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Miami running back Lamar Miller plans to maximize his speed and quickness in the new offense the Dolphins are implementing.

With veteran free agent Knowshon Moreno unable to participate in camp due to a knee injury, the starting job right now is Miller's to lose. The Dolphins conducted their sixth practice of training camp Thursday and so far Miller has made a strong case in the eyes of new offensive coordinator Bill Lazor and head coach Joe Philbin.

"We're still primarily a zone-blocking team," Philbin explained. "That's still the starting point and so in the zone game if you incorporate the read aspect to it sometimes you're hoping to create a little crease and slow a little bit of the pursuit down on the backside and utilize Lamar's speed to hit that hole and go."
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I think Lazor is doing a great job with the offense, just opening the offense for me and the running backs to get into the open field to make big plays for this offense," Miller said. "One of my main goals was just to get bigger and stronger and I feel like this past offseason helped me out a lot.

"I want to become more of a well-rounded running back and you've got to have that mindset of just coming out here and getting better and competing."
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"Lamar, I think, has a chance to be a really good player in this league because I think he has a good mix of, number one, being a space player, having the ability to use his speed," Lazor said. "In our short-yardage situations, I thought he got downhill. If he'll put those things together, I think he's got chance to be a real productive player."
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Strong case? Miller is by far the starter. Moreno is PUPed, Thomas has been quiet? Gillislee is getting passed by Williams.
 
I really believe that if we can get the o-line to make some holes and maybe one or two making it to the second level for blocks miller becomes extremely dangerous. Miller had that potential to just bust through and be gone in a flash. He just needs a clean hole to dive into! Lol.

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That is true he has no competition. But he gained weight and by all reports is running with power
 
The two guys from "The U" have seemed to do everything they could to improve. I believe that will pay off for both this coming season.
 
Southbeach 2 said:
The two guys from "The U" have seemed to do everything they could to improve. I believe that will pay off for both this coming season.
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Vernon in particular hes been very impressive. His work ethic and determination to succeed has been unmatched. I wish it would rub off on the whole team
 
It only matters who they starter is if they feel like feeding anybody in the backfield a starter's workload. Miller had several games where he consistently had good gains and still ended with something like 13 carries. It wasn't ever enough, and effectiveness can't be argued in a fair number of his games.
 
He got good reviews this time last year as well and looked like sh*t once the bullets were flying. I don't believe anything that will be said about the running game, it will have to be something I see to believe.
 
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