Will Cameron be better than Clay?

Jimmy Bourbon

9 years ago

There is no secret that the Dolphins have totally overhauled their receiving personnel this off-season, and there has been a lot of talk about the wide receivers, however, there is another position that will be contributing to the passing attack that was also quietly upgraded. The Dolphins really wanted to keep Clay on the roster, and I will admit that I was hoping we would be able to keep him as well, however, the Bills aggressively went after him, and snatched him away from the Dolphins, but luckily for Miami, they had an insurance plan by scooping up Jordan Cameron from the Cleveland Browns in the 11^th hour.

Both players have had pretty similar careers, with each player having their breakout season in 2013, and then last year both players had a dip in production, mainly from nagging injuries. However, if both players are healthy, I would actually choose Cameron over Clay any day. Clay is more of an H-back that can do a bunch of things, however, he was never a great red-zone or seam threat. Whereas Cameron thrives in both the red-zone and in the seams and has a higher career yards per reception average of 12.3 yards.

Also, the year that Cameron was a Pro Bowl tight end in 2013, he had to catch passes from three different Quarterbacks. (Jason Campbell, Brandon Weeden, and Brian Hoyer.) Not only is Tannehill a much better QB than each of these players, but Cameron was able to put up big numbers even though he had to adjust to three different QB styles in one season. This shows that he is a QB friendly pass catcher and can quickly get on the same page with a QB, heck the guy recently said he has played with 15 QB’s in 4 years.

The Dolphins are already in their second week of OTA’s and Cameron and Tannehill are quickly developing a rapport. For starters, the Browns ran a similar offense in 2013 to what the Phins now currently run, which means he is ahead of the learning curve. Cameron has already been a favorite red-zone target in practice for Tannehill, and this should only flourish into a more consistent and beneficial relationship for both players. Cameron is a former basketball player who does very well on jump balls in the end-zone and will be a match up nightmare for defenses. His season-high in TD’s was in 2013 when he had to play with a moving carousel of QB’s, and the best pay per head services sites like www.AcePerHead.com would wager that with the help of steady QB play from Tannehill he can break that season-high total this season. What does the rest of the Miami Dolphins enthusiasts fans think about Cameron’s importance to the Dolphins passing game, and will he have a better season compared to Clay this year?

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