Free Agent of Interest: Chris Canty
by John Morgan on Feb 2, 2009 12:20 PM PST
in Seahawks Player Analysis
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PrintName: Chris Canty
Birthdate: November 10, 1982
Height/Weight: 6'7"/304
Position: 3-4 End, 4-3 Tackle
College: Virginia, 26 starts, 40 games played
Notable Stats: 243 tackles, 7 sacks, 24 tackles for a loss, 20 quarterback pressures, 6 pass deflections
Pros: Cowboys, 50 starts in 4 seasons.
Notable Stats: 10 sacks, 16 non-sack tackles for a loss, 8 pass defenses
Pre-draft measurables: 5.0 in the 40-yard dash...335-pound bench press...500-pound squat...319-pound power clean...31-inch vertical jump...33 -inch arm length...10 -inch hands...Right-handed... 21/26 Wonderlic score.
20 Word Scouting Report: Massive, powerful, hustle pass rusher, slow off the line, trouble shedding blockers, disappears, plays tall, limited hand-fighting repertoire, stiff.
My Interest: Canty is purportedly after a contract like Tommy Kelly's seven year, 50.5 million dollar deal. Canty's package of age, character, production and projectability will convince some team into signing him, but I think it's a mistake. Canty is not a centerpiece player. His overall contribution: sacks, hurries, hits, ability to tie up blockers and anchor, are that of a support player, if an excellent one. The counterargument is that money is the most fungible asset in the NFL. Few teams suffer a true cap crunch and when they do purge, it's often a blessing. The cap structure is so team centric, cap crunches can be cleansing, excusing teams to cut costly older players that are still popular but who no longer produce. A team signing Canty would have a productive player that'll be paid in full (for cap purposes) before turning 30. It's good to probe non-traditional solutions to filling Seattle's need at left defensive tackle, and Canty could be a beast at the position in Madden, but given his lethargic first step, his lack of consistent disruption, his inability to shed blockers and his massive price tag, he's not what Seattle needs.
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I agree wiht your assesment 100%
He was the type of guy you’d be glad to have on your team a few years ago if you had drafted him, but now that he wants to get paid, it seems he will be overpaid due to his size. Being on the Cowboys might benefit him as well.
If you price estimate is right, why pay Canty $50M for 7 when you can pay Haynesworth $75 for 6?
335 lb bench press, is that right? That seems a little bit low.
I guess putting it into a dollar perspective,
It would be like Haynesworth and the Herring/Hawthorne platoon vs. Canty and and LeRoy Hill. I’m pretty high on Herring, and kind of low on Hill, so obviously I’d pick the first option.
I'm against it.
Dallas has been phasing out Canty to some degree to play Spencer, I think. The fact he’ll come at that high of a price would make me question the proposition for situational player. Could he be a regular, disruptive DT in our defense? I don’t know. I tend to think his play may have declined, or, that he’s simply not the difference-maker the Cowboys want at the position. I want a difference maker next to Mebane, and I’m not yet convinced that a 3-4 player moving to 4-3 tackle is it.
I feel pretty clueless.
When it comes to grading 3-4 d-linemen. There are a lot of red flags, to me, associated with Canty. He seesm to get very few tackles, and tackles by DL are almost always a good thing. I am guessing that the extra 15-20 tackles that Ty Warren gets every year are mostly good plays that Canty isn’t making. I know this isn’t a useful statistic in general, but I think it supports the notion that Canty is more of a support player. In the cowboys 3-4, Ware and Ellis are prototypical 3-4 OLB’s who rush almost every down.
The reality is that we do need a DT. I would actually like to retain Bernard if possible. I know with the whole domestic violence thing he may have fallen out of favor with the FO but I would bet the market will be colder for him than Canty.
Positions like DT where we need a day one starter should be addresses with a veteran FA, not necessarily a big name, but someone serviceable.
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