Cardinals Lack Of Media Coverage Discouraging For The NFL Draft
by Andrew602 on Apr 23, 2010 8:53 AM MDT
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PrintFirst off, I just want to say that I'm still ecstatic that the Cardinals somehow landed a top-ten pick at the 26th spot last night. Getting Dan Williams just adds to the recent string of steals in the draft for this Arizona Cardinals franchise(DRC, Beanie Wells, Tim Hightower, Steve Breaston, LSH, Calais Campbell). I love the pick, as an enormous player shores up an enormous need.
Now my next point has to do with the draft coverage. I'll start by saying that this draft was one of the most exciting drafts I've ever seen. Call it the primetime schedule, the hype surrounding so many players, the eyebrow raising picks, or the trades - this draft was good. The picks seemed to come in quickly and the transition from one pick to another was also great. As the Cardinals pick slowly approached, my enthusiasm grew, and the anticipation for stealing Williams with the 26th pick was also increasing.
One of the first big name picks was made before the Cardinals - wide receiver Dez Bryant. He's received a lot of coverage leading up to the draft so it wasn't surprising to see the media evaluate him after the Cowboys made him the newest member of their team. That, I could deal with. Then the Broncos traded with the Baltimore Ravens for the 25th pick of the draft and selected quarterback Tim Tebow - yes that Tim Tebow. Rather then briefly discussing the pick, I was a prisoner in my own home, being forced to hear about Tebow's throwing motion, how he'll fit into the Broncos' offense, and then watch an interview with him.
By then, the Cardinals time to pick had expired and I could see that their "pick was in". At one point they went to a commercial break and I questioned whether or not we'd even get to see the pick or the text would display at the bottom of the screen. When they returned, the draft "experts" were still discussing Tebow. They almost seemed irritated that they had to stop speaking for the commissioner to announce the Cardinals selection.
Of course, the Cardinals went on to draft Williams and we heard a brief two-minute evaluation before they moved on to the Patriots selection. Maybe I shouldn't be surprised at the lack of media attention. As Cardinals fans, we should be used to this treatment. It happens during the regular season with just about every game. Luckily we'll fly under the radar and make a run at winning the NFC West for the third straight year. How do you feel about the lack of coverage the Cardinals received?
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the lack of coverage is laughable
but lack of coverage/flying under the radar does have its benefits too so I am not too upset by it.
I got in late in the draft, in an NFL.com/BlogBlitz “featured columnist” type draft room. All the auto tweets were there from Mort to Shefter to Goodell. One of Mort’s tweets near the end of round 1 was proclaiming the Seahawks and Lions as the champions of Day 1. I replied, not necessarily. If you look at what value was gotten at which pick, the Cardinals are one of the champions of the first round without a doubt. You don’t get a top ten caliber player at 26 every day. There was a few other teams that also got great value late, like Bulaga and Dez.
Also, sure all those Tackles look like sure bets now, but I’ve been through a drafting of Levi Brown and I see how that has panned out. He has been a mediocre to good player, but certainly not a top 5 value. Brown is obviously one of many that I can recall as sure bets that were taken really high that have been just ok. Robert Gallery recently, I am sure there are others I cannot think of clearly at the moment.
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The trade up for Tebow was a stunning move but that was infuriating.
Once again the Cardinals get short shrift. I’m sure the producer of the show was yammering in their ear to keep on about Tebow. The media have an obvious infatuation with him. It’s a big story but the circumstances of the draft don’t allow for extensive discussion between picks. We got screwed by the timing that’s all. As Cardinals fans we knew they wouldn’t spend much time on us anyway so no reason to be surprised. We got our NT. I’d love to hear about the reaction at the draft party.
As for the Tebow trade I thought that was pure lunacy at first. They gave up a 2nd, 3rd and 4th for Tebow? Ravens made out like bandits. Still the Broncos have a 2nd and a pair of 3rds left. They manuevered well to get the guy they wanted. McDaniels is putting his rep on the line. Tebow could make or break him.
All in all watching the draft last night was much more enjoyable than I expected. Watching Williams drop and drop built great anticipation. Excited to see what he can bring to the defense this year. Looking forward to rounds 2 and 3.
I'm starting to think McDaniels is nuts with all of the good players he has sent packing.
Hopefully the lack of respect is inspiring the team.
Lifelong Arizona Cardinals/Chicago Bears fan.
I can't stand fair-weather/bandwagon fans, stick with your team, throughout the good and the bad.
I feel the same way you do – great ride – crazy draft – Then when it came to our turn our little moment it was all Tebow – I was soaring when we got Williams – then all the Tebow stuff was a real downer . I do not think we could have done any better in the draft – I hope the subsequent picks turn out as well. I hope we go with a CB – LB or OT BPA.
Once again the Cards get the shaft
I can’t tell you how much I was looking forward to AZ Larges pick, and the insight from the pros on the player, strengths, weaknesses. But NO, Denver has to go and pull the biggest bone headed pick and blow up any kind of flow to the draft analysis. I will say though the guys on NFL Network gave the Cards some due stateing how the stuck to their board and did not reach for a linebacker and took the BAP.
None of the "experts" seems to think AZ needed a NT
That’s really surprising. Of course they stuck to the board. Williams fell into their lap and NT was a top need for the team. Let’s hope the next 2 rounds work out so well. I’d like some insight on why they took so long to put in the choice. I think they were getting calls about trading out of the pick not juggling choices.
Can you believe they are even considered experts?
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.
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I think Whiz said there was a lot of interest in their pick
But they did the right thing by measuring the value of trading out of #26 vs addressing the Need at NT with a top-10 value pick.
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the coverage of Tebow is getting very old already. It was getting old before it even started a year ago during NCAAF. He isn’t that good and they showed a dominant team can beat him pretty good. They will probably keep talking about it tonight through more of the draft. Then I can’t wait to hear about him when the NFL starts. That was the worst deal to get a QB. The Dan Williams pick is great. Keep the Cardinals out of the media but they can still keep winning.
Being on a team as stacked as Florida helped him too.
Lifelong Arizona Cardinals/Chicago Bears fan.
I can't stand fair-weather/bandwagon fans, stick with your team, throughout the good and the bad.
Im a big tebow fan but........
i was yelling at the TV(both ESPN and NFL Network) to stop talking about the guy!!! in those 10 mins i couldnt care less for Tebow!!
But we did get Dan WIlliams and that made up for it, but no one really cares about the Cards and have written them off already, too bad.
He isn’t that good???
I’m on the same page with everyone here but to say Tebow isn’t that good is a little ridiculous. How many people can say that they reached and well surpassed the century mark in TDs in NCAA play? Now I know that this isn’t anyway to rate a player and his ability to be a success in the NFL, but the kid has talent and I simply wish he’d be given a fair shot. It almost seems like he will be considered a bust regardless of outcome at this point because everyone is rooting against him so much. Quite frankly he is one of the most successful college players ever… I am not a Florida Gator fan, nor even a big Tebow fan, but I have never seen any one person get so much disrespect before even playing in their first NFL play, especially one that broke a ton of NCAA records held by eventual HOF NFL players. As far as Williams goes, yeah baby! I had a hope that he would drop to us, but didn’t think in a million years it would happen. Does anyone see him starting at the NT right away? Not really our style to throw in a rookie like that but we don’t really have many other options (if any, Watson seems to always have a lingering injury)…
I can see Watson starting the first two games
But they will rotate Williams in right away
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.
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He'll rotate in a lot.
Beanie didn’t “start” a single game last season. I don’t think the designator will mean much.
Anyone could succeed in the system that Florida has.
Lifelong Arizona Cardinals/Chicago Bears fan.
I can't stand fair-weather/bandwagon fans, stick with your team, throughout the good and the bad.
Tebow
I agree whole-heartedly with your Tebow sentiments. I get tired of hearing all the talk about him, but he is extremely talented and I can’t believe that just because he played in a spread offense no one thinks he can learn to be an NFL QB. He is a highly intelligent person with a great work ethic, I pick him to be an excellant QB one day.
"The true test of a person's intellligence is how much they agree with you."
Tebow
The Tebow mania goes both ways. He’s either overly praised or overly criticized. The hype on him was so big in college that this is just a backlash against that. He’s not going to be perfect day one so he gets jumped all over. I actually had him slated to the Vikings in the first round in my mock. McDaniels being McDaniels, the aggressive move isn’t as shocking as it would be had someone else made it. Personally I was sick of Tebow long ago. Even so, I think he stands a fair chance in Denver. They’ve been looking for a leader since Elway retired and kept coming up short. All in all I’d take Tebow over Cutler too.
Us against the world
go with it, it suits the cards well
and the caption for the pic:
Williams: No way in heck am I going to fit in Rackers old jersey
13- Warner, 23- Sandberg, 40- Tillman, 11- Walter
It's funny you mention that
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.
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Medial Coverage/Respect is earned on the field over time
Cardinals had 50 years of pretty much crap teams followed by 1 SB run and 1 pretty good year after the SB run. Consistency = respect.
How much respect can we expect?
I am a diehard fan and love the FO moves this year, but is this a 6-10 team or a 10-6 team without Warner? I hope for the latter, but only time will tell.
by Drullin'OverDaCards on Apr 23, 2010 1:38 PM MDT reply actions
wait...
…. new orleans, tampa bay, new england, seattle all used to consistently suck year in and year out but after a couple playoff appearances they all started getting respect. that has not been the case with the cards.
Seriously New Orleans was crap before the won the SB
I have a feeling even if the Cardinals would’ve won the SB they still wouldn’t get any respect.
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.
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Did anyone else notice
On ESPN they have a side bar of online polls showing how fans graded each pick. They have Dallas at #24, Denver at #25, then a question about who Denver’s best QB is, and then New England at #27. If that’s not disrespect I don’t know what is.
I liked the Daryl Washington coverage
And this is the Cardinals pick… now we go to commercial. PEACE, BITCHES.
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