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May 10, 2022

Miami Ground Machine

Dolphins stocking up on running backs

The Dolphins traded for Tyreek Hill and will pair him with one of last season's breakout rookie receivers, Jaylen Waddle, to pass the ball all over the yard. Or will they? Their new head coach comes over from a San Francisco offense that generally emphasized the run, and they've been signing more running backs than they can possibly roster.

First it was Chase Edmonds, then former 49er Raheem Mostert. Yesterday it was former Patriot and Ram Sony Michel (pictured). And they already had Myles Gaskin, and yet another former Niner, Salvon Ahmed. Only one football, right? The Dolphins are bringing a lot of running backs to camp.

Over the last three years (picked three to sneak in Mostert's last productive season), there have been 98 total seasons where a running back had at least 800 total yards. Seven were by backs currently on the Dolphins' roster. That includes 3 of the 34 such seasons a year ago.

RUNNING BACKS WITH 800 TOTAL YARDS, 2019-2021
Year	Player	Att	Run	No	Rec	TD	Tot
2019	Christian McCaffrey, Car.	287	1387	116	1005	19	2392
2021	Jonathan Taylor, Ind.	332	1811	40	360	20	2171
2020	Derrick Henry, Ten.	378	2027	19	114	17	2141
2020	Dalvin Cook, Min.	312	1557	44	361	17	1918
2019	Ezekiel Elliott, Dall.	301	1357	54	420	14	1777
2019	Nick Chubb, Cle.	298	1494	36	278	8	1772
2019	Derrick Henry, Ten.	303	1540	18	206	18	1746
2020	Alvin Kamara, N.O.	187	932	83	756	21	1688
2019	Leonard Fournette, Jac.	265	1152	76	522	3	1674
2021	Najee Harris, Pitt.	307	1200	74	467	10	1667
2019	Dalvin Cook, Min.	250	1135	53	519	13	1654
2019	Aaron Jones, G.B.	236	1084	49	474	19	1558
2021	Austin Ekeler, LAC	206	911	70	647	20	1558
2019	Austin Ekeler, LAC	132	557	92	993	11	1550
2021	Joe Mixon, Cin.	292	1205	42	314	16	1519
2020	David Montgomery, Chi.	247	1070	54	438	10	1508
2019	Chris Carson, Sea.	278	1230	37	266	9	1496
2020	Jonathan Taylor, Ind.	232	1169	36	299	12	1468
2020	Aaron Jones, G.B.	201	1104	47	355	11	1459
2019	Saquon Barkley, NYG	217	1003	52	438	8	1441
2021	Nick Chubb, Cle.	228	1259	20	174	9	1433
2019	Joe Mixon, Cin.	278	1137	35	287	8	1424
2020	James Robinson, Jac.	240	1070	49	344	10	1414
2021	Dalvin Cook, Min.	249	1159	34	224	6	1383
2021	Alvin Kamara, N.O.	240	898	47	439	9	1337
2021	Antonio Gibson, Was.	258	1037	42	294	10	1331
2019	Alvin Kamara, N.O.	171	797	81	533	6	1330
2019	Miles Sanders, Phil.	179	818	50	509	6	1327
2020	Ezekiel Elliott, Dall.	244	979	52	338	8	1317
2019	Josh Jacobs, Oak.	242	1150	20	166	7	1316
2020	Josh Jacobs, L.V.	273	1065	33	238	12	1303
2021	Ezekiel Elliott, Dall.	237	1002	47	287	12	1289
2021	Leonard Fournette, T.B.	180	812	69	454	10	1266
2019	Mark Ingram, Balt.	202	1018	26	247	15	1265
2019	LeVeon Bell, NYJ	245	789	66	461	4	1250
2021	Josh Jacobs, L.V.	217	872	54	348	9	1220
2021	Javonte Williams, Den.	203	903	43	316	7	1219
2020	Nick Chubb, Cle.	190	1067	16	150	12	1217
2019	Phillip Lindsay, Den.	224	1011	35	196	7	1207
2021	Aaron Jones, G.B.	171	799	52	391	10	1190
2019	Marlon Mack, Ind.	247	1091	14	82	8	1173
2021	Cordarrelle Patterson, Atl.	153	618	52	548	11	1166
2019	Kenyan Drake, 2TM	170	817	50	345	8	1162
2021	David Montgomery, Chi.	225	849	42	301	7	1150
2020	Kareem Hunt, Cle.	198	841	38	304	11	1145
2020	Melvin Gordon, Den.	215	986	32	158	10	1144
2020	Ronald Jones, T.B.	192	978	28	165	8	1143
2021	Melvin Gordon, Den.	203	918	28	213	10	1131
2021	James Conner, Ariz.	202	752	37	375	18	1127
2021	AJ Dillon, G.B.	187	803	34	313	7	1116
2019	Carlos Hyde, Hou.	245	1070	10	42	6	1112
2021	Elijah Mitchell, S.F.	207	963	19	137	6	1100
2020	Clyde Edwards-Helaire, K.C.	181	803	36	297	5	1100
2021	Devin Singletary, Buff.	188	870	40	228	8	1098
2020	Kenyan Drake, Ariz.	239	955	25	137	10	1092
2021	Derrick Henry, Ten.	219	937	18	154	10	1091
2019	David Montgomery, Chi.	242	889	25	185	7	1074
2021	D'Andre Swift, Det.	151	617	62	452	7	1069
2019	Devonta Freeman, Atl.	184	656	59	410	6	1066
2020	Miles Sanders, Phil.	164	867	28	197	6	1064
2019	Todd Gurley, LAR	223	857	31	207	14	1064
2021	Damien Harris, N.E.	202	929	18	132	15	1061
2021	Tony Pollard, Dall.	130	719	39	337	3	1056
2020	Antonio Gibson, Was.	170	795	36	247	11	1042
2019	Adrian Peterson, Was.	211	898	17	142	5	1040
2019	Ronald Jones, T.B.	172	724	31	309	6	1033
2020	Mike Davis, Car.	165	642	59	373	8	1015
2021	Darrel Williams, K.C.	144	558	47	452	8	1010
2019	Sony Michel, N.E.	247	912	12	94	7	1006
2020	David Johnson, Hou.	147	691	33	314	8	1005
2021	James Robinson, Jac.	164	767	31	222	8	989
2021	Sony Michel, LAR	208	845	21	128	5	973
2020	Myles Gaskin, Mia.	142	584	41	388	5	972
2019	Devin Singletary, Buff.	151	775	29	194	4	969
2020	Chris Carson, Sea.	141	681	37	287	9	968
2021	Michael Carter, NYJ	147	639	36	325	4	964
2020	Devin Singletary, Buff.	156	687	38	269	2	956
2020	J.D. McKissic, Was.	85	365	80	589	3	954
2019	Raheem Mostert, S.F.	137	772	14	180	10	952
2020	James Conner, Pitt.	169	721	35	215	6	936
2020	Austin Ekeler, LAC	116	530	54	403	3	933
2020	J.K. Dobbins, Balt.	134	805	18	120	9	925
2021	Miles Sanders, Phil.	137	754	26	158	0	912
2019	Melvin Gordon, LAC	162	612	42	296	9	908
2019	James White, N.E.	67	263	72	645	6	908
2021	Chase Edmonds, Ariz.	116	592	43	311	2	903
2020	D'Andre Swift, Det.	114	521	46	357	10	878
2019	Latavius Murray, N.O.	146	637	34	235	6	872
2021	Darrell Henderson, LAR	149	688	29	176	8	864
2020	Nyheim Hines, Ind.	89	380	63	482	7	862
2021	Devontae Booker, NYG	145	593	40	268	3	861
2021	Saquon Barkley, NYG	162	593	41	263	4	856
2020	Gus Edwards, Balt.	144	723	9	129	6	852
2020	Chase Edmonds, Ariz.	97	448	53	402	5	850
2021	Myles Gaskin, Mia.	173	612	49	234	7	846
2020	Todd Gurley, Atl.	195	678	25	164	9	842
2020	Latavius Murray, N.O.	146	656	23	176	5	832
2019	Duke Johnson, Hou.	83	410	44	410	5	820

So two things are clear. One is if you draft a Miami running back, any Miami running back, you maybe have a 1 in 3 or 1 in 4 chance of getting the most productive one. All of these guys aren't going to make the 53-man roster, so maybe you just remove the lesser guys (Ahmed) or the ones most likely to pick up a major injury on the practice field (Mostert). But three of these guys are going to make the team and any one of them might be the lead back in a given week.

The second thing is that it's going to be really difficult for the various pass catchers (Hill, Waddle, Mike Gesicki and whatever other wideout or tight end they shovel onto the field) to live up to their draft positions. How is Tua Tagovailoa going to put up big numbers as a passer with all the running this team seems poised to do, and how are Hill and Waddle going to approach the numbers they produced last year? It doesn't seem reasonable.

I'm not sure I'll have any Dolphins skill guys on my rosters this season.

--Andy Richardson

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