The Dolphins running back picture is pretty clear as far as the 3 that will definitely make the roster, but not so clear as far as which back will start, and which back will get the lion’s share of carries. Future HOFer Frank Gore has come back home to Miami, and if healthy can still carry the rock to join one of the best RB’s in the NFL the last 4 games of last season Kenyan Drake, as well as rookie draftee Kalen Ballage. Those 3 are in, but one of the other remaining 3, Senorise Perry, Brandon Radcliffe and Buddy Howell. Those 3 will be competing for the final RB roster spot, and at least one of the others should get placed on the PS. So let’s take a look at the competition.
Frank Gore RB – 5’9″ 212
A no doubt future Hall of fame RB, Gore has amassed over 14,000 yards rushing in the NFL as well as 77 rushing TD’s. I don’t expect him to crack 15,000 this season, but he can easily get halfway to 1000 in a RB committee approach I expect us to have here in MIA in ’18. Not only can Gore run, but he’s been an effective receiver his entire career as well. Gore has 443 receptions for 3672 yards and 17 receiving TD’s. Gore has done it all, and for a guy who had 2 knee injuries in college, he has been a picture of longevity with over 3000 NFL carries. He may start early on, and might even get the majority of carries too, but Gase won’t let anyone get burnt out, so don’t expect Gore to have enough carries to break 1000 this season. Gore is a bowling ball, and has always been a reliable short yardage converter, and I would expect him to get his chances in that regard.
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Kenyan Drake RB – 6’1″ 211
Drake really burst on the scene after the trade of Jay Ajayi. Although Drake shared time with Damien Williams at first, it became clear that Drake was the better talent and he earned more carries and opportunities. Considering the fact that Drake was always a 2nd fiddle at Alabama, behind either T.J. Yeldon, or Derrick Henry, it’s understandable why he wasn’t the first choice over Ajayi or even Damien Williams. The talent was always there, but various minor injuries kept him from being the primary ballcarrier. Once he got his chance here in Miami, Drake made the most of it. With just 6 starts, Drake finished up the season with 644 yards rushing on 133 carries for a nice 4.8YPC and 3 TD’s. In addition, Drake caught 32 passes for 239 yards and 1 TD. Drake showed running power as well as home run speed. Both Gore and Drake will get the majority of the carries, but don’t sleep on number 3!
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Kalen Ballage RB – 6’2″ 228
The Dolphins nabbed this big back in the 4th RD of this years draft and I for one was really happy. I read about all the backs, and there were things I liked a lot about a few of them, but those guys were going to be taken in the first couple of rounds, which i knew was unrealistic for us. I think we took a back at the right time with our priorities, and Ballage was one of my favorite mid RD picks. Oft compared to David Johnson, he has the size and physique of Johnson, as well as the speed and the receiving ability. Ballage blasted a 4.46 at the combine, so this big guy can move. He has a lot of work to do to get to being compared with David Johnson statistically in the NFL, but I think he has potential. The fact that he’s a very smooth receiver out of the backfield will endear him to Gase who truly values that. Ballage will definitely find opportunities here in Miami.
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Senorise Perry RB – 6’0″ 210
Perry has been in the NFL since 2014 and has total of 8 carries in 4 years. What Perry does well is play special teams, so already he has a leg up on making the roster. Perry is also a kick returner adding to his special teams value. He played in all 16 games last season in a special teams capacity. Beyond that, he’s not much of a factor.
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Brandon Radcliff RB – 5’9″ 216
Like Senorise Perry, Radcliff played at Louisville. The UDFA joins Miami and a crowded backfield. He was a 3 year starter at Louisville but was a non combine invitee. He did well at his pro day unofficially running between a 4.4-4.5 at 207 lbs, roughly 8-9 lbs lighter than his playing weight at 215-216. Radcliff will have to show some special teams ability if he’s going to steal that last spot, and if he can make the most of his carries in training camp and preseason, he has a shot st steal the last spot.
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Buddy Howell RB – 6’1″ 215
Greg (Buddy) Howell is another non combine invitee. Mr. Howell ran a 4.55 40 at his pro day, apparently he saw Lovey at the finish line. Usually players shed weight for their pro day’s, but Howell was up a few pounds, up to 219. Howell had a decent workload at FAU, rushing for 828 yards and 13 TD’s his junior year. His numbers fell off a bit his senior year, but not bad. Like Perry and Radcliff, Howell will have to show he can play ST’s and do it well to sneak onto the roster.
Finsmob Unleashed 
M13, just like with every team, if over a 3-4 year span if you’re not winning then you didn’t build and or coach the team well. One winning season the first year is over. Last year was a bad season. They have to play well this season or the hour glass gets flipped.
That said, I’d be shocked if were bad. Could we fall short of the playoffs at 8-8 or 9-7, sure, but if the team showed a lot of progress and was competitive they’ll get another season to build on that. But another clunker season, I don’t know. Ross didn’t sign up for that. He mentioned Super Bowls when he hired Gase.
Rockphin says:
June 23, 2018 at 9:30 pm
After you took out the first downs he ran for on first down!!!!!!
Come in man talk about made up stats
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He’s a sub 4.5 scat back, he’s suppose to make those plays, i’m not arguing that he’s not a good 3rd down back catching balls out of the backfield, I’m arguing that he can’t run the ball btwn the tackles on 1st down.
when teams start the game they run the ball like 80% of the time on 1st down, they may get away from that later in the game because they’re behind, It’s not about him breaking a 50 yard run, he has that ability, he had 8 big runs last year and 59 less than 10 yard runs
59 to 8…!!!
we already knew his total YPC
the reason i took the big runs away was to see how efficient he was and where he was leaving us on 2nd down, he ran 59 plays to that effect. sure he made some nice runs in those 59 plays but the end result is not conducive for power running stats.
there’s no rule that says you cant adjust the criteria of stats, the way i did those stats paints the true picture that he’s not a bell cow.
I knew just by watching him he had no business running up the middle, you keep denying this so i broke it down for you to show you the truth and you’re still in denial.
That FO knows where Drake should play.
he’s a good rb, he just doesn’t have the power to move the ball in short yardage,
why the do you think they signed Gore? why was Damein Williams starting over Drake last year?
He’ll probably end up with the most rushes and catches though.
You’re still kind of ignoring the OL play in the run game. They were really inconsistent as we once again had to shuffle it quite a bit. Hopefully we can see a top 5 for awhile. That could make a huge difference.
yes it could Tim, from watching him run the ball, i’m just not convinced
if you have a RB that runs 15 times in a game he has nine 1 yard gains five 2 yard gains and a 81 yard run,….100 yards …WOW!
he’s averaged almost 7 YPC, does that stat tell you he’s a good btwn the tackles RB?
he’s avg 7 yards a carry hell yeah i’ll take that on 1st down everytime.
but that stat does not tell the real story does it?
so if you were to eliminate the big run that paints a better picture of what we’re trying to determine.
Kinda Luke the Brit’s three 200 yard games, Huhh
ORob, we’re also going to pass on every different down, it’s not like we’re going to run on 1st most of the time. The idea is to be balanced and put yourself in 3rd and manageable most of the time, and wait for the big plays. Of course minus runs, sacks, incomplete’s and penalties hurt you, that’s how you end up 3rd and 15 all the time. That has to stop.
penalties are a killer, and you know who had a lot of them? MR Pouncey! when OL struggle they tend to hold
after looking at all the play by play stats they did run the ball early on 1st down quite often Tim
I don’t mind that, but we will pass on 1st too. It’s all about setting up manageable 3rd downs waiting for big plays in between and we have the skill to do that. The coaches have to do a better job with discipline, players too. Cutting down on penalties keeps you in the games. Turning 1st downs into 3rd and long kills you.
Rock, we did the same for Ajayi, we didn’t give him any big runs and his short yardage stats were better than Drakes
Tim, wasn’t Ajayi and Drake running behind the same OL last year?
Yes and both had ups and downs. We were bad on offense for most of the season, only a few okay to good games. Lots of reasons for that though.
13kv, the team has to be competitive where each week you have a chance to win, if we’re 4-8 heading into the 4th quarter of the season, that’s not a good sign. If it’s because we lost a lot of key guys to injury, that’s also not a good sign. I wouldn’t fire anyone regardless of the results this season. But if it was a bad season followed by another non-winning season, something ain’t right.
I don’t expect that though. I do see a team that can be a playoff team, but it’s all gotta come together. We need some good fortune too this year. We’ve paid our blues dues. LOL
“””he’s a good rb, he just doesn’t have the power to move the ball in short yardage,
why the do you think they signed Gore? why was Damein Williams starting over Drake last year?”””
1St & 10 isn’t a short yardage situation
He won’t likely be the 4th & short yardage back (for the most part)
Gore will most likely be that guy (for the most part)
As well as for several individual starts,
And for several two back starts
Damian Williams started over Drake cuz of experience & blocking ability,
As well as not yet knowing what Drake was capable of
Just like whoever started over the Brit for however long before learning of his running and only running abilities..
(For 3 extraordinary games totaling somewhere between 6 – 700 yards)
With 4 to 500 total yards for the other 13 games..
Absolutely loved those 3 ganes and on 4th & short,
Otherwise, nothing special with a ME bad attitude!!!
Did basically Nadda year one & three!!!
However it plays out?? Its fine with me!!!
I Love the probabilities of this current RB trio
Via this OL, QB, TE & WR group!!!
GOFINS!!!
I vote that we start game one, play one in a two back set,
Drakes happy, Gore is happy, The House is HAPPY!!!
GOFINS!!
a lot of the 91 dolphins team is dead
Chuck Klingbeil, a Dolphins defensive tackle from 1991 to 1995, died of unknown causes
Punter Reggie Roby died at 43 from heart problems.
Safety Jarvis Williams was gone at 45 after an acute asthma attack.
guard Harry Galbreath died of a heart attack at 45 in 2010,
Shawn Lee, 44, died of a cardiac arrest.
T.J. Turner, 46, suffered a stroke.
Alfred Oglesby, 42, had a heart attack.
look at the 2nd video down, watch Drakes happy feet, he’s not a direct line run you over RB, his feet are doing their best to avoid contact and find open spaces.
That is not a Bell Cow.
https://www.thephinsider.com/2018/6/22/17491250/90-in-90-miami-dolphins-roster-breakdown-with-gifs-laremy-tunsil
As Tony Montana once said….”Say hello to my little friend”
What we need is a big, fullback type of RB that can get us 3 yards on 1st, he can be average out in the flat catching, the D might bring an 8th man in the box, if he starts averaging 4 yards on 1st down. It’s ok, if our O becomes one demensionable with him in the game, because on 2nd down we’ll always be 2nd and 6 or 7.
Lousaka Polite?
That would work. Why do I feel like in in the Twilight Zone?
“there’s no rule that says you cant adjust the criteria of stats, the way i did…”
Lol@ORob😂! Actually there are rules that say you can’t do that. Statistically speaking.
The object isn’t to get 3-6 yards on 1st down. It is to get as many as you can.
That would skew the stats, or we’d have to throw them out, so…
At least if you are trying to prove effectiveness on 1st down rather than the “power back.”
To me the “power back” is the guy that gets you 1-3 yards when you need them. He’s not a guy who is going to run away from anyone or routinely get chunk yards.
Yeah, that’s why it’s ridiculous we’re even having this convo, this isn’t the ’70s.
The Drake VS Ajayi argument Summed up!
https://twitter.com/AwardsDarwin/status/1010813451676061696
Lol, it doesn’t matter, because our new OL are over 30, so we’ll suck again says the national media. Based on what I’ve heard though, compared to previous years, our OL should be good.
My how the impoverished gray matter posters drift to do their best to prove me wrong.
all i can say is we’ll see who starts.
Just remember…..you heard it first here!
Gase has already done that, based on the type of RBs he has on the roster.
Sounds like Gase has some interesting things in mind for Wilson, and that includes taking handoffs up the gut.
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“He’s a guy that can take a throw behind the line of scrimmage and he can create a 70-yard touchdown.”
“His speed is hard to ignore. We saw first-hand how fast he is and what he can do, how he can stretch the field vertically. When you put the ball in his hands, he makes plays. I don’t think I’ve seen too many wide receivers where a team is actually handing the ball off to him and he’s running between the tackles.”
Full: http://dailydolphin.blog.palmbeachpost.com/2018/06/24/speedy-versatile-receiver-albert-wilson-brings-intrigue-to-miami-dolphins-offense/
Doesn’t matter, if he can’t run between the tackles like a power back he’s useless.
He’s 5’9″ and 200. Not exactly John RIggins, but certainly capable of hitting the hole. But think the WR screen is how they will get him running like an RB on a regular basis.
That’s not how the narrative works, come on Stanger get with the program 🤔
Use the different skill sets we have in unique ways. The more you can do the tougher it is on opposing defenses.
If a tour golfer hits his ball into the gallery it should be like in baseball where you keep the ball.
Balls are personally marked and confirmed by their playing partner, you have to finish the hole with the same ball you started with otherwise it could be deemed lost ball which is stroke and distance or worse if you put another ball in play from a lost ball and hit it you could be DQ’d.
Normally if a pro hits someone in the gallery they give them a signed glove,
I was once hit by a pro…Franklin Langham hit my leg with a ball on the final day at the 17th hole at Doral, he had a big lead on Furyk with 9 holes to play and lost to him.
the ball hitting me was on sportscenter although i didn’t receive a signed glove. I think it was the Doral open 2000
If I had crowds lining the fairways I could bounce it off them and save a few strokes too.
Actually via Sitton/Kilgore we’re a year younger at OL to Bushrod/Pouncey!!
Sitton is ancient! Miami is doomed!
Wtf
I think the OL is actually a good mix of young talent and veteran.
“”””Nineteen years later, with Super Bowl LII as the most recent example, the Patriots’ base 3-4 defense has diminished in usage and importance. The significant majority of snaps (80-90 percent) are now played in sub packages, and for the Patriots, it’s most often their “Big Nickel” grouping, with three safeties, two cornerbacks, two off-the-line linebackers and four defensive linemen.””””
http://www.espn.com/blog/new-england-patriots/post/_/id/4813882/playing-big-nickel-patriots-value-safety-position
Sounds like we have some Big Nickel coming our way. Much as we signed McCain for doubt we use it as much as the Pats though. But then Minkah can play anywhere.
“In Super Bowl LII, the Patriots had their top three safeties — Devin McCourty, Patrick Chung and Duron Harmon — on the field for 63 of 75 defensive snaps.”
“”””It’s the versatile defense that — if played well with good personnel — can match up to any offensive grouping.”””
BB let cat outta bag…
Though he already figured it out,
Gase now knows to watch George Allen’s Redskins/70’s tape,
(If he hadn’t already)…
GOFINS!!!
RASHAD (No wonder he’s long term)
TJ (No wonder why we extended him 3 months before playing a down)
MINKAH (No wonder we got lucky to have him as our 1St pick)
Leads mentor think that Minkah was at worst #2 on our draft board…
Possibly only the #1 overall pick was higher on our board than Minkah ???
And, maybe even that guy with the QB “”IT”” about him might not have been higher on our board???
We may have landed the #1 guy on our o18 Draft Board??
According to what we did via Jones, TMc, & our draft that also includes that (“””4th alternative”””) with
LB Baker!!!
GOFINS!!!
Leads (me too) think
Minkah was a gift from the football gods.
Totally agree
^
Grier said they considered him one of the top 5 or 6 prospects in the draft. I didn’t think he’d make it past #8 because of the QBs.
I thought he was gone in top 10. I actually thought Cleveland at 4 was a probable landing spot
Also Ward over Fitzpatrick at #4. That might be one where people follow their careers to see how they pan out.
Exactly
I think that’s the idea with all the DBs we’ve acquired, to have matchups. We could keep 10-11 as Gase has said you can’t have enough of them.
Back from a convention in Baltimore. I almost did a back flip when I heard Gene Sterratore retired!!–Most of you likely remember when he STOLE a game from Miami when he refused to recognize the Fins’ recovery of a Pittsburgh fumble and, instead, gave the ball to the “stealers,” allowing them to win in Miami during the 2nd or 3rd year of the Ross Era. When it came out that Sterratore’s family was season ticket holders with Pittsburgh, the shit hit the FAN! But Casper Milquetoast Ross refused to kick up a big stink, contrary to what Shula and Robbie would have done had THEY been victimized!!! THAT was the day I KNEW Ross was the wrong owner for the Fins!
Good riddance to Sterratore!!
Ross was a beginner.. Robbie was an NFL staple…
Shula was head of the rules committee for practically his entire head coaching career in Miami!!!
Back then they rarely threw flags at Miami cuz first off they were disciplined, and second cuz the refs feared Shula/head of the rules committee!!!
So of course Ross wisely wasn’t gonna step on toes that early on
Like Robbie/Shula had earned the right to over decades of time!!!
I agree that official was unfair, and I remember (to some extent) that taking place…
But coming to a conclusion about Ross over such is wayyy premature!!
He does everything right, (except when he opens his mouth),
So sweeping that incident under the rug at that point of his first tenure was a wise decision, IMHO!!!
GOFINS!!!
Did Robbie/Shula bitching about a call after a game
EVER reverse an L to a W ??
NO!!!
So along with all the other…
What sense would it have made for NFL newcomer Ross to “”raise a stink””??
NONE!!!
GOFINS!!!
LMAO
I have no idea about the stats of protesting a game after the fact. I’ve never heard of one game ever being overturned after the fact.
Yep.
But let’s blame the owner
LMAO @ER
I must roll with Old Dolfan on this, being this matter needs to have official documentation… particularly being there is a union involved.
Gene Sterratore should have been found guilty of throwing games (or at least influencing the outcomes of games)… but nobody ‘flagged the flag-thrower’, to begin with.
That stated, I’m sure Steve Ross wasn’t trying to step on too many toes as a newbie hobby owner… thus, he didn’t raise a ruckus as his more established predecessors would have… but that doesn’t make it RIGHT.
I’m beginning to see just how CORRUPT sports have become. In the 90s, we saw MLB and the NHL become simps to gambling. And not long after, we all learned that professional boxing was rigged… due to gambling. Not too far after, we all learned that the NBA was rigged… due to gambling.
Is the NFL truly pure, like most think? I think NOT. And now that sports betting is being legalized — state-by-state — it’s only going to go further downhill.
Why the FUCK would ANYONE base ANYTHING coming out of Vegas as real… before the pads even come on in TC? Because it’s fucking RIGGED, that’s why.
America is going the same way as the Italians in Rome (as opposed to their victims in Rome). SAD!
Hey
You can bet anything that involves money is manipulated in some shape or form.
We know the cheats have benefitted in the past, but I wonder, if something has changed. The Eagles had 2 TDs reviewed in the SB, that could’ve be reversed, not that I thought they should’ve been, but I’ve seen them get more favorable calls in the past.
Test
Huh, not allowed to post a link to a another fan blog this morning I guess
Barkley, sowing the seeds, I want to be known as a guy that breaks tackles. Sure enough these idiots in the first preseason game will pick on this and tell us how great he is at breaking tackles.
I’m beginning to see just how CORRUPT sports have become. In the 90s, we saw MLB and the NHL become simps to gambling. And not long after, we all learned that professional boxing was rigged… due to gambling
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it happened long before the 90’s, Arnold Rosthien in the 1919 world series, and how about that fight Ali vs Liston ……it’s clear Sonny Liston took a fall
OD…everytime i watched a football game with steretore as the ref, i would think to myselt, “there’s that cheat’n a-hole” not sure how he got away with that ludicrous call. as for Ross what could he have done about that, the call was made, on to the next play, it was over before Ross had any chance of disputing that call.
Mike, I can’t wait till this RB blog moves on, i hope we get the QB Camp Battle, Ive got some knew stats for passer rating or the lack thereof by Tannehill, i’ts my own criteria, i’m sure everyone will love it!
Probably Wednesday
Oh boy! Can’t wait.
Lol…Statistics by Professor Rob. The New Math.
If he was a cheats fan he would show the stats of Brady’s inability to run, then say we really need a QB that can create big plays with his legs.
Or my favorite, Brady throws to much on first down, here’s the stats of how many times he put us in 2nd 10…
Every time he posts a stat it further proves my point that you can make stats conclude anything you want them to 😉
Mike, I knew that post would bring morons up from their mommies basement LOL 🙂
Says Home Alone pt2
I called it a long time ago, they’ll reduce it to 3 games, we play them week 4.
He “strenuously objects”
Yet he apologized for his actions, that doesn’t at all say to me that he felt like there was a mistake or a problem with how the handling of his tests.
i just wonder what tannehills avg passer rating was in 2016 when we ran more than 20 times vs when we didn’t??
Might be what we see next season or maybe just Charles Harris hoping to see more reps, but thinking “go, go, go” with a bunch of bodies on the DL will be the theme.
“In practice, we’re going hard, we’re going fast. It’s just crazy. There isn’t any drop-off. That’s the biggest thing. We just roll them in, roll them out and shoot. We just keep the pressure, constant pressure, on the offense.
I dont think the corruption in the league or the possible rigging of games has anything to do with one team paying for victories. I think the NFL already has a Cinderella team that will make viewer tune in, or perhaps they wait to find one that palys to their narrative as the season progresses, im not sure if its pre-planned prior to the playoffs or from day one.
What i do know if there seems to be very improbably story lines that emerge as a season goes on every season that make for good drama and those story lines seem to go further into the season and playoffs than reasonable. The 9’ers late season heroics that set up the narrative for this year, the Minnesota Miracle for a Cinderella team running on their 3rd QB who takes them to the playoffs. Philly with their Foles step in and guide them the rest of the way after they lose their pro-bowl bound QB. Pats come from behind wins in previous Superbowls where the team with the lead or able to capture the lead makes some of the dumbest moves ever recorded in the history of football.
Some of those things just scream rigged. To me Its not really to benefit any specific team as much as it is to benefit the brand of the NFL.
+100000000000000000
Though in the case of the Patsies*, they CHEAT.
Really??
Carr #4 ahead of Russell Wilson,
And Stafford, Garroppolo over Ben??
I don’t believe that Carr, Stafford, or Garroppolo are any more talented than our guy, all they have over him is that they exuberantly wear their hearts on their sleeves, IMHO!!!
GARROPPOLO WHY??
Cuz he was the QB of SF’s closing winning streak??
Wasn’t our guy the QB at the helm when Miami won 7 of the last 8 that he played??
Now I don’t believe our guy belongs in the top 10,
But I don’t believe that Carr or Garroppolo do either,
And I think that wherever they should be is in the same ball park as THill!!!
Stafford I’ll give the nod to due to longevity, but I don’t see him very far in front of THill either!!! He had Calvin Johnson all them years to boost his numbers!!!
Parker or Gesicki start winning balls consistently,
And THill could easily be a Stafford, and better than Carr/Garroppolo,
(If he isn’t already), while I know that he’s at least equal to athletically!!
http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000938243/article/tom-brady-aaron-rodgers-lead-nfls-top-quarterbacks-for-2018
C’Mon 17, stay healthy & show’Em what’s up,
GOFINS!!!
The difference is when those guys had it rolling their offense was high powered, when RT did it, our O wasn’t. That’s why I say don’t let the door…Landry. As I feel he held the O back at times, not so much his doing, just made it too easy on our QB to dump it off amidst the heavy rush.
I think that in the short area,
Amendola, Wilson, or Grant will be far more open than 14 ever was which will make it even easier for our QB to dump it under heavy pressure!!!
But those guys will have so much more separation that they won’t be tackled upon the moment of reception, and/or have to bull their way for the few or bunch of extra yards that they’ll cover before coming in contact with a defender!!!
GOFINS!!!
I think the “””just missed”” guys (Ben, Watson, Wentz) belong more than Carr/Garroppolo!!!
I guess the Wentz/Watson injuries have them not in???
Huhh, just read again and realize how/why Carr was #4 ahead of Wilson & others..
His Brother wrote the piece,
No Wonder!!!
RIP Old Man. You were way too opinionated and blunt, but you were smart and fun….. made you interesting. Wish you’d been on the board.
http://static-20.sinclairstoryline.com/resources/media/98319475-e1c8-4543-8d88-dedab7a12ee5-large16x9_1280x720_80625P00QZKJO.jpg?
I give up….. it is the guy from Pawn Stars.
Link worked, just have to click it. Also i think if ya trimmed off the ? it would have posted. Ill give that a try and see.
Yep thats what it was.
Thanks D. Getting the link out isn’t hard, but a certain art that I am bad at to get the pic to post.
I heard a cool story about Tim Bowens on the radio this morning and thought I’d share it because some of us were talking about him a few weeks ago.
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Sage Rosenfels is on KFAN out of Minneapolis because of his Vikings connection. He said when he was with Miami Tim Bowens was known for never working out during the off-season. He said when he was with the Dolphins, they were doing their preseason check ins that included a bunch of physical tests….one of which was the bench press. He said Bowens….who he said he never saw work out during the season either….got on the bench and did 10 reps of 415 pounds, asked the current strength coach if that was good enough and left. Fricking amazing. TimBo was monster strong.
LOL, awesome!
If he did 10 reps of 415, he was working out some time, maybe not in organized team things or at the team facilities, but no way he maintained that level of strength without doing something. You can be naturally strong, and you can gain strength faster than others but you cant maintain it without putting some sort of effort towars it, especially that level of strength.
Incidentally, when i first found out some of the life particulars about OD, and before i ever saw a picture of him at the fests, the old man, Rishard Harrison, is kinda how i had him pictured lol.
Richard Harrison i meant
Not so far off D, even if OD is younger. Same kind of business stuff too.
In other words he’s guilty as fuck, just trying to squeak by on a technicality.
“””””Some teams were telling me they were looking at me as a hybrid safety and Kam Chancellor is a guy that a lot of people compare me to,” Collins said. “As I was getting ready for the draft, I spent a lot of time looking at some of his film and that’s when I started seeing similarities myself. Seeing some of the ways that Kam played, I can definitely see the similarities.”
Collins, however, said his favorite player growing up was Ray Lewis.
In describing his style, Collins said simply: “I like to run and hit. I like to run and hit.””””
http://m.miamidolphins.com/s/30855/269?itemUri=837436073/091214696115570111281112048
At 6-1, 230 Cayson Collins has 7 plus pounds on all our Safties, (1 inch shy of TMc),
At LB, only Baker is lighter & (plus one inch to Hull/Poling)
Maybe he is both (for depth) in Miami ??
GOFINS!!!
Collins & Baker “””plus one inch to Hull/Poling”””
ocalarob says:
June 25, 2018 at 10:08 am
Mike, I knew that post would bring morons up from their mommies basement LOL 🙂
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Bless your heart – You are doing the best you can with what you got aren’t you?
Are you calling him Spec ial?
In the most southern of ways.
D -Don’t ruin the legend of Tim Bowens. C’mon, he was just a beast. Leave it at that
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https://twitter.com/Suttonlacesout/status/1011327606287994880
It’s a quick beginning of Ballage pass completion,
But I won’t think it’s the WC
His back is to us (at first mili-second) of him
As if he caught a backwards pass from the QB
Then he spins around to face us, and throws the pass
Flea-Flicker I believe, while I know WE WILL seed Ballage in my he Wild -Cat!!!
Nice pass though, better than Ronnie ever threw while RB wasn’t even a b/t/T’s RB as our starter for however many years…
GOFINS!!!
Wyo – That is some strange shit right there
I’m gonna say I’m excited about the potential of this team. I don’t see glaring weaknesses on this team. Coming together as a team is key. Go team, go Phins!!!!
This is our time of year! LOL
GO PHINS
Mike E. says:
June 25, 2018 at 11:22 am
He “strenuously objects”
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Here!
I’m going to post this for everyone!
Please Save for future use!!!!!
We are going to have the SPACE FORCE separate but equal from the Air Force. Woooo hooooo!
Wyoming, are the ?? for the last item on that list?
Nope!
They were for the whole article!!!!!
I think Sutton may be longing to come out of the closet.
Woww, Steretore is the 4th official to retire this off-season…
“”””””Steratore followed fellow referees Ed Hochuli, Jeff Triplette and Terry McAulay into retirement.””””
Probably figure too many rule changes that are different than what’s implanted in their brains…
Hopefully the new breed wil let’Em play some football, and not out to see their face on the Jumbo-Tron…
Howard recorded the first two interceptions of his career against Denver, then followed with two more against Tom Brady and the Patriots, which was even more impressive in two ways:
1. He’s the first Dolphin with multiple interceptions in consecutive games.
2. He played the Patriots game while puking his guts out on the sideline because of the flu. “I thought he was going to die,” said safety Walt Aikens, who should know because, in his words, “I was in the splash zone.”
http://dailydolphin.blog.palmbeachpost.com/2018/06/25/when-youre-hot-xavien-howard-trending-straight-up-for-miami-dolphins-secondary/
Those four refs are the very four I’d personally consider the most, what’s the right word, corrupt? That isn’t right I don’t know enough to say that, bought maybe they were “conducting” someone’s business. I don’t know but my guess is someone threatened to talk unless they walked. I find it odd that the 4 most prominent refs in football all decide simultaneously to pack it in.
Question will be is this good for the game? Is there a change under way and an ushering in of a new group of “top” teams. Maybe I’m just imagining a conspiracy.
Triplette was working the final (or week 16) Miami game,
And he was literally laughing the entire game beginning to end..
Think we had somewhere near 100 yards in penalties
I was sooo pissed off at him for laughing every time he announced the penalty, I’m like dude totally unprofessional, man I was pissed!!!
Fins had fricken 14 for 145 and Triplette wad literally laughing the whole game…. Buff had 45 in penalties (in Miami)..
Guess I’m like OD cept different
I was happy as F with Triplette retired
Cuz I was still and probably would have remained annoyed with him for rubbing those penalties in my face!!!
Mann, I’d a ring his neck if he were within reach!!!
EWWW I was angry!!! Game didn’t even mean nothing, but he pushed my button!!!
http://www.nfl.com/gamecenter/2017123104/2017/REG17/bills@dolphins/stats
Probably video above of him laughing somewhere in the HIGHLIGHTS of flag throwing!!!
Those guys seemed to always be in the middle of some of the most outrageous and messed up calls.
That’s what I’ve been hearing for 3 years. Keep em uninformed and compliant.
You don’t like values???????
Or just ones that differ from yours???
Lol @ the refs. Yep.
Nothing like weekend warrior referees for a billion dollar sport
ON THIS REFEREE ISSUE:
Someone on this board said, in effect, “after the play is over (and the BAD CALL), there’s NOTHING you can do about it. Complaining is a waste of time.”
THAT person could NOT be more wrong!!!
After the play, and game, were over, DON SHULA would make a report to the media about the vital mistake that cost his team the game. THEN he’d send tapes and photos to league headquarters that backed up his claim. As head of the NFL’s competition committee (which oversaw officials’ game performance) he’d see to it that biased, incompetent, officials WERE NOT rehired for the following season. On occasion, he’d even ask the league NOT to assign certain referees to any more Dolphin games. His “requests’ usually were honored. On at least one occasion, SHULA told an official “We’ve got one camera ON YOU the entire game. If you screw up, Rozelle will have a copy of it the next day!!!!!” It’s NO COINCIDENCE that, in most seasons, the Dolphins were among the least penalized teams in the NFL!!!
That’s directly opposite of what the current Casper Milquetoast regime does. In fact, I am not aware of anything substantive that Ross’s employees do to maximize Miami’s chances in getting a fair deal from NFL officials. Indeed, these officials seem too busy kissing Bob Kraft’s ASS to have any concern for Miami!! And it shows!! Miami is among the more penalized teams in most recent seasons. And Steve Ross continues to fiddle while season ticket holders continue to burn!
The Dolphins need an activist, knowledgeable, owner who takes a keen interest in hiring the best people for every job the franchise offers. That process SHOULD START WITH A NEW OWNER!
Don Shula was head of the officiating committee, which had nothing to do with owners Joe Robbie or Wayne Huizenga. Sounds like you want an owner who is going to run the team like Jerry Jones.
Still accomplished nothing. Add in that it isn’t the 70s anymore and you now receive fines.
There are 100s of cameras on every play nowadays……
I agree with this up until the last sentence, but the team has to start winning before they get favorable/equal calls. Shula had good teams, so not only did they listen they took action.
I remember when we no longer had our head coach on the rules committee, and the beat writers made a big deal about it.
Something is definitely going on at the top of the referee board, and I like it. Maybe Goodell is doing an about face and trying to make a name for himself as the one that took the corruption out of the NFL. Maybe the owners have requested this.
The reason Shula and the Dolphins were the least penalized team was due to shula’s discipline, a well coached team.
^
One time Nick Buoniconti and Manny Fernendez put a 3 ft Alligator in Shulas shower!
One time….I think it was Csonka….came into the coaches office telling him what they should do against a certain team,
Shula asked Csonka…..”why does a horse shit round balls and a cow shit patties”???
Csonka replied, “i don’t know…??
Shula replied ” Just what i thought! you don’t know SHIT!”
LMAO — that’s a good one. Gonna use it. And just told the wife to make sure not on her when the chance comes up…. no win in that one.
Good stuff Rob – That straightened him out perty good
Heard the other stuff before, but the horse shot one brought tears to my eyes.
Ha, Parcels used that same line on Sporano when at Dallas cuz Sporano got pissed about not being considered for a higher position
“”You don’t no nothing about shit”””
Josh Sitton recently became co-owner of Perfect Plain Brewing Company in Pensacola. Was already taking a liking to him…. and man loves his beer too, but then what proper guard does not.
Is this thing on?
Only on the West Coast.
Everyone is eagerly awaiting the Camp Battles – QB article. 🙂
LeVeon Bell wants $17M a year for his new contract. He had just over 1900 yards from scrimmage and 11 TDs.
Drake’s last 6 games produced similar scrimmage yards, calculated out for 16 games. I hate that calculating out shit, but either Drake is pretty good or Bell isn’t worth $17M.
In a vacuum, meaning if a RB’s shelf life or injury likelihood didn’t count, he should be the highest paid offensive player that’s not a QB
Agreed Mike E
He should regardless at least be making AB money.
ER – He should, but they’re gonna try like hell not to.
About my least valued opinion it that of Keyshawn Johnson, but still not be taking Jameis Winston as my back-up FF QB.
“When I saw the report I thought, ‘Man, you just can’t stay out of trouble.’ And there’s something – and I’m not a doctor, nor do I plan on being – but there’s something wrong with you. If this is in fact true, the fact that you keep coming up with some type of sexual behavioral problems towards women, there’s something wrong mentally. I don’t care what anyone says. There’s something wrong.”
he’s right! Anyone who would stand up on a table in the student union and yell “I FUCKED HER! I FUCKED HER RIGHT IN THE PUSSY” is a piece of shit.
Who does he think he is Donald Trump? You Mr. Winston are not famous enough to grab them right by the pussy and get away with it.
doldrums of summer. 5 hours between posts. IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY not the middle of the night!
You haven’t got how it runs now? In the old days work hours were the prime time. Now it is the evening. Maybe a whole lot of companies are cutting down on social media access or perhaps our crew is more dedicated to work. 🙂
well, I was busy all day until 4:30 so I wasn’t increasing the traffic either.
And here I was thinking your work day was over at 4:20……my bad. 🙂
Wow, that post by MF13 about the run stopping is helasurprising! The Dolphins were near the top? It seemed like we should have been near the bottom based upon us not being able to get off the field. Perhaps they were just REALLY REALLY bad at stopping long down and distance plays?
either Drake is pretty good or Bell isn’t worth $17M.
The latter! There isn’t a running back EVER worth 17m per year! That is stupid and he should never get it (or anyone else! that is QB money)
He had over 300 rushes and caught 85 balls. That’s a huge workload and big numbers. He’s a WR and a RB….
Exactly ER – He’s basically giving you the production of 2 players
Only RB I can think of that gives you more production is Todd Gurley
Or David Johnson
OJ Simpson
Chris Johnson
TERRELL DAVIS
BARRY SANDERS
JAMAL LEWIS,
ADRIAN PETERSON
ERIC DICKERSON
Each RAN for over 2000 yards in a season, forget about “all purpose” yards. Bell is not on that level. (IMO) RB’s are not worth 85mil contracts!
Disagreed! This is the new prototype for an elite RB. Run for 1000+ yards and get another 600-100 receiving, along with 10-20 TD’s
^ 600-1000
I’d be happy if Drake rushed for 1,000 and had 500 receiving with 8-10 total TDs.
Me too Tim – That would be fantastic
I figure Gore will probably have 5 TD’s or more just from near the goal line carries
If he does along with those Drake numbers that would mean good things are happening on offense. 🙂
Yeah, no question. Not sure they can actually put up those types of numbers, but it would be great
That’s the thing about this offseason, there is a lot of new and we really have no idea what kind of team we have. Both sides of the ball. Rookie Kickers as well.
Those are all old RBs…..
Bell is a legit dual threat.
IMO with the rules and defense at disadvantage, I’d say big WR numbers aren’t what they used to be either and they arent worth the big money.
RBs have a small window to make their money and I think they should as they take the most poo punishment
I know it’s crazy, RBs getting all that poo thrown at them. It’s obscene. LOL
Tim – Sandy Alderson is taking leave from his GM position due to health reasons. It’s likely he doesn’t return. That opens up it up for a new GM going forward, and one that they can trust to have a plan, hopefully including trading deGrom to start the rebuild
Synchronized swimming?
May as well be, except it seems like they’re drowning
It’s time to rebuild. It’s also time to start playing younger players.
I saw a guy on one of these gender reveal videos, he had a bat and had one job – hit the ball. He took a pitch and it went past and hit someone in the face. How the hell arr you going to take a pitch? What a dumbass. It was high, oy.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/sports/miami-dolphins/fl-sp-dolphins-kelly-column-20180626-story.html
Huh, moderate. I agree.
Huh
June 26, 2018 at 5:21 pm
I’d be happy if Drake rushed for 1,000 and had 500 receiving with 8-10 total TDs.
Mike E. says:
June 26, 2018 at 5:23 pm
Me too Tim – That would be fantastic
I would love that as well but I wouldn’t pay him $17 million a year to do
Chris Johnson had over 2500 all purpose yards in 09 and 16 TDs. The Titans should have run out and giving him a $20 million per year contract right?
I will save you the trouble of answering.
NO
And neither should Bell get such a stupid contract.
He did that once Rock, and then he fell back quite a bit from that. I don’t think we’re going to see another 2000 yard rusher, but getting near 2000 yards combined it exceptional.
https://media1.tenor.com/images/7948b309a51a5d9cd058d65620721d4b/tenor.gif?itemid=5488020
Take that you running back!!
Take that
Damn, right on target in short area to #14
NFL QB??
Rockphin says:
June 26, 2018 at 4:37 pm
Wow, that post by MF13 about the run stopping is helasurprising! The Dolphins were near the top? It seemed like we should have been near the bottom based upon us not being able to get off the field. Perhaps they were just REALLY REALLY bad at stopping long down and distance plays?
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That surprised me as well, Rockphin. I would imagine (off the cuff and without reviewing the plays) that we went with GL (or “BIG”) personnel in many of those sits.
Just remember, we don’t have Suh any longer. I think we’ll likely regress in this stat come this year… unless Jordan Phillips becomes a consistent FORCE.
I truly believe that if Phillips finally emerges like we’ve been expecting him to, we may not miss Suh as much as many think. And if Raekwon McMillan is as good as advertised, he’s going to be a great asset in stopping the run.
It’s not just Phillips, it’s the other 3 DTs we’ll likely keep as well. Remember we’re going to rotate a lot of guys on the DL They all have to play the run.
MF13 I think you hit on it. We were good at 3rd or 4th down and short stops (even then we stopped them less than half the time) but I think that has a lot to do with LB play. We have had bad LB play for years. Hopefully that is being fixed or at least is trending. The 7 may player better as a unit even with a player of great talent being gone.
“””Top 10 2018 RB Rookies Forecast””””
I see more, but
Hey, Hey, at least our guy got mention 😱
Ballage
“””””Projected 2018 stats: 115 yards rushing; 1 rushing TD; 9 receptions; 68 yards receiving; 0 receiving TDs
ESPN reporter Mike Rodak: Weighing 228 pounds and having run a 4.46-second 40-yard dash at the NFL combine, Ballage checks all the boxes from a size and athletic-ability standpoint. He fell to the fourth round in part because of his lack of top-level production at Arizona State, where he split carries. He will face a similar obstacle as a rookie in Miami behind the ascending Kenyan Drake and the ageless Frank Gore, so it is difficult to project Ballage making significant contributions in his first NFL season. His best path to playing time will be Gore showing enough signs of decline at 35 for Ballage to receive the short-yardage reps that might otherwise be allocated to Gore.””””
http://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/23671886/2018-nfl-stat-projections-top-10-rookie-running-backs
GOFINS!!!
It’s impossible to predict. One injury, even if it’s just for a couple of games can get him a lot more action. I think he’ll have more action than they think.
Shhhhhhh no Dolphins will be harmed during the filming of this season.
I was Jus glad that he got mentioned
😏 seeing how we’re gonna be so horrible,
Times the other 52, LOL
GOFINS!!!
Tim Knight says:
June 26, 2018 at 7:30 pm
It’s not just Phillips, it’s the other 3 DTs we’ll likely keep as well. Remember we’re going to rotate a lot of guys on the DL They all have to play the run.
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I don’t disagree, I’m just sayin’ that Phillips is likely to become the primary focus of containment for opposing O-Lines now that Suh is gone… the man is a mountain at 6’6″, 333… and FAST for a guy that size.
Keep in mind that I’m talking to Rockphin about our 3rd and 4th downs on short yardage sits… not for every down and distance sits.
Jenkins hasn’t been at that residence in 2 weeks!
And the guy was living there!
The reason you don’t give an RB that kind of money is they’re a dime a dozen. What did Bell do against the Cheats? Pitt cant best the cheats, so paying Bell is ridiculous.
Ridiculous is paying a slot WR 15M
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https://mshealthandfitness.com/2018/kellie-blake
I voted!
She’s beautiful, and fit. Good luck to her.
Thanks Son!
I voted too.
I think I voted?
My wife does cross fit!
Does she need votes too?
son of a son of a shula says:
June 26, 2018 at 10:18 pm
Does she need votes too?
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Nope!
But you better hope she doesn’t ever want to kick our old ass’s!!!!!!!!!
I’ll be nothing but a gentleman if I meet her
Quite the 23 day chain of events !!!
“””””Placed the franchise tag on Jarvis Landry (Feb. 20) … Re-signed Jarvis Landry to a one-year contract (March 8) … Traded Jarvis Landry to the Cleveland Browns for a 2018 fourth-round pick and a 2019 seventh-round pick (March 14) … Signed Danny Amendola and Albert Wilson as unrestricted free agents (March 15)””””
And quite the two for one landfall, ( ONE DAYY ) post 14
Almost like it had been in the works to fall as it did (via the FA clock) forr many, many months ; )))
GOFINS!!!
AND BALLAGE with that 4th to make it THREE FOR one on the O side!!!
LOVE – IT MORE AND MORE EVERYTIME!!!
Right there with you.
Every time Landry started dancing around the field after a play, sometimes drawing a penalty, I was thinking it’s about time for him to go.
Yea it was cool at first but got old fast!!!
Man, when he catches a completion from Baker Mayfield
It gonna be like the dance scenes from footloose,
With one or the other spinning the other around on the tip of his finger like a frisbee…
I wanted Baker baddd, but I must confess,
The potential above scenario had me somewhat questioning whether or not it’d be advisable…
I figured from the get go that the Browns would be stupid not to take Baker, while I was hoping they would at #1, (if we couldn’t have him), I just wanted him not to land in the East!!
And Yea what you said below,
I absolutely hated the unnecessary one handed
“”look at me”” BS!!!
GOFINS!!!
Herd – I voted
I think the discipline of the teams now days is the change in culture/character of the people playing the game. There are still old school players but for the most part its a bunch of spoiled kids playing this game for the money of it.
What Landry a spoiled kid? How many times did he atte.pt a 1 handed catch, when he could’ve caught it with 2? That screams look at me.