Is Ricky done?

Whether it's mental or physical I think we can all agree that his production has suffered and he is not the same as he was last year. From a coaching point of view it really comes down to two alternatives.

1. replace him or bench him

-or-

2. use him in a different way and keep him


It will be interesting to see what they do and if the subject matter is premature. I will say this; aside from being a great RB, his is also one of the best blocking RB's in the league as well.

It would be a shame to lose him both physically and sentimentally. He is indeed uniquely talented.

 

Why would he be done because he fumbled ? didnt he run for over 1000yds last season hurt .

 

That's about the best anyone has ever put it. Lets hope this whole issue of replacing him is premature and he proves us all wrong.

 

Damn, no Krypto sighting, usually he would tell us to stop hating on Ricky by now.

 

There will always will be hate for ricky, funny thing is ricky has 120 yds and ronnie 199 not much difference when ronnies the starter.. Go phins

 

Until the NE game. Then I have the same bet for the last Jets game.

 

I'm beginning to think you two are either the same person or attached at the waist lol....

 

The problem is that RB's not getting starter's carries. This isn't about hate for RW. I haven't heard anybody say he should be cut or never get a carry. What most are saying is that the starter is better and he should get more of the carries.

 

One thing I would do to reduce the impact of his fumbling is to not give him the ball in eithers teams red zone.

One of his fumbles occured when he tried to emulate Ronnies long run from our end zone.

I dont want to see that anymore.

And I dont want to see him attempting a pass again.

Ronnie is by far the better back and any comparisons of the two in the same breath are off the mark and dated IMO.

 

Also, we have to weigh the lack of production vs. ball security. If he was out there averaging 6 ypc and had 3 TD's we would probably accept the fumbles.

I'd say the same thing about Ronnie if he were coughing it up and not getting yards.

 

When AP was fumbling once every 54 carries (his average before this season) there were articles debating whether or not he was a liability. Of course AP was also considered either the best or second best back in the league by almost everybody. Since 2007 RWs is fumbling on a far more frequent basis and is nowhere near as productive as AP, but for a Dolphin fan to question RW it has to be b/c of hate.

 

The thing about ricky is, that yes, it seems he has the look of disinterest, or he's lacking in the aggressive style dept, however, with that mind, it could switch abruptly...

Someone needs to get pissed off.

We must keep a close eye on ronnie and Ricky, if were not gonna sign ronnie, then mark ingram would be the guy I would do everything possible to aquire.