Mathis struggled in 2009 and 2010, allowing a 61.2% completion percentage, 7.7 YPA, and 8 touchdowns to 3 interceptions in 2009 and a 59.1% completion percentage, 9.0 YPA, and 5 touchdowns to 1 interception in 2010. In 2011, he allowed a 66.7% completion percentage, 8.5 YPA, and 3 touchdowns to 1 interception before tearing his ACL in November. 32 in August, Mathis is not fully recovered from his ACL tear yet. So basically he’s an aging, declining, injured cornerback. However, a 1 year, 2 million dollar “prove it” contract with 3 million in incentives makes some sense for the Jaguars, who have all sorts of other needs. Still, I think they need a young cornerback for the long term.

Grade: B