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I am losing more faith in this regime every day ...

dolphinfan41 said:
PREFIX -This post is not about Henne.

So I find out this morning that we signed Larry Johnson, and we were looking at Clinton Tortis. I Do not understand this regime at all. This move absolutely makes no sense to me.

Larry Johnson is an aging, washed up, rusty RB. He's 31 and has averaged just 3.22 yards per carry on his last 361 NFL carries. You can say well maybe the year off has let his body heal for one more year. You can say maybe he has something left in the tank, he can be a goal line back, ect ..

You know who didn't have a year off and stat wise is better than Johnon. Ronnie or Ricky. Why did we not not just resign one of them (both > Johnson), instead of scraping the bottom of the barrel of cheap, has been Rb's. There is a reason why 32 teams passed up signing him last year, and 31 this year.

If someone can please explain the logic of not resigning Ronnie or Ricky, kicking the tires of old RB's, and signing Larry Johnson please clue me in.

Every day I loose more faith in this regime.
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At first, I thought you were going to say you were losing faith because of the cutting of Sheets. LOL. However, I believe the regime has moved on from the days of R & R, not to mention Larry Johnson is most likely way less expensive than either of the former backs. Heck, who knows LJ may be cut before the season to turn over another rock of a player. LJ or whoever will be riding the pine for the most part with the exception of a few possible runs to spell Bush or Thomas. Plus, rb is the easiest postiton to fill. If the OL makes holes, we will be saying R&R, who? Don't lose faith bro. The season hasn't even started yet.
 
I do not understand the confusion. Gates and Livas beat out Sheets for KR duty. Sheets was near the bottom of the RB depth chart. There is not anything to develop. We are giving a former rushing champion an opportunity to see if he has some fire left. If not, we cut him. It is a low risk, high return longshot for the fence.
 
uscalum said:
I would have looked at teams with apparently good depth at the RB position and made a trade for a late round draft pick...

Stafon Johnson (Titans)
Steve Slaton (Texans)
James Davis (Redskins)
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Another shrewd possibility. In Slaton's case, he had a problem fumbling, got pulled, and Foster went nuts(well, technically, he was benched for Ryan Moats, but you get the picture). That coupled with Ben Tate returning from injury has buried him on the depth chart.

Before Foster took advantage of his chance, Slaton ran for 1.2k yards. Id be willing to take a chance for a late round pick. Thats if anyone had reservations about undrafted free agents. Worse case scenario for a move like this? You lose a late round pick.

Low cost, high reward. And for some reason, these types of solutions just dont enter the mind of our front office.
 
Maybe they brought him in for some power on the goal line since we didnt' have any last week
 
Spesh said:
Another shrewd possibility. In Slaton's case, he had a problem fumbling, got pulled, and Foster went nuts(well, technically, he was benched for Ryan Moats, but you get the picture). That coupled with Ben Tate returning from injury has buried him on the depth chart.

Before Foster took advantage of his chance, Slaton ran for 1.2k yards. Id be willing to take a chance for a late round pick. Thats if anyone had reservations about undrafted free agents. Worse case scenario for a move like this? You lose a late round pick.

Low cost, high reward. And for some reason, these types of solutions just dont enter the mind of our front office.
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Why waste a pick on a THIRD STRING RB?? I still don't understand all the hullaboo to a 3rd or 4th string back. This regime has their starters: Bush and Thomas. No need to waste picks on other teams' garbage to fill a 3rd string role...

Its funny, because of this regime DID trade for a guy like Slaton to be a 3rd string back, you same guys would be killing them for it.
 
FinHopeful said:
I do not understand the confusion. Gates and Livas beat out Sheets for KR duty. Sheets was near the bottom of the RB depth chart. There is not anything to develop. We are giving a former rushing champion an opportunity to see if he has some fire left. If not, we cut him. It is a low risk, high return longshot for the fence.
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Stop making so much sense. People want to be miserable Dolphins fans, and here you are trying to use logic. Shame on you.
 
I thought it was a good investment you can win on this one but you can't lose on it.
 
SkapePhin said:
Why waste a pick on a THIRD STRING RB?? I still don't understand all the hullaboo to a 3rd or 4th string back. This regime has their starters: Bush and Thomas. No need to waste picks on other teams' garbage to fill a 3rd string role...

Its funny, because of this regime DID trade for a guy like Slaton to be a 3rd string back, you same guys would be killing them for it.
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Hes a third string running back because the first stringer ran for 1.7k yards to his 1.2k yards. Thats hardly that big of a negative. Both are pro-bowl consideration totals. Now getting cut because you wave guns in front of a womans face, spew gay slurs over public media, and shove womens faces into walls at night clubs...well, that just screams "please sign me!" and Miami was more then willing to step up to the plate.

Lemme guess, you slammed Atlanta because they signed Michael Turner. Oh, and you also slammed New Orleans when they signed Darren Sproles. Better yet, you slammed Miami because they traded for 3rd string running back Reggie Bush, right?
 
Spesh said:
Hes a third string running back because the first stringer ran for 1.7k yards to his 1.2k yards. Thats hardly that big of a negative. Both are pro-bowl consideration totals. Now getting cut because you wave guns in front of a womans face, spew gay slurs over public media, and shove womens faces into walls at night clubs...well, that just screams "please sign me!" and Miami was more then willing to step up to the plate.

Lemme guess, you slammed Atlanta because they signed Michael Turner. Oh, and you also slammed New Orleans when they signed Darren Sproles. Better yet, you slammed Miami because they traded for 3rd string running back Reggie Bush, right?
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WTF? The team has its STARTERS. What are you not understanding? None of the examples you listed are guys who were signed to BE 3rd stringers (except for Sproles, but he has a different kind of role). Bush was not in NO's plans and he was brought here to be a STARTER. I just don't see the point in trading for a THIRD STRING RB who will BE a THIRD STRING RB on this team as well..
 
it won't take many carries before there will be plenty of evidence lj's got nothing left...lex hilliards gonna look better and thats not sayin much
 
Nobody cares anymore that fans are losing faith in the regime. These threads are getting ridiculous. I cannot wait til the season starts!!!
 
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