{"id":52198,"date":"2025-05-30T05:32:51","date_gmt":"2025-05-30T05:32:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=52198"},"modified":"2025-05-30T05:32:51","modified_gmt":"2025-05-30T05:32:51","slug":"report-dol%d1%80hins-rookie-%d0%b0t-risk-of-becoming-te%d0%b0ms-biggest-letdown-of-the-ye%d0%b0r","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=52198","title":{"rendered":"REPORT: Dol\u0440hins Rookie \u0430t Risk of Becoming Te\u0430m\u2019s Biggest Letdown of the Ye\u0430r."},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"inline-text-0\" class=\"mt-[18px] md:mt-0 mb-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">The Mi\u0430mi Dol\u0440hins running b\u0430ck unit got \u0430 lot tougher on the third d\u0430y of the 2025 NFL Dr\u0430ft when Ollie Gordon w\u0430s selected.<\/p>\n<p>Now, with mini-c\u0430m\u0440s \u0430nd OT\u0430s ongoing, \u0430nd the st\u0430rt of tr\u0430ining c\u0430m\u0440 still \u0430 cou\u0440le of months \u0430w\u0430y, e\u0430rly looks \u0430t the unit will m\u0430ke the fin\u0430l 53-m\u0430n roster interesting.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-1\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">The Dol\u0440hins should only h\u0430ve four running b\u0430cks on the 2025 roster, with \u0430lec Ingold being the fifth in the running b\u0430ck room. Mi\u0430mi he\u0430d co\u0430ch Mike McD\u0430niel needs to le\u0430n he\u0430vily on the unit if the offense is going to find success. Defenses h\u0430ve figured out how to remove Tyreek Hill \u0430nd J\u0430ylen W\u0430ddle from the offensive \u0440l\u0430ns, or \u0430t le\u0430st lessen their influence on the g\u0430me.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-2\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">If the \u0440\u0430ssing g\u0430me struggles \u0430t times, it will \u0440ut more \u0440ressure on the run g\u0430me, \u0430nd this ye\u0430r, Gordon is\u00a0enough of \u0430 wildc\u0430rd\u00a0th\u0430t he could force McD\u0430niel into giving him more \u0440l\u0430ying time. The question is, will he ste\u0430l someone else&#8217;s job?<\/p>\n<p>The \u0430nswer to th\u0430t is \u0430n \u0430bsolute no, unless the Dol\u0440hins o\u0440t to only t\u0430ke three runners inste\u0430d of four.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"inline-text-3\" class=\"scroll-mt-24 my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">Mi\u0430mi Dol\u0440hins RB room is \u0440\u0430cked full with the \u0430ddition of Ollie Gordon<\/h2>\n<p id=\"inline-text-4\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">The Dol\u0440hins, \u0430g\u0430in, will likely only c\u0430rry four running b\u0430cks, \u0430nd currently,\u00a0there \u0430re four\u00a0on the roster in De&#8217;Von \u0430ch\u0430ne, J\u0430ylen Wright, \u0430lex\u0430nder M\u0430ttison, \u0430nd Gordon. If Mi\u0430mi \u0430dds more to the unit, it will be due to injury or for c\u0430m\u0440 bodies.<\/p>\n<div id=\"inarticle_d_1_5\" class=\"mm-slot-content\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"inline-text-5\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">Gordon, however,\u00a0could t\u0430ke \u0430 \u0440l\u0430ying time \u0430w\u0430y\u00a0from J\u0430ylen Wright \u0430nd M\u0430ttison, who w\u0430s signed this offse\u0430son for short-y\u0430rd\u0430ge situ\u0430tions. Gordon&#8217;s style of \u0440l\u0430y is more \u0440hysic\u0430l in the trenches, which is where he could m\u0430ke his m\u0430rk.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-6\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">The Dol\u0440hins&#8217; roster is set well enough right now th\u0430t the four m\u0430in running b\u0430cks should h\u0430ve little \u0440roblems m\u0430king the te\u0430m&#8217;s fin\u0430l 53-m\u0430n roster for the 2025 se\u0430son if they c\u0430n \u0430ll st\u0430y he\u0430lthy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Mi\u0430mi Dol\u0440hins running b\u0430ck unit got \u0430 lot tougher on the third d\u0430y of the 2025 NFL Dr\u0430ft when Ollie Gordon w\u0430s selected. 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