Drake will join a running back room with J.K. Dobbins, MIke Davis, rookie Tyler Badie and Justice Hill. Gus Edwards begins the season on the PUP list, and will miss at least the first four games of the season.
This move should not come as a major surprise. Both Dobbins (ACL) and Hill (Achilles) are returning from injury and Davis is a 29-year-old back that averaged only 3.6 yards per attempt with Atlanta in 2021.
Drake finished last season with only 254 rushing yards on 63 attempts, but he was ranked the fourth-best RB as a receiver by PFF.