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Dolphins News: RB Ron Moore Signed
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*** DOLPHINS NEWS ***
Sep 30, 1998: -- RB Ron Moore Signed --

The Dolphins signed running back Ron Moore to the active roster today, waiving cornerback Raphael Ball to make room. Moore is entering his 6th year in the league, having been originally drafted by the Cardinals in the 4th round of the 1993 draft.

During his rookie year with the Cardinals, he had a very good season, starting 11 games for them and finishing the year with 1018 yards on 263 carries for a 3.9 ypc average. He also scored 9 rushing touchdowns that year. He started every game for the Cardinals in 1994, but his numbers went down and he only averaged 3.4 ypc and scored 4 touchdowns.

In 95, he was traded to the Jets, along with some draft picks, for Rob Moore. While he was in New York, he did virtually nothing for them, starting only 4 games in 2 years. Last year, he went back to the Cardinals, where he started 4 games, but only averaged 3.4 ypc and was cut at the end of last season and cut again this summer out of their training camp.

At 5'10" and 225 pounds, Moore is a little bowling ball type of runner. He played his college football at Pittsburgh State, where he gained 2,585 yards as a senior and was named a consensus All-American in division II.

Also in the news, the Dolphins terminated the contracts of CB Terry Billups and RB James Bostic from the practice squad and re-signed OT Matt Reem to the practice squad.

My Comments:

The only reason I can think of for the the Dolphins to sign a running back at this point is as a backup fullback for Stanley Pritchett and perhaps a short-yardage specialist to run over some linebackers. Moore is a good sized back and does have 5 years of experience in the league.

Still, my immediate reaction to this signing is summarized by the phrase "huh?".

I really don't know what JJ's thinking. Moore is not going to start and he might not even play. There is no mention anywhere that I could find that he has experience on special teams that might be valuable. Moore had a fine rookie year, but that was 5 years ago and it's been all downhill ever since.

I suppose that JJ might also want him for a blocking back, but Moore's career has been mostly carrying the ball.

Well, I suppose that the month wouldn't be complete if JJ didn't make at least one signing that caused me to go "huh?" and scratch my head in wonder. This is this month's mystery signing.

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