The Minnesota Vikings harnessed a defense-by-reservist-committee in 2020. The running back rendition of this philosophy is rampant in the contemporary NFL – have a gander at the Buffalo Bills rushing corps or perhaps that of the Baltimore Ravens who even fold a run-first quarterback into the mix.
Mike Zimmer utilized this strategy out of broken necessity as early as Week 1 without Danielle Hunter and Michael Pierce. Then, Anthony Barr was lost for 14.5 games during a Week 2 contest in Indianapolis. It was later Mike Hughes who was infected by the injury bug and Eric Kendricks after that.