http://www.profootballrumors.com/2016/08/dolphins-to-sign-chris-culliver The Dolphins have reached an agreement to sign free agent cornerback Chris Culliver, a source tells Armando Salguero of the Miami Herald. Culliver signed a four-year, $32MM contract with Washington in May 2015, ultimately playing out just one season of that deal. Although Culliver’s agreement with the club called for $16MM in full guarantees, including an $8MM guaranteed salary for 2016, that guarantee was voided when the cornerback was suspended one game for a 2014 incident. Thoughts?
Worth a shot, depending on how big the contract is. We need some veteran depth, especially with Howard's injury.
Scraping the bottom of the barrel as far as character. But that's the reason we're able to get him this late in the game. No doubt he has the talent to play in the league and start on some teams, will improve our depth if he can keep his mouth shut and stay out of trouble.
Hard hitting physical CB...glory days in SF. Tore up his knee pretty good after becoming irrelevant in WAS (like so many guys do) But you are 100% right, we need any type of talent at that position we can get.
Another bandaid.. shows just how desperate we are at the position though. Hopefully he can stay healthy. Sent from my Samsung Galaxy S5 using Tapatalk... ignore the typos!
Sporting news had him ranked the 7th best CB in the league in 2014. If he is going to return to complete health, we may have just acquired the steal of the year in free agency.
that was the last year of that dominant 49ers D if i remember correctly, he was pretty good that year and got that big payday from the redskins, then he tore his ACL and MCL in November last year, also has character concerns, i hope he practices today that would remove the medical red flag right away
This seems more like a move for next year, with the idea of him being on the PUP 1st half of season, he won't even be able to practice with team until then.
That just means that he isn't ready or able to practice today. They could remove him tomorrow, or at any point before the season, and he'd be able to play. I'm sure that they planned that when the signed him.
As long as he's healthy at the start of the season, it is fine with me. The benefit of signing a vet is that he doesn't need to do the "learning" of a younger player. His health is the only real issue. If we can get 6 games out of his leg, that should give Howard the time to acclimate himself with the league that we need.
If that is so, and he'll miss at least the first six weeks, then I'll be very interested in how his contract is structured. It was said to have a lot of incentives, but I wonder if the team can just cut him if he's not healthy and not be out anything then.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...ins-dolphins-says-hell-be-ready-to-play-soon/ FWIW, Culliver says he'll be back sooner rather than later. However, the tone of the comments made it seem like he might just be saying that because he wants it to be true.
WalterFootball: Dolphins sign CB Chris Culliver (1 year, $5 million): A- Grade This is quietly a solid signing. Chris Culliver has been floating around in free agency for a while now because of his dubious injury history. He has played in just 20 of 48 possible games in the past three years because of multiple ACL injuries. However, Culliver has been effective when on the field. The Dolphins were in desperate need of cornerback help, and Culliver can provide that if he stays healthy. If he gets hurt again, then it's not a huge deal because this contract is just a 1-year
