When the Cardinals traded a 2020 conditional 6th round pick to the Dolphins for RB Kenyan Drake in late October, the team had had won three of its last four games, and with both Chase Edmonds and David Johnson nursing injuries, it made sense for the Cardinals to try to keep the new-found momentum of the running game on track.
Head coach Kliff Kingsbury was very excited to acquire a RB that apparently he had scouted as a great fit for his offense. In addressing the media right after the trade was announced, Kingsbury described Drake as “smart” and “explosive”:
To Kingsbury’s and Drake’s credit, with only 3 days to prepare for a their Thursday Night Football game versus the 49ers, Drake made a huge splash in his first game, right from the very first play where he busted through the left C gap for 36 yards.