32-year old RB Ricky Williams is leaning towards retiring after the 2010 season but he should reconsider based on how he played last year.  He shared time with Ronnie Brown until he went down to injury and then Williams showed that he can still be a featured back in a offense.  Williams played in all 16 games for the Dolphins last season and he carried the ball 241 times for 1,121 yards (4.7 ypc) with 11 TD runs.  He also caught 35 passes for 264 yards (7.5 avg) with 2 TD grabs last season.  It’s too bad that Williams missed some time in his career due to drug problems because it will likely cost him a chance at the Hall of Fame.  He has played in 115 games in his NFL career and he has carried the ball 2,164 times for 8,892 yards (4.1 ypc) with 62 TD carries.  Williams has also caught 310 passes for 2,382 yards (7.7 avg) with 7 TD grabs in his career.

The Dolphins seemed to be drafting for need last season instead of taking the best player available and it appeared to have hurt them last April.  CB Vontae Davis (1st round, #25 overall) out of Illinois had a good rookie season for the Dolphins.  He played in all 16 games for the Fins last season and he finished up with 53 tackles, 2 tackles for a loss, 11 passes defensed and 4 interceptions (one that he returned for a TD).  He should be a fixture at one CB spot for the Fins for a while.  QB Pat White (2nd round, #44 overall) out of West Virginia was selected to run the Wildcat Formation for the Dolphins but he didn’t play as good as Ronnie Brown or Ricky Williams in that role.  He played in 13 games for the Dolphins last season and he completed 0 of 5 passes for 0 yards with 0 TDs and 0 INTs (39.6 QB Rating).  White also carried the ball 21 times for 81 yards (3.9 ypc) last season.  This was a huge reach in the second round as White didn’t show much last season.  CB Sean Smith (2nd round, #61 overall) out of Utah had a bigger role than the Fins wanted him to as a rookie last season.  He played in all 16 games for the Dolphins last season and he made 38 tackles and defensed 12 passes.  WR Patrick Turner (3rd round, #87 overall) out of USC was a huge bust as a rookie last season as he played in 2 games without catching any passes.  WR Brian Hartline (4th round, #108 overall) out of Ohio State was seen as a huge reach for the Dolphins but he proved the critics wrong.  He played in all 16 games for the Dolphins last season and he caught 31 passes for 506 yards (16.3 avg) with 3 TD grabs.  Hartline also carried the ball 4 times for 29 yards (7.3 ypc) with a TD run and he returned 3 kickoffs for 36 yards (12.0 avg).  TE Jonathan Nalbone (5th round, #161 overall) out of Monmouth didn’t get on the field for the Dolphins in 2009.  Free safety Chris Clemons (5th round, #165 overall) out of Clemson helped out a tad on special teams as he finished with 13 tackles in 11 games.  OT Andrew Gardner (6th round, #181 overall) out of Georgia Tech played in only 1 game (0 starts) as a rookie for the Fins last season.  LB J.D. Folsom (7th round, #214 overall) out of Weber State played in 2 games for the Dolphins last season while making 1 tackle. 

GRADE FOR 2009:  C-

GRADE FOR THE FUTURE:  C