2nd interview with Arizona for Lou

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(02-05-2023, 12:38 PM)samhain Wrote: People indeed said that about the Bengals, but the Bengals were in a far different position than the Cardinals when Zac showed up.  

The good players on the team that were making serious money could be released without a lot of cap damage if a coach wanted to purge the roster.  

The quarterback wasn't making a lot of money (for an entrenched starter), and could very easily be deposed and sent packing, giving whatever new coach what most new coaches want: a new quarterback.

Arizona's situation with Kyler is basically the worst case scenario with modern qb contracts.  He's not bad enough to dump outright, but he's not a guy that you want to hitch your fate to, either.  Unfortunately, that's already been done for whatever coach decides to take the job, and there's nothing he can do about it.  

A shitty team with a blank slate roster, tons of cap, veterans getting bank just begging to get released, and decent draft position is more attractive than a shitty team already paying sizable, guaranteed money to a questionable qb all day long.

The moral of the story is that if you're going to give a huge guaranteed deal to a quarterback, you'd better be damn sure he's the guy.  

You make sound points, but the Eagles and Rams have shown you can get rid of bad contract QBs and turn things around, too.