Arizona Cardinals Free Agency: Should Hamza Abdullah Be Retained?
by Tyler Nickel on Feb 2, 2012 11:00 AM MST
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Joey Porter became an overwhelming casualty yesterday when 90% of the voters said that he should find another home. Given his age and lack of production, I have no doubt that the Arizona Cardinals front office will vote the same way.
Today, we look at a player that did not see many defensive snaps, but has always been a big contributor on special teams for the Cards. Hamza Abdullah is one of the backup safeties on the team, but due to Adrian Wilson being a stud and always being on the field, Abdullah hasn't really had his fair shot yet. After the jump, we'll look at some of the contributions he made to the team and ask whether or not the Cardinals should re-sign the soon-to-be unrestricted free agent.
Hamza Abdullah only saw five snaps on the defense in 2011, but his presence on special teams is what earned him a spot on the 53 man roster. He was healthy all season long for Arizona, appearing in all 16 games.
Abdullah was especially effective on kickoffs, receiving a positive grade from Pro Football Focus. He is a player that rarely made mistakes and always made the necessary tackle to prevent big returns.
In total, Abdullah racked up 11 special teams tackles and only missed one. Those 11 takedowns tied him for the team high with second year man, O'Brien Schofield.
Abdullah's presence both on and off the field make him an athlete that the Cardinals would certainly like to have back. No team is going to throw gobs of money at him, so if the Cardinals are able to sign him to a reasonable deal and continue to get solid special teams production out of him, then I see no reason as to why he should not be in Cardinal Red next season. He is a great player and a great human being and he should be rewarded as such.
What do you think? Should the Arizona Cardinals re-sign Hamza Abdullah? Leave your comments below and don't forget to vote in the poll.
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No because
Rashad Johnson can play both Safety spots, Marshall can play both Safety spots and CB as well. Hamza has been in the league for 7 years and won’t get any younger. Draft a young Safety and build him behind Wilson.
Hazma's strength is on special teams
It’s either going to be Considine or Abdullah that makes the team at the safety spot. Considine is one of the best special teamers we have so I wouldn’t be surprised if he was brought back over Abdullah. Also, Rashad is a free-agent so it’s not a certainty that he will be back.
by cardinalbrown on Feb 2, 2012 2:08 PM MST up reply actions
I have still never seen an apology for the bs tweets complaining about Cardinal fans from Abdullah, see below:
http://www.revengeofthebirds.com/2011/10/23/2509382/hamza-abdullah-calls-out-arizona-cardinals-fans-on-twitter
http://www.revengeofthebirds.com/2011/10/25/2512443/hamza-abdullah-not-frustrated-not-retracting-his-disappointment-in
I still get steamed about this from a frickin’ benchwarmer, so for me he should be gone.
by Drullin'OverDaCards on Feb 2, 2012 11:55 AM MST reply actions
And I am pretty sure the front office will agree, they got a lot of calls about this guy.
by Drullin'OverDaCards on Feb 2, 2012 11:56 AM MST up reply actions
Awww...
…someone’s feelings got hurt. Tweet..smeet. It’s about talent.
by theuglytruth on Feb 2, 2012 12:47 PM MST up reply actions
Actually I agree if he had talent I would cut him some slack, but this guy does not have starting talent and never has in a 7 year career
That’s what has me so pissed about his comments.
by Drullin'OverDaCards on Feb 2, 2012 12:48 PM MST up reply actions
Sorry
When a bench warmer calls out the fans like that it pisses me off. If this was a team leader calling out the fans it would be warranted but he is just a scrub.
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Reardless if he was an All-Pro or a practice squad guy
His comments were fairly accurate concerning the conditional support for the Cardinals. If we are winning, we get support, if we are losing then we give the Steelers, Cowboys or Niners a 9th home game.
by cardinalbrown on Feb 2, 2012 2:13 PM MST up reply actions
He calls out Cardinal Fans in general, including those of us that pay for our seats and go to every game
If he called out season ticket holders who sell thier sideline seats (which definetely happens way too often) I would be fine – but his tweet and his interview after call out all Cardinal fans – that’s the part that is bs
by Drullin'OverDaCards on Feb 2, 2012 3:45 PM MST up reply actions
Yeah, he called out Cardinal fans
but don’t you think those who went to the game were the exception of his rant? As a season ticket holder who went to the game (much like you did) I felt the same way Hazma did towards Cardinals fans “in general”
by cardinalbrown on Feb 2, 2012 5:07 PM MST up reply actions
What makes this guy a great human being?
by Drullin'OverDaCards on Feb 2, 2012 12:11 PM MST reply actions
something tells me the writer forgot about the tweets
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by Steamin' Beamin' on Feb 2, 2012 12:14 PM MST up reply actions
Something tells me
You forgot about this
http://www.revengeofthebirds.com/2011/6/28/2245568/nfl-lockout-players-help-community
Just b/c a player calls out fans, that doesn’t make him a bad person. He is actually a good person.
by Tyler Nickel on Feb 2, 2012 12:20 PM MST up reply actions
I saw that and I saw that he played in a bunch of other people celebrity golf tournaments and this is all I could find positive on this guy
by Drullin'OverDaCards on Feb 2, 2012 12:22 PM MST up reply actions
To say he is a great human being - hell yes I need more
Kurt Warner is a great human being as a football example – look at what he does!
I play in charity golf tournaments that doesn’t make me a great human being.
Hosting one event during the lockout which was probably a publicity stunt does not make a great human being.
If you got nothing but that you how can you call him a great human being?
by Drullin'OverDaCards on Feb 2, 2012 12:29 PM MST up reply actions 1 recs
Ya
It was a publicity stunt… It got so much press, didn’t it? I think you might be setting the bar a bit high. He gave his time, energy and money to coach youths at a football camp. Sounds like a pretty good guy to me. That’s more than most people have ever done.
by Tyler Nickel on Feb 2, 2012 12:58 PM MST via iPhone app up reply actions
I obviously don't like this guy - but objectively- seriously
Come on Tyler, don’t you think “great human being” is going a bit too far?
I disagree even with “a pretty good guy” in your last comment, but I can at least see how you could think and write that.
by Drullin'OverDaCards on Feb 2, 2012 1:14 PM MST up reply actions
I think
You are picking and choosing my words too carefully. But we can agree to disagree on this matter.
Well your reminding us about it,
so it got some press, of course when a mouthy special teamer holds an event nobody cares half as much as say Ray Lewis or Peyton Manning.
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They all do that,
this guy is needs to go.
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I access RoTB from work most of the time and I’ve been avoiding this site this week just because I don’t want someone to walk up behind me and see that kind of picture on my screen.
I know the ads are the choice of RoTB mods (they’re controlled by SBNation right?) but I’m missing my time waster until this ad has ended.
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by Steamin' Beamin' on Feb 2, 2012 12:13 PM MST reply actions 1 recs
We don't choose the ads
They are chosen by the SB Nation marketing team. And I also do not agree with the ad very much, but that’s the way it goes, I guess.
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by Tyler Nickel on Feb 2, 2012 12:21 PM MST up reply actions
the campaign I believe ends after today or tomorrow
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by JoeCB1991 on Feb 2, 2012 12:33 PM MST up reply actions 1 recs
thanks, I'll try that
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by Steamin' Beamin' on Feb 2, 2012 12:34 PM MST up reply actions
Yes!!!!! Stop it for the love of God!!!
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Healthy scratch appearing in all games?
Isn’t that contradictory? I thought that healthy scratch = inactive on game day for non-injury reasons, which would be the exact opposite of appearing in all 16 games.
I guess you are right
I’ll fix that. Thanks.
by Tyler Nickel on Feb 2, 2012 12:23 PM MST up reply actions
Cool
Don’t have much of an opinion on Abdullah, so had to find something to post about. ;-)
by CardsFan1976 on Feb 2, 2012 12:25 PM MST up reply actions
Did you all see the tweet from Reggie Walker?
@revengeofbirds yes most definitely. @HamzaAbdullah21 gets his job done. Period.
I love seeing that.
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agreed...
..a lot of sensitive guys in here today.
by theuglytruth on Feb 2, 2012 12:49 PM MST up reply actions
Haha
Pretty surprising to see a player respond to that.
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Mark my words." Piotr Szczesniak 12/12/11 2:12 PM
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Fellow special teamer sticking up for his teammate
Actually one of the really cool things about the “lesser” players. They are much more engaging on Twitter than the big names. Certain personalities. Ryan Williams, Reggie Walker, Hamza Abdullah, Daryn Colledge are excellent about responding in personal ways. Few other as well.
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Do any of the players come on the site and vote in the polls?
by Drullin'OverDaCards on Feb 2, 2012 3:51 PM MST up reply actions
Hamza has an account
He wrote a couple of blog posts on hear a couple of years ago.
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but probably not.
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I'm sure some of them know about the site
I wouldn’t be surprised if it has been read before.
by Jesse Reynolds on Feb 3, 2012 12:27 AM MST up reply actions
Get rid of him,
he is nothing more than roster fill and he DISSED all of us.
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Being in the league for 7 years must say something when the average career is 3 years long
He may not be a great player but he fills a role. Young talent would be nice, but if none of that comes along we should keep him because of his familiarity with system and his role on special teams.
I am inclined to say yes
He is a great special teamer and I rarely have a complaint when I see him playing defense. Both he and Considine should be cheap, and both fill similar roles. I think we could see both in camp but whether both make the team depends a lot on who we bring in and whether we re-sign RJ or not.
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