Isaiah Pead Shining As Dolphins’ Backfield Remains Unsettled

Dolphins running backs do drills during a training camp practice at the team's training facility in Davie. (Source: CBS4)DAVIE (CBSMiami/AP) — It was interesting to watch the Miami Dolphins backfield come together during the offseason and now it appears the cream is starting to rise to the top.

Isaiah Pead is the Dolphins’ leading rusher this preseason, and there are other ways to measure his rising stock as he challenges for a roster spot and perhaps even a spot in the running back rotation.

Early this year Pead was out of the NFL, living with his mom and distressed by his unfulfilled potential as a former second-round draft pick.

“There was time when I sat back and said, ‘Man, what…