Makes sense on paper, but there's something more to his release than what's being told. As a team in the middle of a re-build with a rookie quarterback, you don't cut a guy who is on pace for 600+ yards and 6 TD's because he's going to miss a week or two with an injury which was what the Jets are claiming. The Jets are his fourth team in five years and he didn't make it to week 7. Something isn't right with him.
Once Quincy Enunwa comes back in a couple of weeks it could mean very little playing time for Matthews unless he lights it up early on. Enunwa, Robby Anderson, Jermaine Kearse all likely ahead of him on the depth chart.
Thanks for the replies. Curious because the Jets worked him out today with 3 WR's injured and his production and age don't look like a guy who should be getting released.
Guy was pretty productive after signing for TEN and then found himself benched this season before asking for his release. He's not old, he's productive, his salary wasn't crazy.
Is there a beat writer who Titans fans tend to respect more than others, or is it similar to the Jets where anyone who covers the team is viewed as a know-nothing windbag?
Only thing that gets a guy in football shape is playing football. No way to simulate running in to several 275-325lb defenders.
Lots of great RB's who hold out have been injured soon after coming back because they get rushed in to action.
Some team is going to trade for him and have to live with the fact that they'll pay him $14 million to do one of two things:
1) Get rushed in to game action and suffer a serious injury
2) Sit him until he's in football shape and basically pay him that type of cash to play a half a season.
Both come with the caveat that they can't sign him until the season closes out, meaning he going to take a shot at free agency.
I would say they're going to be dominant, not just good. With Fournette in the backfield to chew up the clock, you can limit the mistakes Bortles will make.
Time will tell, but if I could have any defense in the NFL, it'd probably be Jacksonville.
Most definitely. Division rivals always know a bit more about their opponents than non-division opponents. The Jags are just a team I'd rarely bet against. They, like all teams, will lose some games this season and maybe one of them will be this Sunday, but that'll come down to which Blake Bortles shows up.
Honestly, it's not the early games that have me convinced. It's the way they played the Pats in the AFCCG last season. I (and many others) feel the Jags win that game on the Mack scoop and score if the refs don't blow the call. They showed then that at the very least, with that nucleus, they are a Super Bowl contender. The early results this year are just showing that it didn't go to their heads and they're still playing well.
And maybe you guys will do it again on Sunday. Teams rarely go undefeated. The biggest mistake the Jags made this offseason was not upgrading at QB. They're good enough to blow out any team in the league on a given day, but with Bortles under center, you never know when the'll come out and be completely unable to move the ball. In all honesty, they should've signed Teddy Bridgewater as a free agent to battle Bortles.