How about Monti’s building of the middle and back ends of the Cardinals’ roster?
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:
How did you vote and why?