Free Agent Grades for Cardinals

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By Walter Mitchell

My FA Grades: (considering talent and contract value)
@NFL_Stats
#Cardinals free agency signings so far:
• G Isaac Seumalo (3yr/$31.5M) - A
• RB Tyler Allgeier (2yr/$12.3M) - A
* WR Devin Duvernay (1yr/$2.5M) - A
• WR Kendrick Bourne (2yr/$10M) - A
* RB Zonovan Knight (1yr/$1.2M) - A
• LS Casey Kreiter (1y/$1.5M) - A-
* P Blake Gillikin (1y/$1.9M)- A-
* OL Matt Pryor (1yr/$1.5M) - A-
• S Andrew Wingard (1yr/$3M) - A-
• DL Roy Lopez (2yr/$10.5M) - A-
• LB Jack Gibbens (2yr/$7.5M) - A-
* K Chad Ryland (1yr/$1.85M) - B+
• LS Casey Kreiter (1y/$1.5M) - B+
• WR Simi Fehoko (1yr/$1.4M) - B+
• DL Andrew Billings (1yr/$2.4M) - B+
• CB Starling Thomas V (1yr/$1.5M) - B+
* DE Jonah Williams (1yr/$1.4M) - B+
• QB Gardner Minshew (1yr/$5.8M) - B
• DL LJ Collier (1yr/$2M) - B
• TE Teagan Quitoriano (1yr/TBD) - B
• T Elijah Wilkinson (2yr/$6.3M) - B

Overall: A-

Please ask me why for any of the grades you question. I considered the player's talent and the value of the contract.




Comments

  1. UnfortunateFanMarch 21, 2026 at 3:53 AM

    Seumalo and Allgeier are impactful signings. Everyone else is a depth guy or low end starter at best. Cardinals still have ~$40m cap space but there's hardly anyone left worth spending money on. Calais Campbell probably signs for ~$5m if he decides to keep playing.

    Spending close to the cap floor instead of ceiling and signing mostly depth guys instead of impact players seems like MOs MO at this point.

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  2. RedrunMarch 22, 2026 at 9:19 AM

    Walt -
    I think your grading is a little high on optimism; only two A- grades for me in Seumalo and Algier; the rest of your A grades I had as B & C grades; your C - grades I had mostly at C- = I realize in todays world a "C" seems like a failed grade, but over-inflated grades do not impart a challenge to get an "A" of excellent. I feel like overall the FA moves get a solid C. I would say any GM could have done just as well as MO - so average.

    Spending on CC should be a priority - even @40, he still has more impact on our DL more than either of our 1st round draft picks.

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