The Saints have flipped their run game to the outside-zone look they used against Buffalo last year, when he and Alvin Kamara both had good
games. Charting backed it up: 15 outside-zone runs, six inside zone, six man or duo. Kamara is still out about a month and Ty Chandler is on IR, so the backfield is now Miller, Travis Etienne Jr. , and Zamir White, and it is why Miller’s Week 1 usage is a volume question, not a camp footnote.
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Four different running backs were the targets of passes. RB Patrick Taylor Jr. led the group with three receptions, while RB Zamir White and RB Khalil Herbert both caught a pair of passes. RB Sincere McCormick contributed with one reception. In one play, Jones dumped a short pass off to Herbert, who got to the left edge and darted down the sideline for a big gain.
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