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Miami Dolphins’ Jakeem Grant: I’m a receiver first, not a return specialist

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It was, by his own definition, a great play. It also was his first NFL touchdown. Against a Super Bowl hero.
But please, Jakeem Grant asks, stop hitting him up with this “good game” stuff. The 25-yard touchdown pass he caught over cornerback Malcolm Butler of the Patriots was huge in the career of Grant, but it’s that other one that got away — the would-be 55-yard touchdown just out of his grasp with 12 minutes left — that continues to eat at Grant days after the fact.
Just listen:
“I was definitely hurt that I didn’t even come up with that deep ball because it would have made a big momentum swing,” he said. “It would have put us up, a two-score game. Just because I got that one touchdown, I was hungry for another one, and I guess I was just overexcited or whatever it was and I didn’t come up with it. I dropped it and so that ate at me the whole — even after the game, that still ate at me.
“A lot of people texted me, ‘Good game, good game.’ I respond back, ‘Thank you and it wasn’t a good game to me.’ ”
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You're god damn right. If Jakeem was 3 inches taller, he would have been a first-round draft pick. I wish they could give him some reps in the backfield, similar to what KC does with Tyreek Hill.
 
Delsolar16 said:
Don't worry, Jakeem - nobody considers you a return specialist. We all have a sense of dread when a punt is dropping toward you.
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I'm convinced teams purposely kick the ball off exactly 4 yards deep into the endzone so they can tackle him at the 15 when he runs it out.
 
Glass half empty: Running it out when he shouldn't.
Glass half full: I'm not worried about muffs and fumbles like last year.
It's always good to see improvement
 
He was too tough to handle in the Pre season against scabs. That’s a sign that you belong. Need to continue to get him chances.
 
I may be wrong but I'm pretty sure there was at least one play where Grant lined up in the backfield. I think it was PA pass to him in the flat too.

I believe I saw one with Landry back there as well. Might have been a HB screen too. That is way better than the WR screens and still gets Landry in space
 
royalshank said:
He was too tough to handle in the Pre season against scabs. That’s a sign that you belong. Need to continue to get him chances.
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With some frequency, I see returnees on other teams hav e pretty nice holes up the middle. Don't see that with Rizzi's squad
 
Dolphins512 said:
Would be interested to know our average field position when we run it out vs taking a knee.
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As a matter of fact...I wonder why it is that kickers bomb the sh*t out of the ball (to probably show off), and the receiving team gets 25 free yards of field position...OR...kick it to the opponents' 3 yard line and stop them at their 18...

Seems like a pretty easy choice for me...
 
DolfanDonny said:
As a matter of fact...I wonder why it is that kickers bomb the sh*t out of the ball (to probably show off), and the receiving team gets 25 free yards of field position...OR...kick it to the opponents' 3 yard line and stop them at their 18...

Seems like a pretty easy choice for me...
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The average kickoff return is actually about 22 yards. When you add in the small but real risk that you might be down 7 points at the end of the play, the choice is really not that clearcut...
 
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