The Facts: The Miami Dolphins were unsuccessful in a series of attempts to sign or trade for established RBs last month. Now that draft week is upon us, the team's brain trust claims to be comfortable with a backfield led by 2015 fifth-round pick Ajayi. New coach Adam Gase is already an avowed Ajayi fan after one day of voluntary minicamp. "I guess I never realized how shifty he was, and today was a great example," Gase said Tuesday.
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Gase continued: "Just seeing him stick his foot in the ground and change direction, you didn't see him do that a lot in college. Just being able to see him move around, it was very impressive for me to see him in person. The way he cut in some of the run game schemes. ... I mean, I'm really excited to see what we can do going forward." You might want to take that assessment with a grain of salt with the NFL Draft just one day away. While there's no doubting Ajayi is currently the team's top back, NFL.com's Chris Wesseling notes their courting of C.J. Anderson, Chris Johnson and Arian Foster suggests they serious reservations about the former Boise State star's ability to carry the load over 16 games. So don't draw any hard and fast conclusions on his spot on the depth chart. We'll revisit after the draft.