Ronnie Brown’s soft hands an underused weapon: Miami Dolphins talking points

"Sceeto wrote:

http://blogs.palmbeachpost.com/thedailydolphin/2009/08/11/ronnie-browns-soft-hands-an-underused-weapon-miami-dolphins-talking-points/

For the longest time now, it seems as if I and many others here have wondered why we don't use Ronnie more in the passing game. We all know he has great hands. At least others are starting to talk about it as well.;)

:D;)True. Just think what he can do in the YAC department. ;)

Hell Yeah. He was tearing it up before the ACL injury.

Finally.

"slickj101 wrote:

Finally.

I second this.

Say whatever you want about Ronnie as a runner through his career. He's hesitated at times, waited too long for holes, whatever. As a pass catcher there has NEVER been any question about what he can do for your team. It would be nice to see him be given a chance to actually do it.

One of the very few things Cammy did right while he was here was show case Brown's talents....

RB was blowing up before he got injured....;[

"jetssuck wrote:

One of the very few things Cammy did right while he was here was show case Brown's talents....

RB was blowing up before he got injured....;[

ohh you mean after the moron had him returning kicks :no:

"cnc66 wrote:

ohh you mean after the moron had him returning kicks :no:

Not that I agree with it, but it's not an uncommon practice in the league.

I can't wait to see this in action. He is going to be killing defenses. Run or catch, don't matter. He is going to kill it. No doubt you can add his 2nd Pro Bowl selection to his resume.

"slickj101 wrote:

Not that I agree with it, but it's not an uncommon practice in the league.

to have your starting rb returning kicks when you have someone like ted ginn on your team?!

"slickj101 wrote:

Not that I agree with it, but it's not an uncommon practice in the league.

really.. I can't remember other number one running backs taking kicks.. doesn't mean they didn't, means I can't recall.

I think RB has been hurt by all the staff turnover early in his career. It usually takes a couple of off seasons to install and practice the whole playbook. Throw in a couple of injuries and the fact that his skill set is somewhat unique in a big back and you can see why his hands have been under used.

I personally couldn't be more excited to hear this. I love watching RB flatten DBs.

He has been underutilized as a receiver especially last year although he did catch a long pass from Penny last season for a taste of what he can do.

Hopefully Henning will not make the same mistake this year.

Well, Ronnie B is on the brink of doing something special for us, for that matter so is Ricky Williams, keep in mind at this time last season Ronnie B was coming off an ACL, Ricky had not played 16 games in 5 years.

A year later, a complete training cycle, and both guys are primed to play to their maximum potential, the Pete Prisco's of the world are not seeing that one coming around the bend, PhinFans should be, and things such as Ronnie B catching 50 balls, or Ricky averaging 5 ypc, are large parts of our "X" factors this season.

We've been compared to the 07 Browns, that is a false comparison, Penny is a proven Qb, Ronnie is in yr #2 after the ACL and Ricky perhaps could be compared to the Brown's Lewis, but he never blew out a knee like Lewis has.

We are primed to have a top 10 offense even with the stronger Defenses we will face this season, we have a ton of unused capacity.

"SICK wrote:

to have your starting rb returning kicks when you have someone like ted ginn on your team?!

"cnc66 wrote:

really.. I can't remember other number one running backs taking kicks.. doesn't mean they didn't, means I can't recall.

Adrian Peterson would probably be the most notable.

I think we are going to see a lot more from Henning this season in the way of utilizing the talent on this team. Last year Henning was just trying to get these guys to understand his schemes. This season, I expect we will see a LOT of our players utilized far better, such as Ronnie's pass catching abilities, and more.

All the key play-makers now have a year and an offseason with 2 TC's under their belts in Henning's schemes, expect a lot more from this offense this season. Henning is smart as a fox.

I think its a great idea to get ronnie the ball more with passes. Hell, even Cameron had that figured out. The more this guy gets the ball in his hands, the more we win i think.

get him the ball

"PhinsRock wrote:

I think we are going to see a lot more from Henning this season in the way of utilizing the talent on this team. Last year Henning was just trying to get these guys to understand his schemes. This season, I expect we will see a LOT of our players utilized far better, such as Ronnie's pass catching abilities, and more.

All the key play-makers now have a year and an offseason with 2 TC's under their belts in Henning's schemes, expect a lot more from this offense this season. Henning is smart as a fox.

In Carolina, it took Dan Henning 2 season to really get that offense on track, and they had less talent than we have, Delhomme v Pennington?

Davis was a stud Rb for Carolina but blew out a knee and their offense just never recovered.

"slickj101 wrote:

Adrian Peterson would probably be the most notable.

He had one return last year.

"alen1 wrote:

He had one return last year.

He def had more than that in 07 and that was after he already exploded.

16 to be exact.

MJD is another guy who's had quite a few in his 3 years and he's the only player worth mentioning in his offense.

"slickj101 wrote:

He def had more than that in 07 and that was after he already exploded.

16 to be exact.

He also wasn't the starting tailback for the whole year in 2007. Marty said he can't remember number one backs, which Peterson is, returning kicks and when Peterson became the number one option in Minnesota, he stopped returning kicks. Not to mention, if he continued to return kicks, he would be in the trainers room more often.

"alen1 wrote:

He also wasn't the starting tailback for the whole year in 2007. Marty said he can't remember number one backs, which Peterson is, returning kicks and when Peterson became the number one option in Minnesota, he stopped returning kicks. Not to mention, if he continued to return kicks, he would be in the trainers room more often.

MJD had 31 and 31 in 06 and 07. You can say he may have not been listed as a number 1 but he was still obviously their most talented back.

He still returned 13 last year as well.

I'm just saying, it does happen.

"slickj101 wrote:

MJD had 31 and 31 in 06 and 07. You can say he may have not been listed as a number 1 but he was still obviously their most talented back.

He still returned 13 last year as well.

I'm just saying, it does happen.

Most talented on the roster? Sure. Primary back on the roster? No.

It does happen but not often with primary or "number one" backs. The top five rushers last year had I believe 1 return taken total.

"alen1 wrote:

Most talented on the roster? Sure. Primary back on the roster? No.

It does happen but not often with primary or "number one" backs. The top five rushers last year had I believe 1 return taken total.

If I had a top 5 rusher on my team then I wouldn't put him on returns either.

I'm just saying that talented RBs do take returns at times.

Hell, Reggie Bush is a #2 overall pick, knees made of jello, and NO still insists on having him return punts.

"slickj101 wrote:

I'm just saying that talented RBs do take returns at times

The bold is what stands out to me. Talented and primary backs are two different things.

Hell, Reggie Bush is a #2 overall pick, knees made of jello, and NO still insists on having him return punts.

That's because he's useless as a running back. He's also not their primary back. ;)