Yesterday on Twitter, Kyle Odegard posted PFF’s projected “annual values for the Cardinals’ free agents” and I felt compelled to offer what I consider more realistic assessments.
Although, the salary cap will be significantly more than last year’s, I am of the belief that aside from the first two days of lavish spending, after the market settles down, free agent contracts will trend toward the modest side.
In my opinion, the only Cardinals’ free agent who might get signed over the first two days is OLB/DE Chandler Jones (pictured above chasing Matthew Stafford). Now, Kyle Odegard is the odds’ expert, but if I were to guess Chandlers’ odds of being signed quickly I would say they are probably less than 50% because it’s difficult to imagine that Chandler, whose production has dropped some over the past two seasons, will get a $16.