As of now, the depth chart is basically Jay Ajayi, and then quite a few unproven players, although Kenyan Drake is only unproven because he hasn’t yet played in the NFL because he’s a rookie. Head Coach Adam Gase has publicly stated that he wants each and every RB in his stable to have the skills to stay on the field for an entire drive if necessary. That translates into number one, having the stamina to to be able to stay on the field for an entire drive, to have running skills to keep a driving, to be able to pass block adequately, and also be proficient at catching the ball out of the backfield. The question then is, do any of the other RB’s we currently have on the roster besides Ajayi and Drake possess those skills? Let’s take a look.
Daniel Thomas – 28YO – 6’0″ 225
Daniel Thomas
Thomas is making his third attempt with the Miami Dolphins. Thomas was drafted by the Dolphins back in the 2011 Draft, #63 overall. Thomas’s best year was his rookie year, where he totaled 581 yards rushing on 165 carries for a 3.5YPC average, very pedestrian. One thing Thomas has in his favor, he’s an accomplished pass blocker. He’s not great, but he might be the best blocker in the backfield. He’s a decent receiver, but never caught more than 15 passes.
Damien Williams – 24YO – 5’11” 211
Damien Williams
Damien was basically 3rd string last year, behind Lamar Miller and Jay Ajayi. Not much of a book on Williams really, other than the fact that he actually seems more comfortable running after a catch than he does on a hand off. Williams has nearly as many receptions as he does carries, 42 receptions and 52 carries. His only 2 TD’s both came on pass receptions. If you’ve watched Dolphins football, it seems Williams likes running after the catch. He has averaged 3.7 YPC, but has a decent 7.8 YPR on his 42 receptions. His rushing skills do not inspire a lot of confidence, so I think he’s a long shot.
Isaiah Pead – 26YO – 5’10” 197
Isaiah Pead
Isaiah Pead was drafted in the 2nd RD of the 2012 NFL Draft by the St. Louis Rams, 50th overall. We practically killed Daniel Thomas here, he of DT3 fame. Imagine if we got the production Isaiah Pead gave the Rams??? 19 rushes, 78 YDS in 3 seasons, along with 14 catches for 94 yards. ZERO TD’s. You can kind of understand why Pead was expendable. Maybe a change of scenery will provide the right atmosphere for a career resurrection for Pead. He has decent speed, ran a 4.47 40, and he’s an agile guy as well, was a good receiver in college. He’s a deficient pass blocker, so that’s something he’s going to have work hard to improve to make the roster.
OK, so this is what we currently have on the roster, but a recent development, as recent as yesterday, has Arian Foster supposedly healthy enough to participate in an NFL training camp. If that’s the case, I would think the Dolphins, who have been in contact with Foster and have obviously shown interest, will be monitoring this closely, and bring him in for a look see. If Foster is healthy, he brings a veteran presence to a very young backfield, and the ability to do it all, if he’s healthy. That’s the 64 million dollar question with Foster, is he healthy enough, and can he stay healthy enough to last an entire NFL season. I think there’s a very good shot Foster will be our 3rd RB. We’ll have to wait and see how his health is, and if we offer him the right opportunity, both $$$ wise, and workload.
Finsmob Unleashed 
I think we’re fine at RB unless we get hit with a lot of injuries. In fact we might be really good at RB with Ajayi and Drake.
OK, I’m going to delete this article. lol
LOL, no need for that. I just don’t get too concerned about RBs being young and we do have a bit if a vet presence as well.
What I learned from the article is Pead isn’t a good pass blocker, not sure where you got that from though, but we find out soon enough.
I can see us signing Foster, but nothing more than a million. I really don’t think we need him. Pead passed the eye test when I saw him play with the Rams, not sure what the issue was.
A lot of it was just production by other RB’s. I dont think he saw the field much because he had senior RB’s with more time in the system that were doing OK, and then a couple of rookies that came in and shined. Tre Mason, Todd Gurley, Zac Stacy, etc etc.
Good job Mike. I am a bit concerned with the lack of experience at RB. Time will tell, but I think that the loss of Miller will prove to be greater than some think. There is this notion that has take shape the last few years of “Oh, we’ll just find a RB some where in the draft or FA to take his place”. If that were the case, then every team in the NFL would have a Pro Bowl Caliber RB in their team
Miller hurt the O more than he helped it, you’ll see this year what I’m talking about.
Please Steve. How can you even say that? I’m not even going to waste my time posting his stats, you can research them yourself. All I’ll say is, given the opportunity, he could have put up some MONSTER numbers.
I say that because he couldn’t run it when we needed him to. He got his big numbers in a few games, then was very inconsistent the rest of the time. He made some huge plays for us, but would be better suited as a complimentary back. They stopped using him at times in 2nd halves, because he wasn’t getting it done.
No
Ok Mike, I did a little research on Pead’s pass blocking skills and I’ve seen conflicting reports. Care to tell us why you think he isn’t a good pass blocker?
His combine profile said this:
Pead isn’t a willing blocker and barely displays the strength to stall rushers when he does step in. He has limited experience catching passes out of the backfield, and there are questions as to his consistency. He is a bit undersized and hasn’t been hit enough times in college to get a feeling of what his durability will be at the next level.
He’s considered a space player like Drake though Drake is a bigger back.
I’ve seen other reports conflicting with all of that, and watching him play for the Rams I don’t agree.
He caught 87 passes AT UC, and was even used as a WR, I wouldn’t call that limited experience catching passes. We’re really just splitting hairs here though, because I don’t think we’ve had the top 2 this good for quite a while.
Ajayi carried suck a heavy workload his last year in college that I don’t see it being a problem for him to be a consistent 18-20 touch PG back.
If we carry 3 RBs I hope DT3 makes it, 4 I’d add Pead. DT3 add the physical dimension the others dont, he’d be my run out the clock back when there’s less than 2 minutes left, and short yardage back, when going against a run heavy D (when moves don’t help).
If i could have Gilislee back as our number 3 id rather that than either DT3 or Pead, though i am not sure we see any of those guys, possibly a late pickup guy like Foster or some other camp cut.
Steve
Tim posted it. It was Pead’s combine analysis. If you have other reports that say he’s good, that’s fine with me. Can you post them please, so we can all read them?
Steve
“After watching him play for the Rams” Do you watch every single Rams game? He hardly played, so you’d probably have to watch every single game in order to arrive at that conclusion.
Being in the west I’ve seen several.
OK then. I guess he’s a shoe-in for the 3rd RB spot then.
Steve
What any one of these guys did in college is pretty much irrelevant. Who cares if he caught 87 passes at UC, or UCLA? What has he done in the pros? That’s all that’s relevant now, especially out of the #50 pick. It’s not like he was undrafted so he didn’t have a shot to crack the lineup.
I agree, but I responded to Tim’s combine profile of Pead, so yeah it was relevant.
Bookman
That was very succinct, and direct. Thanks! LOL
He was trying to make it simple, so you’d understand😉
You guys kill me with your stats comments like Brian’s above. I’m not even going to waste my time posting his stats, Brian says. Stats for the most part are a waste of time, unless you break them down and watch tape (I’ve done that with Miller).
I agree D on Gillislee.
I’ve seen RBs establish themselves at least as solid role players later in their careers after they didn’t really live up to their draft status or whatever. Maybe DT3 and/or Pead become one of them. Just do the job you’re asked to do.
DT3 has poor vision, Ben Volin prooved that a few years ago, I don’t think he’ll be much better than what he was in the past, unless Gase can scheme around it. Being an RB without good vision is like a QB that can’t change the play at the LOS.
He doesn’t have great vision, poor is overstated.
Here’s Pead’s college stats and yes he showed to be more than a limited receiver.
http://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/players/isaiah-pead-1.html
Pead is a space player, a poor man’s Reggie Bush. A couple of counter runs and stretch plays and a couple of catches if he makes the roster and dresses on game day. He could be a KR as well. I see him competing with Williams. DT3 may be more like what Steve said, the guy who you ram into the defense when running out the clock as to not wear down Ajayi and Drake when you don’t need too.
I think he’s more of a Gillislee type RB, but has more fight on inside runs. As a backup we just need someone to run it enough that we can continue to run it, instead of passing on every down. With Ajayi, Drake, DT3, and Pead we have 4 Gase types of back, that leaves Damien cut. We may only keep 3, but if someone gets hurt that 4th guy can be resigned, and would know the system.
Mike E. says:
June 23, 2016 at 2:52 pm
Bookman
That was very succinct, and direct. Thanks! LOL
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I was channeling my inner SB7MVP when responding.
Although Steve’s explanation was funnier..LOL
One guy id keep an eye out for is Justin Forsett, Balt may cut him this year if Dixon shows well in training camp. I hear he pretty much would be a target as a roster cut becuse his 3+ mil salary is 0% guaranteed so they would lower thier cap by making a move that would essentially be cutting a backup if Dixon winds up as advertised. He would be a pretty solid addition for us as he is a fairly rounded back able to catch, block and run between the tackles.
Other backs coming in could happen in camp. But I’m not really worried. No team can sustain injuries to #1 and #2 and everything stays the same.
I agree,No need to worry about things that are not predictable unless you just really like to worry. We could be fine with 3 or need 5 just to have a back by end of the season, who knows. I do think however, they might want to add another back, just because according to what i have read there will be a strong commitment to the run so they may want to have decent stable of capable backs. Wont be long before we start to see things take shape and know the answers.
Buffalo and Dallas have too many RBs on their roster as well. Their cuts might be attractive. I would love to have Gillislee back as I think cutting him was one of our biggest personnel mistakes of the Philbin era.
In addition to LeSean, the Bills have Karlos Williams whom I would love to get, Gillislee, Boom Herron, and Jonathan Williams whom they just drafted, meaning they might want to keep him over Mike Gillislee. They also have Big James Wilder, who is as big as a small TE. Unfortunately, he is as slow as a TE also. But do we even want a FB? or a Bruiser back type HB? or will we just use Duarte as an H-back and save a roster spot.
Cespedes!
Tim
I never said Pead was a limited receiver. I said he was a good receiver in college, I said he wasn’t a good pass blocker.
The Cowboys have Zeke whom they plan to run as a bell, I’m sure, but they also have Darren McFadden (I know he’s always hurt.) and Alfred Morris (I know, can’t catch) and Lance Dunbar who is a sneaky fast smaller guy who can hurt a D off the edges, and they also have some guy who looks like a clone of Zeke named Darius Jackson. Same face and body.
But the guy I would want is Rod Smith who is just one year out of Ohio State and his picture is downright frightening. He’s huge (6’3 235), but I don’t know if his 40 time (4.5-4.6) is too slow to bother with. Plus he was kicked out of OSU for a failed drug test. But if you just want a guy on the PS to call in if 2 guys get hurt, he will pound the rock hard for you and wear down a D or play possession..
Naples
The Chiefs have a couple of guys I wouldn’t mind having here if they let one go. They have Jamaal Charles, Charcandrick West, Spencer Ware and Kniles Davis. If they go with 3 instead of 4, I’d take any of the guys they let go.
very true but I doubt they let any of those 4 go anywhere, especially with Charcandrick just having balled out so hard last year and with Jamaal badly hurt. Knile is a fumble risk I hear. Or maybe he can’t catch or block. I forget which. Great pure Running skills though.
btw the Browns are carrying 18 DBs. … incl 2 we had here.
HOLY SHIT Tannehill is on the cover of nfl.com!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! RUNNING. Without a football in his hands.
I haven’t read it, but I bet the article is sarcastic and predicts he “better or else” type thing.
Adam Gase has a history of helping quarterbacks: This is Tannehill’s fourth coordinator in the last four seasons. Mike Holmgren, Joe Philbin and Bill Lazor all struggled to make Tannehill consistent. Philbin reportedly never quite believed in him. Gase was hired in large part by selling himself as a quarterback whisperer that believed in Tannehill’s talent.
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I must’ve missed the Mike Holmgren years 😛
Go look fast before they make them take it down.
Great write Mike E — and that is the big issue with the offense (sorta nice to say that actually)
Man this is bad though: “Isaiah Pead was drafted in the 2nd RD of the 2012 NFL Draft.” he should be pimping for his set for life contract right now.
And if Foster comes here…..my guess is he is right in the mix, or at least will be when completely healthy.
Thanks Stanger. No doubt if Foster is healthy, he would be part of the stable. I’d be surprised if we wouldn’t make him an offer.
Long as he doesn’t go into the guitar shop in Wayne’s World, Jimmy Page can play Stairway to Heaven again.
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Led Zeppelin have won a copyright lawsuit that claimed they had plagiarized the music to their most celebrated song, “Stairway to Heaven.” A Los Angeles jury determined Thursday that the lawyer representing the estate of late guitarist Randy Wolfe, who played with the group Spirit, did not prove that the hard rockers lifted the song’s intro from Spirit’s 1968 instrumental “Taurus.”
I heard about that. I thought it was silly.
The one thing that wasn’t silly is that both bands had played together in the same club before Stairway came out. So I’m not doubting that Zeppelin heard a sound it liked, but you need more than that.
Thanks Naples. Nice article, actually a good one for Tanny
I very much enjoy your articles on this site Mike.
I have read the Tannehill article 5 times now, just makes me tremble to see a national written Dolphins article that doesn’t make fun of ever facet of the team.
every ^
steveccnv says:
June 23, 2016 at 3:15 pm
I say that because he couldn’t run it when we needed him to. He got his big numbers in a few games, then was very inconsistent the rest of the time. He made some huge plays for us, but would be better suited as a complimentary back. They stopped using him at times in 2nd halves, because he wasn’t getting it done.
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No, they stopped using him in the second half because the play calling was horrendous. He averaged 4.6 yards per carry, and 7.6 yard per catch in his career with us, and that was behind some of the worst OL’s in football for those years. If they would have used him MORE, then his meaningless stats would have been even better.
Go look behind the stats, and you’ll see more than 50% of his runs are 1 yard or less. What are you Omar, projecting out his numbers, if he was used more?
We’ll see this year how inconsistent he really is, and if he actually does get 20 carries a game, I doubt it.
Nice article Mike E
My Thoughts:
Daniel Thomas – SQUEEEEEEAAAAAALLLL!
Isiah Pead: SQUEEAL
Damien Williams: Slight Squeal
Kenyon Drake: Part Squeal Part Oink
Jay Ajayi: OINK
Mike, the article I posted questioned Pead’s receiving skills, not you.
Mike’s receiving skills are questionable though…
If you ask Rob, that isn’t what’s questionable 😛
Thanks Naples – Had to run out, it was my younger son’s HS graduation. I appreciate the sentiment
As far as Tanny is concerned, it’s nice to see other people think he can turn the corner besides us homers.
Thanks Piggy
MIKE E.; SPEAKING OF “HOMERS,” the Miami Marlins had TWO of them tonight (from Stanton and Ozuna) as the Fighting Fish beat the Cubbies 4-2 in game one of the SHOWDOWN SERIES IN SOUTH BEACH!! –Chicago loaded the bases in the 9th inning against David Phelps, but the big right hander struck-out ex-Marlin Chris Coughlin then got dangerous Ben Zobrist to fly out to end the ball game.
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ATTENTION Nationals fans; those images you see in your rear view mirror (the Fish and the Mets) may be closer than they seem. I really believe this will be a 3-team race for the title in the National League East Division!! –Can’t wait for tomorrow night’s game!!
WELL IT’S FRIDAY, and I’m going to enjoy my last weekend off for a month THIS WEEKEND!–I plan on watching the remaining 3 games of the SHOWDOWN SERIES IN SOUTH BEACH. Me and Mrs. OD will have breakfast with a group of friends tomorrow morning (a tradition when I’m not working on a given Saturday). -Then, Saturday afternoon, me and my honey will head to the beach area for our fav place for a seafood lunch. Sunday, while my wife is at church praying for her heathen husband, I’ll be mowing the lawn and doing a little yard work between episodes of walking the dogs while it’s still cool in the morning. It’s quite a reward for busting my ass during work hours. – – – Another day in paradise!
Have a great weekend!
Two things:
If Bookman was channeling me he would have said pound cake instead of no. Pound cake means yes BTW.
Is Steve a comedian? because he’s cracking me up this morning.
“Go look behind the stats, and you’ll see more than 50% of his runs are 1 yard or less.”
Aren’t those stats?
Steve, you’re wrong on Miller. Pretty much everything you’ve said about him. Stats and game film both disagree with you. I spent more time on that than I should have. Next time I’ll just post “rock salt.”
You’ll see how the offense operates this year with him gone. You obviously didn’t look behind the stats. Sure they’re stats, but what I’ve been saying for the last 10 years is, you can’t just throw stats out there to backup your point of view, stats by themselves mostly mean nothing. You have to also break them down and the player must pass the eye test.
Miller is a great complimentary back, but he’s no work horse nor every down back, if they start giving him 20 carries a game he won’t last the season.
Enjoy OD! LOL @ “Heathen Husband”
SB
When Steve cites stats, they’re not stats, just words and numbers dialogue
Mike fucksake off 😅
Mike,
When we were in NY last week there was a giant poster of Cespedes that I took a picture of. My wife was like why are you taking a picture of that?
LOL!
I’m shocked GDP isn’t on here pouring salt on the Mets fans wounds. Braves be kicking some Met ass!
SB
Did you go to Brooklyn at all during your NY trip?
steveccnv says:
June 23, 2016 at 8:40 pm
Go look behind the stats, and you’ll see more than 50% of his runs are 1 yard or less. What are you Omar, projecting out his numbers, if he was used more?
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Steve,
If he rushed for a yard or less on 50% of his runs, then tha means the other 50% he rushed for averaged 7 yards. That pretty damn good! Again, don’t discount the fact that our OL was atrocious at times, and he was getting lit up seconds after he recieved the handoff.
And I highly doubt it was 1 yard or less on 50% of his runs.
I looked at lots of games that’s what I found, and I posted it here several months ago.
First day of summer vacation- going to see Sting and Peter Gabriel at Jones Beach tonight!!!
Nice! Have fun!
Mike,
No we didn’t go to Brooklyn. We were pretty much in Midtown and downtown. We weren’t there for long so things to see were pretty limited.
Gotcha – Looks like you skipped Chinatown too. I haven’t been there in so long, but I crave me some Roast Pork Chow Fun at Wo Hop! lol
Duarte is in with the big boys now, done with college at UCLA.. Apparently, he’s a little bigger as well. They asked him to bulk up to 245, and he’s reached that.
Is he 245 now, where did you read that? Didn’t he weigh in at 231 at the combine?
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/sports/miami-dolphins/fl-dolphins-0620-20160623-story.html
Thank you sir!
Stanger, the thing about Led Zeppelin and and the band Spirit is they did play together in the last 60s but Spirit never performed the song Taurus live. They were more of an upbeat band and that song is a really mellow trippy tune. The parts that are similar is a common chord progression and then the rest of the song is not alike.
Spirit was trying to profit off a classic song where their song Taurus would have never been a big hit the way it was constructed. It doesn’t build the same way with the big finale, it lacks the great lyrics and vocals and guitar solo. That’s why they lost the case. It was a reach and a money grab and the court saw through it.
Great info on it — didn’t even know they were a different kind of band……or that Zeppelin never heard the song live. And yeah the court saw it too. Took a while though.
I’m looking forward to seeing what Duarte can do
Same here, he’s one of those mismatch guys. Much like Bobby McCain was a top performer at CB in many of the combine drills, so was Duarte as a TE.
http://www.nfl.com/draft/2016/profiles/thomas-duarte?id=2555483
FARTY FOR DUARTE!
Stanger, here you go and it’s not even the exact chord structure just a similar build. There are notes missing that makes it Stairway to Heaven. But listen to it as an entire song and do you come away saying holy shit that’s exactly like Stairway to Heaven. LOL
Here’s a great look at it. The melody is different. Just the same descending bass line and minor chords.
Obviously not the same song — we know how Stairway goes. Same time, can think why they thought the opening came from their song. Not sure if that is a worthy of a lawsuit. If I use the phrase “dust-filled anal curmudgeon” in a long post when I saw it elsewhere can I be sued?
Here’s an example of what I’m talking about with Miller, first game 2015, first drive.
2nd and 2 at MIA 29
(7:01 – 1st) L.Miller right end to MIA 30 for 1 yard (K.Robinson; D.Ihenacho)
3rd and 1 at MIA 30
(6:21 – 1st) (Shotgun) L.Miller right guard to MIA 30 for no gain (D.Ihenacho, J.Hatcher)
You can’t always put that on him though. How was the blocking? We haven’t been a good short yardage running team for a few years.
I will say there were a lot of times it was on him because when he hit the line, he went off script. It is partially because he was trying to make something happen when there wasnt much to work with, but had he executed the play as designed he probaby gets a yard or 2 more just from momentum. His decision to stop and dance at the line instead of hitting the hole, it did cost us yardage.
That said im not a Miller wasn’t very good guy. I believe he was a pretty solid back with a lot of home run potential, but he isnt always a decisive runner and that second guessing stuff will hurt him in Houston if he doesnt work on it. He could be a great RB, he has all the tools to be so, but he wasnt there yet with us.
I did say you can’t always put that on him though. Not never. 🙂
No you can’t always put that on him Tim, just like when he runs for 80, you can’t put that all on him, but you’re missing the point. What was the % he ran for a first down on 2nd/3rd and less than 3? It wasn’t good. How many times did he run the clock out? How many times on 1st down did he get 3+ yards? We need a running game that compliments the passing game, not feast or famine.
Yeah there is really no way that Spirit has any leg to stand on for their claims.
These are some of the more funny comparisons i have heard used that illustrate thatthese chord patterns are so basic they are found in tons of places.
“Led Zeppelin’s defense, at least in part, has been that that the guitar passage in question is so common that Disney might as well accuse them of lifting it from “Chim Chim Cher-ee.””
There have also been references to similar chord progressions from Renaissance music, from which it sounds like Spirit may have stolen it originally lol.
Like the guy pointed out one chord progression does not a song makes and in the case of Stairway there are layers progressions some ascending some descending woven together so while the chord progressions clearly is comparable, the song itself isn’t.
I also a funny excerpt about Reggae music, saying there is 0 way outside of a massive bong hit to differentiate the drum kit and beat pattern of two reggae songs, so does that mean all of them are in copyright infringement of each other?
Well said.
Here’s an example of how simple and common these progressions are but it’s how you play them that makes the song. There are only 12 notes to work with and only a few common chords that you can then add notes to that expands the phrasings. But most structures are similar, it’s the phrasing and style that makes it different.
Go to 5:29
Shit I meant this.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdrAdcxFB9c
Feeling very sad for my WV friends. Here’s a view of one of the golf courses at the Greenbrier. 😞
bubba watson (@bubbawatson)
6/23/16, 4:30 PM
Hope @The_Greenbrier drys out soon!! #GreenbrierClassic #hole18-17-1 pic.twitter.com/n2HRUTYpw7
I feel for everyone going through this. Stay safe, Herd.
Running for 3rd and 1 out of the shotgun is always fun to see
Yeah that was a blast! LOL
Those idiots are gone, so we shouldn’t have to see that too much, just as a change up.
I still expect to see shotgun counter draws and stretch plays but hopefully we have some traditional inside runs where the back just hits the hole and goes. I hope we see more under center formations. That sets up play-action and bootlegs. RT is good throwing on the move and can run if it’s not there.
RT is good at the play action, that’s why we haven’t seen much of it the past couple of years (those guys were insecure idiots).
Steve, I hear ya on Miller. I personally liked his ability as an offensive weapon. He wasn’t the best grind it out back but he didn’t get a lot of opportunities to be that either – 7, 9 and 11 rushes isn’t enough to establish that.
He’s not a grind it out back, so why would you give it to him 20 times a game? He needs to be a change of pace back, he’s great at that.
https://twitter.com/MDCheer/status/746414319856812032
Dow down 500+ points. Where is UK? Wanna biotch at him.
Besides doing more work with personnel (including evaluating tape of college players), Dolphins special adviser Dan Marino apparently is doing more coaching.
Rookie Brandon Doughty said last week that Marino is “in every meeting” with the team’s quarterbacks, joining assistants Clyde Christensen and Bo Hardegree and occasionally, Adam Gase. Marino also has been hands-on with Doughty.
“He’s been telling me I need to align to my throws, not fall off my throws,” Doughty said. “I’m going to work on that the next five weeks, I guarantee you. I get to talk to him every single day. It’s pretty cool.
“Actually had a flashback; my mom sent me a picture of Halloween of me being Dan Marino. I showed him the other day. Dan has still got it. A lot of teams don’t have a guy like that, with that much knowledge, to pick his mind. We’re in a special spot.”
http://miamiherald.typepad.com/sports-buzz/2016/06/asking-and-answering-on-heat-free-agency-their-preferences-cap-scenarios-marino-news-marlins-richts-.html
Cool!
Dan the Man! SB’s favorite!
Favorite what?
Steve
You don’t have to be a grinder to get 20 carries. There are many around the NFL like that.
Yes, but his body can’t handle that many carries, and the more he gets the less effective he becomes. McFadden is the same type of back, why did they draft Zeke? It was well documented that Miller would frequent the trainers office with lots of soreness after games, the more carries he got, the more soreness he had, that was why he was limited.
Where was this well documented?
It’s called “Steve’s Book of little known but well documented Dolphins Facts”
Available on Amazon now for $14.95
Our beat writers have talked about it when people bitch about Miller’s lack of carries, and I’ve posted it here several times.
Next time I’ll just post “rock salt.”
You know they get that from dehydrating the sweat from my balls!
TMI
Steve
The mystery will be solved with Lamar Miller this season. We’ll find out what he can do, and with how many carries.
when he goes to the probowl after running for 1400 yds and 10 TD’s
Well he has scored 9 and 10 TDs the last two seasons. 1,400 would be 301 more rushing yards than in 2014. He’ll likely have had more carries to do that. If Miller goes beyond 1,500 rushing and 15 TDs it’s gonna hurt a bit.
He’d be really sore after a season like that . . .
You guys will see he’s Darren McFadden, but couldn’t figure it out on your own before hand, because you-ins just look at stats 😛
D. McFadden
ATT 239
AVG 4.6
TD 3
1089
Almost 15 carries a game.
Miller will surely have more TDs. I’d love to have a back like either of these two, but not for $6.5M when they can’t get you a first down when you need it.
I’m so sore. Please stop giving me 10 carries a game. I beg of you. It’s too much more than I can bare.
He went to Houston for exactly that. He and his agent targeted them as a FA landing spot over a year ago. Now he gets to prove it. I will not be surprised if has a big year. I also won’t be surprised if he does there what he did here.
You laugh, but much more is about all he can handle. Watch Houston give it to him 25 times the first week, he’ll get 150 yrds, then the 2nd week he’ll go 8 for 16 yrds.
I assume you guys mean Soar
Soar like a Piggy
I tend to agree that Miller will Soar elsewhere
we fucked up and didn’t use him enough
its behind us now
Well, Fox Sports agrees with you guys, and has us ranked dead last in rushing attacks, but they failed to mention Drake, just that Ajayi is inexperienced and Williams fumbled twice in 59 attempts.
LOL
Lamar Miller dancing at the line being indecisive.
Mike E, why would I come pounce on you Mutt fans just because the shitteist team in the MLB has beat up on the next to shittest team for a few game…..least you guys got a smoke n mirror record above .500….weezy be 13 games back of that phallicy. 😉
Do you dip your balls in there?
If it’s room temperature – yes
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LOL GDP – The Mets are giving me agita every game we play against the Braves. The Mets are just treading water right now. They need to replace the players they lost, and it’s obvious they don’t have suitable replacements either on the roster, or in their farm system
What a crazy ending to the Mets game. Bizarre, and something similar happened just a few days ago.
TIME FOR THE INTERNATIONAL BIG BOYS to finally admit that Rio IS NOT A FIT PLACE FOR THE OLYMPIC GAMES!! – – The final nail in the coffin may have occurred yesterday when WADA, the World Anti-Doping Agency which oversees all drug testing, SUSPENDED the testing agency hired by Brazil for the upcoming Olympics for testing inconsistencies. This particular agency previously was suspended by WADA in 2013 but was conditionally reinstated, providing that certain improvements were made. Well, guess what? –Those improvements WERE NOT MADE!–Money promised by the Brazilian government to upgrade this testing agency IS NOT AVAILABLE!! Hell, that government can’t even clean up the waters around Rio nor can they get some of the venues completed IN TIME for the Olympic Games!! –And, as for SECURITY, forget about that. Rio is coming up well short on that issue, too.
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Then there’s the overwhelming issue of the Zika Virus. Dozens of world class athletes WILL NOT be putting themselves to the risk of Zika, especially since the Rio officials lack sufficient funds to, literally, “Clear the Air” of Zika virus, borne by hordes of mosquitoes. NOW NBC, and many sponsoring corporations, say “the games should go on,” despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary. I say let’s bring some common sense to this issue and suspend/move the Olympics to a country THAT’S ACTUALLY ABLE TO PUT ON THESE GAMES IN AN ORDERLY AND CORRECT FASHION!!
It’s probably a little too late to move from Rio
Rio is a great city
In concept it sounds great
But there have been so many ugly controversies
Maybe models in thongs on the beach will make up for dangerous water😛
The problem with the Olympics in Rio is there really aren’t any precautions you can take to guarantee no one gets the virus, and that’s a problem. It’s also a shame that athletes won’t go, due to the Zika virus. I can’t blame them either.
Actually, Mike, my 2 biggest concerns are 1) Lack of adequate security 2) the collapsing Brazilian economy, which will surely impact the readiness of the Olympic facilities. Throw in the polluted waters and Zika and you have a prescription for disaster. And WHO is going to do the drug testing? Vladimir Putin??
Is Zika actually a real threat or is it like everything that’s been hyped in the last few decades?
Couldn’t tell you, but if I thought catching a disease just being in a certain location was a reality, I’d make sure I didn’t go there.
Wow I didn’t realize Ifo had 244 tackles, broke up 48 passes, pulled down nine interceptions, and forced eight fumbles during his college career. That’s a really productive career. I hope he can make it back. It would be a great comeback story and it would help us.
Mike, while the Mets sputter about the Nats are really helping us losing 6 in a row. 🙂
I think we’re going to sign Reyes today, some time after 1 PM
Yeah it sounds like that’s going to happen.
I think it’s a very smart move. Little risk salary wise, and if he re-energizes his career here, it’s good for the team, and him as well. He’ll play 3B, fill in at 2B and SS, and maybe even play some outfield. Best part is he can give us a true leadoff hitter who can steal bases, which really lengthens the lineup, and gives Granderson a better chance to drive in runs.
Where do you bat Grandy, 2nd or 5th?
Considering the fact that Conforto is slipping away to near the Mendoza line, I’d say 5th.
3B Reyes
SS Cabrera
CF Cespedes
2B Walker
RF Granderson
1B Loney
LF Conforto
C d’Arnaud
Makes sense.
Granderson has 13 HR’s, and 21 RBI’s. That’s ridiculous
Well guys, thanks for all the fascinating reading as usual.
I still hold out a little hope for another comeback by Knowshon or Arian to give us a burst out of the box in Seattle and NE. Wouldn’t that be great if one of them ran for a hundred in each game? Then he could split with Ajayi for a great mid-season one-two punch. Even if he faded some down the stretch due to gettin nicked up and wore out…by that time Drake would be acclimated and could come in fresh and finish off the season and make a big splash in the PLAYOFFS!!!!
btw it’s my 39th wedding anniversary today, so I will be heading out to tropical paradise Marco Island for a surf and turf dinner on the beach overlooking the Gulf of Mexico. Then on to a night club for some live music by a guy frontin a lounge lizard pop band who used to sing with my son’s rock band and finally gettin’ a little wild, dancing at the after party at a pseudo dive bar in the city.
Happy Anniversary! Sounds like a wonderful evening
CONGRATS, Naples!!
Tim
Wow! Mets bringing up Brandon Nimmo, optioning Conforto to Las Vegas.
It’s official, Mets sign Jose Reyes
MIAMI COMES FROM a 4-1 deficit in the 4th inning to beat the Cubbies 9-6, thereby taking a 2-1 lead in THE SOUTH BEACH SHOWDOWN SERIES!! – – Tomorrow, the Marlins ace, Jose Fernandez, takes the mound against Mr. Hamels of the Cubs. Fernandez has a lifetime record of 23-1 (I SHIT YOU NOT) in Marlins Park!!! Game time is a little past 12 noon. I just hope Jose is not TOO AMPED UP for this game!
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This series has shown the strengths and weaknesses of both teams. Miami’s starting pitching is NOT where it needs to be. And Miami surrendered 9 walks and a hit batsman to Chicago in today’s game – – usually a recipe for disaster. But this team plays with grit. And, man, can they ever HIT!! 4 of their starters are hitting over .300, plus Dietrich’s hitting .294, and that’s NOT COUNTING Ichiro’s .347 average when he plays. The loss of top hitter Marcel Ozuna didn’t even slow down the Marlins’ hitting machine today!! –The Cubs perception of invincibility has taken a major hit this past week. They lost 3 straight at home to the Cardinals and are in danger of losing 3 out of 4 to the Fighting Fish. In my opinion, Chicago is NOT the best team right now in the National League. That honor belongs to the San Francisco Giants who, from top to bottom, are the best team in all of baseball (with the Rangers a close second).
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TIM KNIGHT, you also are right. The Nats have done the Mets and the Marlins a HUGE FAVOR by losing 6 straight games. Those who thought Washington would run away and hide with the division crown were a bit premature, don’t you think?? —-GO FISH!!!!!
sb7mvp says:
June 25, 2016 at 11:10 am (Edit)
Is Zika actually a real threat or is it like everything that’s been hyped in the last few decades?
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It’s sounds conspicuously close to “Zima”
It’s probably bs based on that alone
PIGGY; About a month ago neither the Marlins nor the Pirates were willing to play a 2-game series in San Juan. So MLB decided to move that series to Marlins Park. Nobody I know down here in Florida thinks Zika is a hoax.
I’m just being silly OD
FEELING very sorry for all the folks in West Virginia. Herd, we hope you and your family are all safe, high and dry.
Florida doesn’t have a good history of thinking though.
I’m here Stanger, but I voted “remain”, so it’s not my fault.
And yes, Zika is a very real threat, especially to third world regions! (That’s not my fault either!)
My 401k is tanking. Damn British. JKLOL. Well my 401k is tanking
It’s only temporary Ken …… like the 20s depression was?!? 😉
We are unproven at RB which is different than saying we are weak at RB. The problem is we could be weak but just don’t know it.
olddolphan says:
June 25, 2016 at 11:40 pm (Edit)
FEELING very sorry for all the folks in West Virginia. Herd, we hope you and your family are all safe, high and dry.
All my family is fine. I literally live on the top of a mountain, so no flooding issues for me. My mom, sister and I were at the beach this past week and I was watching it all from there. When I got home yesterday evening I started reading the newspaper site about the flooding and the first story I clicked on mentions one of my former coworkers, a friend, was one of the fatalities. She was a great person and a lot of fun. I hadn’t seen her in a while, but would bump into her from time to time and we would always catch up with what was going on. I’m just stunned. She was helping a friend move things up from their basement.
http://www.wvgazettemail.com/news/20160625/friends-family-remember-two-kananwha-county-flood-victims
Sorry to hear that Herd. You’ve had a run of things going badly recently …….. really hope that changes soon
Thanks UK…it has been a really sad month. I’m going to a memorial service today, a friend who had a fairly routine surgery last Tuesday, was discharged from the hospital Wednesday, died from a blood clot on Thursday. These are all people who are my age and relatively healthy. You just don’t expect it. Not that it’s ever easy. 😦
That sucks. Try to stay positive and take a moment to count your blessings to try to give yourself a more positive perspective. Not easy, but ……..
I still hope we get a veteran RB in the group, what do you think about bringing back Reggie Bush? He seemed like a good role model for our RB’s
Role model? –You ARE WRONG. HENNE BREATH! –Reggie Bush is the ONLY Heisman Trophy winner in history who’s had to give back the Heisman Trophy!!
No more skinny, fragile, over-the-hill running backs for me! Especially the ones with questionable ethics.
LOL @ Henne Breath!
He played well when he was here and he was an excellent worker, His injury history is more of a concern than his giving back the Heisman Trophy because he exploited the exploiters.
ukfinfan says:
I’m here Stanger, but I voted “remain”, so it’s not my fault.
And yes, Zika is a very real threat, especially to third world regions! (That’s not my fault either!)
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LOL UK — figured you would be one of the ones with some sense.
Read an article earlier and there are like 4 million people from other EU countries in the UK who are going WTF? right now. Many of them have been there for decades but never applied for citizenship cause the EU deal gave them all they needed anyhow. Only thing they didn’t get was the right to vote……and tell me they wouldn’t have made the difference on the IN/OUT thing.
Cubs and Marlins each have 1 run, 3 hits and no errors after 5 innings. The much anticipated Hamel-Fernandez pitching duel has come to fruition. Marlins playing 2nd game of this series without top home run/rbi producer Marcel Ozuna. AND, they’ve twice left runners on 3rd base! –That could come back to bite them later in this game.
From a Tampa Bucs fansite — Seems they have no clue what they are in for. 🙂
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Apparently, seventeen teams called to inquire about his services after he hit free agency. That’s what his wife Miko Grimes said on ESPN radio. Not just that, but Grimes also said that the Miami Dolphins tried to match the Bucs’ offer, and her husband just didn’t want to go back to Miami — a claim she’s made repeatedly.
Miko Grimes is surprisingly candid, which gives us a view of the inner workings of the NFL we usually don’t get.
THANK GOODNESS FOR INSTANT REPLAY!!! – – TWICE in the 6th inning Miami had to request instant replays of calls botched by the umpires. TWICE the vision impaired umpires were PROVEN WRONG!! WHAT are these OLD FARTS doing on the baseball field?? –Is it against the law to have umpires under 35???? –Rob Manfred’s STILL cleaning up the pile of shit left behind by former used car dealer turned commissioner Bud Selig. Improving the quality of the umpiring should be near the top of his “to do” list!
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Marlins lead 2-1, bottom of the 7th. Jose Fernandez has already struck out 13 Chicago Cubs!!
stangerx says:
June 26, 2016 at 2:34 pm
LOL UK — figured you would be one of the ones with some sense.
Read an article earlier and there are like 4 million people from other EU countries in the UK who are going WTF? right now. Many of them have been there for decades but never applied for citizenship cause the EU deal gave them all they needed anyhow. Only thing they didn’t get was the right to vote……and tell me they wouldn’t have made the difference on the IN/OUT thing.
The whole thing is a clusterfuck.
The tories have a dead-in-the-water leader and are in no rush to appoint a new leader – a leader who needs to negotiate an exit from the EU and “terms” for doing so. Turns out that a referendum is not even legally binding, but I don’t think the Tories will defy the majority.
Half of the labour cabinet have resigned.
The turnout was 72% so about 14m didn’t vote. Most exiters voted for the wrong reason and didn’t expect to win. Most who didn’t vote thought remain would win so didn’t vote. Scotland (the bitch Sturgeon abetted by the bigot and puppetmaster Salmond) will try to leave the UK again. SinnFein called for Ireland to unite. Won’t be long before the Welsh catch on. Will have to change my handle to englishfinafan.
The next dominoes to topple could be Frexit (Le Pen seems to have got a taste for this game) with Italy, Sweden and Spain all possible followers.
We have a chronic skills shortage in the NHS and most of the shortfall is made up by ……. you guessed it …….. EU immigrants. Many of the Brexiters have voted to leave so there will be jobs. Those jobs that were unfilled before because it’s easier for scroungers to sit at home and live off hand-outs from the welfare state.
To say that the future is uncertain would be a HUGE understatement. The only bright spot on the horizon is Trump is going to go home. Good riddance – we have enough clowns of our own!
uk — the whole Brexit thing reminds me of my grandfather talking about his union days during the great depression (great guy but maybe not the sharpest ever). He worked at a factory that made silk stockings and said it was a great paying job….one of the best in town by far.
Then he’d tell about how they went on strike for more, including about he and his boys would get semi-violent about it.
What happened — because of their “vote” by action on that….the factory closed up and the owners re-opened down South somewhere where it was non-union.
He said his next job paid half as much. He had some great stories about keeping up the fight though.
Miami beats the Cubbies 6-1 and takes the SOUTH BEACH SHOWDOWN SERIES 3 games to 1!!–Hats off to Miami’s Jose Fernandez, who now has a 24-1 record at Marlins Park!!–Marlins have tomorrow off before playing Tuesday at Detroit. They hope star slugger Marcel Ozuna will be back in the lineup for that game. He missed the last two with an injured wrist.
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Speaking of injuries, Washington’s Stephen Strasburg was put on the 15-day DL due to a back injury. This is more good news to Mets and Marlins fans. Meanwhile, the Nats have just ONE HIT TODAY as they bat in the 7th inning of a 0-0 game in Milwaukee. A loss by Washington would leave the Mets and Marlins just 2 games back in the NL East.
The Brexit is a great thing! It’s the UK’s Boston Tea Party.
Kudos to all the many voters of courage that are standing up to the NWO if you will. Yes things will be tough for awhile, as the Elitists try every trick in the book to cause more harm & blame it all on the Brexit that is knocking a leg out from under their footstool. They will continue to try and flood the UK with a mass of more muslim immigrants too.
Now the rest of Europe is starting to wake up! Good work guys, the world is watching.
Speaking to ESPN’s Josina Anderson, Johnny Manziel’s father said, “My son is a druggie and he needs help.”
“Hopefully he doesn’t die before he comes to his senses,” said Paul Manziel. “I hate to say it but I hope he goes to jail. I mean, that would be the best place for him.” This isn’t the first time Manziel’s father has publicly pleaded for Johnny to seek help and it probably won’t be the last. Earlier this week, Manziel’s lawyer Bob Hinton accidentally revealed to the Associated Press that he’s seeking a plea deal in his domestic violence case. Things just keep getting worse for Johnny Football.