I am excited about the potential upside of DT Phidarian Mathis

[buffaloboyinATL]

Now that Mathis has been added to the active roster, I am excited to see how he develops.  He has a really high ceiling (former second round pick by the Commanders) but his development has been slowed by injuries. (calf)/meniscus)  He has been called up twice, and now appears to be signed to the 53.  

 

In his last year at 'Bama (2021) Mathis had 53 tackles, 9 sacks and 12 TFL's and was named 2nd team all-SEC. This kid has a lot of upside.

 

https://rolltide.com/sports/football/roster/phidarian-mathis/4653

 

Edited 1 hour ago by buffaloboyinATL

[mrod81]

Agreed, he played some nice run D against KC!  

[Billz4ever]

10 minutes ago, buffaloboyinATL said:

Now that Mathis has been added to the active roster, I am excited to see how he develops.  He has a really high ceiling (former second round pick by the Commanders) but his development has been slowed by injuries. (calf)/meniscus)  He has been called up twice, and now appears to be signed to the 53.  

 

In his last year at 'Bama (2021) Mathis had 53 tackles, 9 sacks and 12 TFL's and was named 2nd team all-SEC. This kid has a lot of upside.

 

https://rolltide.com/sports/football/roster/phidarian-mathis/4653

 

 

Yep, let's hope he remains healthy. We've gone through some pretty bad seasons with injuries, but this one in particular seems to be especially brutal.

[No_Matter_What]

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[JerseyBills]

I feel like alot of these high picks just landed on terrible teams that had terrible culture and not the best coaching, feel like they maybe slack off a bit, team is poor and teammates don't give af and being  young with $$ , never know,  especially coming from Bama, lot of potential 

Edited 1 hour ago by JerseyBills

[Charles Romes]

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[zow2]

Wow, a positive post about one of the depth guys.  Good stuff.

[Miyagi-Do Karate]

28 minutes ago, buffaloboyinATL said:

Now that Mathis has been added to the active roster, I am excited to see how he develops.  He has a really high ceiling (former second round pick by the Commanders) but his development has been slowed by injuries. (calf)/meniscus)  He has been called up twice, and now appears to be signed to the 53.  

 

In his last year at 'Bama (2021) Mathis had 53 tackles, 9 sacks and 12 TFL's and was named 2nd team all-SEC. This kid has a lot of upside.

 

https://rolltide.com/sports/football/roster/phidarian-mathis/4653

 

I was going to post something like this. He really flashed last game. Felt like he was all over the place making plays.

[dpberr]

I prefer the Bills experimenting with new players to the organization like Logue and Mathis versus bringing back the ol' boys from seasons past.

 

Casey Toohill and Kingsley Jonathan aren't going to do anything.

Edited 1 hour ago by dpberr

[Mat68]

I like the shift to size inside.  If he can eat some double teams and muck up the middle I'm all for it.  TJ Sanders coming off IR will be a-lot of help.  Jones getting healthy really improves the room as well. 

[BuffaloBill]

He is a big body maybe he develops in new scenery. 

 

https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/4241468/phidarian-mathis

 

[hondo in seattle]

34 minutes ago, buffaloboyinATL said:

Now that Mathis has been added to the active roster, I am excited to see how he develops.  He has a really high ceiling (former second round pick by the Commanders) but his development has been slowed by injuries. (calf)/meniscus)  He has been called up twice, and now appears to be signed to the 53.  

 

In his last year at 'Bama (2021) Mathis had 53 tackles, 9 sacks and 12 TFL's and was named 2nd team all-SEC. This kid has a lot of upside.

 

https://rolltide.com/sports/football/roster/phidarian-mathis/4653

 

 

Thanks for the update.  I knew nothing about the guy except that he had a cool first name.

[buffaloboyinATL]

50 minutes ago, Miyagi-Do Karate said:

I was going to post something like this. He really flashed last game. Felt like he was all over the place making plays.

Yeah, the funny thing is, if this guy had been sitting on someone else's roster, and Beane traded a 5th or 6th round pick for him, many people would be praising him for trading for a young player with high potential.  But because he planned ahead and added him back in September, there are some amongst our fan base, that will criticize him for lack of effort.

 

No guarantee that Mathis pans out, but Beane should be praised for loading the bench early, rather than "panicking" on the last day of the trade deadline and expending a potentially valuable future draft pick.