David Boston - Out for season

Freak

My God.

I don't know that I've ever seen any football team have as bad an offseason as Miami is having. The only positive thing they did this entire offseason, I thought, was bring in David Boston, and now he's out for the year. This is just a poor, poor time to be a Miami fan, I can't even count their unfortunate incidents so far on all my hands and toes.

DMW

That's as big, if not bigger than losing Williams. Boston's a stud.

Freak

Well that's just a gross, gross overstatement... almost disgusting, even.

Boston's a talented football player (when he's on the field) and was brought in for cheap, but Ricky Williams was the Miami Dolphins' offense. Everything they did was geared around him, and now there's no back on the roster who can fill his place. I like Travis Minor, but he's just too small to survive behind that pathetic excuse of an O-line.

The only player even close to as valuable to the Phins as Ricky, is Zach Thomas, and even then that's very arguable.

DMW

Holy crap, don't take it so personally.

It may be an overstatement, but I think it's arguable. I've always felt that running backs in general are overrated, with a few exceptions of course. Ricky Williams is not one of those exceptions. Ricky Williams was not the type of back that could create something out of nothing, a la Barry Sanders, and I feel his success is predicated largely on the effectiveness of the offensive line. I think there are plenty of guys who can fill his shoes adequately.

Boston, on the other hand, is a relatively unique talent and physical specimen. Bottom line being that I think Boston can be more valuble to the passing game than Williams is to the running game. I think Williams' shoes are more easily filled than Boston's.

Dr. Giganto

While I understand DMW's point, I still think Ricky was more important to the Dolphins. More than anything, they needed a back who could carry the ball 25 times a game and take a pounding, and Ricky, who was built like a truck, was like that. There are only a few other backs like that in the league right now, such as Jamal Lewis

Plus, i think Boston let his success go to his head after his breakout year in AZ a few years ago, and he became a real jerk. So, fuck him

Danny Diamond

Founder/Admin

LMFAO !!

Ricky Williams WAS their entire offense. Last time I checked he had like 250 more rushing attempts than anyone in the league the past couple of years.


David Boston is so overrated in my opinion. Plus what good is he if he is always hurt.


Its even a better time to be a Patriots fan right now. Lol.

Freak

DMW, I didn't mean to come off as offended at all, sorry if it seemed that way.

I, too, think that Ricky Williams was overrated and one-dimensional as a running back, and I even said so in a recent post. But I guess that comes with the territory of breaking the NCAA rushing record at a high-profile university, and having a team trade its entire draft for you. Either way, he was an excellent football player, and one of the best examples in the NFL of a team building an offense around a single player. That is what cannot be replaced.

Like Mister D said, there is no back on Miami, and no back in free agency, that can take the ball and pound it inside 25-30 times a game, which means the ball is going to have be in the hands of A.J. Feeley a lot more often... and I don't think any offensive coordinator wants that. I don't know that Chris Chambers will see single coverage more than once or twice a game this season, now that safeties don't have to move up on every play to compensate for Ricky Williams.

It's just so much to replace. I think Boston's a good player, but he hadn't even taken a snap as a Dolphin, and a lot of people didn't think he would end up taking too many anyway.

Blitzkrieg

Administrator

I think some of you are giving Boston way too much credit. One big year in Arizona, and all of a sudden he is thrust into arguments with names like Owens and Moss. Fuck that. Boston always had an excuse for everything and last year I couldn't stand his bullshit any longer. Anyway, Chambers has more potential than he does...Boston was going to be the 2nd receiver on his own team, so to compare his loss to that of There bull, Ricky Williams is laughable.

And your right, any Pats fans out there should be happy as shit cuz the way it looks now they won't have to play a meaningful game 'till January.

Freak

That's all fair to say, but you can't deny that Boston is a very talented football player. Obviously his production over the last two years has been a joke, but you have to look at how dangerous he is when he IS on the field. He's never EVER had an even remotely competent receiver lined up next to him, and without all the nagging injuries he suffered from last year, he still would have registered about 80 catches for 1150 yards and 8 or 9 scores. Of course that's not in Moss' league, but it is exactly what Terrell Owens registered last season.

And I don't see why you're riding Chris Chambers' jock so much, when dissing Boston at the same time. Chambers has never cracked 1000 yards, never cracked 65 catches... and I really question your belief that he has more potential than Boston. If Boston concentrated more on his physical health and not his physical stature, I think he would easily be a top 5 WR in the league, no questions asked.

Danny Diamond

Founder/Admin

If if if. Shoulda coulda woulda.


That's sports Freak in a nutshell.


If Bo Jackson didnt get hurt he would be the best ever.

IF Ken Griffey Jr didnt get hurt over and over he would have 800 HR's by now.





For the record. And its just my opinion, but when both men are retired 30 years from now, people will say that Chris Chambers had a much better career.

I would also take Chris Chambers on my football team 10 out of 10 times before David "HGH" Boston