What It Means:

The Dolphins acquired Breida from the San Francisco 49ers earlier in the offseason for a 2020 5th round pick. He is entering the final year of his deal and is owed $3.3 million this season, but Miami has not discussed an extension. Jackson cited uncertainty around the 2021 salary cap as the primary reason, while noting that the Dolphins have held off on extension talks with all of their top 2021 free agents. The 25-year-old former undrafted free agent has battled injuries over the past two seasons but has been effective when healthy, averaging 5.0 yards per carry for his career. In 2018 he was Pro Football Focus' 25th graded running back but finished 30th in those same rankings in 2019. He is expected to split carries in the Dolphins backfield with former Eagles running back, Jordan Howard.

Our models project Breida for 571.4 rushing yards, 258.2 receiving yards, 33.4 catches (45.8 targets), and 4.6 touchdowns. He's the RB39 in our preseason fantasy rankings.