I would love to see these guys come back and fulfill the promise that they showed in limited opportunity last year...but I'm worried that neither would be particularly effective. It's said that players aren't truly 100% until the 2nd year after the severe knee injury, but I'm not sure if that axiom is now outdated by the wonders of modern science.
Do you think our new GM will just want to cut bait on both those guys? I know that Keller is a FA again, anyway, unless I'm mistaken. If he can show health I think we'd be crazy not to at least give him a chance to do something, an extremely incentive-laden contract that would reward him if he's healthy to a point similar or better than what we offered him last season.
As far as Gibson goes, I'm a bit torn. On one hand, he showed great ability and smarts by learning to be an excellent slot-receiver even though he hadn't done it historically. On the other hand, I'm still pissed he fell down for no reason after catching that ball from Tannehill on that 4th and 10 vs Baltimore. The ball hit him in stride and he should've kept right on going to the house for a sick Dolphins victory. Instead, he just fell right down and didn't even get into FG range. I hate when guys fall down for no reason just so they can focus on catching the ball. I'm probably being too harsh because if he would've dropped it, then the game is over right there and then, but still. Part of a receiver's job is to run with the ball after they catch it, not just fall down in order to secure the catch. That's bush-league.
Anyway, now that I've vented, I think the positives of Gibson this year far outweigh that negative, and if he's healthy then he shouldn't be cut, IMO.
Do you think our new GM will just want to cut bait on both those guys? I know that Keller is a FA again, anyway, unless I'm mistaken. If he can show health I think we'd be crazy not to at least give him a chance to do something, an extremely incentive-laden contract that would reward him if he's healthy to a point similar or better than what we offered him last season.
As far as Gibson goes, I'm a bit torn. On one hand, he showed great ability and smarts by learning to be an excellent slot-receiver even though he hadn't done it historically. On the other hand, I'm still pissed he fell down for no reason after catching that ball from Tannehill on that 4th and 10 vs Baltimore. The ball hit him in stride and he should've kept right on going to the house for a sick Dolphins victory. Instead, he just fell right down and didn't even get into FG range. I hate when guys fall down for no reason just so they can focus on catching the ball. I'm probably being too harsh because if he would've dropped it, then the game is over right there and then, but still. Part of a receiver's job is to run with the ball after they catch it, not just fall down in order to secure the catch. That's bush-league.
Anyway, now that I've vented, I think the positives of Gibson this year far outweigh that negative, and if he's healthy then he shouldn't be cut, IMO.
