Love me some Step Taylor.. Please get me a real running back..I'm willing to spend for any of the top 3.
Lamar Miller is a real running back. I think those hoping for a back early will be disappointed. Even if the Dolphins lose Bush I think they are and should be high on Miller and still like Thomas regardless of how many fans feel about him. I could see them taking a back later, but not with a high pick.
IMO, Miami has a real running back in Lamar Miller. He'd probably be right up there with Giovanni Bernard as the top guy in this draft had he stayed at Miami for his senior season. PFF has a stat they keep for running backs called pulse rate. This is their average yards per carry on runs that are 10 yards or less. It eliminates runs that are greater than 10 yards. Why? Because most of the runs in the NFL are runs that are 10 yards or less. This is actually a good stat to evaluate the consistency of a runner. Lamar Miller was 5th in the league with a 4.04 yards per rush average on those runs.
Let's hope Miller has a private playbook tutor for this whole offseason. Vance McDonald sounds good. May need to takeout some McD's in the draft.
Didn't watch Florida enough to really comment on Gillislee, but I really like Mike James. I was not a fan of his coming into this year. I just didn't see the player that was getting rave reviews since he was a freshman in camp. But this year I loved watching him play. He's just a consistent, hard working player that produces is so many different ways. I think you'll be able to get him late in the draft because there isn't anything "sexy" about him, but I think he's going to carve out a nice career for himself. He could be a Kevin Faulk type player that helps your team win games doing different things. I would love to see "Smash and Dash" back together in the Dolphins backfield.
Didn't watch Florida enough to really comment on Gillislee, but I really like Mike James. I was not a fan of his coming into this year. I just didn't see the player that was getting rave reviews since he was a freshman in camp. But this year I loved watching him play. He's just a consistent, hard working player that produces is so many different ways. I think you'll be able to get him late in the draft because there isn't anything "sexy" about him, but I think he's going to carve out a nice career for himself. He could be a Kevin Faulk type player that helps your team win games doing different things. I would love to see "Smash and Dash" back together in the Dolphins backfield.
Miller has a chance to be something, there's something strangely harmonious between this kids vision and feet, it's different, it looks different, especially in person, kind of effortless, kind of dangerous because his speed during all his change of directions does not get lost...I'm down on Bush so it's a bit hard to read miller as our primary back, so I'm looking at this one from a what I would do perspective, and I'm really high on those three players for our team that seemingly will be available with good draft value.
He is also fearless and effective under pressure. He'll stand in there and take a big hit and still get off an accurate pass. If he'd have been in the 2012 draft, I'd have just as soon taken him 8th as I would have Tannehill. IMO, Barkley and Wilson are the top 2 of this QB class, and someone may get a steal on either of them.
