Here’s the newest installment of our Miami Dolphins Q&A, the place South Florida Sun Sentinel writers David Furones and Omar Kelly reply questions from readers.
Q: Who begins at RB week 1? — 561canesfan on Twitter
A: I’ve additionally acquired questions on ZaQuandre White, the undrafted rookie working again out of South Carolina, so let’s mix this into an general breakdown/projection of the potential depth chart at tailback.
To begin, I imagine Chase Edmonds would be the best working again of the group between what he’ll do dashing and receiving. In what is going to possible be working again by committee, which can restrict the stats that anybody again places up, Edmonds ought to maintain probably the most fantasy soccer worth, particularly in PPR (level per reception) codecs.
Raheem Mostert, though 30 and coming off surgical procedure on a knee damage suffered at first of final season, is as acquainted as anybody with coach Mike McDaniel’s extensive zone dashing assault. He catapulted his profession in McDaniel’s system with the San Francisco 49ers, and he was his beginning working again in every of his final 9 regular-season video games performed following the his spectacular stretch within the 2019 playoffs that helped get the 49ers to the Super Bowl.
With Mostert’s blazing pace, he can break the massive one at any cut-off date, and it’s at all times good to get a type of lengthy landing runs early and begin with a landing lead. It would additionally make for a very good story if Mostert received the primary carry of the season after his 2021 marketing campaign was lower quick two carries in.
Sony Michel, whereas solely signed after Edmonds and Mostert within the preliminary wave this offseason, shouldn’t be discounted on this regard. His between-the-tackles capability makes him a viable beginning possibility whereas letting Edmonds and Mostert change the tempo, even when one of many different two find yourself with extra touches all through the sport.
Michel, the hometown child out of American Heritage High, additionally has, by far, probably the most profession begins of any Dolphins working again, amassing 38 between each regular- and postseason play in his four-year profession with the Patriots and Rams.
Myles Gaskin, the returning again on this room, has 17 begins between the previous two seasons with the Dolphins, however these backfields don’t practically evaluate with the competitors on this one. His inventory can also be down after 2021 midseason acquisitions Duke Johnson and Phillip Lindsay both surpassed him or considerably ate into his touches by the top of the yr. Neither Johnson nor Lindsay was retained by McDaniel.
Salvon Ahmed’s chance of constructing the roster is in query, given the additions to the roster, the best way he disappeared on the finish of final season and the way he solely averaged 2.7 yards per carry in 2021. That mentioned, in a current follow, he did escape protection for a powerful reception on a wheel route like we’ve seen from him up to now, providing hope he might return to kind from 2020 when he was serviceable in spot responsibility.
White, the South Carolina product, is a big wild card on this combine. He has already caught the attention of McDaniel as the first undrafted rookie he named when requested which of them have impressed in organized group actions and minicamp. An element that might profit White is that he has performed particular teams in faculty throughout a stint as a linebacker at Florida State. Special groups prowess is at all times an X-factor when making an attempt to make the energetic roster.
Regardless, White has to leap forward of at the least a few the veterans on this Dolphins roster. He already appears to have moved forward of 2021 seventh-round decide Gerrid Doaks, who spent his rookie yr on Miami’s follow squad.
Fitting 4 tailbacks on the roster additionally turns into barely harder, since McDaniel’s system will incorporate the fullback, so a spot must be reserved for Alec Ingold in that function. Injuries at all times come up all through the course of a season, nevertheless, so whoever stays on the follow squad ought to alternatives to get elevated.
Have a query?
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