dolphintodd
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Kenny Stills is one dimensional, and even then you have to hold your breath he catches it. He is not a run after catch guy either. Its over the top or nothing.
It seems to me that stills has been overlooked since he became a dolphin. To me he has been the most reliable and professional player we have had in a long time. He has all the skill set to be our #1, but we as fans have relegated other less than reliable drama queens, looking at you Landry and injury prone(parker) players as our #1. At first I looked at him as just another guy, but he had become one of my favorite. And that isn't even taking all the great community service he performs. Thaughts?
He’s our best wrIt seems to me that stills has been overlooked since he became a dolphin. To me he has been the most reliable and professional player we have had in a long time. He has all the skill set to be our #1, but we as fans have relegated other less than reliable drama queens, looking at you Landry and injury prone(parker) players as our #1. At first I looked at him as just another guy, but he had become one of my favorite. And that isn't even taking all the great community service he performs. Thaughts?
I thought I read somewhere once that stills was hell to cover in the slot. Maybe we see him in the slot some next year. I think we are gonna see so many different looks of everyone pans out, gesicki, Wilson, da, that its gonna be unreal. Parker is SUPPOSED to be our alpha wr. Stills was never considered an alpha so even if he catches 70-1000-10 this year he will still not be considered a true 1 because it's not the stigma that goes with him. It's like I tell the young guys at work, your reputation sticks with you a long time and is hard to shake. If people see stills as simply a deep threat that's what we are gonna see him as for a few seasons ril je changes our opinion
Agree with virtually everything you said.For the most part, I think the era of offenses focusing on WR1, RB1 and TE1 has taken a back seat to the spread-the-ball and find-the-mismatch offenses of today. Teams have either abandoned or greatly reduced that offensive thinking.
Some is offensive coaching style, some is player availability and some is trends.
When I think of true WR1 types, I think of Michael Irvin, Calvin Johnson, Terrell Owens and Randy Moss. There's just not enough of those players in the NFL.
RBs have evolved due to the same problem. RBC is the new norm. Rarely do you find a "complete" back who can catch, block and run with power and break away speed. Gore is one of the last great ones (earlier in his career).
In today's NFL, WR1 is more of a depth chart designation than true scheme or role. Instead, WRs are more categorized based on ability (end zone, jump ball, possession, speed, separation, route running, etc).
Before he fizzled, that is what the Dolphins were trying to trade for when they acquired David Boston. But that part of his game stayed in San Diego. We got a shell.
We also pursued it with Brandon Marshall. We got it for a little while, before the headache set in.
Coaches want scheme flexibility and multi-faceted players that resemble Swiss Army knives. Its difficult to run a role based offense when you don't have the players to execute it.
I'll admit he doesn't block like Hines ward,but he is a decent and willing blocker. Would love to see you try and block an nfl defender trying to take your head off