Landry rated ‘most dangerous slot receiver’
Jarvis Landry and his agent must be smiling today.
NBC’s Cris Collinsworth, who has a stake in Pro Football Focus, released a graphic declaring Landry the “most dangerous slot receiver” in the NFL.
The graphic says Landry caught 856 yards worth of passes while lined up in the slot last season, more than the 745 by Indianapolis’ T.Y. Hilton, the No. 2 man on the list.
An article on Pro Football Focus’ site goes on to say Landry’s 65 receptions out of the slot led the league last season.
That’s timely news for L andr y since he and the Dolphins will try to hammer out a long-term contract that would keep him in Miami and avoid any freeagent bidding war next year. No progress has been made toward that goal, a league source tells The Post.
Of course, Landry’s worth to the team has been no secret. He has topped 1,100 yards and 90 receptions each of the past two seasons and shared the Dolphins’ MVP honors with safety Reshad Jones in 2015. Landry also has played in the past two Pro Bowls.
Character issues dealt with on case-by-case basis: The executives who make the Dolphins’ NFL draft decisions do not have a strict policy on ruling out players with certain character issues, at least not that they’re willing to reveal publicly, but instead scrutinize each prospect’s history individually.
When asked if there are red flags that would automatically rule out a player in next week’s draft — the Patriots, for example, have said publicly they won’t take anyone with a domestic violence offense on his record — Miami general manager Chris Grier said there’s more nuance to the team’s approach.
“Our philosophy is each player we look at individually, so Drew Brooks and Stu (Weinstein) do a great job of doing the background (checks) and digging in on players,” Grier said. “When the Laremy (Tunsil) thing came up, we had already done a great job of backg ro u nd s t u f f . Wit h e a c h player, we still have information coming in on players right now. We’ll make those decisions early next week. For us, background and character are huge. We won’t take any shortcuts on doing that.”
Tunsil was a possible No. 1 overall pick last year, but he fell to the Dolphins at No. 13 on draft night when a photo was leaked of him using a bong.
As far as domestic violence is concerned, Grier added that those cases are rarely simple.
“It’s a very sensitive subject, and we have our feelings on it, but in dealing with that, you have to look at every case individually,” he said. “There are some cases where you hear it was domestic violence, but the player was the one who called the police, and the girl hit him. But because the police were called, it goes on the player as domestic violence. We have to look at each c ase individually before we make a determination.”