The Bills signed ex-Patriot Damien Harris, who often did the dirty work in New England, and added Latavius Murray after the draft. If we simply assume Cook will step into Singletary's role and come somewhere close to Singletary's 215-touch tally from a year ago, it's worth mentioning that outside of Austin Ekeler and Phillip Lindsay, there aren't too many similarly sized backs who have endured that many touches in recent seasons. But just how much of the share should a 190-pound back be handling? That's a real question. Cook's piece of the pie is expected to increase notably this season. The Bills used a second-round pick on James Cook last year, and he ended up with about 30 percent of the RB workload after bouncing back from a first-touch fumble in Week 1 that had him parked on the bench temporarily. With Devin Singletary off to Houston, nearly 60 percent of the backfield's touches from last season are now up for grabs. James Cook, Damien Harris, Latavius Murray, Nyheim Hines, Jordan Mims Caleb Huntley gets whatever is left over. With Patterson now 32, he looks like the third wheel here - but being in that role could help preserve him. Robinson and Patterson also figure to be primary receiving options while Robinson was underused as a receiver at Texas, he shined at catching passes when he got chances, and Patterson excels in that area of the game, as well. Allgeier could receive a similar number of carries as Robinson, but Robinson could surpass Allgeier in total touches. I can envision Allgeier perhaps shouldering more of the load early, with Robinson increasingly earning more work over time. The Falcons also have do-it-all dynamo Cordarrelle Patterson, who averaged almost 13 touches per game. All the fifth-round pick did as a rookie last season was average 4.9 yards on 210 carries - rolling at a clip of 5.6 yards per carry from Week 9 on. Yet, the Falcons can't ignore Tyler Allgeier, either. On one hand, it's hard to imagine Smith won't integrate Robinson early - and in a big way, given that he was drafted higher than any back since 2018. How Arthur Smith plans to divvy up the carries is anyone's guess. Then they used the eighth overall pick on one of the best RB prospects in recent years, Bijan Robinson. The Falcons led the NFL in rushes and ranked third in rushing yards last season. If I had to guess now, with Cook out of the picture, the Dolphins might end up with something of a 40-40-10-5-5 split, with Mostert and Wilson earning the majority of touches, Achane chipping in as a speed complement (possibly mostly as a receiver) and the others rounding out the mix.īijan Robinson, Tyler Allgeier, Cordarrelle Patterson, Caleb Huntley Salvon Ahmed and Myles Gaskin also are on the roster. Third-round pick De'Von Achane, meanwhile, averaged 6.8 yards per touch in college and is a blur. Mostert and Wilson were both healthy for seven games last season (Weeks 9-10, 13-14, 16-18), and Mostert started all of them but had slightly lower numbers than Wilson in carries, rushing yards, rushing average, receiving average and total snaps. virtually split the workload after Wilson came on board via midseason trade. But if he doesn't, the Dolphins likely will be leaning on a pair of veterans in the backfield, while one intriguing rookie could crash the party.Īs things stand now, Raheem Mostert is coming off a season in which he led all Miami players with 212 touches, though he and Jeff Wilson Jr. I reserve the right to amend this if Dalvin Cook ends up in Miami. Raheem Mostert, Jeff Wilson Jr., De'Von Achane, Salvon Ahmed, Myles Gaskin
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