I live in Arizona and yesterday the local sports news was talking about the cards losing Darnell Docket and one of the guys mentioned Suh, that cards fans have been calling in and mentioning Suh and both the sportscasters said emphatically that Miami has locked up the Suh deal and they would have to force something real stupid at the last minute too lose him.
There is fire peering through the smoke now and I am positive we are throwing the sink at him and do not plan on him leaving us without a deal.
But, the raiders. They are a dark cloud looming. And as I said yesterday, Oakland is much closer to momma and homies back home in Portland Oregon and they have mass cash available. They need a lot on that team but they know this a ground up rebuild and they have their cornerstone qb to build the offense around and Suh would be the defensive cornerstone.
If, and its an if, Suh is jacking up a raider run for momma, the deal Oakland would have to pay out, especially the extra money to overcome Sun's no income/ state tax demand after the miami killer deal is laid out is beyond stratospheric and would be a much, much riskier deal for them and more devestating should Suh go down or be long time suspended than miami would. We have a lot more in place right now and a bogus hit from Suh would kill any big free agent player deals for them for several years and forcing them to draft lights out and not being a competitor for a long, long time.
But Suh is a big time player, maybe the best in the game that is a true double team buster. You build around this type of playmaker and unless your sitting in the right spot in the draft like Detroit was, teams almost never see this kind of player on their team. They don't hit free agency and only when they are far past their prime are they available.
Suh is exactly the type of player miami has needed for over 2 decades, Hugh Green being the last sure fire difference maker we landed besides marino since then. We have needed a some quality over quantity drafts and f/a off seasons for years. Suh is exactly the place to start for miami to begin our long over due resurgence.
