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...
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Anybody that's watched this organization over the last two or three years would have to say we're doing things in a different way,
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Basically it was a structure that we had to have in order to accommodate all we were trying to accomplish with this deal.
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Since becoming aware of the situation at NAU, we've spent a considerable amount of time in discussions with the University officials, outside health professionals and our own medical personnel to determine the best course of action, ... The overwhelming concern obviously was the health and well-being of our football team.
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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.
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They (NFL officials) are still in the process of clarifying issues with the union as well. Much of that information will have a bearing on future contracts, and so we're anxious to get a lot of that information and to get clarification, because it will have a bearing on our ability to get deals done quickly.
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We consider him as one of the pieces of the nucleus that we'd like to keep together. He is very talented and the arrow is still up on him. I feel he has a chance to be one of the better offensive linemen in the league eventually and we certainly didn't want to lose him.
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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.
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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.
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We have considered both of those, but we're going to weigh that against draft considerations as well, and see where we come out. There's certainly no opposition to looking at Joey Harrington.
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We addressed our concerns with respect to his contract. I don't want to get into the details, but I will tell you the concerns over play time, those were a part of our negotiations. If Kurt is playing and we're producing as a football team, then I think everyone is happy.
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I think what it does demonstrate is that we're committed to building a strong nucleus for our football team, and part of that effort is making the right decision about the players you reinvest in. We just consider Kurt Warner part of that process, to reinvest in quality people and quality players.
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There is a mutual interest in continuing our relationship. We'd like to have him back.
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We make a real strong effort to get as much done, as much as we need to during the spring and in Indianapolis.
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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.