Skins Release Mathis

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Well that was quick; Jerome Mathis cut
Published 5/16/2008 by Skin Patrol at Hogs Haven: Front Page Posts
... First the bad news -- I guess that depends who you ask though -- per Redskins Insider: Wide receiver/return specialist Jerome Mathis, the only outside free agent the Redskins have signed this offseason, has been released, according to the team. Mathis, who has been injury prone and has had legal issues, was a longshot to make the team in the first place. That he was a longshot was just one of a few reasons I thought his signing in the first place had many of us scratching our heads. Besides the legal and injury problems, he ...

Redskins Release Mathis
Published 5/16/2008 by Anthony Brown at Hog Heaven
The Washington Redskins released WR/KR Jerome Mathis yesterday, according to a report on Redskins Insider. The Redskins perplexed their fan base when they signed Mathis only a few days after re-signing popular free agent kick returner Rock Cartwright. Antwaan Randle El’s performance as a punt returner declined over the past three seasons [10.2 yds per return in ‘05 with Pittsburgh; 6.1 YPR in ‘07]. I suspected that Mathis was here either to compete for that job, or supplant utility man James Thrash as fifth receiver and back-up ...