Gundermerikan
03-23-2011, 05:26 PM
We’re going to continue to run the football because that’s my nature. That might not be popular with everybody, but that’s what I like to do. So we’re going to continue to run the football.
The ignition switch to new offensive coordinator Brian Daboll’s attack will be found at the handoff. The only problem with that is Ricky Williams and Ronnie Brown -- the twin threats, primary ball carriers, and Miami’s best playmakers the past five years -- aren't signed. Are they even part of the conversation? Sparano continues,
I don’t want to talk too much about those two guys not under contract right now. From our end, the guys we can talk about are Lex Hilliard and Kory Sheets... It’s going to be a position we’re going to have to address one way or the other. When I say one way or the other, obviously that’s through the draft or free agency that we address it. We’re going to have to do that. We have plans to go forth accordingly with whatever comes first.
Truth is the Dolphins have never been keen on paying Brown ever since he signed his rookie contract. They never made a strong, serious effort to get #23 to sign a second deal.
The truth is #34 will be 34 years old in May, and a run-first team needs at least one special running back. The fact is a run-first team needs two backs and one of them better have some speed to threaten a 75-yd run now and then.
I'd like those two guys to complement each other a little differently in the big picture, but you don’t always have that luxury… we don’t hold those pieces right now.
Fins ranked No. 21 in run offense last season. A passing team such as Green Bay or NO or Indy can get away with it. But a running team like the Dolphins must be more efficient. So what was wrong with our running game in 2010? Sparano numbers three general things,
Second-level blocking from everyone downfield, including WRs, was not good enough.
The running backs were not good enough at either breaking tackles or making defenders miss.
There were the mental mistakes from some guy or another on far too many plays.
The running game is a ballet. It needs to be synchronized. It doesn’t work if even one thing is going wrong from play to play. Sparano sometimes changed things along the OL, looking for answers. RG was often a revolving door that dropped one player off and picked another up. Probably too much switching.
There's too much uncertainty about the entire game to be very comfortable, but this much I know: Don’t invest in Ronnie Brown or Ricky Williams jerseys this offseason. Taken from http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/03/23/v-print/2128929/miami-dolphins-remain-committed.html
The ignition switch to new offensive coordinator Brian Daboll’s attack will be found at the handoff. The only problem with that is Ricky Williams and Ronnie Brown -- the twin threats, primary ball carriers, and Miami’s best playmakers the past five years -- aren't signed. Are they even part of the conversation? Sparano continues,
I don’t want to talk too much about those two guys not under contract right now. From our end, the guys we can talk about are Lex Hilliard and Kory Sheets... It’s going to be a position we’re going to have to address one way or the other. When I say one way or the other, obviously that’s through the draft or free agency that we address it. We’re going to have to do that. We have plans to go forth accordingly with whatever comes first.
Truth is the Dolphins have never been keen on paying Brown ever since he signed his rookie contract. They never made a strong, serious effort to get #23 to sign a second deal.
The truth is #34 will be 34 years old in May, and a run-first team needs at least one special running back. The fact is a run-first team needs two backs and one of them better have some speed to threaten a 75-yd run now and then.
I'd like those two guys to complement each other a little differently in the big picture, but you don’t always have that luxury… we don’t hold those pieces right now.
Fins ranked No. 21 in run offense last season. A passing team such as Green Bay or NO or Indy can get away with it. But a running team like the Dolphins must be more efficient. So what was wrong with our running game in 2010? Sparano numbers three general things,
Second-level blocking from everyone downfield, including WRs, was not good enough.
The running backs were not good enough at either breaking tackles or making defenders miss.
There were the mental mistakes from some guy or another on far too many plays.
The running game is a ballet. It needs to be synchronized. It doesn’t work if even one thing is going wrong from play to play. Sparano sometimes changed things along the OL, looking for answers. RG was often a revolving door that dropped one player off and picked another up. Probably too much switching.
There's too much uncertainty about the entire game to be very comfortable, but this much I know: Don’t invest in Ronnie Brown or Ricky Williams jerseys this offseason. Taken from http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/03/23/v-print/2128929/miami-dolphins-remain-committed.html