"Miami Dolphins coach Tony Sparano admits his team has a very detailed plans on how they will address the tailback position. He just doesn't intend on sharing them.

But the way Sparano talked Tuesday during breakfast at the NFL owners meeting it's possible that we can connect the dots a bit considering I left our hour-long session with tailback on the brain.

Dot 1: Sparano confessed the Dolphins will remain a ground-and-pound team, and doesn't care what anyone thinks about it.

Dot 2: It seems the likelihood BOTH free agents, Ronnie Brown and Ricky Williams will be back in 2011 are slim. And it doesn't really sound like Sparano's excited about re-signing either veteran.

Dot 3: Sparano specifically wants two tailbacks who complement each other, and that's not Brown and Williams.

The Dolphins hope to find a tailback who has breakaway speed, and the type of ability to take a dump-off pass to the house. Sparano used what Lions Jahvid Best did against the Dolphins in last year's loss as a prime example.

Dot 4: Adding a tailback through free agency seems to be Sparano's more favorable route. He didn't directly come out and say it, but he did refer to the free agent market A LOT when addressing the position. That was probably his way of sending smoke signals to the free agents out there that Miami is open for business when free agency opens.

Dot 5: Even if the Dolphins go the free agent route this regime will likely double-down by selecting a tailback or two in the draft.

And it's possible the Dolphins MIGHT do it early, using that No. 15 pick. However, Sparano pointed out this is a deep crop of tailbacks, and some pretty good runners might be available in the later rounds considering very few teams have needs at that position."