[Bette]

The Arizona Cardinals are in a mess heading into the NFL free agency period, and they have no one to blame but themselves.

Cardinals wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald is owed a base salary of $16.5 million for the 2008 season, thanks to the incentive-laden rookie deal that the Cardinals agreed to when they made him the third pick in the 2004 NFL draft. As a base salary, the entire contract will count against the team's 2008 salary cap, which means about 15% of the cap is tied into one player.

Larry Fitzgerald Contract Cripples Cardinals - FanHouse - AOL Sports Blog

[Gotham Dark Knight]

Originally Posted by Bette

The Arizona Cardinals are in a mess heading into the NFL free agency period, and they have no one to blame but themselves.

Cardinals wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald is owed a base salary of $16.5 million for the 2008 season, thanks to the incentive-laden rookie deal that the Cardinals agreed to when they made him the third pick in the 2004 NFL draft. As a base salary, the entire contract will count against the team's 2008 salary cap, which means about 15% of the cap is tied into one player.

Larry Fitzgerald Contract Cripples Cardinals - FanHouse - AOL Sports Blog

Cardinals have to be one of the dumbest franchise in the NFL...never a season it seems that they do not shoot themselves in the foot.

[azrael492]

Is it too early to that they need to trade away their players and rebuild yet again. They need to higher somebody that understands how to run a franchise.

[Gotham Dark Knight]

Originally Posted by azrael492

Is it too early to that they need to trade away their players and rebuild yet again. They need to higher somebody that understands how to run a franchise.

Call Matt Millen perhaps?...just kidding...why didn't they go after the Big Tuna then?

[Lefty Noob]

Originally Posted by Gotham Dark Knight

Cardinals have to be one of the dumbest franchise in the NFL...never a season it seems that they do not shoot themselves in the foot.

Agreed. Not to say Fitzgerald isn't a good player, but NO one player is worth 15% of your total team salary!

[Gotham Dark Knight]

Originally Posted by Lefty Noob

Agreed. Not to say Fitzgerald isn't a good player, but NO one player is worth 15% of your total team salary!

That is all I am saying...how do you put foward a contract that has the possibility of sinking your whole team?...I mean how is that managing a team?

[Lefty Noob]

Originally Posted by Gotham Dark Knight

That is all I am saying...how do you put foward a contract that has the possibility of sinking your whole team?...I mean how is that managing a team?

Complete and total lack of forethought. Whoever penned the deal must've said, "He'll never achieve all these things. Trust me!"

[azrael492]

Originally Posted by Lefty Noob

Complete and total lack of forethought. Whoever penned the deal must've said, "He'll never achieve all these things. Trust me!"

How fast do you think that guy was fired when they saw what it was going to cost them?

[Gotham Dark Knight]

Originally Posted by Lefty Noob

Complete and total lack of forethought. Whoever penned the deal must've said, "He'll never achieve all these things. Trust me!"

Well, that worked on say a Ricky Williams type deal...but still he was the hottest receiver in the draft that year...so you got to think...maybe...maybe he can...

I mean, I manage multi-million dollar projects for a living...and I am always trying to mitigate risk and figure out worst case scenerios to avoid. hey, maybe I could be the Cards GM...

[Seahawker 562]

wow so much for the draft

[Lefty Noob]

Originally Posted by Seahawker 562

wow so much for the draft

They'll restructure his deal. They'll have to.

[Bette]

Originally Posted by Lefty Noob

They'll restructure his deal. They'll have to.

That's all that is left. For sure they arent going to cut him or ask him to take a pay cut