Matthew Mulligan: Stay or Go?
by John B on Jan 31, 2012 12:22 PM EST
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The Jets cut Ben Hartsock last year. Hartsock was a solid run blocker but ran horrible routes, had terrible hands, and was responsible for too many penalties. They replaced him with a new player to serve as the primary blocking tight end, Matthew Mulligan. Mulligan is a solid run blocker but runs horrible routes, has terrible hands, and is responsible for even more penalties.
If nothing else, Mulligan saved the team money. Hartsock would have made over $1.5 million to give the team next to nothing. Mullgian was at least cheap.
That does not mean he is worth keeping, though. A lot of backup linemen could fill Mulligan's role more effectively. It would be nice for the Jets to find a second tight end who could block well but was a credible enough receiver to keep a defense honest.
Mulligan is a free agent. The Jets own his rights exclusively. There is no reason to use them to keep him around. I vote go. How about you.
I have been looking forward to this profile because I think the comments for this player will be funnier than any other. Fire away below.
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Send his ass packing I know hartsock had issues but I don’t remember him being called that much mulligan however has been a mulligan for the FO
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Now lets get a G-D snack!!!
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by Noble_Lance on Jan 31, 2012 12:35 PM EST via iPhone app reply actions
Hartsock
was a penalty generating machine. Much worse (and more expensive) than Mulligan. Eff both of them!
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You got that right.....
……and I still wasn’t sold on their pass catching abilities. There hands had that distinctive “clank” sound resonating from them.
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can someone post that Ari Gold GIF where he says GTFO!!!!!! …Mulligan needs to go and maybe take Eric Smith with him
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lmao
I actually considered it but decided it was too NSFW, it was the first thing I thought of too though haha
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by NYJALLFINGDAY on Jan 31, 2012 12:47 PM EST up reply actions
goooooooooooooooooo
if someone has a firing squad Gif or pic then that would describe how i feel about mulligan
the guy has more penalties than Sean O’Donnell from the Chicago Blackhawks for christ sake
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i want jeffery in green at pick 16
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They're Trolls or Fans of Other Teams
No real Jets fan would want him back.
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Seriously.....no you don't.....give your head a shake man.
"It's only through change we learn to grow".
Lets try to overlook his costly penalties last season
On more then one occasion, he blew up on the sideline after killing a big play. telling me he’s a hothead that also can’t play. Holmes is a hothead that can play, this guy sucks.
Shouldn't have made it through the season, honestly
What does he do? Besides nothing?
by J-Nasty on Jan 31, 2012 1:27 PM EST via mobile reply actions
Hartsock is head and shoulders better then Mulligan.
And Hartsock was terrible, just leave Vlad out there if that’s the best we can do.
No more Mulligans for Mulligan
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Remember when this dude caught a 42 yard pass in the Fins game
Then gave like 30 of them back through penalties?
That sums up Mulligan.
by J-Nasty on Jan 31, 2012 1:41 PM EST via mobile reply actions
That was like the highlight of the year for him too
he must go pls.
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Please Go
I remember him racking up a lot of penalties but I also remember him having to block the other team’s best pass rusher and thinking “WTF?” why was he in that situation.
Goodbye matt
Let's Make sure we play like the f***in NEW YORK JETS
and not some f***in slapd**k team!
by jets4life24 on Jan 31, 2012 3:00 PM EST via mobile reply actions
lol, they must be other team trolls
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Really?
I’m not even going to vote because I feel like it should go without saying. And the stay votes was probably Mulligan from his sixteen different accounts haha
by RevisIsland&Alcrotraz on Jan 31, 2012 3:57 PM EST via mobile reply actions
I voted Stay
IMO there are dangers in scape goating. I see a guy who is on all special teams, is the backup longsnapper, blocked well in the run game, saved the organization a million dollars, is a better pass catcher than Hartsock.He is not an intregal part of the passing game, he is not a deep threat, he commits too many penalties, he is not a great athlete…
But he is the type of TE that works well in Sparanos offense
im quite sure, Baker and Cumberland can work in Sparano offense
When you keep a guy that in the best way to put it, is stupid, it says a lot about what kind of team you are trying to become.
I don't think a middling athlete who commits penalties and is an ok run blocker at best...
Works well in any system, unless that system is something other than football.
I think people call him a good blocker to justify him being on the field and being a POS receiver. How many times did we see him seal off a block to get a back to the edge? Hardly ever? I’d say so considering our backs NEVER got to the edge. I admit sometimes the team put him in a tough spot asking him to block anelite pass rusher (Why Schotty why???) but it doesn’t make up for being a net negative on the field. Get rid of him, find someone who at least has some upside. Shouldn’t even come to camp next year. /end rant
by J-Nasty on Jan 31, 2012 5:37 PM EST via mobile up reply actions 1 recs
bye
the jets get penalized as soon as he comes on the field
The only value this guy has is comedic value M I RITE????
by J-Nasty on Jan 31, 2012 5:26 PM EST via mobile reply actions 1 recs
OUTOUTOUT
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by Simon Says Jets on Jan 31, 2012 5:43 PM EST reply actions
but seriously
I’ve never seen someone spaz out more after blatant holding penalties then Matt Mulligan. Always good for a laugh
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by Simon Says Jets on Jan 31, 2012 5:43 PM EST reply actions
23 Stay vote as of this comment!?
Nice to see the Mulligan Family reads GGN.
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Read ?
….. the part where you said his family could read lost me……… ( nice post)
"It's only through change we learn to grow".
This doesn't make sense to me at all
Can someone please explain why stay was even an option to vote for?
One of the best run-blocking TEs in the NFL.
Schotty put him in awful situations tho
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so schotty is the reason he committed so many penalties?
listen, schotty had many problems but that aint one of em
metsjetsknicksrangers.............can it get any worse?
I voted go
but i have a feeling that he could possibly be back, all those penalties are mostly just a lack of focus, which, as much as we all hate him for it, is fixable. The FO is however looking at some tight ends to draft, so he may still be gone.
37 Votes
Wow… the Mulligans must be a pretty big family. How did he get 37 votes to stay??
I just think if you put him in run plays, he gets the job done.
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