Rod Graves
Rod Graves
Rod Gravesis the former senior vice president of football administration for the New York Jets of the National Football League. He is best known for his time as general manager of the Arizona Cardinals. He had previously spent time with the Cardinals as Vice President of Football Operations, after being promoted to that position from Assistant to the President following the 2002 season...
act advantage cap certainly clear football free jump leveled might obviously operations players poised quickly quite solely standpoint teams
We were certainly poised to take advantage of other teams' inability, if you will, to act quickly in free agency. And now obviously the field's been leveled quite a bit. We're disappointed solely from a football operations standpoint that we weren't able to jump out there and take advantage of some players and opportunities that might have come about because of teams having to clear cap space.
accomplish basically order structure trying
Basically it was a structure that we had to have in order to accommodate all we were trying to accomplish with this deal.
match type whoever
If one of those type quarterbacks are there, we'd have to match it up in discussions with whoever else may be there.
accepted discussion great interest player position seeing strong team typical veteran visit
I accepted his visit as typical of one you get from a veteran player who has a strong interest in seeing his team in a better position to win. In my opinion, it was a great discussion we had.
arms guarded rules sure trying
I'm not sure how much of an advantage. We are still trying to put our arms around that. There are so many rules and implications on uncapped years, so we have to be guarded in what we do.
assured excellent football good spot stay
The 10th spot is a very good spot for us to be in. I think that if we stay there we're assured we'll get an excellent football player.
pick
I'd pick him up at the airport. We'll see what happens.
davis drive pick vernon
I've said before that if Vince Young was there (at No. 10), I'd drive out and pick him up at the airport. If Vernon Davis is there, I'll drive out and pick him up, too.
based comment guys hit market players
I can't comment on players that haven't hit the market yet, but I will say that based on guys that are speculated to be free, it could be a buyer's market.
additional advantage believe determine free regroup sort step
At this point, we are going to step back and sort of regroup and determine where we are going to focus. I still believe we'll be able to take advantage of additional opportunities in free agency.
confronted game prepare special thinking
To not prepare for (injuries) is like going into a game not thinking about special teams. You know that at some point, you are going to be confronted with it, so youd better be ready.
deny fact gone hard past positive several strides
When you look at so many positive things that have gone on here the past several years, to me, it's hard to deny the fact this organization is making strides in a positive way.
cost few less likely move recommend situations
There are probably only a few situations that would entice us to move up. I'm less likely to recommend that just because of the cost involved.
effort spring strong
We make a real strong effort to get as much done, as much as we need to during the spring and in Indianapolis.