Heath Evans Critical or Bitter?

Heath Evans was invited on the Finsiders about a week ago to provide his analysis on the Miami Dolphins off season in general.  As you can imagine he was Heath Evans, opinionated, and not afraid to say what he feels. I have absolutely no issue with this. However I have an issue when objectivity is lost, and your arguments loose merit. This happened in several occasions during his interview.

To start lets point the elephant in the room. Yes Mike Wallace could be a lazy route runner sometimes and I am concerned that this could lead to one or two interceptions. That is one thing but to say that the Steelers didn’t want Wallace as a Pittsburgh Steeler is just inaccurate. The Steelers offered Wallace 75 million last year. Does this give the air of wanting to let go of someone? Another topic I had a problem with was him saying that we overpaid. Did we overpay? Maybe, but here is a reality check. Everyone has to overpay at some point in the NFL it’s the nature of the business. As a matter of fact the Dolphins have one of the healthiest cap rooms in the league right now even after investing over 100 million dollars. So if you want to say you don’t agree with some of the signings and their value fine. Here is the thing though using the terms monopoly money makes you sound ignorant, disrespectful, and bitter. Most importantly it got to the point where it sounded like he didn’t do his research. Specially if he thinks Dion Jordan would be a bust even if he had 18 sacks in a year.  Really? As far as replacing Dansby, and, Burnnet, Yes Dansby has a lot of experience I will give him that. He had a productive year last year as well. However in the business that is the NFL it is ideal to replace players before production declines. I also agree it was risky to bring in Ellerbee. Thing is sometimes risks need to be taken to be successful in this league, and there is no guarantees every time someone new comes in. Injuries, lack of scheme understanding, and inability to adapt to a new city are all factors to take in to account. That does not mean one has to wait until a certain player is ready to retire. Actually that would not be a recommended manner to handle an NFL roster.

The main thing to take away from this blog today is that I am all for expressing your thoughts and opinions. After all as Voltaire said I might not agree with what you have to say but ill defend to death your right to say it.  The catch here is that as an analyst you are asked to keep your objectivity during your analysis at all times. That right there is where Heath failed. He sounded like he had a grudge against Miami (who cut him) that he hasn’t been able to let go of. In his line of work that is the mother of all faults.