To be fair, both are coming off injury racked seasons and it's unknown whether Williams can get back to his 2003 dominance.
No surprises here, move along folks, move along . . . R&R will surprise a lot of folks, glad nobody thinks they will.
While I happen to agree with Green, that these guys still have to prove something on the field, the potential is there for them to be a very good tandem for each other while 'playing' their way into shape but.... Green has been a staunch Fins hater for a long time. I don't know why, but he seems to hate on us at every opportunity he gets. Maybe he was abused by his daddy when he was younger, but he doesn't appear to like the Fins very much...
They are a proven commodity together. If you remember there were a lot of speculation that they wouldnt be able to play with each other because each would be pressing for time as a starter and because of performance bonusus and because there would be a bad atmosphere created in the lockerroom etc. All of that mumbo jumbo was disproven .They are great friends and they complement each other very well . The only question to my mind is if they can survive the season without injuries. If they do I can see both of them getting 1000 yrds as Ricky claimed.
Ronnie was asked what yardage he would make.. he mumbled 100 yards a game, or thereabouts.. ahh.. 1400 yards or so. I smiled, we have TWO runningbacks that can get more than 4 yards a pop behind crappy lines.. I fairly quiver thinking about what we will soon unleash... and "this" year, as good as it may be, will only serve to show what everyone will fear NEXT year.
I understand the thought process totally. I have high expectations for this runningback duo because of the potential and how talented these two players. Ronnie Brown is coming back from an injury and typically RB's aren't fully back after in their first year. Ricky Williams hasn't played a full season since 2003. So, there are some serious questions here. The FO did a swell job of finding another RB, in Parmele, just in case. In terms of pure talent, I don't know if any team can say they have what we have, other than maybe the Raiders.
My confidence is in the Oline more so then Ricky Ronnie or Parmalee, this is our best Oline in years IMO, we haven't had this much talent on the Oline since the early 90's, and we are not all crossing our fingers that "Coach Z has done a great job with journeyman Y this offseason" We spent most of our FA money on the Oline in Smiley, we have moved Vern Carey back to RT, where he played at a Pro Bowl level two years ago, and we spent the #1 overall pick on a LT, and a #2 last year for a guy who made all rookie teams. That much talent hasn't been seen across our Oline in 15 years, with Webb, Sims and Uhlenake or Robby making the pro bowl. And "back then" we didn't have a Ricky or a Ronnie to hand the rock off to. It may take them some time to gel, but Ricky and Ronnie may be buying the Oline a whole mess of steak dinners this season...
