One Dolphins staffer told the Miami Herald that Lamar Miller didn't run with enough physicality in 2013.
We noticed Miller's tendency to run "soft" on 2012 game tape, but the problem was much clearer when he got to a bigger sample size in 2013. "We like Miller's speed and explosiveness," the staffer said. "Miller has the higher ceiling, but you wish he ran with a more physical [style]," adding that Miller must improve as a blocker. Miller's role under new OC Bill Lazor is up in the air.
Miller is soft, but he could have been Larry freaking Csonka last year and it wouldn't have mattered. If you saw the game where the Dolphins got completely physically manhandled by the bleeping Buccaneers, you knew the Dolphins were historically piss awful at run blocking. Just unacceptably bad. Unfortunately, they were so bad that it made it really hard to see where Miller really struggled and where he was doing okay. Whole year was a wash, just gonna have to roll the dice on him again if he's finally allowed to move firmly ahead of the practice squad-worthy Daniel Thomas in '14.
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BaseNoteSun 2/9/14 8:03 PM
Miller is soft, but he could have been Larry freaking Csonka last year and it wouldn't have mattered. If you saw the game where the Dolphins got completely physically manhandled by the bleeping Buccaneers, you knew the Dolphins were historically piss awful at run blocking. Just unacceptably bad. Unfortunately, they were so bad that it made it really hard to see where Miller really struggled and where he was doing okay. Whole year was a wash, just gonna have to roll the dice on him again if he's finally allowed to move firmly ahead of the practice squad-worthy Daniel Thomas in '14.