The new contract that Mike Pouncey signed in April made him one of the highest paid centers in the league at 10 million dollars with 22 million guaranteed. His play since the signing of the contact hasn’t warranted such a kings ransom. I’m not saying his play has been terrible, it hasn’t been, but it isn’t elite either. Simply, at least to this point, Pouncey’s contract is another contract that doesn’t jive with a pay / performance imbalance. The secondary draw back is that along with Suh and Tannenhill, he is contractual cemented to the Dolphins for 2016 and the next regime must accept them as pieces of the puzzle.
Since his excellent 2013 campaign which ended in injury, and the following year where he was rushed back from serious hip surgery and slotted at guard by Philbin, Pouncey’s play at center has diminished. Despite his Pro Bowl nomination, it doesn’t take the best sportsbooks in the world to see this was a down season for him with several badly missed snaps and very little domination in the full range of a center’s skill set. He still displayed very good ability to get to the second level and work in space, but his lack of functional strength at the point of attack was even more on display in Campbell’s running system. All in all, if his play continues at this level Miami will have a pretty good player they are paying a great amount of money to.
When you combine Pouncey’s pay / performance ratio and add it to Tannenhill’s along with Albert, who is worth the coin, but injury prone, you have a severe cap in balance on offense. Now to hold back T-Hill fans fury, yes it isn’t all his fault as many factors are involved. BUT his level of pay is for a top 10 QB and anything short, for whatever the reason, is a near crippling waste of funds. This offensive cap imbalance could play heavily in the signing or not signing of Miller, who as a free agent is expected to be over paid – the question is how much over.
The last issue with Pouncey being locked in is he’s a full tilt finesse player with second level and pass protection skills and has not shown that he suited for physical style football. Prospective coaches and GM’s may have this as a negative consideration depending on their flavor of offensive style and may have Miami pigeon holed into finesse type team based on their centers play. Bottom line coming off a sever injury, playing out of position, and looking somewhat diminished was the contract given a wise move? Maybe 2016 he will rebound – he needs too for the sake of the cap. If not it could be another hole filled with an overpriced plug.
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