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Albert Wilson’s Role

As I've written before...

ckparrothead said:
I've said this a couple of times now.

Obviously it's going to be hard to divvy up snaps when you've got Kenny Stills, Devante Parker, Danny Amendola, Albert Wilson, and Jakeem Grant.

But one rabbit hole I would like to explore would be making Albert Wilson and Jakeem Grant specialists in "12" personnel (1-RB, 2-TE, 2-WR). Have them own it. Design a set of plays you run out of 12 personnel that fit them well.

It's extremely natural to sub in Danny Amendola for Jarvis Landry in yesteryear's "11" personnel package (1-RB, 1-TE, 3-WR), which Adam Gase favored 73% of the time (3rd-most in the NFL). It's basically plug and play, and would keep an element around that Ryan Tannehill is very used to.

But Dowell Loggains in Chicago used "12" and "21" (both are 2-WR) personnel as often as he used "11" personnel. And I think that sort of variability and multiplicity is something Adam Gase wanted when he brought Dowell here. If you have Wilson and Grant as fixtures in 12, and then Stills, Parker, and Amendola as fixtures in 11 personnel, that's how you keep everyone involved, keep the defense on its toes, and give everybody the chance to impact the game.

Last year the Dolphins gained 107 yards on 9 plays when they went to 12 personnel with Jakeem Grant on the field. He gained the majority of those yards himself. On other Jakeem Grant snaps that weren't 12 or 21 personnel, the Dolphins gained 4.3 yards per pass and 3.6 yards per carry.

Then you look at what Albert Wilson was able to do with the Kansas City Chiefs. I've brought up before how well Albert Wilson and Tyreek Hill seemed to do as a pair, because they could play off one another. When those two were on the field in 12 or 21 personnel they gained 312 yards on 44 pass plays (7.1 yards per pass), and 261 yards on 28 run plays (9.8 yards per carry).

Grant broke out that 65 yard TD against the Chiefs on a tunnel screen from 12 personnel with A.J. Derby split wide, Jarvis Landry motioning to the play side pre-snap, both players releasing out for the block, and Laremy Tunsil releasing out to pave the way as well.

Kenyan Drake broke out a 31 yard run against the Bills in Buffalo on a counter. The 12 personnel kept the Bills in base with the linebackers more easily trapped in the middle as Drake bounced it outside, isolating himself on the free corner as Grant sped up the field and tied up the strong side safety. With Grant on the outside, that free corner had given lots of cushion off the line and bailed off the snap on top of it, respecting Grant's speed. That gave Drake a pretty strong advantage isolated against that unblocked corner.

It just seems to fit really well, but who knows what the coaches are thinking.
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At the end of the day Gase will be proven right or wrong during the regular season. We can argue all day weather these moves were good or bad but it will be proven out on the field one way or the other
 
Very diluted and still big money spent (overpaid for Wilson and Stills). Stills should at least earn what he’s worth this year because of no real go to wr. Meanwhile they passed on a guy many loved having. Remember Anquan Boldon? Tough, caught a ton of balls but was overshadowed by a legit WR1. Yet we were thrilled to have a WR1B in Landry....until we didn’t have him. Gonna wish we had a guy like that again. Amendola gonna miss time and when he’s in, he won’t bring the same grit. If he gets hurt, then Wilson will get an expanded role. Still overshadowed but Stills, Parker, Gesicki and Drake/Gore. Wasted resources...been saying it, will continue to, and I’ll be the guy in week 17 saying I told you all so!
 
I would agree from a fantasy perspective Wilson is not a good pick, but from a real football value, this guy can make plays. If he scores 8TDs this season, I’m good. I don’t even care about yards.

Football yards stats are inflated in today’s offenses. It’s all about TDs, get the ball in the ****ing end zone.

Lol @ DVP, he’s a 3rd round comp pick at best.
 
nick1 said:
Rotoworld is terrible. Real bad agendas. Wilson will play a ton, no worry
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Wilson will catch 30-40 balls... that’s not a ton of productions for what he’s being paid.
 
JahnDho said:
Very diluted and still big money spent (overpaid for Wilson and Stills). Stills should at least earn what he’s worth this year because of no real go to wr. Meanwhile they passed on a guy many loved having. Remember Anquan Boldon? Tough, caught a ton of balls but was overshadowed by a legit WR1. Yet we were thrilled to have a WR1B in Landry....until we didn’t have him. Gonna wish we had a guy like that again. Amendola gonna miss time and when he’s in, he won’t bring the same grit. If he gets hurt, then Wilson will get an expanded role. Still overshadowed but Stills, Parker, Gesicki and Drake/Gore. Wasted resources...been saying it, will continue to, and I’ll be the guy in week 17 saying I told you all so!
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That goes both ways. If they out produce him come back week 17 and take it like a man.
 
I was surprised when Gase said Wilson wasn't a slot guy, I just can't see him playing on the outside.
 
The most overused word on finheaven right now is Overpaid. I read somewhere fans are about 3 years behind the realization of player salaries and this place proves it. I don't talk about pay because if it works on the field (and we don't know this yet) I don't care how much any player costs.
 
DolfanISS said:
The most overused word on finheaven right now is Overpaid. I read somewhere fans are about 3 years behind the realization of player salaries and this place proves it. I don't talk about pay because if it works on the field (and we don't know this yet) I don't care how much any player costs.
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Yea it’s a droppable conversation when somebody wants to argue and compare what a guy got two years ago while under contract with what a guy like Jarvis got as a UFA under the franchise tag in 2018.
 
I don’t care if Albert Wilson only has 30 catches this year, if he can be our unpredictable jack rabbit that lines up all over for he field, converts tough spots and scores 5 touchdowns he’s worth every penny
 
DolfanISS said:
The most overused word on finheaven right now is Overpaid. I read somewhere fans are about 3 years behind the realization of player salaries and this place proves it. I don't talk about pay because if it works on the field (and we don't know this yet) I don't care how much any player costs.
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Except we're paying big bucks to people who barely even qualify to take the field (or are too expensive to even keep on the team, Suh). I don't much of a problem with Wilson's or Amendola's contracts individually, but together they're a very poor use of the team's limited salary cap. Evidenced by the Dolphin's usual slightly lacking talent level, and inability to overcome "unlucky" injuries which aren't actually that unlucky when you leave so many possible disaster injury scenarios open.
 
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