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Daniel Thomas won’t be getting night off vs. Cowboys

datruth55 said:
6'1" and 228 lbs is not big?
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He certainly doesn't look big or run big. I guess I may be wrong and he might weigh enough to be considered big, but he doesn't come across as a big back.
 
LikeUntoGod said:
As I said when he was drafted, one problem we are going to have is pass blocking in the NFL.

So far D Thomas has missed more blocks then he has tried to make.

And R Bush does not block at all.

Chad Henne is going to get killed.

It would be a shame if we have to keep Larry Johnson in on passing downs or even keep Larry Johnson.
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I wish we had tried to pick up Le'Ron McClain when he was available. You could easily drop either Hilliard or Polite to open another roster spot and he'd have given some confidence in the Dolphin's RB group if Thomas needed some extra time to develop. He must have been asking too much.
 
hooshoops said:
i sure hope sparanos undressing this oline on the sidelines for not creating anything for thomas to run thru less the panthers game like he's undressing this kid...if it wasn't for d thomas feet in the bucs game he wouldn't have had any yards...the blocking was horrendous

stop trying to make this kid the scapegoat for your craptastic hand picked oline
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I Heart You! My sentiments exact.
Chubbs
 
Ok, so, he had no open lanes to run through behind the first team O-Line, so let's make him run into more brick walls behind the SECOND team O-Line???
 
We havent even gotten into his well known fumbling issues. Not only did these guys take a player at the most replaceable position in sports in the 2nd round, but they traded up to do so. sigh.
 
72PhinFan said:
And we all know how good Parcells is at evaluating a football team.
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He sucks moose **** at it! Problem is people act like our coaches know tricks or teaching skills that a Division 1 college coach doesn't. All this coaching up people around here bank on isn't as easy or as often as people think! Hitting the hole and lowering the boom is instinct and sometimes that can't be taught.
 
ckparrothead said:
Looks like Thomas will get to inflate his average some more against 2nd stringers.

He needs to step up and be better. I don't care if he is raw and this is only his 3rd year at a true tailback position, he was drafted to contribue a lot this year and he's not showing the ability to do that.

He's only got a 3.2 yards per carry average this preseason but even that's inflated by his work against 2nd string defenses. He's carried 9 times for 21 yards against 1st string defenses, and 14 times for 52 yards against 2nd and 3rd string defenses. Reggie Bush has run 13 times for 47 yards against the same 1st string defenses. Not good, but still better.

I haven't been very impressed by what I've seen of Thomas. I think Sparano's comments are on the mark, about tip-toeing through the hole and playing too upright. He was drafted to be a power back but he's not really running hard or with much power. He's not creating yards that aren't there with his vision, speed or power like I see other backs doing out there. He's just taking the yards that are out there, whereas other guys create more yards than were out there to be had. I've seen some other backs out there, including young ones and rookies, that look a lot better and regularly show a lot more ability to create their own yards. That includes the likes of Mark Ingram, Kendall Hunter, Stevan Ridley, Jamie Harper, Delone Carter, Roy Helu and DuJuan Harris. Some of those are not guys that I liked, but they're doing really well nonetheless.

EDIT: Almost forgot Dion Lewis. He's looked really good.
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Don't forget Taiwan Jones, he's been going off for the Raidas. Fun player to watch.
 
eger said:
Don't forget Taiwan Jones, he's been going off for the Raidas. Fun player to watch.
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I didn't forget about him, I just haven't had a chance to watch him yet. All the other guys I mentioned I've watched pretty extensively this preseason.
 
ckparrothead said:
Looks like Thomas will get to inflate his average some more against 2nd stringers.

He needs to step up and be better. I don't care if he is raw and this is only his 3rd year at a true tailback position, he was drafted to contribue a lot this year and he's not showing the ability to do that.

He's only got a 3.2 yards per carry average this preseason but even that's inflated by his work against 2nd string defenses. He's carried 9 times for 21 yards against 1st string defenses, and 14 times for 52 yards against 2nd and 3rd string defenses. Reggie Bush has run 13 times for 47 yards against the same 1st string defenses. Not good, but still better.

I haven't been very impressed by what I've seen of Thomas. I think Sparano's comments are on the mark, about tip-toeing through the hole and playing too upright. He was drafted to be a power back but he's not really running hard or with much power. He's not creating yards that aren't there with his vision, speed or power like I see other backs doing out there. He's just taking the yards that are out there, whereas other guys create more yards than were out there to be had. I've seen some other backs out there, including young ones and rookies, that look a lot better and regularly show a lot more ability to create their own yards. That includes the likes of Mark Ingram, Kendall Hunter, Stevan Ridley, Jamie Harper, Delone Carter, Roy Helu and DuJuan Harris. Some of those are not guys that I liked, but they're doing really well nonetheless.

EDIT: Almost forgot Dion Lewis. He's looked really good.
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I always thought that D Thomas was a slow version of R Brown.
 
That's a good comparison, it definitely stood out like that in college. But Ronnie Brown ran with more power and authority than we're seeing out of Daniel so far...more explosive.
 
Didn't this guy just get in the league!? Wtf are some of u talking about! He hasnt proved he is going to be good. Very true but when did this guy fail? Rookie running back struggling during preseaon after a lockout. This really came as a surprise to some ppl? Get real. Can we at least get half way through the season before we judge this guy. He hasn't played even ONE regular game yet. Jeez phin fans.

Go Phins!
 
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