Could Colts Luck Into Haason Reddick?
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Hunch: if the Cardinals do not re-sign Haason Reddick, then the Indianapolis Colts sign him to a 4 year $54M contract with $20M guaranteed.
(Note: I am trying my best to avoid thinking about Haason taking K.J. Wright’s OLB spot on the Seahawks or Leonard Floyd’s OLB spot on the Rams or Kwon Alexander’s OLB spot on the 49ers) Thankfully the Colts have way more cap space and the fit seems so nifty, I am going to run with them.
The Colts play a 4-3 defense, but they use their SAM OLB much in the same way Vance Joseph does by employing him as an edge rusher, a contain man and a key component in their coverage packages.
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Cardinals Re-Define Veteran Leadership
In his most recent article for
The Athletic, Michael Lombardi maintains, like a fair number of Cardinals’ fans, that the Arizona Cardinals paid way too much for DE J. J. Watt. Here is the crux of his argument:
When there were reports that Arizona was not the highest bidder. The Colts (completely false) and Browns (not sure, but highly doubtful) were rumored to have higher bids. Why is this even important? Watt being paid $15 million per season with $23 million guaranteed is a huge overpayment, regardless of whether another team was willing to do a similar deal. Two wrongs have never made a right. For some reason, flaming a story about another team’s pending interest makes doing something financially ridiculous justifiable. In Watt’s case, the tape does not justify the number. Watt will turn 32 on March 22. He has only played in all 16 games for two seasons in the past five years.
Take the Reins with Both Hands Coach
In the comment section of my post-game article (SF 20 ARI 12: Pasted by Home Guests), since61 asked me this question and so I thought I would share these thoughts with all of you so that you can add your thoughts and answers. Here is his question:
Mitch, what do you mean by “Kliff Kingsbury needs to grasp the reins of this offense and he has to stop trying to make his assistant coaches happy”?
61, from what I understand and/or sense, Steve Keim, after helping Kliff hire an experienced NFL staff, suggested to Kliff that he incorporate NFL offensive concepts into his Texas Tech Air Raid.