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I just wish he would stay after practice and catch 250 deep balls from RT!
While most of the country was cooking Thanksgiving dinner, Mike Wallace was feasting on the Jugs machine.
Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/nfl/miami-dolphins/article4212491.html#storylink=cpy
A national holiday wasn’t going to get in the way of Wallace’s post-practice routine. He was the last one off the field Thursday afternoon, catching another 250 balls from the machine.
“Got to,” Wallace later said. “It’s our job. It’s our job.”
Know what else is his job? Getting the Dolphins over their six-year hump and into the playoffs. When the Dolphins signed Wallace to a $60 million contract in early 2013, they did so, in large part, to be the difference in December games.
December begins Monday, and for the Dolphins (6-5), it begins a five-game closing stretch that leaves no margin for error. They must win at least four to reach the postseason, and almost certainly must sweep the rival Jets, who host the Dolphins in a nationally televised showdown Monday night.
Does Wallace put it on himself to be the difference between a special season and just another Dolphins disappointment?
“Of course,” he said. “It’s now or never. If we want to be the team that we want to be and go to the playoffs, it’s the only time we can do it. We don’t have any other time that we can do it. We’ve got to put it on ourself. Every single player on the team has to. We have to step up, play better than we have before. Every single player has to take their game to the next level. I’ve just got to do my part.”
Wallace has done his part in 2014, but in a way foreign to both him and anyone who has seen him play. The Dolphins brought him in to take the top off defenses, but this year he’s caught just seven passes of 20 or more yards — tied for 50th entering Sunday’s games.
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