The Miami Dolphins started this season as an outside zone running team because that’s what Kenyan Drake does well and that’s what Jay Ajayi loved to run before him. But Frank Gore isn’t too fond of outside zone run plays, preferring plays that haven’t been at the front of Adam Gase’s playbook before.
So the Dolphins offense evolved.
The jet sweep type plays were a big threat early in the season. Quarterback Ryan Tannehill could hand the football to Jakeem Grant or Albert Wilson streaking past him and that would threaten defense’s perimeter with sheer speed.
Better, yet, Tannehill could flip the ball to either of the two electric receivers and it counted as a pass.