Jets release Mazi

[Cowboysheelsreds053]

He would need to pay us

LLOOLL, Carson you are a fool (good one).

 

[John813]

That's sad.
Man may of had the athletic ability but it's clear he meant he didn't love football

 

[krs1bro]

Mazi was just in it to be drafted and the Cowboys were stupid enough to pick him in the 1st round no less.

 

[jblaze2004]

As they should.

Mazi has been TERRIBLE.
Smith was the 27th overall selection in 2023 but has hardly amounted to what was expected. He’s played only 975 career snaps over three seasons, and his 34.5 overall PFF grade is the lowest of any qualified defensive player in that duration.

 

[Blackspider214]

Every single Michigan pick the last decade has been atrocious. And all of them were high draft picks. Every one of those picks, there was plenty of talent sitting there waiting to be picked.

More evidence this front office is terrible. And it starts with Will McClay.

 

[pitt33]

Trysten Hill just won all the swing states and might pull the upset .

Complete busts.

The both of them.

 

[bigE79]

Yes but he was a better DC than head coach. And that Detroit team he inherited was a steaming dumpster fire.

Much like what Campo inherited,the 90s dynasty was dead and we were in cap hell.

 

[pitt33]

I hope Jerry talks to Mazi. See if he can pick him up cheap. He's a good project/backup if the price is right.
I just don't think Mazi was used right. You don't go that high in the draft if you don't have talent.

Cmon man.

Let it go.

 

[EPL0c0]

Maliek Collins is still in the league playing DT in Cleveland.

2016 3rd Rd pick (67)

 

[Praxit]

...its weird how in college you can be a Warhero, come to NFL and your reduced to half-pint.

 

[Amarth]

He just needed more time

“I’m not worried about him, most DT’s in the NFL take at least 3-4 years to develop” seems to have been a common statement made around here during and after his first year.

 

[big dog cowboy]

Every single Michigan pick the last decade has been atrocious.

Jourdan Lewis — 2017, 3rd round, No. 92

 

[plymkr]

Is this the end for him?

Well that settles it. We won the trade

 

[JW82]

Shocking it took this long

 

[rambo2]

Every single Michigan pick the last decade has been atrocious. And all of them were high draft picks. Every one of those picks, there was plenty of talent sitting there waiting to be picked.

More evidence this front office is terrible. And it starts with Will McClay.

The corner from Michigan was good. Barham is good.

 

[AsthmaField]

When Mazi said he doesn’t care bout football and he just liked to hit people, he wasn’t lying.

The guy just wrestles with the player in front of him… he can’t find the football, doesn’t seem to care where the football is, and seem oblivious to the actual football side of the sport.

Just a terrible football player.

 

[buybuydandavis]

Is this the end for him?

Mazi had production for us in 2024.
There will be teams who need DT depth willing to take him for veteran minimum. It will come down to whether he wants to play, which has always been the issue with him.

https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/S/SmitMa06.htm

 

[buybuydandavis]

You can be proto type from the neck down but If you dont like football this is what happens. Ask questions "do you love football" and maybe, just maybe, watch some tape.

NT in particular has to love the game. It's a position that *absorbs* punishment, not dishes it out. Not Mazi.

 

[Robbieac]

Morris Claiborne has entered the chat.

He was literally the #6 pick in the first round.

The Cowboys traded up to draft him, passing future Hall of Famers like Luke Kuechley and Bobby Wagner.

 

[Bobhaze]

Is this the end for him?

Maybe LSU can sign him.