He's sensationalizing his thoughts on Miller, but he certainly isn't a natural pass catching back, he has always struggled with breaking tackles and he's not a guy that is noted for his ability to pass protect/pick up blitzes for his QB.
Now, just because we can pull up a highlight showing where he made a nice catch, where he broke a tackle or picked up a blitzer . . . doesn't change the fact that all three of those things are items he struggled with during his tenure as a Miami Dolphin and going back to his days at UM. Combine that with whispers about him dealing with nagging injuries constantly and never really being that definitive "dude" in the backfield over the last 7 years . . . I can see the hesitation of not wanting to make him the 7th highest paid RB in the NFL . . . a position that has been devalued and a position that rookies can have an immediate impact at 1/10th of the cost of what Miller got . . . just check last years class.
If letting Miller walk ends up being the "worst move" this front office makes this offseason . . . I'd have to think we did a pretty damn good job.
I do think since Knowshon Moreno entered his life, he has been on the uptick and it wouldn't surprise me to see him continue to get better, but my point stands . . . and we also do not know what Miami offered . . . last time we heard it was over 5 million per season and it was reported Lamar turned down a team at 7.5 per million. We do not know if it was us that didn't want Lamar or if Lamar didn't want us.
