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Remember Roberto Wallace?
If you don’t, Wallace was a wide receiver with the Dolphins from 2010 until 2012 who was known more for being talked up during the preseason than anything he did on the field.
What did he do on the field? Six catches for 62 yards and no touchdowns. Ignorant fans will call DeVante Parker a bust if those are his numbers in Week 1, but for Wallace, that was his career.
You wouldn’t have known that was the path he’d take from what you heard in the 2012 preseason though, when Wallace was being compared to Brandon Marshall.
Since then, I’ve created an award named for him, and as much as this pains me to say, my main nominee for it is cornerback Tony Lippett.
Let me explain; I’m not bashing Lippett. I’m giving him this award because, throughout the 2015 preseason and training camp, you’re going to hear a lot from Lippett.
Every play the kid from Michigan State makes will be salivated over, and unfair comparisons to Richard Marshall will populate social media (and even this website).
I’m intrigued by him as well, but I also see Lippett as a project who will spend most of 2015 playing special teams despite the fact Miami is very shallow at the cornerback position.
You’ll hear from Lippett more in 2016 and beyond, but for 2015, you’ll hear a lot from him early. But in the regular season it will feel like he doesn’t exist.
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