Thread: Broncos sign Evan Mathis

so i guess shelley smith was not enough?

Originally Posted by Al Wilson 4 Mayor

ThIs dude is funny.

"Let's shift the focus to your financial situation. "

Yeah that was a good line.

Dennison on Mathis addition
Offensive coordinator Rick Dennison talks to the press after Thursday's practice.

http://www.denverbroncos.com/multime...9-aa964d6d2410

KUSA- Whatever joy there may have been inside the Denver Broncos’ locker room for the signing of Evan Mathis, it was tempered by the realization Max Garcia had lost his starting job.

“Don’t feel sorry for me,” said Garcia, whose days as the Broncos’ No. 1 left guard are numbered until Mathis gets in shape. “I’m happy to be a part of this team. I’m content with the situation. I’m just going to keep striving to get better.”

That type of maturity explains why Garcia almost pulled off the upset and became the starting left guard even though he is a rookie who wasn’t drafted until the fourth round.

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Glad to see he's having thi kind of attitude as we will most likely need him at some point of the season.

I was just wishful thinking a few weeks ago and Elway goes and pull this off. I still can't believe Denver landed Mathis.

Originally Posted by Denver Native (Carol)

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Good that sounds like guy who realizes he will eventually start.

Mathis should easily reach the max $4 million value of his contract if he stays healthy:

This isn't one of those difficult-to-earn incentive packages as is the case with Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning. In addition to the $2.5 million Mathis received in signing bonus and salary, he will make $46,875 for each game he is on the Broncos' game-day, 46-player roster.

So if Mathis dresses for all 16 regular season games, he'll make an additional $750,000. He'll also make an additional $187,500 each time he crosses the playing time threshold of 55 percent of the team's offensive snaps, 65 percent, 75 percent and 85 percent.

So Mathis would make another $750,000 if he lines up for 85 percent of the snaps. If he starts 16 games and Broncos head coach Gary Kubiak has already proclaimed him the starter -- he's there.

http://www.9news.com/story/sports/nf...ncos/71282248/

The move wasn't personal. Max Garcia knows it and general manager John Elway confirmed it.

The Broncos' signing of Pro Bowl guard Evan Mathis this week was a coup. Rare is it that a player of Mathis' caliber is available on the open market for so long and this late into the preseason.

But his arrival pushed Garcia, the Broncos' fourth-round pick, out of a starting job.

"We were able to work out a deal that was beneficial for him and also beneficial for us," Elway said Thursday. "We're just very young, and so I think we need a little bit of experience, especially on that left side."

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Originally Posted by VonDoom

Mathis should easily reach the max $4 million value of his contract if he stays healthy:



http://www.9news.com/story/sports/nf...ncos/71282248/

I think young guys were all doing well and they are only get better with time but adding a veteran pro bowler to the left side is still the best move Denver could make. Garcia is going to get his chance eventually and when he does I bet he'll be very good.