Ronnie & Ricky on pace to 1,000 yards each

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Oct 15, 2009, 03:59 PM

Two summers ago, Ronnie Brown and Ricky Williams talked openly about becoming the fourth running back tandem in NFL history to rush for 1,000 yards apiece.
Their plan didn’t work out too well.
Brown fell 74 yards short of the mark. Williams gained a respectable 659 yards, but nowhere close to what he hoped.
Through five games, however, both are on track to accomplish the rare NFL feat.
As the Dolphins head into their bye week with essentially a third of the season behind them, Brown has rushed for 443 yards, putting him on pace the end the regular season with 1,417 yards.
Williams has rushed for 316 yards, projecting him to finish with 1,011 yards if he can keep it up.
Williams would make history.
It would be the fifth 1,000-yard season of his career, but his first since 2003. Five running backs have gone five years between 1,000-yard campaigns, but nobody has waited six years.

http://espn.go.com/blog/afceast/post/_/id/4706/lookie-here-williams-on-pace-for-1000-yards

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the 23rdNew Member

Oct 15, 2009, 04:06 PM

in the pre-season
I predicted @ least a 1000 yards each
for the Tandem from Hell
running behind the the Orca-5

yes I did:yes: & it could be much more:up:

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Colmaxforum_veteran

Oct 15, 2009, 04:11 PM

Aren't we the only team to have two-1000 yard rushers in a season? With Csonka and Morris?

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Finatic8480New Member

Oct 15, 2009, 04:13 PM

It would be awesome and if that happens you hope to atleast make the Wildcardor win the Division

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TiP54New Member

Oct 15, 2009, 04:14 PM

"Colmax wrote:
Aren't we the only team to have two-1000 yard rushers in a season? With Csonka and Morris?

To save you the trouble of going to Google search, the other running back tandems to rush for 1,000 yards apiece were Larry Csonka and Mercury Morris for the Dolphins in 1972, Franco Harris and Rocky Bleier for the Pittsburgh Steelers in 1976, Kevin Mack and Byner for the Cleveland Browns in 1985 and Derrick Ward and Brandon Jacobs for the New York Giants last year. Warrick Dunn and quarterback Michael Vick also eclipsed 1,000 yards for the Atlanta Falcons in 2006.

:up:

djphinfansubscriber

Oct 15, 2009, 04:15 PM

The ORCA 5 brother...lol....well done man, you stuck to your guns on the orca 5..

Actually, this line and ronnie brown working together make it where the wildcat legend is growing by itself, its literally freezin chumps....

They are the key to everything.

I love the way we run the football, big strong oline movin people while chaos is goin on behind them, uh oh, here come the black demons....freakin brilliant man

the 23rdNew Member

Oct 15, 2009, 05:39 PM

we have the top running game in the NFL
& the Orca-5 will be
in the top five offensive lines by the end of the season

they will be to Miami what the Hogs were to the Washington RedSkins

it all begins in the trenches

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Aguaforum_veteran

Oct 15, 2009, 05:48 PM

This team hasn't had a real slobber-knocking OLine since the mid-70s.

TiP54New Member

Oct 15, 2009, 06:24 PM

"Agua wrote:
This team hasn't had a real slobber-knocking OLine since the mid-70s.

Well, the Oline in the 70s was arguably the greatest.oline.ever.

So yeah, you can say that :lol:

finz810New Member

Oct 15, 2009, 06:57 PM

they'd be the second tandem in Dolphins history behind Czonka n Mercury

that would be sick and a real accomplishment for Ricky.

Only means a brighter future for Ronnie

GIGitrdoneNew Member

Oct 15, 2009, 10:20 PM

"Colmax wrote:
Aren't we the only team to have two-1000 yard rushers in a season? With Csonka and Morris?

Nope, just last year the Giants had two 1000 yard Rushers.

http://www.nfl.com/stats/categorystats?archive=true&seasonType=REG&d-447263-o=2&conference=null&statisticCategory=RUSHING&d-447263-s=RUSHING_YARDS&experience=null&d-447263-n=1&season=2008&qualified=true&Submit=Go&tabSeq=0&d-447263-p=1

Jacobs was 11th and Ward was 15th. Both over 1000.

GISHforum_veteran

Oct 15, 2009, 10:22 PM

the browns have had 2 1000 yard rushers as well.

FIFinsAreLifeNew Member

Oct 15, 2009, 10:51 PM

Id love to see it happen. Both are deserving in my mind.

SIsiciliansithforum_veteran

Oct 16, 2009, 01:59 AM

"the 23rd wrote:
in the pre-season
I predicted @ least a 1000 yards each
for the Tandem from Hell
running behind the the Orca-5
yes I did:yes: & it could be much more:up:

LOL IT never stops.

1. The Orca 5

2. The triad of terror

3. The tandem from hell

keep it up, lets hope we can name our corners something soon

ClipseNew Member

Oct 16, 2009, 05:56 AM

Both are well deserving of it. And it's a very real possibility of it happening behind this O-Line.