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Lamar Miller Contract: Latest News and Rumors on Negotiations with Dolphins

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“I would tell you I’ve nver been in a meeting where I’ve said to [offensive coordinator] Bill [Lazor] or [running backs coach] Jeff Nixon or the offensive line coaches have said ‘Lamar can’t carry the ball 20 times a game. He can’t do it,’” Dolphins coach Joe Philbin said, per James Walker of ESPN.com. “I’ve never heard that. That’s never come out of my mouth.”
Moving forward, Ajayi was one of the most prolific backs in the entire country. He's under team control at an almost nonexistent salary; none of his cap hits so much as reach $800,000 during his rookie deal. If Ajayi flashes potential in 2015, the Dolphins might be smart to allow Miller to hit free agency and hand over the reins to the youngster.

"In Miller’s case, the Dolphins might have a possible replacement in Jay Ajayi—every top Dolphins executive keeps calling Ajayi a three-down back—but nobody has seen nearly enough of the rookie to know that for sure," Jackson wrote.
We're getting way ahead of ourselves here, but running back is a fungible position. Players hop in and out of prominence each year, and Miller's own career arc shows that. After being nearly anonymous his first two seasons, he broke out in 2014. Miami would be smart to hold off on a deal until the running back hierarchy begins playing itself out.
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Who plays behind Ajayi if his knee starts to give him problems again? Williams and James? Both unproven. And Miller is 24 yrs old.. Idk what he means by give the reigns to the "youngster".
 
miller will be cheaper than people think. ov will be the one wanting more money. if you have two good backs why let one go?
 
I would sign Miller to a $4 million a year deal but nothing more. He gets the job done, but will never be a prolific running back
 
Ajayi has bad knees and Miller is young and still improving. Pay Miller and worry about Ajayi after he has proved himself.
Vernon is a good player, but not great. We have backups ready to fill in if he decides to go for big money. We have the luxury of letting him walk.
Hopefully he will accept what the team can pay him and stay.
 
I'm not sold on Ayaji. But let the year play out and if Ayaji steps up we can let miller walk. If nothing else you can draft a RB
 
Ayaji shouldn't be in any conversation at this point, he is a solid value for a 5th round pick he hasn't proven squat and is far from some sure thing. If he was a sure thing he wouldn't have lasted until the 5th round
 
dlockz said:
Ayaji shouldn't be in any conversation at this point, he is a solid value for a 5th round pick he hasn't proven squat and is far from some sure thing. If he was a sure thing he wouldn't have lasted until the 5th round
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100% agree. And LaMarvelous has done EVERYTHING right -- being a solid team guy, working hard (consistently) to improve, and generally just being a solid pro. He deserves some $$$. And he's definitely the most explosive runner we have.

Bottom line -- I like the way he carries the pig!
 
SCLSU Mud Dogs said:
I would sign Miller to a $4 million a year deal but nothing more. He gets the job done, but will never be a prolific running back
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I've said for a long time Miller is a good back but he's never going to move the pile or break a lot of tackles for a big run...but I'm in wait and see mode right now. I want to get a look at him with his added muscle and weight he put on this off season. The fact that his yards-per-carry went down the more he got the ball last year is a concern and circumstances played a factor in that (O-line and defenses knowing Miller was getting the ball late in games when Dolphins had the lead) but let's see how he looks this year.
 
Lamar Miller has steadily improved each season and has also gained confidence. Why is it smart to now anoint Jay Ajayi? There is no reason to give up on Miller and he has been a good team player from the outset. He strikes me as a Miami guy who probably wants to stay a Miami guy and shouldn't be too difficult to negotiate with.
 
I'm not worried about it, well see what miller does this year and take it from there.

Ajayi and Williams are nice insurance.

All there is to it really.
 
RBs aren't expensive and we don't have any proven depth behind lamar. I'm glad they are opening up conversations now because unless jayjay has a serious rookie year it's going to be miller's role as a #1 back for the phins and we are going to sign him.
 
spiketex said:
Lamar Miller has steadily improved each season and has also gained confidence. Why is it smart to now anoint Jay Ajayi? There is no reason to give up on Miller and he has been a good team player from the outset. He strikes me as a Miami guy who probably wants to stay a Miami guy and shouldn't be too difficult to negotiate with.
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Exactly my thoughts, and i get the same feeling on being a home team guy. Just seems like he is happy to have a place ion this team. Cool guy in his humble way.
 
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