Chaka
Footballguy
Ballage had one 75 yard run on 36 season long carries, of course you can't take that away but, at the same time you can see how it severely skews his numbers. And he didn't do much on his limited targets.Ballage didn't impress in the preseason, but he had some great plays late last year after Gore went down. He has size, straight line speed, can block and catch, and is the gl back. I'm not sure how it'll play out.
Drake is by no means a lock to start or get the majority of touches at RB in Miami He has a reputation as a freelancer which leads to him getting hit for a loss with high frequency. That's why Gase never gave him the full time job. Nothing frustrates a HC more than guys not following the game plan. Take what's blocked for you is the mantra and Drake apparently doesn't do that enough so he's hardly a lock.
However Drake has flashed a lot more ability both in college (Alabama of course makes that easier) and, more importantly, as a pro than Ballege (so far).
It makes sense for Ballege to be the GL back, it would certainly be consistent with the Belichick model. He's big at 232 but also unusually tall for a RB, 6'2", so I am not sure about his ability to get his pad level low. The same can be said about Drake though.
My early speculative $$$ is on Drake but it would be no shock to see him get pulled for the guy who takes what's blocked for him.