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Hey everybody, this is your GM, your back row

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dumbass, your GM who currently is not on the

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team right now, but don't you worry about it,

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Kale, here to bring you episode 5 of the Stack

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and Shed series. Now in this series, we're going

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to cover all 32 teams so nobody is neglected,

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everybody gets a turn, and we're going to be

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covering a few different topics. And those topics

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include what went wrong, what do they need, stack

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or shed, their draft picks, one move I would

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do, and their cap space. Okay, now in this episode,

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we're talking about the Cardinals. So for all

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my Cardinals fans, buckle up. It's going to be

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a little bit controversial because we're talking

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about quarterbacks. All right, let's get into

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it. So what went wrong in the Cardinals season?

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And I will eventually say it was inconsistent

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quarterback play. Now, I was thinking Kyler Murray

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was going to come into the season, silence all

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the naysayers and critics, and prove why he is

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still one of the better quarterbacks in this

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league. But I was also under the impression that

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if Kyler Murray didn't play well this past season,

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that the Cardinals were going to pivot and take

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a quarterback in the 26 draft class. Because

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at that time, you had names such as Fernando

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Mendoza, Dante Moore, Lenore Sellers, Drew Aller,

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Cade Klubnick, Garrett Nussmeyer, Taylor Green,

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and others that were going to be available in

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the draft class. Now, Jacoby... Brissett comes

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in and he hops into the roller coaster ride that

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is the season and experiences highs and lows.

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Now his lows are really bad, but his highs were

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okay. And I literally mean okay. And the 13 games

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that Jacoby Brissett played. He was 485 attempts

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for 315 completions, 3 ,366 passing yards, 23

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touchdowns, 8 interceptions, 6 .9 yards per attempt,

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and a 64 .9 completion percentage, which isn't

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bad, right? Now we look at the offensive rankings

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for the Cardinals this past season. They had

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the 19th ranked offense and they averaged 20

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.9 points per game, 325 .8 yards per game, 5

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.2 yards per play, and 38 touchdowns. They were

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7th in passing offense and they averaged 232

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.6 passing yards per game, 5 .6 passing yards

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per play, and 29 passing touchdowns. They were

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31st in rushing offense and they averaged 93

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.1 rushing yards per game, 4 .3 rushing yards

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per play, and 9 rushing touchdowns. Now with

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that being said, what do the Cardinals need?

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And that is stability at quarterback. Now, unfortunately,

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that's not going to happen this offseason. So

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what do the Cardinals do at this point? Do you

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run it back with Jacoby Brissett for one more

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year? Do you maybe hope and pray that Ty Simpson

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falls out of the first round and maybe you take

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him in the second round? Do you take a swing

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at Kay Klupnick? Do you take a swing at maybe

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Garrett Nussmeyer? Do you try to bring in a veteran

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quarterback who has ties with Mike LaFleur? All

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of these options should be on the table right

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now for the Cardinals. Because at this point,

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what you need to be aiming for is taking a quarterback

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quarterback in the 27 draft class. Now I understand

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that everybody said that this draft class was

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supposed to be the draft class where all the

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quarterbacks come out. Unfortunately, that didn't

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happen. So if you're the Cardinals, you need

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to figure out what can we do to at least put

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a band -aid at quarterback. Even if it means

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that you run it back with Jacoby Brissett for

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two more years, it's not going to hurt you because

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at the end of the day, it's a low risk, high

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reward move. And you saw how well he worked with

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Marvin Harrison Jr., Trey McBride, and Michael

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Wilson. As long as Jacoby Brissett can win you

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a couple more games than what you won last year,

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I think that's not a problem. Because at the

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end of the day, Jacoby Brissett's floor is maybe,

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I don't know, the 25th to maybe the 31st best

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quarterback in the league. And his ceiling is

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maybe the 20th to maybe the 15th best quarterback

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in the league. That's not bad because, again,

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your expectations going into this next season

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is very low because you're trying to get a quarterback

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next year. Now, I'm not saying that you need

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to go 0 -18, but you can win you a couple of

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games. You can have a little bit of momentum,

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just a little bit, not a whole lot. Now, with

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that being said, the question we all need to

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ask ourselves is stack or shed. And I would venture

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to say stack, and that's mainly in part because

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this team has some pieces. All they need to do

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is find a franchise quarterback. Now, I'm not

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trying to make it seem like finding a franchise

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quarterback is like picking an apple from a tree.

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And I understand that it takes some time and

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a lot of homework to do that. But everybody knows

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that once you find your franchise quarterback,

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the roster construction process becomes a whole

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lot easier. And make no mistake, this team has

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some talent. You have an emerging star in Michael

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Wilson and Marvin Harrison Jr. You have Trey

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McBride, who is a top 10 tight end in the league

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right now. Now with the defense, you have some

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emerging stars on that side of the ball. But

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all you have to do is just continue to build

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this roster up. And I know it's going to take

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some time. And I know fans are not happy with

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it. And I understand that ownership isn't happy

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with it. But building a roster takes time. This

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is not an overnight thing. This is not something

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that you can just snap your fingers and everything

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is fixed. This requires a lot of time, especially

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when you're about to go through a transition

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from having a franchise quarterback to looking

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for your next franchise quarterback. That is

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a difficult process. There are certain teams

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right now that are still going through that process

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right. now. The Steelers are still trying to

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find the heir to Ben Roethlisberger and have

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been unsuccessful in doing it. But that's because

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of other reasons, which we're not going to get

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into this episode right now because this isn't

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about the Steelers. It's about the Cardinals.

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By hiring Michael Flora, you're bringing in somebody

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who comes from a successful tree and developing

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quarterbacks with Sean McVay. So we all know

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that he has some foundational understanding on

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how to develop a quarterback. So I think as long

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as Mike LaFleur doesn't mess up the next franchise

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quarterback, I think this team is going to be

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in a really good spot. However, if he butchers

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that move, the fan base and the organization

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will never forgive him for it. Now with that

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being said, when we look at their draft picks,

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they have their first, their second, their third,

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their fourth, their fifth, their sixth, and seventh.

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Now the question is this. Should the Cardinals

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address the interior offensive line or get a

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right tackle? When you know that the right tackle

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class is pretty good. Now, I'm not saying it's

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legendary, like you're going to get the next

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Trent Williams or Penesuel or whatever great

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tackle that you want to list, but... I think

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getting a right tackle would shore things up

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a little bit more. Now, with that being said,

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the one move that I would do is move on from

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Kyler Murray. According to Spoltrak, if a team

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trades for Kyler Murray, they're only on the

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hook for guaranteed money for this year at $36

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.8 million. After that, all of his other money

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isn't guaranteed. By moving off of Kyler Murray,

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the Cardinals are saving $34 .7 million in cap

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space, but only taking on $17 .9 million in debt

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cap, which isn't bad. But here's the kicker.

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Kyler Murray is owed a $17 million roster bonus

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on March 15th when $19 .5 million of his 27th

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salary is guaranteed. So that's where things

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get a little bit complicated. Now, if you're

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the Cardinals, what would it take for you to

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move off of Kyler Murray? Because at this point,

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you can't ask for a first. or a second -round

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pick. At best, you can maybe ask for maybe a

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third or fourth, maybe even a fifth -round pick,

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because the other team is still inheriting a

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contract that most likely they're going to have

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to adjust in some capacity, or they're going

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to have to give him an extension to maybe lower

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the cap hits to some degree. Now, if you're a

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team that needs a quarterback, how high is Kyler

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Murray on your list? Because outside of the veteran

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quarterback options, all you have is Tua, Daniel

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Jones, which we all know he's going to go back

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to the Colts, and Kyler Murray. Now, sure, you

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can try to see if you can pluck Mac Jones on

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the 49ers, but I can tell you right now, that's

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not going to be successful. And even if it is

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successful, the 49ers are going to drive up his

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price, and they're probably going to demand a

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second round pick from Mac Jones. Are you going

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to be willing to give up a second round pick

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from Mac Jones, knowing that you're going to

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have to pay him market value money? We all know

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that the bell of the ball this year is Malik

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Willis. And we all know there's only going to

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be a few teams that are really going to be interested

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in getting Malik Willis. And if you're Kyler

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Murray, where's the best place for you? Do you

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believe that if you go to the Steelers, your

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play is going to be elevated? Do you believe

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that if you go to the Dolphins, your play is

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going to be elevated? Do you believe that if

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you go to any of the places that needs a quarterback

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right now, that you're going to be able to elevate

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that offense and prove that you are still one

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of the better quarterbacks in this league right

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now and that you're more than just a bridge quarterback?

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Now, the Cardinals have $44 million in cap space,

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which isn't bad, but they can create more cap

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space if they trade away Kyler Murray, they cut

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a few people, and they restructure some deals.

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Now, I don't expect the Cardinals to be big players

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in free agency, but I do expect for them to make

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at least one to two significant signings. After

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that, they'll probably make some smaller tier

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signings, maybe people that are trying to compete

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for a roster spot, or players that are trying

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to reunite with a coach. Now, do I expect for

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them to get someone like Alec Pierce or George

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Pickens or Trey Hendrickson? No. But I think

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maybe that second to third tier in free agents

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will be where the Cardinals make their mark at.

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