Guest Blogger: Gibran Arnold
As the news broke that Ndamukong Suh signed with the Miami Dolphins for $60 million guaranteed I began to wonder. Is he worth that much? Could a DT lead his team to a superbowl? Would I have paid that much for a DT? My answer is NO! Football is made up of two type of people. People who play for the game and people who play for themselves. Suh is one who plays for himself. In his case, he left a team that were only a couple players away from making a huge step in making a run to the Super Bowl. Offensively you have one of the better QBs and WRs in the league in Golden Tate, Calvin Johnson and Matthew Stafford. They need a little help on the offensive line, but no major needs. Depth on the offensive is a concern, but that’s something they could address in the draft.
The Lions also have a young good hungry defense that ranked 1st in the league in stopping the run. You have all the makings of a team on the cusp of making a run in the post season, but what does Suh do? He bolts to a mediocre team with a good pass rusher in Cameron Wake and an unproven offense. The wide receivers are inconsistent as well as quarterback Ryan Tannehill.
Suh proves that he left for one reason and one reason alone and that was for the CASH. Suh plays for Suh and not for the sake of the team.
He could have gotten paid by staying in Detroit and finishing what he started there, but he chose otherwise. So if Miami does not make the playoffs could we blame Suh? I say yes. Suh wants to get paid like the man, and with being the man you get the blame like the man.
