The Facts:
Following up on the
ongoing story. ... The Dolphins and HC Joe Philbin decided to go after Wallace and not fellow free agent Greg Jennings despite Philbin's relationship with Jennings. Philbin was on the Green Bay Packers staff every year of Jennings' career except for 2012 and was offensive coordinator for five of those seasons. Still, the Dolphins immediately signed Wallace to a five-year, $60 million deal. Philbin explained how he and OC Mike Sherman evaluated Wallace. "We did a lot of homework," Philbin said. "We charted every catch he's made for the last couple of years, we charted every drop he's made for the last couple years. We got it on a picture and we know where all the dots are: inside the numbers, outside the numbers, this deep, that deep."
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Philbin continued: "When you're a receiver in the National Football League, you're kind of charged with a couple of simple jobs. One is to get open and two to catch the ball and No. 3 to block if it's a run. We expect him to get open, we expect him to catch the ball and hopefully make a couple of guys miss after. ..." As NFL.com's Kareem Copeland notes, Wallace is known for his elite speed and is three years younger than Jennings, who
signed a five-year, $45 million deal with the Vikings. Jennings is one of the best route runners in the league and has excellent hands. Philbin said there's no truth to rumors that he doesn't like Jennings and described Wallace as more than a speedster. Not everybody agrees with that take on Wallace. But the Dolphins clearly knew which one they wanted and got their man.
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