Where is the Dolphins H-Back on the Miami roster?
Dolphins haven’t had an H-Back since Clay left for Buffalo.
Where is the Dolphins H-Back on the roster?
Last year, Cameron and Sims took a stab at it, and it was semi-successful in certain situations. Of course, there were a lot of situations where it was terrible enough for them to abandon the H-Back totally. The results added to their inability to run the ball inside, which cost Miami drives, games, and in the end, it was one factor that cost them the season.
They will need an “H” this year. Now matter how much you spread wide and try and work the space, there will be a time for tea-cup, smash mouth football – or at least the threat of it. When there is only one layer of blocking, all it takes is one defensive player to penetrate on a run play and then, “that’s all folks”.
I know the “good” old days of powering to victory as the main mode of attack are all but dead. There are only about a handful of fullbacks left in the league – near dinosaurs verging on extinction. But, an “H” is not simply a sledgehammer as most fullbacks were.
H-Backs are more than a simple sledgehammer.
H-Backs do provide a tool for blocking, but more importantly they allow scheme diversity, and if they are good enough, a mismatch with a linebacker. An “H” lining up inside forces opposing teams to squeeze the defense to protect the hashes. And the lack of an H-Back can force offenses into positions where they can’t dictate to the defense, and instead must either operate in a scheme, or call a play that’s not the most conducive for the situation.
Currently, on Miami’s roster are Cameron, Duarte, Thomas, Gray, Hughes, Jones, Sims, and Stoneburner. Either, Adam Gase intends not to have a H-Back once again this year, or they plan on one of these players assuming the role.
I won’t dare say I know more than Adam Gase about football – but, in my opinion, Miami must have a H-Back this year.