To me, Ricky breaks the all time Dolphins rushing yardage record this year as imho the Oline will be better as well as Henne's development takes that extra defender out of the line of scrimmage box.
Does Ricky Williams break the record this year?
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Does Ricky W break Csonka's rushing record this year?
Poll closed Jun 28, 2010.
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973 yards? No.
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973 yards? Yes
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Don't know.
4 vote(s)5.9%
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yes he will
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I'd love to see it but if Ronnie stays healthy....... no, can't see him getting enough carries. Close maybe, but not quite
Ronnie playing 16 games is a big "if" thounluckyluciano, Larryfinfan and gunn34 like this. -
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i cant see it happen unless the same thing as last year happens and he becomes our #1 again. He will do great he just wont get enough carries.
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The health of both him and Ronny will play an important factor. (Capt. Obvious, reporting for duty!)
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I still chuckle at Nolan's "plan" to treat every turnover as an opportunity to score a TD via laterals...yeahh, I can see that..HC Sparano would need Soliai and Carey to pull him off his choke attempt on Nolan over on the sideline the first time one of those laterals is turned back over...:sidelol:
Point being, of all the acquisitions, Rich Incognito is "Sparano's Guy", if anything we REALLY pound the ball this year Sparano is at time Old School like Shula was in the early 70's..no mistakes..period.Killerphins likes this. -
The "Air Sparano" term made me laugh a little bit. :up:
If Rick stays healthy which there is no reason to think he won't, he should be in a good spot to break Zonk's record. -
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With our Nolan improved defense keeping the offense on the field, our passing game opening up the running game, the bigger & meaner and more experienced OL opening bigger holes, I think even if Ronnie stays healthy the whole year (PLEASE), then we see two backs with 1,000+ yard seasons. So I'm voting yes.
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Even if he doesn't there is a chance he will still play next year. I would really like to see him pass Csonka.
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Like to see him do it but think there's no way. Ronnie will stay healthy and get the most yards, but Ricky will still have a good year. Yeah, feeling optimistic. :lol:
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Ricky! Ricky! Ricky!
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As he has been named 'Black Visor Wearing Demon"..:up:
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6NwIIrLxUU"]YouTube- Ronnie Brown & Ricky Williams Monday Night Football Jets vs Dolphins 2009[/ame] -
I love Ricky Williams because he overcame incredible issues in his personal life and restarted his career. He made a lot of people eat crow and I just love that. This guy looks ageless and impresses me every single game.
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I never want to see Ricky break Csonka's record. Good is good and great is great but a legend should stand forever. For almost 40 years the Csonk has been my favorite player. I hope Ricky keeps playing great, but I hope he comes a yard short of the record.Pandarilla and Puka-head like this. -
Colorado Dolfan ...dirty drownin' man?
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Assuming, ahem, Ronnie stays healthy all year, I don't think he will get enough carries to get it done. Not with what I assume will be a more productive passing game with more "chunk" yards. It's not that he is not capable of it, I just don't think he will have enough opportunities to make it happen.
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973 yds 4 ypc on average, 240 carries or so, 16 games or about 15 carries per game, Williams should be right around those numbers, though I suspect he will have a better per carry average than 4 ypa. -
I don't see it happening unless RB goes down AGAIN. I just think Ricky will have around 700 yards. With our offense opening up things more this year, that means the passing plays will increase. Which, in turn, means the running plays will be decreased.
Remember....Wanny isn't here to run the ball every down.Tin Indian likes this. -
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I agree with a sportswriter who recently wrote that Ricky might be a better #1 option than Ronnie. Either way I want to see both Ricky and Ronnie have a lot of carries this season.
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Look, it could go completely the opposite. With the loosening of the opposing defense in the box, there could be an "explosion" of yards in the running game because of all the extra room.
Which ever way it goes it will be fun to watch. As that TO fella says, "get your popcorn ready".gunn34 likes this. -
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Zonk is a legend as a Fin and nothing will change that. If or when Ricky surpasses him, it means nothing.
That said, IF RB is recovered enough by the start of the season from the Lis Franc and then stays healthy, Ricky stands to get in the 400-700 yrd range at best.... -
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If Ricky does break Zon's record it is not as if Zonk then fades into obscurity, in fact I'd bet most fans don't know Zonk holds that record as Marino just dominated everything for a decade and a half.
Now if Ricky does get that record he then will have carved out his place in Dolphins History aside from the 2003-06 period. -
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For some reason this is turning into a who is better kind of thing. I didn't think that was the intention of the op and the poll.
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Yeah, Ronnie will be around the whole season, but Ricky will still break off his long runs that he does so well.
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Between Marshall, and Ronnie Brown vying for offensive attention, and a defensive focus on gaining yards after the turnover, no, I don't think its going to happen.
That being said, I hold the right to change my answer if Ronnie goes down. Because if so that changes things heavily.
However even though Williams was great last year, it was obvious that a lot of his prowess was due to him having Ronnie in there as a focal point for the defense. Once Ronnie bowed out, he didn't have the same YPA. Better numbers overall, obviously because his carries increased, but I am pretty sure his YPA dropped... I should probably research that beforehand, but I'll just go off memory.
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