NFL Draft 2011: Can the Draft Help Dolphins Stay Committed to Running the Ball?

March 24, 2011   ·   Christopher Howland   ·   Jump to comments

“We’re going to continue to run the ball because that’s my nature,” Coach Tony Sparano recently told reporters at an annual NFL meeting.
So if the Dolphins will primarily focus their offensive attention on the running attack, whom will the production come from?
Currently, they have only Lex Hilliard, Patrick Cobbs and Kory Sheets under contract and under the RB section of their depth chart.
That leaves out two of the most productive runners in the Dolphins' game, Ronnie Brown and Ricky Williams.
As Sparano continues to lecture that change is coming at the running back position, he leaves out the very two most important pieces of our running game.
“I don’t want to talk too much about those two guys not under contract right now,” Sparano admitted.
So without the two best runners, where can we find this change?
“When I say one way or the other, obviously that’s through the draft or free agency that we...

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