Cardinals' Guard Deuce Lutui Finally Signs Tender
by Andrew602 on Jun 14, 2010 4:48 PM MDT
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After nearly four months of waiting, Arizona Cardinals' offensive guard Deuce Lutui finally signed his tender on Monday. The offer was worth $1.759 million, and Lutui had until June 15th to sign or risk the Cardinals lowering the offer to just $588,500.
We've beat a dead horse for quite some time, and one can speculate that Lutui wants to remain a Cardinal, but he wants to be one long-term. Unfortunately, with an abundance of contracts to handle, the Cardinals weren't going to budge at Lutui's requests.
At this point, Lutui can continue doing what he has been all season, since the Cardinals don't have anymore activities until the end of July, when they head to Flagstaff for training camp. When that time arrives, Lutui will compete for the starting right guard position with veteran starter Reggie Wells.
Lutui only allowed 1.5 sacks last season to his combined 9.75 the three years before. He also lowered his penalties to just four after committing a combined 19 penalties for 180 yards. If he can pick up from where he left off, then he should stand a better chance at starting next season.
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With this signing
What does our starting 5 look like now? Can Deuce overtake Reggie?
Life's too short. Be a fan. Orlando Magic, Arizona Cardinals,Tampa Bay Rays and of course "the U"! What a winning combo.
by hevchv on Jun 14, 2010 5:06 PM MDT via mobile reply actions
Oh yeah
They are who we thought they were!
by Jesse Reynolds on Jun 14, 2010 5:40 PM MDT up reply actions
Honestly
I’d be surprised if he doesn’t. I’d say it will look like it’s already projected, with that exception. LT Brown, LG Faneca, C Sendlein RG Lutui RT Keith. I understand that Wells was at all the OTA’s but there’s no question of who the better run blocker is, and I can’t see us not taking advantage of that.
Unless, of course, he reports out of shape. But if he’s the Deuce from last season I don’t see the debate.
duece
you cant blame duece for holding out as long as he did. its a business and getting paid is part of it. long term deal is what these players hope for but the up front money guaranteed is what they want.. GOOD LUCK DEUCE. you can never have to many lineman
I just saw....
Logan Mankins wants to be traded I say.. GET HIM…that’s a championship winning guard there…and think of what it will do to competition
He's big time
and obviously you’d love to have someone of his caliber, but bringing on another G who isn’t happy with being an RFA would just be doubling our trouble. I’m guessing that New England has no real interest in trading him, either. We’re pretty stocked at OL, especially G.
Ouch
I should have read this before the previous response, but it’s being reported that he turned down an offer for $7 million per. No way we’d consider him at the price tag he’s carrying.
+1
Don’t forget how the last Patriot lineman we traded for back in the Denny Green era turned out. He couldn’t make it on the field.
Life's too short. Be a fan. Orlando Magic, Arizona Cardinals,Tampa Bay Rays and of course "the U"! What a winning combo.
by hevchv on Jun 14, 2010 8:49 PM MDT via mobile up reply actions
How old is he anyway?
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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Lifelong Arizona Cardinals/Chicago Bears fan [I have always lived in Arizona, dad is from Chicago].
I can't stand fair-weather/bandwagon fans, stick with your team, throughout the good and the bad. And don't switch to whichever team wins the Super Bowl each year.
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