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It is, and if he was going in the first half of rookie drafts or being valued as a top 40 RB then I'd want to be more careful about weighing the risks and considering the intricacies of his situation. But he's currently RB76 in the DLF rankings, unranked by FBG staff, and undrafted in the DLF mocks, so that seems like enough. A broken fibula is usually not a career-ending injury.pantherclub said:
Most vets that will be signing for cheap don't get signed while they're still recovering from injury--teams want a passed physical first. Same reason why Gresham, who is not good but better than lots of rostered TE's in the NFL, is unsigned.
About a third of the league has some question marks at RB (at least for a 3rd down / committee back). I wouldn't be surprised to see him wind up in Dallas, or Tennessee, Atlanta, Oakland, New England, Washington, Baltimore, Carolina, New York (Jets), or Tampa. Or wherever an RB gets injured. Obviously he'd have more value in some of those landing spots than others.
I'm not sure he'd beat out Randle but he'd be great veteran depth for the team if for nothing else than his pass blocking and third down work (although they do like Dunbar in that role). Personally if healthy, I think he's a better runner than Randle, but given his age, injury history and Randle being young enough to improve I wouldn't stand on the table with that opinion.
I think was unsigned on not on a teams roster until June 11th in 2013 and March 11th last year. Considering he had some legal/suspension issues to work around it's not really unusual to see him unsigned this late.
he's also coming off a broken leg and was just cleared physically last week. Teams will start kicking his tries between now and training camp.
Yeah, I agree here. I was thinking maybe the veteran guarantee would be on their minds. I think that if he is on the roster for game one than his salary for the year becomes guaranteed. If that is the case I'll bet teams will wait until after that to pick him up. Unless a training camp injury (can you imagine if Randle gets hurt?) puts a team in desperate need.
A team can sign him before then, have him participate in camp and then "waive" him and bring him back after Week 1.
After he broke his leg week 11 he got busted for pot in February and was suspended in June for the first game for that infraction. Drew Rosenhous, his agent says he's been medically cleared since June but he's an unsigned free agent.
Fair enough. Suspension is only 1 game and he's a beast esp in a part time role and great in pass pro.
The NFL has allowed players to earn "time served" while not under contract.
