What's going to be the most important factor in fixing the Dolphins' run game?
Better talent at RB?
Better scheming?
Better OL talent?
Something else?
Nothing else, just time.
Please specify details with your choice!
What's the fix for the run game?
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RB talent
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Better scheming
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OL talent
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Something else
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Nothing - just time.
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A bit of both in needing time and acquiring better talent at RB. The line has enough talent to improve and become better at run blocking, but the Dolphins need to get a lead back in the mold of a Dalvin Cook/Zeke Elliot
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It's a passing league and they got a passer now. That can open up the run game a little bit. Besides Cook and Henry teams don't rely on their run game to win games anymore.
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Every time Jordan Howard touched the ball I felt like we were going backwards. Except that one 8 yard gash at the end and the TD run.
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Davis takes over at right guard
Austin Jackson’s return from injured reserve, and Solomon Kindley’s struggles at right guard motivated Miami’s coaches to move Jesse Davis from left tackle to right guard on Sunday. Davis, who has started 49 games for the Dolphins, hasn’t played right guard for Miami since the 2018 season but it might be his best position. The hope is that moving Davis inside will help jump-start the running game. -- OK (Doug Murray/AP)”Last edited: Nov 9, 2020The Guy likes this. -
I'd be interested to know who got the most amount of rushing yards across the league yesterday other than Cook. Wouldn't shock me if the answer was Kyler because it felt like nobody was getting any success rushing the ball and yet the scores across the league were huge. I'd even argue that the Titans being focused on giving Henry so many touches every game works to the detriment of their own team. -
I think priority #1 is making this into a great offense and that means we need a true #1 WR that teams are afraid of. The next biggest priority IMO is a good LB because our defense has trouble against the run, especially against dual threat QB's. But once those two are addressed (preferably with our 1st rounders) I agree we should pick a RB and possibly a TE. Make this into a scary offense. DE is also acceptable in the 2nd. -
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Where in the hell are the Barry Sanders, Emmitt Smiths, and Ricky Williams anymore?Mexphin likes this. -
To answer the OPs question, I don't think you can ever go wrong with getting the O line as close to elite as possible. If you have a great offensive line, then any back that's talented enough to be a pro will be able to run behind it. Of course, having a super talented running back would help and if there is a Barry Sanders or another Ricky Williams out there, i'd be more than willing to jump on that player if we have the draft cap to do so. As of right now, I think Travis Etienne is the best back in the draft? Certainly not a Sanders, Williams, or Tomlinson, but he's going to be pretty good. Finding a workhorse back should definitely become a priority at some point. I would love to see us trade for Saquan Barkley, but I don't think the Giants are quite ready to give up on him.
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My problem with drafting top tier RB’s is the life span of a NFL is just way too short to take the risk. That and we see good RB’s coming out of the 2nd and middle rounds.
As far as drafting OL, I think you always have to have depth there. I’d have no problem using a pick or two in the mid or late rounds.ExplosionsInDaSky likes this. -
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They do not need to waste a high draft pick on a running back. Great quarterback play will open up the run game no matter who is back there.
They need a wide receiver who can take it to the house at any moment. Shore up the trenches. Linebacker, safety are all positions I would look at before running back. -
Harris and Bradshaw
Dorsett and Staubach
Craig and Montana
Thomas and Kelly
Davis and Elway
Smith and Aikmen
Bettis and Roethlisburger
Henry and Tannehill
Many others I'm sure I can't recall off the top of myu head but the bottom line is, you don't want your entire offense designed around one player. That's the stupidest thing any team can do a la Colts 2006 with Manning out for the season.Puka-head likes this. -
Star running backs can be found in the mid rounds.
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Edit: All undrafted except for Michel.Last edited: Nov 10, 2020 -
Alf & the team were talking about Jordan Howard on the 5 Reasons post-game show and Alf was saying that he is a player that needs touches, as he has historically got better & more productive the more touches that he got in a game. Who is to say that if one back got the majority of the touches in the game that they won't produce, particularly if we can stretch the game from the QB position? -
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I agree with both sides on this conversation. If you have a generational talent sitting there late in the 1st round and it's your biggest need, you draft that RB. There are a few real studs this year coming out but honestly, I don't think they're generational good...Etienne with Clemson is probably the best of the bunch. I would personally take him late 1st/early 2nd but I also agree that you can get a similar talent in the 3rd-5th rounds.
Similar doesn't mean equal, of course, so that 5th rounder probably isn't an awesome blocker with incredible speed, a great pass catcher, amazing vision, etc. like Etienne. But he could have many of those traits and be "good enough" to fill certain needs. With Etienne, you get a true 3-down back that can do it all at high levels. These days that's a luxury though- I can see the "RB by committee" approach as well. -
We wouldn't be having this conversation if MIA would have picked Dalvin Cook in 2017 in the late first instead of Charles Harris...I watched him play every game in college and knew he would be special in the NFL and I really wanted him to play in Miami. I think Etienne is just as good as Cook was in his last year of college (I'm a bit biased on this and it pains me to say nice things about Clemson players).KeyFin and AGuyNamedAlex like this. -
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I keep hearing this term “generational talent”, almost always used to describe quarterbacks. When I first heard this term and how it was applied to Andrew Luck. I was a bit skeptical about him but he did have virtually instant success. Granted he was drafted by a team that was built for a true passing quarterback and he fit the missing piece with the absence of Peyton Manning but that’s another discussion.
Now I keep hearing this same term being applied more and more often to more and more players. Mahomes, Murray, Tagovailoa, Burrow, Lawrence all have been tagged with this term. If all of these quarterbacks are that special, then none of them are. With the evolution of quarterbacks, this is now the position.
The same concept applies to running backs. There are generational talents at running back. Czonka, Payton, Dorset, Smith, Sanders, Williams, Gore, Bettis, Peterson, Henry...these were talents that were once in a generation find, that set their teams apart from others in the league. This is what Miami needs, that once in a generation talented running back that gives us an edge other teams don’t have. Does anyone here really truly believe that if we didn’t have that generational talent at running back that we wouldn’t be any better of a team than we currently are?
I’m not saying this upcoming draft doesn’t have that running back but we need to make that concerted effort to find him. We NEED that back that we can hand the ball off to 25 times a game and averages 5 yards a carry. When we find that piece if the puzzle, we’re going to be unstoppableMexphin likes this. -
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I still think our top needs right now assuming those young OL and Tua develops:
1. A WR that stretches the field
2. A MLB
3. DL
4. RBGalant likes this. -
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