For Arizona Cardinals, free agency approaching quickly
By Scott Allen
The new league years starts for the Arizona Cardinals and the rest of the NFL this Wednesday afternoon
Some teams have been making trades like it is going out of style. Some teams, like the Arizona Cardinals are just waiting for 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time on Wednesday afternoon to be able to officially start signing players.
The Cardinals have been pretty quiet for the most part. They did re-sign long-snapper Aaron Brewer this past week, a move more important that you’d believe.
The Cardinals are going to get a quarterback in free agency. You can be rest assured on that. Now, will that quarterback be a starter or a backup remains to be seen.
Offensive line, receiver, tight end, cornerback, safety, kicker, all of those positions will need to be addressed. They may not be all address in free agency either. Some may come through the draft, which happens at the end of next month on April 27-29.
The Seattle Seahawks released Richard Sherman on Friday. He reportedly has interest from several teams, including NFC West rival San Francisco 49ers. The Cardinals have not been rumored to show interest.
The Cardinals are going to have to be methodical in their approach as they have about $20 million in cap space available. Likely a good chunk of that will be saved for a quarterback.
The Cardinals will also have their own to deal with, namely safety Tyrann Mathieu, who this week was asked to take a pay cut. If he doesn’t restructure his contract, he could be shown the door to make room for other contracts.
One quarterback the Cardinals will not be getting is Tyrod Taylor. The Buffalo Bills traded him to the Cleveland Browns on Friday. Reportedly the Cardinals never had any interest though.
Next: 5 players the Arizona Cardinals should not pursue
That is honestly what I wanted to hear. Taylor would not have been a good fit in Arizona. The Cardinals will make moves. We just need to be patience, something being preached everyday to the fan base.