Kenyan Drake - Signed by Oakland

[BlackOmega]

Gase was publicly critical of Ajayi and blamed a lot of the rushing issues on him this week. Seems like Drake is a decent flyer in case they decide to change things up.

Gase was also criticizing everyone but himself for the Dolphins problems so I don't know if I'd read too much into that other than just frustrated venting from a coach who should be looking in the mirror instead of throwing stones at everyone else

[lukkynumber13]

Well, yeah but.... ^ That isn't very likely to happen as they have different styles. I am an Ajayi owner in a couple leagues and I also rostered Drake in those leagues up until a few weeks back. He is drop-able in my opinion.

highy disagree hes droppable. up to this point he wasnt rosterable but now he should be added by everyone, ajayi has been flat out awful, they are going to be forced to change things up. 7 straight weeks of misery with only using 1 rb has to make a light bulb go off like "oh wait lets try out Drake and see if things go any better"

Ajayi has actually not been bad at all. Watch the games, he's doing everything he can to get upfield. Constantly churning 2-3 yards out of plays that would be 2 yard losses if Crowell or Javorious Allen were taking the handoff

[Goddard]

I don't see how Kenyan helps the run game. He's not an RB you can go to for a lot of carries. He's more of a 3rd down back.

This. Even if Ajayi got benched or hurt, I just don't see him being an every down back or having a huge role.

[Big Al]

kamihamster must have had a vision with this timely question. I was holding Drake on 3 teams where I had room. Here's hoping!

[lukkynumber13]

I think this situation turns into a homeless man's version of the Minny backfield. Drake as the 3rd down guy, Williams as the lead runner.

[kamihamster]

kamihamster must have had a vision with this timely question. I was holding Drake on 3 teams where I had room. Here's hoping!

The only vision I had was seeing him have a few carries on the Thursday night blow out. My take on the Ajayi trade: It will be a RBBC on the level of the 2015 Chargers with Woodhead (Drake) and Mehlvin Gordon (Williams). Woodhead was a RB1 that year and Gordon was bad. I may be biased since I own Drake.

[ninotoreS]

Kenyan Drake has never logged triple-digit carries in a single season going back to high-school, struggles in pass-protection, and nearly all of his good plays are from wheel-routes and designed runs to the edge. There is basically nothing about his profile that suggests he can be a lead-back in the NFL. He is, however, an above-average returner on special-teams... unfortunately for our purposes, this probably hurts more than it helps, as NFL teams are usually disinclined to give RBs that are valued kick/punt returners a heavy load with the first-team offense.

Damien Williams is 220lbs, actually a bit better than Drake as a pass-catcher, and much better as a pass-protector. Neither he nor Drake are any good between the tackles, but Williams is the much bigger back, and at least had some 20-carry games in college. Assuming Miami can ever even get to the goal-line, Williams will probably be the preferred RB in those situations. Miami doesn't have any legitimate short-yardage RBs on their roster, but Williams at his weight-class comes the closest.

Senorise Perry is a 190lbs scatback, and is just as much a non-factor between the tackles as Drake.


If you're gonna make a waiver-bid on one of these guys, I personally recommend Williams. Just know it's probable Miami's rushing-offense continues to be a complete dumpster-fire regardless of which one of these scrubs ends up the 'best' option in Miami.

[mnpacker]

So, would you try to roster one of the Miami RBs over E. McGuire? I have McGuire on my roster, but both Miami RBs are on the WW.

[lukkynumber13]

So, would you try to roster one of the Miami RBs over E. McGuire? I have McGuire on my roster, but both Miami RBs are on the WW.

YES. Either one, to be honest

[BigBawseRoss]

dude was looking like a beast! wish he got all the work, what a night it would have been, prob 100 on the ground, 60 in the air and a td. His stat line as is was pretty decent but man i wish he wasnt splitting with williams

[Pac_Eddy]

dude was looking like a beast! wish he got all the work, what a night it would have been, prob 100 on the ground, 60 in the air and a td. His stat line as is was pretty decent but man i wish he wasnt splitting with williams

I thought Damien Williams looked better. He was explosive in the passing game. Drake also lost a fumble.

[Tennisbuck]

dude was looking like a beast! wish he got all the work, what a night it would have been, prob 100 on the ground, 60 in the air and a td. His stat line as is was pretty decent but man i wish he wasnt splitting with williams

I thought Damien Williams looked better. He was explosive in the passing game. Drake also lost a fumble.

Minus Williams one big TD catch, I thought Drake looked better. I guess it really doesn't matter, both should be only fill in players.

[Orenthal Shames]

Kenyan Drake has never logged triple-digit carries in a single season going back to high-school, struggles in pass-protection, and nearly all of his good plays are from wheel-routes and designed runs to the edge. There is basically nothing about his profile that suggests he can be a lead-back in the NFL. He is, however, an above-average returner on special-teams... unfortunately for our purposes, this probably hurts more than it helps, as NFL teams are usually disinclined to give RBs that are valued kick/punt returners a heavy load with the first-team offense.

Damien Williams is 220lbs, actually a bit better than Drake as a pass-catcher, and much better as a pass-protector. Neither he nor Drake are any good between the tackles, but Williams is the much bigger back, and at least had some 20-carry games in college. Assuming Miami can ever even get to the goal-line, Williams will probably be the preferred RB in those situations. Miami doesn't have any legitimate short-yardage RBs on their roster, but Williams at his weight-class comes the closest.

Senorise Perry is a 190lbs scatback, and is just as much a non-factor between the tackles as Drake.


If you're gonna make a waiver-bid on one of these guys, I personally recommend Williams. Just know it's probable Miami's rushing-offense continues to be a complete dumpster-fire regardless of which one of these scrubs ends up the 'best' option in Miami.

^This. Drake is just too small

[BigBawseRoss]

Kenyan Drake has never logged triple-digit carries in a single season going back to high-school, struggles in pass-protection, and nearly all of his good plays are from wheel-routes and designed runs to the edge. There is basically nothing about his profile that suggests he can be a lead-back in the NFL. He is, however, an above-average returner on special-teams... unfortunately for our purposes, this probably hurts more than it helps, as NFL teams are usually disinclined to give RBs that are valued kick/punt returners a heavy load with the first-team offense.

Damien Williams is 220lbs, actually a bit better than Drake as a pass-catcher, and much better as a pass-protector. Neither he nor Drake are any good between the tackles, but Williams is the much bigger back, and at least had some 20-carry games in college. Assuming Miami can ever even get to the goal-line, Williams will probably be the preferred RB in those situations. Miami doesn't have any legitimate short-yardage RBs on their roster, but Williams at his weight-class comes the closest.

Senorise Perry is a 190lbs scatback, and is just as much a non-factor between the tackles as Drake.


If you're gonna make a waiver-bid on one of these guys, I personally recommend Williams. Just know it's probable Miami's rushing-offense continues to be a complete dumpster-fire regardless of which one of these scrubs ends up the 'best' option in Miami.

^This. Drake is just too small

too small for what? he had a much better per carry average and was equally useful an effective in the pass game. he got that one ball punched out but he bounced back strong after that. williams was straight up bad running the ball, anyone who thought williams looked better wasnt watching very closely.

[seahawks506]

I don't own either player but I thought Drake outplayed Williams last night. He's nothing special, but I liked his scrappy running style.