Arizona Cardinals general manager Steve Keim spoke to the high rate of failure in big free agent signings recently. He said free agents getting at least $5 million dollars only have a 40% success rate in the league.
There have been some famously bad free agent contracts given out over the years. The Cardinals have been guilty of it recently.
Their signing of quarterback Sam Bradford in 2018 makes a list of epic disasters in free agency, according to Touchdown Wire.
The Cardinals signed oft-injured Sam Bradford to a $20 million contract for the 2018 season. Bradford played terribly in three games before getting cut. As a result, the Cardinals were forced to feed rookie Josh Rosen to the wolves.
Bradford was supposed to be the safe veteran to help the Cardinals be competitive until Rosen was ready to start. Bradford never looked right.
Signing Bradford at the time felt like a move the Cardinals needed to make. Unfortunately, it ended up being one of the worst free agent signings ever.
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