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Gase likes to utilize running backs with different skill sets throughout the course of the game but, after watching several hours of coach’s film, I’ve narrowed down the three most important traits a running back must have to be productive in Adam Gase’s system.
1. Pass Protection
As I mentioned previously, Gase’s offense has lived and died by the performance of its quarterback. So, naturally, the running backs in his offense need to be capable of pass protecting in order to eliminate inside pressure and perpetuate the offense’s rhythm.
2. Receiving Ability
In today’s pass happy league, the best running backs must have the ability to catch and run with the football. This is all the more important in Gase’s offense, as he utilizes creative screens and dumpoff passes both to move the chains and to build his quarterback’s confidence.
3. Vision and Patience
As we’ve discussed ad nauseam, the passing game reigns supreme in Adam Gase’s offense, but that doesn’t mean you won’t see a violent inside run every once in a while. To succeed in Adam Gase’s offense, running backs don’t need to be the fastest, strongest, or most agile in the NFL, but they do need to be amongst the smartest. Frank “The Inconvenient Truth” Gore, for example, has typified this idea over the last decade.
Great fit in the draft:
1rd- of course Zik
mid rds- Derek Henry, Bama
later rds- Kenyan Drake, RB, Alabama best receiving rb in the draft. Dangerous outa the back field. A Bush clone.
http://thedeependmiami.com/2016/02/08/quick-slant-how-adam-gases-system-utilizes-running-backs/
also good read!
The Replacements: How the Dolphins Can Address their Running Back Situation
1. Pass Protection
As I mentioned previously, Gase’s offense has lived and died by the performance of its quarterback. So, naturally, the running backs in his offense need to be capable of pass protecting in order to eliminate inside pressure and perpetuate the offense’s rhythm.
2. Receiving Ability
In today’s pass happy league, the best running backs must have the ability to catch and run with the football. This is all the more important in Gase’s offense, as he utilizes creative screens and dumpoff passes both to move the chains and to build his quarterback’s confidence.
3. Vision and Patience
As we’ve discussed ad nauseam, the passing game reigns supreme in Adam Gase’s offense, but that doesn’t mean you won’t see a violent inside run every once in a while. To succeed in Adam Gase’s offense, running backs don’t need to be the fastest, strongest, or most agile in the NFL, but they do need to be amongst the smartest. Frank “The Inconvenient Truth” Gore, for example, has typified this idea over the last decade.
Great fit in the draft:
1rd- of course Zik
mid rds- Derek Henry, Bama
later rds- Kenyan Drake, RB, Alabama best receiving rb in the draft. Dangerous outa the back field. A Bush clone.
http://thedeependmiami.com/2016/02/08/quick-slant-how-adam-gases-system-utilizes-running-backs/
also good read!
The Replacements: How the Dolphins Can Address their Running Back Situation
