All the familiar spots — the door, the sofa, the last pair of pants you wore — get checked. But if they aren’t discovered in a timely fashion panic eventually sets in.
The Miami Dolphins (6-3) were approaching the panic stage in trying to find the team’s missing running game.
A steady stream of tailbacks have been tested, and traded for. The offensive line got rebuilt, then reshuffled the past two weeks, and the end result was a 111-yard rushing performance in Sunday’s 29-21 victory over the Los Angeles Chargers (2-7).
“We placed an emphasis on the run game.