La'el Collins has begun visits

[rscott94]

I seen a panther fan saying lael collins narrowed it down to 3 teams and we were one of the teams but I couldent find anything on it. Prob talking out his ass . Anyone else here anything like that?

Supposedly his agent called teams and let them know they were out of the running for him (based on fit alone) 

 

Haven't heard who those teams were though 

[top dawg]

Well we are definitely interested.

 

http://blogs.charlotte.com/panthers/2015/05/trai-turner-doing-his-best-to-recruit-show-support-for-lael-collins.html

Police in Baton Rouge have said Collins is “still not a suspect,” but a Panthers source told me the team is in wait-and-see mode until he is completely cleared, if and when that happens.

 

 

 

So people can stop asking that question.

[Bartin]

How are people still thinking he would get offered more somewhere else? There's a max and every team will offer him thay

There is a max, but there are quite a few different ways his contract can be structured. Teams get a total of $86k in signing bonus to split amongst all their UDFAs. We didn't sign too many so it is possible we still have more of that pool remaining than most teams. Then there is the ability to guarantee his salary which has no limit as far as the percentage of the salary. I imagine most teams would be willing to guarantee the full salary for all 3 years to Collins since it's a total of $1.3M and that will probably be required by his agent to sign him.

Assuming we are willing to guarantee his whole deal which we should and still have a decent amount of UDFA signing bonus money left, we should be able to offer him as good or better a deal as any team can. When you factor in our OL situation and the ability to showcase his talent early on a top team so he can get that big 2nd contract, we should certainly be front runners for his services. The issue will be whether we are willing to commit to that before he is fully cleared(probably not) and how hard we will recruit him before being fully cleared. Those will be mitigating factors. I think we have a good chance but I'm pessimistic.

[Growl]

Well we are definitely interested.

http://blogs.charlotte.com/panthers/2015/05/trai-turner-doing-his-best-to-recruit-show-support-for-lael-collins.html

So people can stop asking that question.

Other teams have clearly made up their mind on this. We can't afford to wait some months to a year for the process to "play out."

[Ezrider1423]

Other teams have clearly made up their mind on this. We can't afford to wait some months to a year for the process to "play out."

the wait and see approach will get us nowhere.

[gettlemanjack]

Michael Cauble @ MichaelCauble

2h

Talked w/ La'el Collins tonight

Michael Caublec@ MichaelCauble

2h

he won't sign until he gets an official clear from EBR DA

[gettlemanjack]

Barry Jackson @ flasportsbuzz

9h

... NFL spokesman says team cannot meet with players who fall

into Collins category at restaurant, but NFL won't say if Ryan

violated rule.

[gettlemanjack]

Four Dolphin players meet with La'el: LB Kelvin Sheppard, WR Jarvis Landry and DT Anthony "Freak" Johnson, who were teammates of Collins at LSU, flew to Louisiana to meet La'el. Joining them on the flight was the Dolphins 2-time Pro Bowl (2013, 2014) center Mike Pouncey (of Florida)

Trey Schmaltz @ treyschmaltz

10h

Anthony Johnson shares this pic on instagram (of Jarvis Landry and Mike Pouncey)..

Anthony Johnson @ freakxlsu

12h

Jet life Going bring my Brother back to South Beach....

Andy Slater @ AndySlater

11h

Private jet currently headed to Baton Rouge from Opa-locka

airport.

Brett Buffington @ BrettBuffington

10h

Inbound flight to @BTRairport expected to land any minute with

@MiamiDolphins entourage on board @WBRZ

Robi @ Robi2184

8h

Dolphins players getting off jet and boarding a black suv in Baton Rouge.

Trey Schmaltz @ treyschmaltz

9h

We've got video of Miami Dolphins arriving in BR; entourage gets into black SUVs. See it on @WBRZ at 4p.

Andy Slater @ AndySlater

2h

Pilot who flew Pouncey, other Dolphins to Louisiana, has been

waiting by aircraft for hours. Guys must be having good time w/

La'el Collins

Andy Slater @ AndySlater

2h

La'el Collins selfie w/ Pouncey, former teammates outside

restaurant in Baton Rouge (pictured L to R are Kelvin Sheppard, La'el Collins, Mike Pouncey, Anthony 'Freak' Johnson)

BRANDON @ BRANDED9_

3h

wheres jarvis

Michael Cauble @ MichaelCauble

2h

talking to me, I ruined his selfie

Michael Cauble @ MichaelCauble

2h

Jarvis said that the Phins didn't foot the bill for the flight. I said, BS, said no for real.

Robi @ Robi2184

2h

#Dolphins WR Jarvis Landry tells @WBRZ he and his

teammates went to Baton Rouge to show support for La'el

Collins not to recruit him.

Robi @ Robi2184

2h

Landry said he'd love to to have Collins as his teammate again

but that decision was up to Collins, reiterated the trip was about

support

CBS 9 Sports Anchor Jacques Doucet @ JacquesDoucet

7h

Anthony "Freak" Johnson came into Walkon's parking lot, said

"you gotta go" and also grabbed camera. @wafb

CBS 9 Sports Anchor Jacques Doucet @ JacquesDoucet

3h

He confronted me in the parking lot, told me to leave and

grabbed my camera. Not a big deal

Robi @ Robi2184

4h

The Private Jet that took The Dolphins to Baton Rouge has yet to leave Baton Rouge, scheduled to depart at 7:02 pm, but the flight has been delayed.

Robi @ Robi2184

2h

La'el Collins will remain in Louisiana, he is NOT coming to Miami with #Dolphins players as it had been speculated.

[csx]

Could you imagine the uproar if he did choose us but JR refused to sign him. "We are flattered Collins would choose the Panthers, but according to my pie chart.. We good.. But thanks for trying."

This makes no sense. You realize that right?

[TheRumGone]

Is anyone else wondering if Collins should be grieving that his ex was just murdered?

I dunnnnooooooooo

[Panthers8969]

Is anyone else wondering if Collins should be grieving that his ex was just murdered?

I dunnnnooooooooo

Weirdest thing about this to me

[top dawg]

Life goes on fellas. Plus, you aren't necessarily going to grieve publicly. Wearing a mask in times of grieving is fully understandable.  The kid may not even had time to grieve honestly, as I am sure the past week has been a whirlwind. You just don't know what's going on in his mind as far as that's concerned. It has been approximately six months which can be a lifetime for young people and their relationships.

[top dawg]

I mean, for all we know, the girl got pregnant by someone else and he felt some type of way about it, and simply moved on mentally and emotionally.  Just because we don't see any emotion doesn't mean that he hasn't had any, but, like I said, people have to continue living.

[gettlemanjack]

Is anyone else wondering if Collins should be grieving that his ex was just murdered? I dunnnnooooooooo

Weirdest thing about this to me

When I lost my mom it was devastating. She was on her deathbed for several weeks, the doctors told us there was nothing they could do. We had a lot of family there, and every day for weeks we were all there at her death bed every waking hour. Everybody cried or fought back tears every day. It was incredibly sad seeing her waste away like that when there was nothing you can do, just writing this is making me sad.

But we took a few breaks. One time it was all of us taking a break together for an hour or two: we all went to this close-by restaurant where you ate outdoors with an area for the kids to play, like a family picnic/BBQ in the park type feel. And we all looked so happy and normal, you'd have never known what was going on with us

The other breaks would be just a few people at a time. A couple family members and I went to grab lunch at place in a close-by park by a lake. We looked happy and normal during that hour or two break at that park.

Another time my sister and I went and explored this part of the hospital that had some cool stuff to do to take your mind off things and it was fun and she was happy and I took all these pictures of her. And had you seen those pics, you'd be:

"shouldn't she be grieving with her mom on her death bed? Weirdest thing"

And to tell you the truth, when we all took that one big break together, at the close-by restaurant with the outdoor set-up, I was thinking how weird is was that we could all look so happy and normal in the midst of such agonizing pain and grief

So even if La'el's mom was currently on her death bed, I wouldn't judge him based on a few pics