The Miami Dolphins rushing offense was about as bad of a unit as you’ll find across the NFL this past season. The Dolphins’ leading rusher on the season? An aging veteran…who plays quarterback. Ryan Fitzpatrick finished the year as Miami’s leading rusher on the season after logging 243 rushing yards on the season. If that isn’t a testament to how poorly the Dolphins got after it up front, good luck finding a more egregious example.
The Dolphins will now look to remedy the situation and bring in more talent to help consistently run the football in 2020. That work has already begun, as the Dolphins held a workout for veteran running back Alex Collins according to ESPN’s Field Yates.
The Dolphins, who need to address their backfield this offseason, worked out former Ravens RB Alex Collins, who led them in rushing in 2017 with 973 yards.
They also worked out CFL QB Chris Streveler, who led Winnipeg to the Grey Cup this year. A potential developmental arm.
— Field Yates (@FieldYates) January 28, 2020
Collins’ best season came in 2017 when the former Arkansas back rushed for 973 yards and 6 touchdowns on the season, logging nearly 5.0 yards per touch on the year and accounting for just short of 1,200 total yards from scrimmage in Baltimore. Fast forward to 2019 and Collins was out of the league following an arrest related to gun and drug charges last March.
The last time the Dolphins rolled the dice on a running back with off-field issues, it did not end kindly — running back Mark Walton failed to make it through a single season on the team before more off field problems caused the Dolphins to cut ties. That isn’t to say that Alex Collins will fall to the same fate and the Dolphins aren’t guaranteed to sign him. But off the field issues are something worth monitoring as the Dolphins proceed. How tolerant they are of past issues will be an interesting development for Miami moving forward.
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