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Grading Hickey's Signings

My grades:

Brent Grimes, Louis Delmas, Branden Albert, Earl Mitchell: Incomplete. These guys haven't even seen a minicamp, much less played in a game yet.
 
Fin_Frenzy_84 said:
So what would you of rather did? Keep overpaying for the big names, or settle for some of the players with tons of potential plus they already proven to be a good player?

Paying for your big names left and right will **** you financially.
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Who have we signed fitting your description?
 
Southbeach 2 said:
Who have we signed fitting your description?
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Exactly. He loves not signing a known beast like Starks or Soliai for big money, suggesting we were smart and got a great player for cheaper.

But, when we overpay for a known good player at LT, it was also a brilliant move.
 
Southbeach 2 said:
Who have we signed fitting your description?
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Mitchell is 26 and keeps getting better and made a big jump from 2012 to 2013. He was a force in the middle for texans last season.

Delmas may get injured often and struggle at times but their has been times where he has looked good so why not a one year?
 
Fin_Frenzy_84 said:
Brent Grimes CB- (A+) Obviously our best player on defense last year and arguably the best player on our team. Didn't even let Grimes hit the market. Love it!!!

Louis Delmas FS- (B) Like the one year deal, lets see what he can do and make him work for the contract.

Branden Albert OT- (A-) The key to this offseason is to fix the line to protect Tannehill, lets not forget this guys. Albert may be average in the run game but only gave up 4 sacks in 555 chances in 2013. Did we overpay? Yes, but we had to because the Cardinals were on our *** for him early on as well.

Earl Mitchell DT- (A) I know he is not officially signed but he will be. Mitchell was cheaper than Soliai and Mitchell put up with double teams to free up Watt. He is also 4 years younger than Soliai and Starks. He also has potential to be a very good pass rusher. (Ran a 4.75!!!) Great signing!
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I have a hunch in your eyes, it was going to be wonderful no matter what happened today.
 
Grimes- A- we needed him back so this was an obvious move.

Albert- D he's going to be 30 and is a mid-tier OT. We over paid once again paying max money to a guy who is not even in the top 10 at his position. He'll be horrible in year 3 and we will be begging to replace him. not good

Delmas- C+ if he can stay healthy I think hes an upgrade over Clemons at a good price. Big IF

Mitchell- A He is an up and coming DT at a very good price. Hes got a high motor and can help fill the void. I like this signing
 
dlockz said:
reminds me of last year when every signing we did was considered great on this board.
Remember ellerbeast, then he became Ellerbust lol
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I'll never get why you laugh so damn much about things like this, never!
 
WVDolphan said:
Exactly. He loves not signing a known beast like Starks or Soliai for big money, suggesting we were smart and got a great player for cheaper.

But, when we overpay for a known good player at LT, it was also a brilliant move.
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Best tackle in pass protection last year???? Tannehill was sacked 58 times last year!!!!
Albert had the fewest quarterback hurries and only 4 sacks in 555 snaps.
 
PhinzN703 said:
Grimes has obviously
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They all have obviously, but none of them have played in the 2014 season, under these new contracts. Am I hopeful? Sure. But how can I assess the acquisitions without them playing a single down?
 
Ok I will play

Brent Grimes CB- B - good deal but it had little to do with the gm Brent took a team friendly deal because he badly wanted to stay in Miami. Losing Grimes would have meant an epic front office ****up

Louis Delmas FS- D At best a slight upgrade over the very reliable Clemons and in exhange for this marginal upgrade we have to deal with a big injury risk

Branden Albert OT- (C+) the wrong tackle - and we overpaid him. My 4th choice LT - old, overpaid, injury concern and just nothing special - only reason it got this high of a grade was because at least (if healthy) he is a viable LT

Earl Mitchell DT- (A) I like the player, the price and the fit. Only problem is he should play with Soliai not instead of him.





Paul Soliai - D - a significant loss we should have found a way to keep him.
 
PPPP said:
They all have obviously, but none of them have played in the 2014 season, under these new contracts. Am I hopeful? Sure. But how can I assess the acquisitions without them playing a single down?
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Perhaps the OP has one of these...
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dlockz said:
Well he asked for less than Starks because he is not as good as starks
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Starks is a stud. No doubt about it. I do believe that Mitchell did not fit the Scheme run by the Texans. My opinion is he will perform better in a 4-3 scheme where his penetrating style is an advantage. If so, his performance per dollar may be significantly better than Starks. Time will tell.
 
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