Poll

Do you think Miami will have a top 5 rushing offense this year?

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18 votes were received.

Yes	9		50%
No	4		22%
Maybe top 10	5		28%

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I believe if our o-line can stay healthy this year the Dolphins can have the number one rushing attack in the NFL.

Problem is... that is a BIG IF.

Smiley, Grove and Thomas are all injury concerns.

Smiley was considered to be our best lineman last year before he got hurt.

Grove has a rep for being able to go one on one with the biggest NT's in the league. He has struggled a bit but should get on track as he showed vs Carolina.

Thomas is a RG in the mold of Steve Hutchinson. Although Hutch played on the left side he is widely considered the best guard in the league. DT is so young and so powerful. The sky is the limit if he can stay on the field.

Sparano is quickly building an ambidextrous offensive line. One that can run to the left as easy as it runs to the right.

Ronnie is back in the form that had him leading the league in rushing and yards from scrimmage in 07. He was dominant until he got hurt and you can't blame him for the injury. It happened while making a tackle after an int (just like Camarillo's).

No reason why we can't lead the league this year. I think Chad will throw the ball less this year because of a much improved rushing attack. His numbers may go down but our overall yardage and time of possession may go up.

Throw in the mix a new rushing threat for the new look Wildcat and Spread offense with White and it will only add to the total.

We have 3 big play running backs and may have the deepest RB postion in the league. Williams is not what he used to be but can still break the big one. Cobbs continually surprised people and is a threat in the passing game as well.

Add in Lex Hilliard and we have a very good insurance policy to protect against injury.

Ronnie is supposed to see more balls thrown his way this season and he is a very good receiver.

Our depth is better this year as we can see by the release of two former emergency starters. Berger, Frye and Murphy are better than what we had last year.

I can't wait until the phins come to my town this week. The 3rd game will have the starters playing more than any other preseason game. The starters should play the entire first half and maybe into the second half with the possibility that Henne will see action with starters after the half.

Tampa is not a good team right now. I predict a blowout in the first three quarters with TB getting some points in garbage time.

National TV on Thursday!

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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 08/24/2009 06:26PM by eesti.

I think the Pat White factor is going to help that.

How did I know you would say that?

I think Pat White will have about 300 yards rushing, 300 yards passing, 2 Rushing TD's and 3 passing Td's.

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Carolina no, because they will have to pass more, since beasly is gone.

Pat WHITE 438 yards rushing, 375 yards passing, 4 Rtd's 5 passing td's.

Carolina has the best o-line in football. They are a Top 2 or 3 rushing team.

Losing a MLB means you pass the ball more??? Jesus christ thats some logic

I don't see a greatly improved rushing attack. Grove and Smiley played better this week, but it's preseason. We got rid of Satele not because he didn't play adequately againsts average lines, but because we wanted Grove (the 30 mil dollar man) to be competetive with the best out there. Is he?

It's a head scratcher that we've invested this fortune on the O line, Long, Carey, Grove in the middle, and we're not blowing open holes. Thank god for Thomas, because he's who we're running behind.

I think we'll continue to see dump passes to Ronnie, and wildcat stuff in order to move the ball, because coaches are not going to see the big chuck of run yardage they're looking for on 1st or 2nd down.

I'm hoping Ginn has a breakout year. So far they've kept him under wraps in preseason, but if he can catch a few 15 yarders each game then that will help open up the run.

I think we'll be up there, but not top 5. The Wildcat and the spread offense with White will give us amble opportunities to rush the ball. Question is, how many people will be carrying it and will Ronnie get 1000 yards?

If our offensive line stays healthy then we will be up there. I watched the game 3 times and focused on Donald Thomas a whole lot. The guy is awesome.

Ok Donald Thomas, we cant just run behind him, or HELLO every team will stack there D to defend agaisnt the run that way. I think Pat Whites spread is going to do some great things, and some not so great things. I believe some sack, but also will be some long bomb td's so its going to be fun none the less to watch. In fact im going to retract my vote, and i only see us as a 4.0 yards per cary line this year, maybe less because of the solid teams we play in our normal set. Wildcat 2.0 sets i see it around a healthy 6 yards per carry. So i belive top ten is within reach. I hope our D is top 15!!!



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 08/25/2009 05:39AM by MiamiThunder.

I dont know about that. Long is solid all round, but? I'm just going to not get on the band wagon yet. Not untill i see how we play agaisn the Flacons, and Colts.

hasn't stopped you from jumping on the Pat White bandwagon and he has never played a down yet. At least Long made the Pro Bowl.

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Guys i hope and love the fact that we have the potential to kick butt in the running department, but im not going to give it a OH YEAH untill 3 weeks into season.

You can't give our running game a top 10 ranking but you can predict Pat White is going to set the league on fire?

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I didnt say top ten, i said top 5 in the regular set. No we wont be top 5 and will be lucky to reach top 10 in the regular set. Now the Wildcat/Pat will deff change our rushing status in general with yards, but our regular set, i would give 9th thru 17th. I'm going to say in general with the wildcat and wildpat plays, we should be around 6th or 7th overall in rushing, but thats without seeing how Pat White is going to be used, it could be higher? or lower guess we will find out!!

I think Titans, Carolina, Giants, Cowgirls, Vikings, will be the top 5 rushing teams this year in the regular sets with Houston comming in or around 6th. I think us, and Philly will be up there with wildcat installs! Depends on injuries to our players.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 08/25/2009 06:29PM by MiamiThunder.

As long as Donald Thomas plays, top five.

I logged in on the maybe top 10.

I do believe we'll be better, but believe it or not, I think our success as a dominant running team will be much impacted by our ability to keep teams honest with an effective pass attack.

Else we'll be facing a stacked box, and dpending on wildcat more than I'm hoping for.

Good point about the passing attack but I we should be better there as well.

2nd year is same system for most players.
development of Ginn and Bess
addition of Hartline and Turner
better depth than last year.
better running game opens up play action

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