Rishard Matthews

I agree with you 100%. Naanee should have been cut last week.

 

Naanee has actually been very consistent...consistently bad with the drops.

 

The guy seems to get open and make good clean catches so it wouldnt upset me to see him make the team. I am also on the cut Nanee bandwagon the guy doesnt offer us anything besides dropping passes and if we wanted that we would have kept Ted Ginn.

 

I've been very impressed by Matthews. He's a player. He reminds me of Devone Bess in a lot of ways, although he is bigger. He also reminds me of Anquan Boldin in his build and physicality. He is faster than Boldin and I wouldn't conclude that he can't get separation downfield -- we really haven't tried that with him much in the preseason, at least as far as I've seen.

I'd be pretty disappointed if he doesn't make the roster.

 

Ive liked what Ive seen from him. He's made some nice plays, helped move the ball for us. IIRC he had a few nice returns in the first few games as well. I'm sure he sticks. I'm guessing Cunningham does too since they were both new draft picks this year.

 

The guy I'm not as high on as everyone seems to be after the game is B.J. Cunningham. He didn't do anything we didn't already know he could do, or anything that poses a danger to the defense. Rishard Matthews did.

Cunningham continues to be a guy you can throw to on the drag or slant, or a middle screen...basically in-breaking routes against zone or man. But he won't wow you with run after catch on those plays, and you don't want to get him the ball on perimeter routes. He can run the slant but is questionable on the sluggo, for example.

Rishard Matthews actually separates and gets open, and he flashed the ability to make back shoulder plays last night which is key. Clyde Gates belongs because you can see in objective, observable ways what his speed does to a defense. And he also showed me (surprisingly) an ability to get open on routes versus press coverage this preseason.

The only other guy I feel fairly confident that gets open against man coverage after those two and Bess/Hartline...is Marlon Moore, who is also killing it on STs.

 

Moore has been a beast on STs.

 

I stopped watching the game after halftime, but I really like Rishard's first catch on the comeback route. Even Irvin was talking about how he sold the going deep really well and then came back.

 

I think he will make the team.

 

Got to give credit to CK on this one, he targeted the player from the get, with draft value being a big part of it and was right.

I'm a Colin Kaepernik fan, so ive seen him make some big time plays in college..

Matthews is strong, like what Fineas said, Potential of Bolden strong.

If you watch the comeback route in yesterday's game, not the one where he slipped, but the other one, he caught ball without lookin at it, I saw him identify where he wanted to go before he caught the ball.

Welcome to the team.

 

At Nevada, Matthews was the guy who made the play when the Pack needed one. He seemed to always do the right thing at the right time. He had a knack for getting separation using a a ton of different strategies, finding the right lane, breaking that tackle when it was crucial, etc. It was hard to say whether he was just that nuanced or was simply more athletic than he looked. It was probably a combination of both. He was the one receiver out of the new group of Egnew, BJ, Fuller, Nanee that I believed the strongest in.

 

We have nothing to lose at this point. Might as well start him and see what he's got. We pretty much know what Naanee is going to provide. A whole lot of suck.

 

I'd cut Nanee and Put Hogan and Matthews on the 53 man roster.

 

I have seen nothing from Hogan in games.

 

I know, but I still like his moves. I don't know why they didn't let him run with the starters last night. I guess they have already made up their minds.

 

FYI, we have seen LESS from Nanee and I bet he makes the team.

 

http://www.thephins.com/forums/show...Draft-Thread&p=1747754&viewfull=1#post1747754

I drafted this guy in the GM League

 

I want Nanee cut.

I think Hogan is practice squad material at best.

 

Those 2 things are acceptable.

 

Omar is advocating that Naanee make the roster. He has said no other receivers other than Bess and Hartline had earned the opportunity. He must have ignored Matthews.

 

Mod Edit: Not appropriate.

 

Omar tends to latch on to a few guys and seriously advocate for them. I have a bad feeling about Matthews not making the roster.

 

Cunningham is what he was in college: inconsistent and unreliable IMO. He is average at best IMO.

 

Matthews played gunner pretty well too when given the chance. Against the Panthers, he tackled Joe Adams 1 on 1, and threw him down with the force you see when watching WWF. Adams went down and he went down hard.

 

He also said tha Pruitt was a lock in the final roster....

 

Sorry guys, Matthews is definitely going to be cut.

 

Are you being sarcastic, or do you believe that? I tend to think the former. Omar may be right, but it will not be because I think he knows what he is talking about.

 

Was Naanee THAT good in practice for those of you that know?

 

I could see Matthews being cut, but I was being sarcastic, yes.

 

I don't mind Matthews being cut if he is being replaced with competent guy, but Naanee shouldn't be in that group. I found it interesting that Barry Jackson mentioned that Nat Moore was even critical of one of Naanee's two receptions on Wednesday. Moore said he used his body to catch the ball vs. his hands.

 

Most definitely Matthews should stay. He's been consistent in the pre season games. I like how he plays....he has good hands. He can give you some kick returns so he helps in special teams. I would keep hima nd if Ireland cuts him I would be pissed too.

 

i really don't know, but i remember an interview with former dolphins CB vontae davis were he praised naanee for his run blocking....maybe thats the reason...its the only one that i can think of really

 

Cool story, Stringer!