What a day for the Cardinals. I don’t want to sound like an idiot, this was expected. But did it all have to go down in one day? I started by hearing about Anquan Boldin, now both Dansby and Rolle too! So what do we make of this?
We saw Antonio Smith leave to the Texans last year, he got paid a boat load of money (5 year $35.5 m) and did nothing exciting. Well, he played well, but not worth the big bucks he got paid. Then we look back 2 years ago at the loss of Calvin Pace to the New York Jets, he got a 6 year $42m deal with $22m guaranteed. Those are 2 way over paid players for their production.
The question is what about Dansby and Rolle. Both players have come into their prime and played very well for the Cardinals. We paid Dansby nearly $10m last year as a Cardinal, his contract of $43m over 5 years doesn’t appear to be that much more. But I still question his value. What did he do this year, besides run a fumble back for a touch down in the playoffs? That ball bounced into his arms thanks to Michael Adams.
As for Rolle, I really wanted to see him stay with the team. But the report is that he is now the highest paid safety ever??? What are these teams thinking? OK, found it. 5 year $37m contract with $15m guaranteed.
Were these good moves by the Cardinals or has the team been depleted? Only time will tell. I still think, Pace, Smith and Dansby fit well in our system and played well but were not the Best.
Reports: Karlos Dansby agrees with Dolphins
Karlos Dansy has now signed with the Miami Dophins and Antrel Rolle is a
It didn’t take long for the Miami Dolphins to shore up their linebacking corp after releasing veterans Joey Porter and Akin Ayodele earlier Friday.
Reports from the AP and ESPN say that the Dolphins have agreed to a deal with free agent linebacker Karlos Dansby. According to sources, the contract is for five years and worth $43 million, with $22 million of it guaranteed. If those figures are accurate, the deal will make Dansby one of the NFL’s highest paid inside linebackers.
Dansby was a second-round draft pick of the Arizona Cardinals in 2004 and spent his entire six-year career there. He is the first big addition in what is expected to be a revamped defense under new coordinator Mike Nolan, who replaced the fired Paul Pasqualoni in January. — Arin Karimian
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