Following one of the worst rushing performances in recent memory, the Dolphins had nowhere to go but up with their running back group. While fans expected the Fins to fix this problem through the draft, it wasn’t exactly in the way that they ended up going.
In trading a fifth-round pick for Matt Breida, Chris Grier landed the player with the fastest speed for a ball carrier in each of the last 2 seasons. In Week 12 of 2018 against the Buccaneers, Breida topped out at 22.09 mph on a 33-yard run, better than Dalvin Cook’s 22.