Merged:Dolphins sign OG Randy Thomas

Not a shock. He's a Parcells guy back from his days with the Jets. It'll be interesting to see how much he has left. Could be nice veteran insurance.

 

I wonder if Garner goes to IR then.

 

If he helps I'm all for it

 

He's a body. Not sure he's an upgrade.

 

Hmm.. Depth maybe? I dont know much about the guy really. Makes me wonder if he's really an uppgrade anywhere, or just depth. I'm going with depth..

 

Probably speaks more of the indecision on choosing a backup RG than anything else. Thomas is an 11 yr vet that can man the spot if called upon....is he the Thomas of 5 yrs ago, no...but he'll due in a pinch....I just don't think they have much confidence in Proctor, Thomas, etc and Garner looks to be headed to at least the PUP, if not IR...

 

Just futher signals of Tony's displeasure with what he sees in his OL....

 

Dolphins sign veteran Thomas to compete for time at guard

According to NFL.com

While this looks like a depth signing, lets all hope John Jerry's knee heals up quick and we don't need to start retreads to fill a serious offensive line position..

 

Exactly, and they needed a insurance policy against Thomas being injured or playing badly, or Garner not recovering, or Incogntio blowing up.

Randy "AllState" Thomas.

And if he is not healthy enough, or in good enough condition, there are plenty of other G's roaming around looking for work in the NFL.

 

Solid veteran backup, not much more IMVHO. Guess we can scratch RGM off the KR/PR/5th WR potential list.

 

2 other threads, don't know which was first, all need to be merged.

 

Should have never gotten rid of Smiley.

 

I don't know much about roster exemptions but I do know the Vikes got one for Harvin's migraines. Maybe we get one for Garner? Just asking.

 

Garner is not eligible for PUP.

 

game changer or security blanket
an interesting move by the FrontOffice

 

looking forward to seeing how he goes it will be interesting .

 

Not at this point...he can make the final roster and then go on the PUP for the first 6 weeks...in that case, perhaps on the cutdown day there are only 4 WRs and then they re-sign a 5th the following day after putting Garner on PUP...he will make the roster, even if he's not back from the injury at that point...

 

i'm not sure it is a 'dissatisfaction' with what he sees right now ... vice we are putting a winning team together to win THIS year. with Parcells, we know that that means having veterans and depth. I view this as depth and not a knock on Thomas, Procter ....

that is why is still believe that we will sign a veteran S sometime soon as a back-up plan to Clemons ... i believe in Clemons and that he will be our answer to S .... but belief and knowing that you have a 'known' back-up plan is a different story.

OLB is another similar situation .... we have ZERO known quantities (not even Anderson) at OLB .... i'm just not sure the regime is going to settle for that going into this season ... even with improved ILB play with Dansby.

 

No he can't. To be eligible for reserve PUP, he needed to have been on active PUP at the opening of training camp. Once he took part in one practice he was no longer eligible for active PUP (preseason) or reserve PUP (regular season).

Between Stitches and me, we must have posted the links to the articles that support this, about 50 times the past couple of years.

 

Or it could simply mean we need the depth.