I wonder if Drew is going to just wait around for a team to have an injury in camp etc and try to force a team to pull the trigger out of desperation to get more in line of what they want.
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I wonder if Drew is going to just wait around for a team to have an injury in camp etc and try to force a team to pull the trigger out of desperation to get more in line of what they want.
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I'll go on record now that Perryman will have the better NFL career as well as rookie year.
AEGBRG
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I think that is exactly what Drew will do. Like Drew said in the interview, there is no rush to sign with anyone. With 64 starting guard positions in the NFL, it is inevitable someone will go down in training camp or during a preseason game. All it takes is one desperate team that is playoff contender to offer him something ridiculous out of desperation. I would take the same approach -- there is no rush to sign in the near future unless you get blown away by an offer.
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Its also possible that he doesn't want to go through another training camp and suddenly becomes a lot easier to sign once practices end.
Very true was going to include that in my post also, I mean as a vet sure he would enjoy not having to go through training camp stuff. His value though would most likely be at its highest if a team is backed into a corner from an injury standpoint if they want to play the wait game.
Since his release by the Philadelphia Eagles, the play and fit of Evan Mathis has provided heated offseason discussion.
Pro Football Focus graded Mathis as its top guard three out of the past four seasons. Others see the 33-year-old as an aging vet who thrives in certain schemes.
Sports Illustrated's Doug Farrar took the discussion to another level on Friday with his article dissecting some blocks Mathis missed -- or at least appeared to miss -- last season.
The piece is fantastic and we suggest you read the article in its entirety.
The key to the breakdown is that Mathis himself provided context to each play.
On one play in which the guard gave up a sack against Jacksonville, Mathis said he suffered a stinger on the previous play and his left arm went numb. On others he gave insight into the scheme of the play. And, yes, he also admitted to being slow and missing a block.
The context provided by Mathis is crucial to understanding what we are looking at, especially when it comes to the minutia of blocking.
Mathis, who missed seven games with a sprained MCL in 2014, also dismissed the questions about his age and play.
"My body of work was limited last year due to the injury," he told Farrar. "I'm very much ready to come back strong for an entire season and have my best year yet. I'll listen to the age talk when I lose a step."
Now a free agent, Mathis will have a chance prove the doubters wrong when he eventually signs with a new team and hits the field in 2015.
http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap30...ill-listen-to-the-age-talk-when-i-lose-a-step
Pro Football Focus graded Mathis as its top guard three out of the past four seasons. Others see the 33-year-old as an aging vet who thrives in certain schemes.
Sports Illustrated's Doug Farrar took the discussion to another level on Friday with his article dissecting some blocks Mathis missed -- or at least appeared to miss -- last season.
The piece is fantastic and we suggest you read the article in its entirety.
The key to the breakdown is that Mathis himself provided context to each play.
On one play in which the guard gave up a sack against Jacksonville, Mathis said he suffered a stinger on the previous play and his left arm went numb. On others he gave insight into the scheme of the play. And, yes, he also admitted to being slow and missing a block.
The context provided by Mathis is crucial to understanding what we are looking at, especially when it comes to the minutia of blocking.
Mathis, who missed seven games with a sprained MCL in 2014, also dismissed the questions about his age and play.
"My body of work was limited last year due to the injury," he told Farrar. "I'm very much ready to come back strong for an entire season and have my best year yet. I'll listen to the age talk when I lose a step."
Now a free agent, Mathis will have a chance prove the doubters wrong when he eventually signs with a new team and hits the field in 2015.
http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap30...ill-listen-to-the-age-talk-when-i-lose-a-step
The All-22: Grading Evan Mathis's 2014 tape with ... Evan Mathis
http://www.si.com/nfl/2015/06/19/evan-mathis-contract-eagles-offseason-chip-kelly
http://www.si.com/nfl/2015/06/19/evan-mathis-contract-eagles-offseason-chip-kelly
so IMO, even if he's 10 percent worse this year than last, he's still a top 10 guard, and 100 percent better than what we've had the last three years.
I truly hope we are finally able to establish this HUNH attack we've been hearing about for the past few years. It's an incredibly underrated advantage for offenses.
No doubt, it's just a question on how bad the FO thinks we need to make a move, or stick with what we have.
If Albert can't come back mostly healthy there is going to be a lot of questions that they should have done more (maybe they tried)... Fox is the plan B there and the Guard situation.
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Miami seems like a good spot for Mathis but they don't have the Cap space(or the inclination it appears)to meet the numbers he was getting in Philly, let alone the raise he was after.
Right now we really have no idea what kind of market $$$$ wise there is for him.
Hopefully the Fins can make him a good enough offer in the end but as much as i would love to have him Miami can't afford to use too much of their remaining Cap space on an older OG.IF he was the last piece to a SB run have at it and damn the cap future but that is not the case.
We need to get him at our number(or closer to ours than his)and we have no idea how likely that is right now.
As some have already pointed out, he may be waiting to see if there are any major injuries or he may just want to avoid a long training camp at his age, so this is probably going to take a while.
Right now we really have no idea what kind of market $$$$ wise there is for him.
Hopefully the Fins can make him a good enough offer in the end but as much as i would love to have him Miami can't afford to use too much of their remaining Cap space on an older OG.IF he was the last piece to a SB run have at it and damn the cap future but that is not the case.
We need to get him at our number(or closer to ours than his)and we have no idea how likely that is right now.
As some have already pointed out, he may be waiting to see if there are any major injuries or he may just want to avoid a long training camp at his age, so this is probably going to take a while.
Maybe I missed it but I have not read anything this year about the HUNH offense they tried to run last year. It sounds like they are more interested in the execution of each play instead of up tempo to give them an advantage.
That's just it, the Dolphins don't want to get in a position of bidding against themselves so they are waiting to see how the situation plays out. With about $9.5 million of cap space for this season, the team wants to have some of that left to go into the season with in case of injuries.
I haven't read anything yet either concerning the HUNH for this year, but I'm just hoping that it's being held off in rookie camp and OTA's only to be introduced during training camp. I have faith, though it's dwindling.
Buddwalk
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Would really like to hear us atleast bring him in for a meeting. Still cant really see miami being an elite team with the weak play at guard, Maybe suh going hard at our guards in training camp and practice will somewhat prepare them for the onslaught there going to face going into this season.