Comments on: Show me the money! http://ktar.net/blogs/gash/archives/1993 Home of their Sport 620 KTAR blog Mon, 22 Mar 2010 02:11:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3-beta3 By: Michael http://ktar.net/blogs/gash/archives/1993#comment-3824 Michael Sat, 28 Feb 2009 10:36:11 +0000 http://ktar.net/blogs/gash/archives/1993#comment-3824 To pay or not to pay ... that is the question on a lot of Cardinals fans' minds these days. To listen to fellow Yankee apologist Gambo, we might as well let Warner and his agent back their We-brake-for-Jesus bumper sticker-ridden mini vans right up to the Bidwell safe and start piling moeny in. As much as I respect and often agree with Mr. Gambo, I going to have to disgree on this one. I know Kurt had a remarkable season distributing the ball to the best receiving corp in the league and arguably the best wideout over all in Fitz. I contend that Warner (at the fragile age of 38) has benefited dramatically from the system and personnel around him. It seems like just a couple of seasons ago we were complaining about his inability to hang on to the ball when being rushed or him making ill-advised passes into double coverage. But one great season and the Cardinals should give him any contract he wants? I think Gambo is forgetting who has the leverage here? I think Warner needs the Cardinals more than they need him. There are only a handful of teams in the league that have the capacity and need for a highly paid 38 year old QB. If you were a GM would you tie up $15m in cap space on someone who no longer has the likes of Fitz, Bolden, and Breston to throw to? Graves know this and knows that if worse comes to worst, Leinhert is a capable substitute. I'd offer him $20m for 2 years with a $11m gauranteed. And hope his wife will take the deal. To pay or not to pay … that is the question on a lot of Cardinals fans’ minds these days. To listen to fellow Yankee apologist Gambo, we might as well let Warner and his agent back their We-brake-for-Jesus bumper sticker-ridden mini vans right up to the Bidwell safe and start piling moeny in. As much as I respect and often agree with Mr. Gambo, I going to have to disgree on this one. I know Kurt had a remarkable season distributing the ball to the best receiving corp in the league and arguably the best wideout over all in Fitz. I contend that Warner (at the fragile age of 38) has benefited dramatically from the system and personnel around him. It seems like just a couple of seasons ago we were complaining about his inability to hang on to the ball when being rushed or him making ill-advised passes into double coverage. But one great season and the Cardinals should give him any contract he wants? I think Gambo is forgetting who has the leverage here? I think Warner needs the Cardinals more than they need him. There are only a handful of teams in the league that have the capacity and need for a highly paid 38 year old QB. If you were a GM would you tie up $15m in cap space on someone who no longer has the likes of Fitz, Bolden, and Breston to throw to? Graves know this and knows that if worse comes to worst, Leinhert is a capable substitute.

I’d offer him $20m for 2 years with a $11m gauranteed. And hope his wife will take the deal.

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