New England Patriots Should Take the Volume Approach at Running Back

March 25, 2016   ·   Erik Frenz   ·   Jump to comments

With Dion Lewis, James White, Brandon Bolden and Donald Brown on the roster, the New England Patriots might seem to have things figured out at running back; but as we've seen before, a stocked depth chart hasn't stopped them from adding players at a particular position in the past. 
And if the Patriots want to solve their continued need for a running back, they'd be wise to throw more than one dart at the board.
Year after year, we see examples of the Patriots' tried and true "volume approach," which I've explored in the past. The method involves adding multiple players at one position: be they rookies in the draft, veterans in free agency or players who are nearing the end of their career. The logic is that, with three or four new players at a position, there are higher odds of finding a talented player who fits the system.
Basically, it's about playing the odds of the offseason acquisition game.
This was the Patriots' approach at running back from 2010-2...

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