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The worst moves of 2022 NFL offseason
#3 - Arizona Cardinals re-sign Zach Ertz
Following his trade to the Arizona Cardinals during the 2021 season, Zach Ertz resigned with the team during the 2022 offseason, penning a three-year $31.65 million contract extension.
While Ertz was productive at the back end of 2021, catching three touchdowns and going for 574 yards, you have to question whether the contract given to him is too much for someone who will turn 32-years-old during the 2022 NFL season.
The money the Cardinals spent on bringing Ertz back could have gone towards re-signing elite pass rusher Chandler Jones, who now takes his talents to the Las Vegas Raiders. The Cardinals will be hoping the gamble pays off, and Ertz can continue to develop his rapport with starting quarterback Kyler Murray.
#2 - Cowboys choose Michael Gallup over Amari Cooper
The Dallas Cowboys traded perennial Pro Bowler Amari Cooper to the Cleveland Browns for just a fifth-round NFL Draft pick during the 2022 offseason. Jerry Jones and the Cowboys have had salary cap issues for a while now, especially since making Ezekiel Elliot the highest-paid running back in football.
The move to ship off Cooper and keep Gallup, who is not only less productive but is also coming off a torn ACL, seems like a strange one to most fans. Cooper put up 1,000-yard seasons in two of his three years in Dallas, while Gallup only reached that mark in his career back in 2019.
In Cooper's absence, Cowboys fans will be hoping Gallup and CeeDee Lamb can carry the load for the receiving core, as they also lost underrated wideout Cedric Wilson. The latter joined the Miami Dolphins during the 2022 offseason.
#1 - Washington Commanders trade for Carson Wentz
The Washington Commanders wanted a new face to bring in their new name and era, so they traded away multiple day-two draft picks, including a second- and third-round pick, to grab quarterback Carson Wentz from the Indianapolis Colts during the 2022 offseason.
Wentz spent only one season in Indy with the Colts under Frank Reich, his former offensive coordinator with the Philadelphia Eagles. The Colts whiffed at the end of the year, missing the playoffs entirely after losing to the Jacksonville Jaguars in week 18.
The 29-year-old didn't have an awful year statistically, passing for 27 touchdowns against seven interceptions, but he has proved that he can't be trusted to be a franchise quarterback. This didn't stop the Commanders from trading for him and paying him $28.2 million with $15 million guaranteed in 2022.
Only time will tell if the 29-year-old can still make it as a franchise quarterback in the NFL, and it will be interesting to see if he can topple his former team, the Eagles, twice a year in the NFC East.
