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We have like 13 WRs, maybe we take Malcolm Perry and Bowden and make them RBs....why not?

Bowden actually took handoffs a few games last season and looked solid, just not the prototype size for a RB.
 
Bowden played qb in college, was drafted to be a rb, and then got switched to wr when we traded for him. Another position change and his career is probably over
 
Unless we traded for Viska Shenault when I was not looking, we don't have any WRs that would be better RBs than what we already have.
 
Burt Macklin said:
The why is fairly obvious....we have 4 RBs on the roster that, aside from Ahmed and Gaskins, are not great. Laird isn't bad buylt probably won't be a long term starter
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So you want to shift a WR to RB...to be the 4th running back. Makes sense.
 
Burt Macklin said:
We have like 13 WRs, maybe we take Malcolm Perry and Bowden and make them RBs....why not?

Bowden actually took handoffs a few games last season and looked solid, just not the prototype size for a RB.
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Bowden was traded to the Dolphins by the Raiders because the Raiders wanted him to play at the RB position and he wasn’t very good at playing that position. I think the Dolphins are happy with him playing the slot but I don’t see him getting much playing time next year with Waddle probably becoming the starting slot WR next season.
I don’t know if Perry would be better than any of the RB‘s they have now but it might be his best chance to make the team if he could be a RB for them. Because I don’t see him being one of the top 6 WR’s on the roster with the addition of Waddle and Fuller since last season ended.

I think it is more likely Perry will end up on the practice squad if no other team signs him if the Dolphins release him .
 
I think this is more an indication that we’re happy with who we’ve got. Last year Gaskin and Ahmed had some pretty solid games down the stretch. Brown was brought in to be the short yardage guy we thought Howard was going to be last year. I would’ve liked someone to add a game breaking element out of the backfield but it’s not like we haven’t added playmakers and some OL help to keep defenders out of the box and open up holes.
 
dahlmarino said:
I think this is more an indication that we’re happy with who we’ve got. Last year Gaskin and Ahmed had some pretty solid games down the stretch. Brown was brought in to be the short yardage guy we thought Howard was going to be last year. I would’ve liked someone to add a game breaking element out of the backfield but it’s not like we haven’t added playmakers and some OL help to keep defenders out of the box and open up holes.
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and the season isn't starting tomorrow.

so much can change in our RB room between now and game 1.
 
First of all, Malcolm Perry is already listed as a RB/WR on the roster

I think Jakeem, Albert, Hurns, Locksley, Merritt, Hollins could all get cut today and it wouldn't make a difference.


Parker, Waddle, Fuller, Williams, Bowden, Foster/Perry
 
Malcom Perry would be a great weapon in the passing game coming out of the backfield. I hope we see a lot of that this year.
 
Problem is we'd still be in the same boat. We don't have every down backs who can get the power yards and be every down backs consistently. These guys would basically just be what we already have. Speedy, pass catching backs.
 
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