Miami Dolphins Evan Mathis holdup not all price

The Miami Dolphins have interest in Evan Mathis. We know this now as fact, or at least as close to fact as fact can get without actually being, you know, a fact. Evan Mathis’ agent was at training camp earlier this week talking with Mike Tannenbaum and the team isn’t denying interest in the player. Hence the fact/not-fact part.

Each day it seems as though there is more talk about Mathis. Some of that is due in large part to the failures of the offensive guard positions through seven days of camp. Most believe that the contract Mathis wants to sign is hindering his attempts to find a team. I don’t buy that the $5.5 million asking price is the biggest part of the problem. To me, it’s the…