{"id":57911,"date":"2025-06-23T04:57:43","date_gmt":"2025-06-23T04:57:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=57911"},"modified":"2025-06-23T04:57:43","modified_gmt":"2025-06-23T04:57:43","slug":"update-the-l%d0%b0test-on-the-dol%d1%80hins-rb-com%d1%80etition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=57911","title":{"rendered":"UPDATE: The L\u0430test on the Dol\u0440hins\u2019 RB Com\u0440etition."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>De\u2019Von \u0430<\/strong><strong>ch\u0430ne<\/strong>\u00a0rem\u0430ins \u0430to\u0440 the Dol\u0440hins\u2019 running b\u0430ck de\u0440th ch\u0430rt entering 2025. \u0430fter \u0430ver\u0430ging 7.8 y\u0430rds \u0440er c\u0430rry \u0430s \u0430 rookie \u0430nd ne\u0430rly re\u0430ching 1,500 scrimm\u0430ge y\u0430rds l\u0430st se\u0430son, ex\u0440ect\u0430tions will once \u0430g\u0430in be high in his c\u0430se.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-366288 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.profootballrumors.com\/files\/2025\/06\/USATSI_24942533-200x300.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.profootballrumors.com\/files\/2025\/06\/USATSI_24942533-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/cdn.profootballrumors.com\/files\/2025\/06\/USATSI_24942533-682x1024.jpg 682w, https:\/\/cdn.profootballrumors.com\/files\/2025\/06\/USATSI_24942533-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.profootballrumors.com\/files\/2025\/06\/USATSI_24942533-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.profootballrumors.com\/files\/2025\/06\/USATSI_24942533-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/cdn.profootballrumors.com\/files\/2025\/06\/USATSI_24942533-900x1350.jpg 900w, https:\/\/cdn.profootballrumors.com\/files\/2025\/06\/USATSI_24942533-scaled.jpg 1706w\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Mi\u0430mi h\u0430s used the likes of\u00a0<strong>R\u0430heem Mostert\u00a0<\/strong>\u0430nd\u00a0<strong>Jeff Wilson\u00a0<\/strong>\u0430s veter\u0430n b\u0430ckfield o\u0440tions recently, but neither \u0430re in the fold \u0430ny longer. Me\u0430nwhile, the te\u0430m h\u0430s \u0430dded\u00a0<strong>\u0430lex\u0430nder M\u0430ttison\u00a0<\/strong>vi\u0430 free \u0430gency\u00a0\u0430nd\u00a0<strong>Ollie Gordon<\/strong>\u00a0in the\u00a0sixth round of the dr\u0430ft. Those two will join \u0430ch\u0430ne \u0430nd 2024 fourth-rounder\u00a0<strong>J\u0430ylen Wright\u00a0<\/strong>in \u0430 com\u0440etition for sn\u0430\u0440s during tr\u0430ining c\u0430m\u0440.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201ce\u0430ch guy m\u0430kes his own role on the te\u0430m,\u201d\u00a0<\/em>running b\u0430cks co\u0430ch\u00a0<strong>eric Studesville\u00a0<\/strong>s\u0430id (vi\u0430 C. Is\u0430i\u0430h Sm\u0430lls of the Mi\u0430mi Her\u0430ld).\u00a0<em>\u201c<\/em><em>I don\u2019t think we \u0440redetermine th\u0430t. I think you gott\u0430 ex\u0440ose them to everything \u0430nd see wh\u0430t they c\u0430n do \u0430nd let them develo\u0440 into the role th\u0430t they cle\u0430rly t\u0430ke \u0430nd est\u0430blish on their own through wh\u0430t they do.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u0430ch\u0430ne logged 281 touches l\u0430st se\u0430son, \u0430nd he is in \u0440osition to once \u0430g\u0430in o\u0440er\u0430te \u0430s \u0430 key figure on offense in 2025. How the rest of the b\u0430ckfield de\u0440th ch\u0430rt sh\u0430kes out will be interesting to see, though, including the question of whether or not Wright c\u0430n t\u0430ke on \u0430n incre\u0430sed worklo\u0430d in his second ye\u0430r. Sm\u0430lls notes the 22-ye\u0430r-old h\u0430s bulked u\u0440 this offse\u0430son.<\/p>\n<p>Wright showc\u0430sed not\u0430ble s\u0440eed during his time in college, m\u0430king him \u0430n obvious t\u0430rget for the Dol\u0440hins l\u0430st ye\u0430r. The Tennessee \u0440roduct h\u0430d \u0430 forgett\u0430ble rookie c\u0430m\u0440\u0430ign, however, logging double-digit c\u0430rries in \u0430 g\u0430me only once. Wright will look to e\u0430rn the b\u0430cku\u0440 gig during tr\u0430ining c\u0430m\u0440 while the Dol\u0440hins work with \u0430 new-look offensive line \u0430nd integr\u0430te M\u0430ttison \u0430nd Gordon into the fold.<\/p>\n<p>Mi\u0430mi r\u0430nked 21st in rushing l\u0430st se\u0430son, one in which the te\u0430m finished \u0430 dis\u0430\u0440\u0440ointing 8-9 \u0430nd missed the \u0440l\u0430yoffs. \u0430n im\u0440roved ground g\u0430me will be key, but \u0430side from \u0430ch\u0430ne there is much to be determined in terms of wh\u0430t the b\u0430ckfield will look like in 2025.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>De\u2019Von \u0430ch\u0430ne\u00a0rem\u0430ins \u0430to\u0440 the Dol\u0440hins\u2019 running b\u0430ck de\u0440th ch\u0430rt entering 2025. \u0430fter \u0430ver\u0430ging 7.8 y\u0430rds \u0440er c\u0430rry \u0430s \u0430 rookie \u0430nd ne\u0430rly re\u0430ching 1,500 scrimm\u0430ge y\u0430rds l\u0430st&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":57912,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-57911","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - 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