Is Ronnie the Popular Superstar We Were Lacking At the Beginning of the Season?

[dolfan94]

I remember a lot of threads after JT was traded about how we didnt have ONE
player that stood out as the player that everybody feared and was really popular. Something like JT, or Zach, or Dan the Man.
Well, I think we may have found him.
With the resurgence, Ronnie has increased in popularity by a lot. And he is also the one player that when coaches gameplan, they look at him like 20 times.

I knew we couldnt go a whole season without finding ONE guy.
Thank god!

 

[HybridPHIN 23]

i dont think anyone expected him to be 100% , 10 months removed from that kind of injury....... he really is back to form and is entering his prime right now. I always said Ronnie is the future of this team... well, the future is now.

 

[Rhody Phins Fan]

He is definitely the face of this team now. The Wildcat offense has received tons of attention and Ronnie is the player who runs that offense. The guy is literally always smiling so his smiling face appears on all the sports news shows every night. That is great publicity.

 

[SoDakDolfan]

I love the kind of player that Ronnie has become, physically and mentally. I just keep my fingers crossed that he (and the rest of the team) can stay healthy all year!

 

[FINdestructible]

Definitely. Ronnie Brown is the face of the Dolphins. :up:

 

[FORMER FIN1]

Don't forget our boy Ricky. Love how he laid out for the block to get ronnie in the endzone.

 

[X-Pacolypse]

After JT was traded, Ronnie Brown became the new face of the franchise. Some of us knew it then, some didn't. Regardless of where you stood, you've got to be smiling now.

 

[timbowens95]

Don't forget our boy Ricky. Love how he laid out for the block to get ronnie in the endzone.

Ricky is playing very average right now, I thought he'd play better after he was hyped up during off season.

Ronnie is playing amazing and having fun.

 

[Kendra_Chelsea]

If this is a ronnie love thread let me say i knew we had what we had when i saw him carry 8 men 2 yards for a first down (i believe it was the game we lost to pittsburgh 2 years ago but I am not 100 percent sure)

Anyway. I used TIVO to pause, rewind, count- rinse and repeat and then showed it to my entire family.

I was wowed and at the same time i was dumbfounded. He has something washington's Portis dosent have- the capabilty to carry 8 men on his back.

Heck maybe thats why he is so injury proned- he felt like he had to carry the whole offense on his back- if that were the case eventually something was going to snap. Unfortuantly it was a body part

 

[WVDolphan]

I really couldnt care less about having popular superstars. What matters is if the guys we have are WINNERS!!!

NY Giants last season........ONE pro bowler........World Championship

This year that ONE pro bowler was lost for the year due to injury and yet they are playing like the best team in the league.

Dallas had about 30 pro bowlers and a bunch of names. How did that work out for them???

 

[PassRush]

I would not over emphasise the importance "star" players, but yes, Ronnie is unquestionably the best player on the team and he is also, far and away, the most popular. Pretaining to an earlier post, it would be unfair to say that Ricky has been average. He is a secondary back, and has played well in that regard, but it is worth mentioning that it is alot easier to key on Rickey than it is Ronnie; its not a matter of vision, its simply a matter of Ronnie being able to lower his shoulder and plowing over a 300lb defensive tackle. Ricky may have declined, but I am sure most NFL teams would give well above the average for a back of his age.

 

[Tigers2003]

I really couldnt care less about having popular superstars. What matters is if the guys we have are WINNERS!!!

NY Giants last season........ONE pro bowler........World Championship

This year that ONE pro bowler was lost for the year due to injury and yet they are playing like the best team in the league.

Dallas had about 30 pro bowlers and a bunch of names. How did that work out for them???

Absolutely! We need players who are winners not overhyped so called super stars. Championship teams are made up of several role players, a few above average players who stand out for certain things, and smart coaching. We don't need a bunch of all stars who have no chemistry, led by bad coaching, with too much attitude. A smart, workaholic, and mentally focused team is what Coach TS and the FO is building and is already paying off some dividends. Who would have though we would be 2-2 and had beaten the Patsies and the Bolts by now? Long season I know but it is good time to dream about the future and be a kool aid drinking homer LOL!!

 

[MiggeMadness]

I really couldnt care less about having popular superstars. What matters is if the guys we have are WINNERS!!!

NY Giants last season........ONE pro bowler........World Championship

This year that ONE pro bowler was lost for the year due to injury and yet they are playing like the best team in the league.

Dallas had about 30 pro bowlers and a bunch of names. How did that work out for them???

Is this a trick question? Are we talking last year or early 90's? If I remember correctly, it worked out alright in the 90's.

 

[Vaark]

I certainly see WV's point, however for every Giants/Cowboys anology, you can in turn point to a NE, Indiana as the successful "yin" in that equation.

Given that, there's nothing wrong with having a superstar, which if Ronnie can sustain his health, he's on the threshold of becoming, so long as, like a Brady, Moss, or Payton, Harrison, the attention paid to his excellence makes the supporting players, and in turn the team successful.

 

[burger13]

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