Rotoworld Report on the Cardinals

[Bill Brasky]

Mike Jurecki of XTRA Phoenix does not expect the Cardinals to use the No. 7 overall draft pick on a quarterback.

Quarterbacks will creep up perceived draft boards as the NFL draft nears, but at the moment none of the group is considered surefire first-round caliber. Of the group, Glennon would be the best fit for new Cardinals coach Bruce Arians' vertical offense, with a cannon arm. Arizona might be better off pursuing offensive line help before a young quarterback, however.

http://www.rotoworld.com/playernews/nfl/football/

Looks like we don't have to worry about Arizona drafting a QB in the first round for now...

[jhanley2020]

Makes sense....great year to draft a star olinemen.

[Channel 4 News Team]

Mike Glennon makes that team better if he goes there. But he'll get killed if they don't get some better linemen. Kolb was getting killed behind that line last year.

[Scarface]

Brady would struggle behind that line. They need a line before they can worry about a QB so hopefully Smith or Barkley falls into our laps

[MarshawnLynch#23]

Yeah a o-line is the best thing for any QB. Look at Aikman, great when he had a great o-line and done when it was. Look at Tom Brady, the reason why his numbers are monstrous is all the time he has to throw the football. Look at Joe Montana who is called "Joe Cool" ole Joe was never sacked in a Super Bowl game. The o-line really does make or break QB's.

[MarshawnLynch#23]

Brady would struggle behind that line. They need a line before they can worry about a QB so hopefully Smith or Barkley falls into our laps

Tom Brady would get killed. He can't run. Doesn't like any contract. He's been spoiled throughout his whole NFL career. I remember back in their 16-0 regular season and all the time he had. 6-7-8 seconds. Ridiculous.

[transplantbillsfan]

means nothing... pure speculation.

[TheWien]

Their oline might be worse than Chicago's. They need to draft a lineman

[vegasloveforthebills]

Who knows though, it's possible they address O-Line during FA as well. Some big names are going to hit the market at OT

[Buddo]

Who knows though, it's possible they address O-Line during FA as well. Some big names are going to hit the market at OT

This is true.

Thing is, while the speculation can be good fun, until FA has had it's first couple of weeks, nobody knows quite which way teams are likely to go with their first pick(s).

Once that period is over, then you can have a much better idea of where needs still lie. A couple of FA signings per team, suddenly changes whole landscapes of 'needs', and if we ourselves sign a couple of guys early, it could mean that we open up our options with the #8 pick considerably, and tbh, that's the way I expect things to unfold. Nix likes to get a hole or two filled before the draft, so he can take his bpa.

Pretty much all teams try and do things this way, and it isn't until much closer to the actual draft, that anyone will know for sure, which way teams are likely to jump.

[JoeFergusonFan]

http://www.rotoworld.com/playernews/nfl/football/

Looks like we don't have to worry about Arizona drafting a QB in the first round for now...

Because Mike Jurecki is the GM of the Arizona Cardinals?

[DKTurtle]

They need tackles, but what if Joekel and Fisher are gone?

[sjhbillsfan]

So far I have read 'expert' opinions that say 3 QBs will be taken ahead of us (KC,AZ, Clev) and opinions that no one, not even us, will draft a QB in the first round.

So at the moment, no one agrees with anyone.

[SaviorGailey]

We should just skip the draft all together then. Since we know exactly how it's gonna go down. It's not like this article is pure speculation or anything

[teef]

So far I have read 'expert' opinions that say 3 QBs will be taken ahead of us (KC,AZ, Clev) and opinions that no one, not even us, will draft a QB in the first round.

So at the moment, no one agrees with anyone.

It's just so all over the place this time of year. I was reading through mock drafts a few days ago, and it has a range from the bills taking Tyler Wilson, to not a single qb taken in the first...not even Geno.

[sjhbillsfan]

It's just so all over the place this time of year. I was reading through mock drafts a few days ago, and it has a range from the bills taking Tyler Wilson, to not a single qb taken in the first...not even Geno.

Exactly, I have read a lot of Geno to the Chiefs but I also read they would take a lineman. I have read for us that we will take either, Barkley, Wilson, Smith, Glennon, Ogletree, Jones, or Patterson. I would prefer Geno because I think he is the most gifted and most accurate. But unless KC passes on him, and people don't trade up, I don't see that happening.

[Homer Burp]

Arizona is in desperate need of a LT. If either of the top guys are available I can't see them passing.

Also with his big arm Skelton is a good fit for Arians vertical passing game in Arizona. Maybe Arians can help turn Skelton's career around ??

[Dr Strangelove]

See this is kind of where things will get dicey for the Bills. If both Arizona and New Jersey pass on a QB in the 1st round they certainly will not 2nd and that means the Bills will either have to reach for one with the 8th overall pick or move up to the end of the 1st round or the beginning of the 2nd. Either way it's going to be some kind of a reach to get a QB in this draft.

[Buddo]

See this is kind of where things will get dicey for the Bills. If both Arizona and New Jersey pass on a QB in the 1st round they certainly will not 2nd and that means the Bills will either have to reach for one with the 8th overall pick or move up to the end of the 1st round or the beginning of the 2nd. Either way it's going to be some kind of a reach to get a QB in this draft.

Arizona might not take a QB at all in the first couple of rounds. Much depends on what Arians thinks he can do with Kolb or Skelton. If he believes that either of them are capable behind a half-way decent O-Line, then they might check out of the QB lottery entirely.
If they start spending their $ on linemen in FA, though, then all bets are off.
While the Jest picking ahead of us in the 2nd round is something of a pain in the proverbial, I'm not too sure they will go after a QB there. Their cap space issues, mean that they are going to have to do some serious roster juggling this off-season, and it might mean that they take a player to fill a hole, that that juggling will possibly create. While they certainly have a need at QB, I doubt that the value is there to them, to take one in the 2nd round.