Lamar Miller makes complete sense given where he was drafted.

[tjmeyers]

Finally picking players from the U. Streeter next?

 

[ebozzz]

Fair enough but we obviously all would like miller to be the next young Clinton Portis or Terrell Davis, both guys that flourished in zone blocking schemes, however that remains to be seen. From what I saw last year I can't see Thomas having the patience to wait for the holes and cutback lanes to open. He appeared to hit the hole and sometimes before it even opened. I think this is just a player that was potentially very good talent who fits a zone blocking scheme and given he was still on the board it just made too much sense. I can't imagine Miami letting Bush walk if he is able to repeat his success from last year.

Davis was definitely a power run game player. Portis less so. Last season was kind of crazy. These guys were basically just thrown in the fire without the usual preparation that they would have received if there had not been a lockout. Thomas could very well show a lot of improvement with a full off season of work under his belt. If not, I think we have enough RBs on the roster to make due. One thing for sure is that there will certainly some heated battles going on this year for roster spots at that position. It can only help....

I think we are used to Miami just pulling guys in for all kinds of reasons and instead of drafting guys that fit a scheme we just took whomever. It appears at least thus far that Miami has a plan in place and we are sticking to it. If that means Jake Long is unable to make the transition to a zone blocking scheme and he has to be unloaded, so be it. I just am happy we have some kind of direction right now. The picks thus far seem to back that assumption up.

I've never really analyzed the Ireland era in that manner but there may be some truth to that. I know that is most likely the case with some of the previous regimes. This staff does seem to have a clear plan about where they would like to take this team. It may take a little while to get there and I hope we can all be patient while they do their work....