used as a guard throughout his career. Here's a scouting report that Mike Sando listed for Hadnot:
Hadnot was the Browns' starting right guard in 2008 and has demonstrated the ability to play any of the three interior offensive line positions. He is a powerful, wide-bodied blocker, but isn't particularly quick or agile. Once beaten, he is slow to recover and his overall agility is just average, but he does show the ability to engulf his opponent at times. Ideally, he is a swing interior backup
The Cardinals also signed Jeremy Bridges to a three year contract extension earlier Thursday, solidifying the depth along the offensive line. The remaining hole to fill is tackle, a spot that Mike Gandy vacated this offseason. Right tackle Levi Brown is expected to slide over to the left side, while third year tackle Brandon Keith and Bridges will compete for the right side - assuming the Cardinals don't draft a lineman early.
In another roster move, the Cardinals re-signed back up center Ben Claxton. Claxton didn't draw a qualifying offer after not being tendered last week, meaning the Cardinals were able to sign him to a cheaper price.
The Cardinals finished meeting with Hadnot on Wednesday, then signed him the next day. After meeting with Porter and Foote on Thursday, might we expect a contract Friday?
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Signing Hadnot...
Looks to be another good move. I love how many, or should I say how few, sacks he’s given up. My two questions are how’s his run blocking and if he were a starter, who would he be replacing (Wells)?
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by hevchv on Mar 11, 2010 10:09 PM MST via mobile reply actions
that's my guess
I bet him and Wells will be in competition for the starting job at LG. Wells is going into the final year of his deal this season and was terrible last year. We might have just found a decent starting LG for 3 mil a year.
Be careful....to a hammer, everything looks like a nail.
Don't know him well
But experienced OL depth is always a good thing. I love how active the team has been so far.
He'll be good.
Watching Cleveland last year the one thing they could do was run. Hopefully he was a big part of that. Besides you can never have enough good tough linemen. I also know he is freakin gigantic and still pretty young. You know whiz wouldn’t have gone after him if he wasnt a bruiser.
i love lineman depth
you can tell how good a team is by looking at how good their qb is, and how much depth they have on offensive and defensive line
Good stuff FO
I definitely think he will be challenging Wells for a spot and I love it.
They are who we thought they were!
by Jesse Reynolds on Mar 12, 2010 12:52 AM MST reply actions
Also
Definitely like the idea of moving Levi to the left side and having a competition for the RT. Since Leinart is a lefty the RT is now the most important position.
They are who we thought they were!
by Jesse Reynolds on Mar 12, 2010 5:55 AM MST up reply actions
To add on to my add on
It occurred to me when writing on the Cards forum that we now have some serious beef upfront. Johnson and Hadnot in the red zone and short yardage situations? Coupled with Fitz and Doucet (if he plays physical like Boldin) is something that will be very hard to stop.
I am predicting Beanie, Hightower and our ran game are going to be dangerous this coming year.
They are who we thought they were!
by Jesse Reynolds on Mar 12, 2010 8:50 AM MST up reply actions
I really hope you're right
What? I didn't break it, I was just testing its durability, and then I placed it in the woods becuase it's made out of wood and I just thought he should be with his family.
Revenge of the Birds
As a final 8 team
we were only allowed to sign 1 unrestricted FA. Does this mean we can’t sign Foote or Porter? (perhaps losing Dansby—allows us another). Does losing Rolle allow us one as well?
However it works out—I like this signing. I trust in Graves and Whiz to do whats best for the team.
WOW—IT FEELS GOOD TO BE SO CONFIDANT THAT MY TEAM WILL DO THE RIGHT THING AFTER A LIFETIME OF LOSING.
GO CARDS!!!
by Cuckoo for Coco Puffs on Mar 12, 2010 6:05 AM MST reply actions
Rolle doesn't count as a FA lost b/c we cut him
Be careful....to a hammer, everything looks like a nail.
did some research and found this on NFL.com
Kirwan—
The rule will restrict the final eight teams in the playoffs from signing free agents. The final four teams shall not be permitted to negotiate and sign any unrestricted free agent to a player contract except for players who acquired their status by being cut or were on the final four team when their contract expired. Playoff teams five thru eight get a break to sign one player with a salary of $4,925,000 or more and any number of players with a first-year salary of no more than $3,275,000 and an annual increase of no more than 30 percent in the following years.
so I guess we’re still good to sign Foote and/or Porter.
by Cuckoo for Coco Puffs on Mar 12, 2010 6:37 AM MST reply actions
+1
What? I didn't break it, I was just testing its durability, and then I placed it in the woods becuase it's made out of wood and I just thought he should be with his family.
Revenge of the Birds
Also don't forget under the Final 8 Rule we get one FA signing
at up to the amount Dansby signed for. So basically we can sign any FA out there (as Dansby was one of the top signings in FA), plus one FA in the $4.9 to 3.2 per year range and as many as we want below $3.275. Actually this rule won’t have near the effect that I had originally feared since there are so few FAs available after all the tenders.
Within the confines of this rule FO seems to be performing well. Hadnot’s contract is probably $3.275 first year or just under that.
by Drullin'OverDaCards on Mar 12, 2010 9:44 AM MST up reply actions
Sando's on the 4 letter network has a good explanation
Section 135, Row 35
by AJ BirdWatcher on Mar 12, 2010 11:32 AM MST up reply actions 1 recs
I like this
Lifelong Arizona Cardinals/Chicago Bears fan.
I can't stand fair-weather/bandwagon fans, stick with your team, throughout the good and the bad.
Second OT?
I am concerned about who is going to take over the second tackle spot next year. Keith couldn’t beat out Bridges last year when Gandy went down. If Bridges is the best option at right tackle, that’s not good. He’s a guard and will need lots of help like he did last year. Draft a tackle early.
Keith is still young
I’m sure it made more sense to Whiz to insert an experienced vet at LT who’s started the position before(even with the Cardinals) then a 2nd year tackle that’s never appeared in a game before. With another offseason under his belt I think Keith can really challenge for a starting spot this season.
What? I didn't break it, I was just testing its durability, and then I placed it in the woods becuase it's made out of wood and I just thought he should be with his family.
Revenge of the Birds
Hopefully you're right
They are who we thought they were!
by Jesse Reynolds on Mar 12, 2010 1:50 PM MST up reply actions
especially when you look at the timing of gandy's injury!
late season needing to wrap up the division you can’t afford to allow a player to learn!
We can do better
Keith was a seventh round pick and hasn’t been able to get on the field. I think we can and should do better. Leinart won’t handle pressure as well as Warner did. Warner was consistantly pressured with Bridges at tackle unless Bridges had help. I think we definately need an upgrade.
Anyone else keep thinking his name is Wrex Urdnot?
If you don’t know who that is, it’s a character from the Mass Effect game series.
A man from Dallas who bleeds red, not silver and blue.
One of my favorite characters from that game.
Lifelong Arizona Cardinals/Chicago Bears fan.
I can't stand fair-weather/bandwagon fans, stick with your team, throughout the good and the bad.
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