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« on: September 08, 2011, 12:34:10 pm »
According to Armando Salguero,and the Miami Herald Blog...
http://miamiherald.typepad.com/dolphins_in_depth/2011/09/dolphins-trying-to-re-sign-larry-johnson.html

As credited in his article,NFL Network's Jason LaCanfora mentioned it first

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Sorry didn't see on the botom, It's not a rumor..Update: The Dolphins have announced they have signed Johnson and cut offensive lineman Ray Feinga.
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« Reply #1 on: September 08, 2011, 12:35:34 pm »
Hmmm....very interesting.
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« Reply #2 on: September 08, 2011, 12:54:52 pm »
Strange.

I am glad to have a guy like Larry Johnson, but I don't see where he fits on the team.  He's only going to be in on a few snaps and likely have no involvement in special teams.  Odd.
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« Reply #3 on: September 08, 2011, 01:12:38 pm »
He offered to play special teams before he was cut....I see him as the goal line guy,inside the 10 yrd line when we want to run the ball in
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« Reply #4 on: September 08, 2011, 01:22:21 pm »
I hate that damn rock thing he does when he scores,I hate Jay-Z.
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« Reply #5 on: September 08, 2011, 02:02:15 pm »
He's depth so that Hilliard can run at FB full time.
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« Reply #6 on: September 08, 2011, 02:06:51 pm »
and insurance for Bush/Thomas
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« Reply #7 on: September 08, 2011, 02:10:18 pm »
Quote from: Frimp on September 08, 2011, 02:06:51 pm
and insurance for Bush/Thomas

Agree.  He looked good enough in preseason to justify this move.  Sounds like he is a bit humbled now as well, so not the locker room cancer or risky move he used to be.
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« Reply #8 on: September 08, 2011, 02:17:01 pm »
Armando says that Daniel Thomas is hurt, reason for the larry re-sign

http://miamiherald.typepad.com/dolphins_in_depth/

Well, because rookie Daniel Thomas is injured. And he is not practicing. The Herald's Jeff Darlington is reporting Thomas yesterday tweaked a hamstring injury he had earlier this preseason and so the club felt the need to buy insurance for Monday night's regular-season opener against the Patriots.
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« Reply #9 on: September 08, 2011, 04:50:54 pm »
Hmmm... neither Daniel Thomas nor Larry Johnson have looked impressive in preseason. Sucks if Thomas misses opportunities to develop, but I doubt either puts fear into the hearts of opposing defenses.
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« Reply #10 on: September 08, 2011, 05:44:31 pm »
Quote from: fyo on September 08, 2011, 04:50:54 pm
Hmmm... neither Daniel Thomas nor Larry Johnson have looked impressive in preseason. Sucks if Thomas misses opportunities to develop, but I doubt either puts fear into the hearts of opposing defenses.

I can understand if you say that Johnson did get much preseason play time and we can't be sure how he looks but to say he didn't look good???

I don't get it.  Plus, I don't really care about fear in their hearts.  I care about filling a role.  I am sure the Pats don't really have fear in their hearts over any running back short of Adrian Peterson or one of those top tier guys.  I am sure Mendenhall (Steelers) or Starks (Green Bay) wouldn't put fear in the hearts of opposing defenses and they are both starting backs on Championship teams.
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« Reply #11 on: September 08, 2011, 07:35:20 pm »
Quote from: Doc-phin on September 08, 2011, 05:44:31 pm
I can understand if you say that Johnson did get much preseason play time and we can't be sure how he looks but to say he didn't look good???

Yeah, he didn't get a lot of time. His 2 runs for 7 yards was all he got against starters. Against scrubs in the last preseason game, he looked like crap until breaking out that one big run that got everyone gushing.

It's not unthinkable that Bush will miss time due to injury this season. I hope not, but he hasn't exactly been the picture of health during his career so far. If that thrusts Thomas or Johnson into the role as starter, yeah, that's cause for a lot of concern, IMHO.

As I said, neither looked impressive in preseason.
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« Reply #12 on: September 08, 2011, 08:16:00 pm »
I don't feel good about the running game..Henne makes or breaks the season this year imo
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« Reply #13 on: September 09, 2011, 07:06:54 am »
The running back situation is not looking promising right now. I mean we are $12 mill under the cap and we took Bush (who I like) over Bradshaw and Deangelo Williams. When we CLEARLY had the cap space to get a legit every down back. We could have front-loaded a deal with either of those guys, not totally hurt our salary cap for the next 2 or 3 years, and brought them in and not have these issues.

I hope we made this move because Thomas is injured in some way and from reports its a hamstring issue Thomas is having so I hope that is the reason. Because if we did this move because the coaches see nothing in Thomas at this point we are in trouble.
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« Reply #14 on: September 09, 2011, 07:22:02 am »
Quote from: MikeO on September 09, 2011, 07:06:54 am
I hope we made this move because Thomas is injured in some way and from reports its a hamstring issue Thomas is having so I hope that is the reason. Because if we did this move because the coaches see nothing in Thomas at this point we are in trouble.

The team is saying its due to injury, but they could claim that regardless.

What makes it likely to actually be true, IMHO, is that they cut Johnson in the first place. It's not like they got any NEW information on Thomas' potential since that. Bringing in someone you just cut makes a lot more sense if the reason was simply an injury.

As I've expressed before, I wasn't impressed by either player, but I certainly HOPE they do great!
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