Originally Posted by IowaHawkeyeChief:
I'm guessing the Cards wanted to play some younger guys with their record where it's at, maybe someone off the practice squad or on the official 53... Doesn't make sense for them to make Suggs inactive for the last 3 weeks and pay him $550k.
I read that it was a mutual parting of ways so im sure there was a bit both disgruntled player as well as a desire to play a younger, more driven player.
They're gonna want him in there to see what they have and how he fits. Tape can tell them what he has left but only game reps can tell them how willing he is to use it.
I don't think this changes any attention anyone else gets, though. Suggs is a nice addition but he's not in the same tier as Jones or Clark at this stage of his career, nor is he a guy who is going to soundly wreck a 1v1 on his own with any regularity.
I feel like teams will leave him on an island in the same manner they did with Okafor. But the good news is that all we NEED is to see no significant drop w/ the loss of Okafor. If he can just play at/near that level, that's going to be fine.
And honestly, Demone Harris didn't look too bad. I think he's a guy you can probably victimize by running off tackle right at him to take advantage of his aggression and relative lack of size, but if you're starting Clark/K-Pass and rotating Harris/Suggs in around them (with Jones also taking some snaps at DE), you're in pretty good shape there.
Unfortunately the Titans elevated Ivie to their 53 man on Saturday so we can't snipe him back off their PS. But if that was something they were really all that interested in, they'd have done that instead of activating Harris.
