https://www.profootballfocus.com/blog/2015/06/17/secret-superstars-miami-dolphins/
I enjoyed reading this article.
Hopefully Miller can improve on last season.
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Lamar Miller best 3rd & 1 conversion back in the NFL
& still Bill Lazor will continue to call pass plays in those situations. Remember the Chiefs game? Chip Kelly wannabe -
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At some point the OL is gonna get a little credit for the success of the run game. Miller gets his, Lazor gets a ton of kudos. For some reason, bad narrative perhaps, the OL doesn't get a mention unless it's to point out how bad they suck. PFF rated them 30th or worse in run blocking IIRC. That would make Lamar Miller 2014 perhaps the best RB in NFL history. Doesn't quite add up, hopefully that changes this season.
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Interesting to see the Dolphins, and former Dolphins for that matter on their Top 101 players list:
Suh - 25
Wake - 28
Albert - 91
Miller - 96
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According to this page in 2013 Miami was 3rd in pass percentage while Philadelphia was 27th.
In 2014 Miami was 9th in pass percentage and Philadelphia at 21st.
From the look of that data Lazor seems to be a person who decreases the pass percentage.
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When players struggle, you hear coaches say it's up to the coach to put the player in a position to succeed.
Lazor is doing that very well with Lamar Miller.Fin4Ever, Brasfin and PhinFan1968 like this. -
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Miller gained at least 5 yards on 42% of his carries last year. I don't know how that compares to historical averages. But that was 11% better than average last year. He was incredibly consistent last year.
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The funny part about this article is how, if you asked all the phans what the best rushing performance of 2014 was, I'm guessing nearly all would say Knowshon Moreno against New England. Miller hasn't had that kind of take-over moment where he dictates a game on his own like Moreno did week 1. Signs pointing in that direction for LM, hopefully. -
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Miller's lack of a ton of carries could be just as much about the coaching staff's perceived lack of depth as much as Miller's ability to physically do it. Miller was so productive with his carries that there isn't much of an argument for the 'he needs a bunch of carries to get going' theory. Possibly knowing that, it could be that they just didn't want to further risk injury. Or they just/also thought that fatigue would make him less productive.
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