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ChambersWI said:
Well, I guess the blame also goes to the training staff. The week we scrimmaged the Texans, Boston was complaining about pains in his knee. I don't remember if he was told to keep playing or the training staff said it was nothing serious, but shortly after Boston had to jump in the air to catch a pass, and when he came down he had a torn ACL. All this(along with some other things) lead to Boston filing a lawsuit against our medical staff.
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I wish people would tell facts when posting such information. These type of details can change a whole perspective on a situation

Boston felt some knee pain, reported to the training staff and they didn't think anything was wrong. Boston made the choice to continue during practice (he wanted to prove that he was committed to helping the team) and when coming down tore his patella tendon (in the opposite knee from the patella he tore in Arizona).

There was NO lawsuit filed by Boston because he felt the training staff did everything they could to give him the correct information. They allowed him to make the ultimate choice, so he did NOT file a lawsuit.
 
ChambersWI said:
I wouldn't expect him to be in football shape (he's probably in good shape, but his conditioning is probably pretty poor). He did have a pretty serious knee surgury last year (which could have been avoided if Wanny would've listened to Boston).
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Actually if I remember correctly it was the trainers and staff who told him to take a rest. But Boston refused cause he wanted to contribute and progress.

Some of you will blame wanny for anything lol!!!
 
i still say, boston will beat out booker by the end of the year for the #2 spot. guaranteed, yes guaranteed.
 
Fin Fan in Cali said:
I highly doubt that, I know Booker will be number 2, and that's a fact Jack!:)
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theres are just to many boston fan boys. Bookers solid. and they can't stand it.
 
Saban4prez said:
theres are just to many boston fan boys. Bookers solid. and they can't stand it.
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Booker has been here for the Dolphins, Boston has yet to take the field. I hope Boston bulks up in the legs, and fights off the injury bug, because Chambers, Booker, and Boston would be awesome!
 
Boston will be the #4 man. Chambers, Booker and Thompson are ahead of him. Thompson really came on late last season and I believe is only getting better with time. I like Boston, but have yet to see him in a Dolphins uniform.
 
Goin` Deep said:
Jimmy, I guess it`s safe to assume you don`t think much of Boston? I`m not knocking you or anything, but it just seems you don`t think he won`t/can`t be a premier player on this `05 team. I think we`d be fine without him, but I think the guy CAN be a HUGE asset to this team, with as much upside as CC if he`s at 90 to 100%
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I am convinced that he has been injured as badly as Marcus Robinson was after his 1400 yard season and that coming off injuries, his potential is limited to what we have seen Marcus Robinson accomplish. Boston was so good because of his speed, and speed is almost never the same after leg injuries.

David Boston is welcome to prove me wrong, but I see no reason to see it any other way until he does.

I also have serious questions about where Boston's head has been at due to his off the field behavior. If it had been my call, I'm not sure I would have asked him back to this team. I do look forward to him contributing something since Nick chose to bring him back, though.
 
I think David Boston is a much better receiver than Marcus Robinson. I think that's his only 1,000 yard season though, Boston had the monster almost 1,600 yard season for Arizona, but he also had a nice year before that also with 1,150 yards or something.
 
cltchperf said:
I think David Boston is a much better receiver than Marcus Robinson. I think that's his only 1,000 yard season though, Boston had the monster almost 1,600 yard season for Arizona, but he also had a nice year before that also with 1,150 yards or something.
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That was before the injuries. I don't really see how it has anything to do with any of this.
 
If Boston can come anywhere even NEAR being his old self, he'll be a phenomenal 3rd receiver. He doesn't have to be a guy who gets 1600 yards anymore, but if he can be a guy capable of getting 1000, he'd be awesome as a #3. I mean, how many teams have a 3rd wideout of that level?

Now I'm not saying that he'll get to that level, or that he'll get 1000 yards or any certain number. I'm just saying, if he comes close to regaining his old form, the dolphins will have an incredible 3 WR set with Chambers, Booker and Boston all out there together. Do that and one of them IS going to be single covered, or in a mismatch with a LB or whatever. This should give us some great opportunities, IMO.
 
Jimmy James said:
I am convinced that he has been injured as badly as Marcus Robinson was after his 1400 yard season and that coming off injuries, his potential is limited to what we have seen Marcus Robinson accomplish. Boston was so good because of his speed, and speed is almost never the same after leg injuries.

David Boston is welcome to prove me wrong, but I see no reason to see it any other way until he does.

I also have serious questions about where Boston's head has been at due to his off the field behavior. If it had been my call, I'm not sure I would have asked him back to this team. I do look forward to him contributing something since Nick chose to bring him back, though.
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Robinson had some problems after his initial injury, and when he came back fulltime he had three recievers ahead of him (Booker, D. Terrell and Dez White). He had some very good games as a Raven, but he has been used primarily as a possesion reciever, with the ability to make leaping catches, than a speed reciever.

We don't need Boston to be a pro bowler, we just need him to show up with the same recieving ability that he has shown when he is called upon. He doesn't have to be dominant to be a good 3rd down reciever for us.
 
Jimmy James said:
That was before the injuries. I don't really see how it has anything to do with any of this.
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Since Boston is much better, Boston at 75% is probably stil better than agood amount of receivers in the league, whereas Marcus Robinson, since not nearly as talented at 75% is bottom of the pack.
 
Sirspud said:
Robinson had some problems after his initial injury, and when he came back fulltime he had three recievers ahead of him (Booker, D. Terrell and Dez White). He had some very good games as a Raven, but he has been used primarily as a possesion reciever, with the ability to make leaping catches, than a speed reciever.

We don't need Boston to be a pro bowler, we just need him to show up with the same recieving ability that he has shown when he is called upon. He doesn't have to be dominant to be a good 3rd down reciever for us.
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Dez White and David Terrell shouldn't be competition to a truly healthy Marcus Robinson. The same would go for anybody Baltimore had, and plenty of teams would have jumped on him when he was in free agency.

This could all be said about Boston, too. I understand what Boston had back when he popped off those stats. If he were that receiver, he would have dominated in San Diego and would have had teams beating down his agent's door when he was available.

I think you misunderstand what I mean by role player. I'm not sure he'll be the 3rd receiver for this team, but I'll be disappointed if he doesn't show enough to win that job. If he can come in during three receiver sets and contribute something, that makes him a role player in my book. There is nothing wrong with that -- this team needs that sort of player.
 
cltchperf said:
Since Boston is much better, Boston at 75% is probably stil better than agood amount of receivers in the league, whereas Marcus Robinson, since not nearly as talented at 75% is bottom of the pack.
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I don't really buy any argument that Boston is much better. Robinson did what he did with a team struggling at QB and with some sign of life at WR while Boston had one QB and no competition for stats. I don't really think the presence of a second season over 1000 yards says much unless you're implying that Robinson was "lucky" to have a 1400 yard season under those circumstances.
 
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