Why didn't we sign Joe Mathis

[waldoputty]

Rico was drafted.

he was drafted and then released.
the trick is to get him used to the system, give $1 less than regular salary for being on the practice squad and release him at the last possible moment.

 

[Silver N Blue]

he was drafted and then released.
the trick is to get him used to the system, give $1 less than regular salary for being on the practice squad and release him at the last possible moment.

Exactly just making the correction he was drafted and not udfa.

 

[xwalker]

all the descriptions of the WR is he was green.
we cannot keep an inexperienced WR in the 53.

i can even believe Rico is a possibility for the OL, but not the DL.

A late round DL was not any more likely to make the 53 than the WR, so it's a wash from that perspective.

They took 2 DL late that they obviously liked better than Mathis.

 

[waldoputty]

A late round DL was not any more likely to make the 53 than the WR, so it's a wash from that perspective.

They took 2 DL late that they obviously liked better than Mathis.

mathis is only relevant because he is a rde candidate.

 

[waldoputty]

Exactly just making the correction he was drafted and not udfa.

i was proposing drafting him and then dropping him like we did with rico.
the most obvious picks would be the WR pick or one of the 7th round DLs.

 

[Swanny]

Instead we offered him a tryout and lost him to HOU. Even if we were really concerned about his medicals on the foot, who cares about losing $50k for an edge rusher with a very high, draftable grade? Especially when we really don't have a developmental RDE with Gregory poised to have his career ended. Not whining because I liked the draft and other UDFA's, but this was a real head scratcher for me.

Easy to say when its not your money