Evan Mathis Visiting Seattle

[Superman]

There's no doubt in my mind that the Colts know Mathis' asking price, and have considered him as an option.

 

I think it's a matter of three factors: 1) he's 33; 2) he wants at least $5.5m/year (based on reports); 3) he's predominantly a zone blocking guard, and the Colts run a power/man blocking scheme. 

 

Maybe you can reconcile two of those three factors, but his salary demands are the primary reason that no one has signed him so far. 

[ViriLudant]

He signed with Denver for one year, $4 mil + incentives.

Should make some people here happy.

[chad72]

There's no doubt in my mind that the Colts know Mathis' asking price, and have considered him as an option.

I think it's a matter of three factors: 1) he's 33; 2) he wants at least $5.5m/year (based on reports); 3) he's predominantly a zone blocking guard, and the Colts run a power/man blocking scheme.

Maybe you can reconcile two of those three factors, but his salary demands are the primary reason that no one has signed him so far.

You are spot on with the ZBS fit - Kubiak runs that and that's where he is.

[Gavin]

You are spot on with the ZBS fit - Kubiak runs that and that's where he is.

Todd Herremans was on that same team with that exact same zone blocking scheme. He is here now......Mathis would have been more then just fine because he is a technically sound O Lineman. Something we don't have a lot of among our starting unit. With that said I never thought getting Mathis was realistic primarily because I think Grigson and company are content to go with what we have

[Superman]

Todd Herremans was on that same team with that exact same zone blocking scheme. He is here now......Mathis would have been more then just fine because he is a technically sound O Lineman. Something we don't have a lot of among our starting unit. With that said I never thought getting Mathis was realistic primarily because I think Grigson and company are content to go with what we have

 

Herremans signed for minimal money to be a placeholder. Mathis wanted 'I'm gonna be great and deserve to be paid as such' money. The "discounted" contract he got from the Broncos is still twice as much as what we gave Herremans. If you're going to give a guy that kind of money, you should feel confident that he's a good scheme fit.

[Superman]

You are spot on with the ZBS fit - Kubiak runs that and that's where he is.

 

The other two teams that were most interested in Mathis -- Seattle and Miami -- both run zone schemes also. For all we know, it was a stipulation of his.

[Malakai432]

If Evan Mathis was the best guard in football, he wouldn't be currently unemployed

Yeah, Rick Venturi didn't seem to think highly of him like many fans do on this board. On JMV 1070 the fan, Venturi said he is a player who thinks he's worth more than he is. A solid player, but he didn't think it would've made some ridiculous ungodly impact to the OL. Even though he wasn't a great coach, I'll trust his 30 years of experience vs most on the forum.