Greg Bedard of the PDP reports that "Despite being the only experienced back on the roster, Brown has taken nearly every first-team snap in the first week of camp. And coach Cam Cameron said Brown, who is entering his third season, better get used to it."
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/dolphins/content/sports/epaper/2007/08/02/a7c_fins_notes_0802.html
According to Cam "We're not going to run the ball just to prove a point. You have to find out whether you can run it or not."
So what do you do if you find out you can't run it?:confused::confused::confused:
I would be very surprised if Ronnie could not handle the load. He had 3 games last year where he carried the ball more than 25 times a game. He carried it 29 times in the Bears game. He is human though. This Miami sun and heat will get to just about anybody. Ted Ginn was on his knee dragging a bit at practice just like Ronnie was. Cam is running those guys around a lot. Like he said in his press conference today, I guess he has to. That's the only way it can be done. Randy Mueller said today that Drew Mormino nearly lost 10 pounds in the past couple of days just from practice.
Ronnie has probably lost about 6 or 8 and he's weighing about 225 or so. I bet Ronnie will be in good enough shape to run a triathalon after Dolphins camp. He just got back from some rigorous workouts at API in Arizona a week or so ago.
http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/7071940
"Quinn has found the right place. Running and lifting twice a day in
115-117-degree weather in the desert, then throwing to a handful of temporary football targets is a good start to erasing the criticism. Oh, and those receivers? How about Bucs RB and former NFL Rookie of the Year Cadillac Williams,
Dolphins stud back Ronnie Brown, USC star Dwayne Jarrett and Eagles receiver Jeremy Bloom to name a few."
"For me as a quarterback, when you're standing in the pocket, you can't stand and not be very balanced and stable," said Quinn. "So by understanding how to use your core, your stomach, your glutes, your upper body shoulders and everything, you understand how to stand more stiff and (a) little more rigid in the pocket so you're not such an easy sack per se."
There are short-burst drills, drills to enhance goal-line production, drills for exploding through blockers or defenders, drills standing, explosion drills from the ground and drills to, well, pretty much drive a man into the ground to test the spirit â€â€
all under the extreme sun of the Arizona desert.
"I definitely think coming here gives you a psychological edge because you come out here and know that you've been through a lot," said Starks, who came to API weighing close to 390 pounds and left weighing a stunning
40-something pounds lighter. "You've been put through the worst things, so coming into a game where you might be doubting yourself, or in practice it might be the fourth time you have to run a sprint or a drill and you're sitting there like, wait a second, I've been through worse then this. There's nothing worse that I can go through, so this is easy."
