Hall of Fame receiver Michael Irvin, who now hosts a midday radio show on WQAM 560-AM, asked Dolphins linebacker Channing Crowder Monday afternoon who he thinks is the one player the team absolutely can’t afford to lose this season. I expected Crowder to say Henne, the talented first-time starting quarterback whose ability to handle the pressures of his job will certainly have a major impact on the Dolphins’ season. But Crowder threw a bit of a curveball. His answer:
“We need Brandon Marshall to stay healthy,” Crowder said. “Everyone’s talking about the passing game now, but now you have to pull some of those safeties out of the box, now you have to address that receiver position. So now you have two studs, two Pro Bowl running backs back there coming in fresh every other play. Now having that receiver, now being able to open that box and having Ronnie and Ricky coming down hill, it’s tough.”
“We addressed the receiver situation with the best receiver, in my mind, so if he were to go down, God willing he doesn’t, it would be back where it was.”
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