After celebrating in “MOJO Risin’” what appears to be Monti Ossenfort’s autonomy at this point to make all of the Cardinals’ personnel decisions, let’s salute the Cardinals’ 3rd year GM for what very well could be his forte —-> building roster depth through modest means.
Player Criteria:
UFA who can be signed for under $5M a year.
waiver wire claim
undrafted college free agent
Day 3 draft pick
63 Cases in point (currently on the 90-man roster):
QB —- Clayton Tune
RB —- Emari Demercado, Michael Carter, DeeJay Dallas, Bam Knight
TE —- Elijah Higgins, Travis Vokolek, Oscar Cardenas
WR —- Greg Dortch, Tejhuan Palmer, Xavier Weaver, Zay Jones, Simi Foheko, Trishton Jackson, Quez Watkins, Bryson Green
T —- Kelvin Beachum, Christian Jones, Curtis McClendon, Josh Fryar, Jerimiah Byers, Valentin Senn
G —- Jon Gaines II, Evan Brown, Isaiah Adams, Nick Leverett, Royce Newman, Jake Curhan, Hayden Conner
C —- Hjalte Froholdt, Sincere Haynesworth
NT —- Elijah Simmons. PJ Mustipher
DT —- Dante Stills, L.J. Collier, Ben Stille, Anthony Goodlow
ED —- Xavier Thomas, Baron Browning, Benton Whitley, Elliott Brown
ILB —- Owen Pappoe, Mack Wilson Sr., Ki Jones, Milo Eifler, Akeem Davis-Gaither, Mykal Walker, Cody Simon
CB —- Kei’Trel Clark, Starling Thomas V, Jaden Davis, Jaylon Jones, Ekow Boye-Doe, Denzel Burke
S —- Joey Blount, Darren Hall, Dadrion Taylor-Demerson, Jammie Robinson, Kitan Crawford
STs —- Aaron Brewer, Blake Gillikin, Chad Ryland
27:
QB —- Kyler Murray, Jacoby Brissett
RB —- James Conner, Trey Benson
TE —- Trey McBride, Tip Reiman
WR —- Marvin Harrison Jr., Michael Wilson
T —- Paris Johnson Jr., Jonah Williams
NT —- Dalvin Tomlinson
DT —- Bilal Nichols, Justin Jones, Darius Robinson, Calais Campbell, Walter Nolen
ED —- Zaven Collins, B.J. Ojulari, Josh Sweat, Jordan Burch
CB —- Garrett Williams, Sean Murphy-Bunting, Max Melton, Elijah Jones, Will Johnson
S—- Budda Baker, Jalen Thompson
Production from value UFAs, waiver claims, Day 3 draft picks and CFAs (best seasons):
76.1 —- C Hjalte Froholdt
75.6 —- RB DeeJay Dallas
75.5 —- S Dadrion Taylor-Demerson
76.3 —- RB Michael Carter
71.7 —- CB Kei’Trel Clark
70.8 —- RB Emari Demercado
68.2 —- WR Greg Dortch
66.1 —- S Joey Blount
65.9 —- G Evan Brown
64.9 —- DB Darren Halll
64.1 —- T Kelvin Beachum
63.8 —- LB Mack Wilson Sr.
63.6 —- TE Elijah Higgins
63.0 —- Jon Gaines II
63.0 —- LB Owen Pappoe
60.9 —- CB Starling Thomas V
Top 10 Special Teams Production (best seasons):
92.2 —- K Chad Ryland
90.0 —- S Joey Blount
85.7 —- WR Greg Dortch
77.9 —- CB Kei’Trel Clark
75.0 —- P Blake Gillikin
74.9 —- TE Travis Vokolek
73.7 —- LB Owen Pappoe
72.7 —- RB DeeJay Dallas
70.2 —- RB Emari Demercado
66.7 —- TE Elijah Higgins
ROTB Poll:
Poll
To this point in GM Monti Ossenfort’s 3-year tenure with the Cardinals, what appears to be his forte?
0%
Free Agent signings
(0 votes)
38%
Day 1 and 2 draft picks
(5 votes)
30%
Day 3 draft picks, under the radar FA signings and waiver claims
(4 votes)
15%
Bear hugs after big wins
(2 votes)
13 votes total
How did you vote and why?