Alex Redmond

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(11-30-2018, 05:23 PM)fredtoast Wrote: Mathis started in front of livings (until he was injured) in 2009 when he deserved to.

He was garbage in 2010.  There was plenty of film for every team to watch and Mathis had to settle fore a league minimum contract because he looked bad in 2010.

It is one thing to call the Bengals coaches stupid.  It is another thing to call every single coach in the league stupid.

From pff 2010 free interior line free agency list.

https://www.profootballfocus.com/news/ranking-the-free-agents-offensive-interior-linemen

Quote:4. Evan Mathis, Cincinnati Bengals

Age as of 1st September 2011: 29
2010 Grade: +6.2
Key Stat: Played just 114 snaps in 2010.
Behind The Numbers: After a great start to the 2009 season, Mathis returned from a brief injury and found himself in a rotation with Nate Livings. It was a strange decision, but not as strange as Mathis being dropped to the bench for nearly 90% of the 2010 season. When he got his chance he played as well as you’d expect, allowing one pressure and generally winning his battles in the trenches. Mathis could be one of the steals of free agency.

So that whole played like crap in 2010 is a load of crap. He played well when they gave him a chance problem was the Bengals did not play him over Livings.