FREE AGENCY The most regrettable decision? Not signing a veteran guard, particularly Evan Mathis, who passed on Miami’s offer, took $3.25 million from Denver, has graded out the best of any Broncos offensive player this season by a wide margin and ranks sixth among all NFL guards in 2015 performance, according to Pro Football Focus. Conversely, Dolphins starters Billy Turner and Dallas Thomas rank 67th and 80th in PFF’s evaluations, though the Dolphins believe Thomas has been much better than that. But Miami’s most regrettable move, in hindsight, was one every team made: Not using a fifth-round pick on guard La’El Collins, a first-round talent who’s starting for Dallas after being fully cleared in a murder investigation. PFF ranks him 37th among guards. http://miamiherald.typepad.com/spor...-in-retrospect-dolphins-canes-heat-notes.html
Well, the board was almost universal in the desire to upgrade to Mathis. This one is 100% on Tannebaum. He took a gamble and it didn't pan out. Not everything this year was Philbin's fault.
We've seen once again this year that Guards are important- imagine replacing Dallas Thomas with Evan Mathis, what an upgrade that would have been. And yet the team keeps defending Thomas, which is confusing and a bit disheartening when it comes to trusting those in control of the team.
Why draft a guard you desperately need..When you can get a WR with a foot injury that you won't use all year.
Still don't get the staff's infatuation with Dallas Thomas. He's a travesty in pass-protection. I don't understand why Jamil Douglas isn't getting a shot at LG.
Are we still bothering with this Evan Mathis thing? He took less money from Denver than another team (possibly us) because he wanted to win, which he's actually doing. There's no evidence that he was even interested in our team. http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/eye-on...akes-less-money-on-one-year-deal-with-broncos Our failure was in not being a desirable franchise to play for without paying historic sums of money.
