ohiohurricane
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Wish he could stay healthy for a full season
Another in a long line of mediocre players Ireland has drafted.
Next please
I can't believe I'm reading a thread defending an injury prone, soft, fumbler who Jeff Ireland TRADED UP to get!
You lost all credibilty with me when you said soft.
DT is anything but soft. He runs into a wall without hesitation.
Injury prone and fumbler maybe, but he's one tough dude.
Unfortunately for a team like ours compared to those other teams, OUR fumbles are MAGNIFIED! We cannot afford any T/O! Also for a "power back" I have yet to see the power!
2. Most if not all of his fumbles have come at crucial moments in games.
He's a former QB who doesn't run with authority. He's a puss.
The 1st came when we were getting our butts kicked by Houston and Dt was actuially knocked out on the play.
The 2nd came against the Jets in the 1st game. The D stopped the Jets and the fumble had no effect on the game.
The 3rd was recovered by the Dolphins.
What season did you guys watch?
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If anyone runs like a puss on the team its Reggie Bush. Dancing around if there is any contact in the hole.
DT runs into it. He rarely breaks out the other side but he runs into the wall like a man.
You lost all credibilty with me when you said soft.
DT is anything but soft. He runs into a wall without hesitation.
Injury prone and fumbler maybe, but he's one tough dude.
The reason people have a difficulty with Thomas, in my view, is that he is the embodiment of Ireland's draft philosophy, ie to go for low downside safe picks in the top of the draft. Worse still, Ireland put such a premium on him being a solid, low risk, starting player that he moved up for the guy.
Then to top it off, the guy turns out to be not so safe after all. I feel for him, despite him being underwhelming, because its Jeff Ireland most of us are disappointed with, more so than Thomas.
We owe Daniel Thomas a debt of gratitude, in that he is a lesson to Ireland that you can never be sure of a safe, cant-miss starter. I think Ireland took more risk on playmakers in the last draft (Tannehill, Miller, Egnew, Vernon) and hopefully will refine his style and do it better this time round. But his failed Thomas ploy was probably one of the factors that pushed him to be more aggressive last time out.
If Jonas Gray can makes Daniel Thomas trade-able then so be it.
I agree. Bush and Thomas run like *******. I want them both gone.