What we see is that Jay Ajayi was the fourth-leading rusher in the NFL last season and he did a lot of that work by simply breaking tackles or treating contact like a nuisance. That’s what we care about. That’s the bottom line.
But the interesting thing is getting to where the Dolphins and Ajayi are today was a process. It’s actually an ongoing process because the team and player are still not quite fully comfortable where they’re at even as Ajayi gained 122 yards and averaged 4.4 yards per carry last week in the season-opener against the Los Angeles Chargers.