Gaskin tearing it up on Saturday night

Doogles

I love this fucking guy, just caught his second touchdown pass, breaking tackles and out running defenders.

biak1

But Ahmed is ELITE

RoadDawg55

The Gaskin and Ahmed shit will never end. Both are average at best NFL players. Sometimes they play well, sometimes they don’t. They are also lucky to be getting a chance and their RB room is one of the worst in the NFL.

biak1

Roadie typically your takes are good, but Gaskin was a much better college player and a better pro than Ahmed.

Doogles

RoadDawg55 said:

The Gaskin and Ahmed shit will never end. Both are average at best NFL players. Sometimes they play well, sometimes they don’t. They are also lucky to be getting a chance and their RB room is one of the worst in the NFL.

Gaskin balled out tonight, check the highlights on his two touchdowns, both are high individual efforts.

whlinder

Gaskin was the only offense Miami had until Fitzpatrick came in, and then he still provided the big play they needed.

Average at RB in the NFL is still impressive and Myles has shown he is at least that.

haie

I've been told that having an entire NFL backfield of your program's players isn't a big deal.

backthepack

I love MMFG!!

backthepack

biak1 said:

But Ahmed is ELITE

There’s 0 correlation weirdo.

Tequilla

The game tonight showed the difference between Ahmed and Gaskin ... where Ahmed struggled running anywhere but where the play was designed Gaskin showed his vision and routinely was able to make positive plays

There are physical measures which are great but measuring instinct and IQ is really hard to measure ... those traits are elite for Myles

Myles will likely never be an All-Pro ... but he’s far from the top of the list of Miami’s offensive issues to solve in the offseason

You don’t put up 169 yards on 19 touches in the NFL by being average at best

RoadDawg55

biak1 said:

Roadie typically your takes are good, but Gaskin was a much better college player and a better pro than Ahmed.

Gaskin was way better in college for sure. Until tonight, Ahmed had been better running the ball.

Gaskin is so loved here that many overrate him or try to put down Ahmed to prop him up. Ahmed running for 120+ against New England last week was better than any game Gaskin had until this week. NE is a pretty good defense too.

Both are average at best right now. Gaskin is a below average starter in the NFL which is way better than most projected. I really doubt the Dolphins think they are set at RB.

GrundleStiltzkin

Gaskin one of best to do it at WARSHINGTON
Ahmed contributed, sometims ably
Both are now getting paid.
I’m happy.

FireCohen

they went with ahmed on the those third downs and what happened every time lol @creepycoug where ya at?

animate

RoadDawg55 said:

biak1 said:

Roadie typically your takes are good, but Gaskin was a much better college player and a better pro than Ahmed.

Gaskin was way better in college for sure. Until tonight, Ahmed had been better running the ball.

Gaskin is so loved here that many overrate him or try to put down Ahmed to prop him up. Ahmed running for 120+ against New England last week was better than any game Gaskin had until this week. NE is a pretty good defense too.

Both are average at best right now. Gaskin is a below average starter in the NFL which is way better than most projected. I really doubt the Dolphins think they are set at RB.

Gaskin may be an "average" NFL back to you ... but what does his performance tonight say?

Don't be a dick and downplay it ... he was basically Miami's offense and balled out. Having that explosive potential is worth something ...

Gaskin is writing his own game cheques ... he's showing future GM's that he can do it on the biggest stage and make things happen even though he lacks NFL measurables.
Takes a pass and breaks tackles and scores. Takes a pass, makes a player miss and then uses his blockers and runs up the sidelines for a 59 yard score and confidence for the team.

The flipside to what you are thinking is this:

Dolphins GM says "you know, we're 10-5 and we've had good production from the RB room from our 2 young players ... do we really need to spend a high round pick(s) for a Najee Harris ... or do we shore up our OL or our Defense? If we win with Defense, stabilize our O line and receiver room which gives Tua more consistency and confidence ... we can live successfully with Gaskin/Ahmed ..."

Tequilla

Gaskin’s per game yardage totals (running/receiving) would put him in the 1400-1500 yard range for a season

That’s completely acceptable for a team that has offensive challenges on the outside

RoadDawg55

Hate the call by Gruden to not score the TD. Hindsight is 20/20 but with the way pass interference is a spot foul, getting in FG range with 23 seconds is doable.

Go up 5-7 and make Miami score a TD in under a minute.

RoadDawg55

animate said:

RoadDawg55 said:

biak1 said:

Roadie typically your takes are good, but Gaskin was a much better college player and a better pro than Ahmed.

Gaskin was way better in college for sure. Until tonight, Ahmed had been better running the ball.

Gaskin is so loved here that many overrate him or try to put down Ahmed to prop him up. Ahmed running for 120+ against New England last week was better than any game Gaskin had until this week. NE is a pretty good defense too.

Both are average at best right now. Gaskin is a below average starter in the NFL which is way better than most projected. I really doubt the Dolphins think they are set at RB.

Gaskin may be an "average" NFL back to you ... but what does his performance tonight say?

Don't be a dick and downplay it ... he was basically Miami's offense and balled out. Having that explosive potential is worth something ...

Gaskin is writing his own game cheques ... he's showing future GM's that he can do it on the biggest stage and make things happen even though he lacks NFL measurables.
Takes a pass and breaks tackles and scores. Takes a pass, makes a player miss and then uses his blockers and runs up the sidelines for a 59 yard score and confidence for the team.

The flipside to what you are thinking is this:

Dolphins GM says "you know, we're 10-5 and we've had good production from the RB room from our 2 young players ... do we really need to spend a high round pick(s) for a Najee Harris ... or do we shore up our OL or our Defense? If we win with Defense, stabilize our O line and receiver room which gives Tua more consistency and confidence ... we can live successfully with Gaskin/Ahmed ..."

He had a very good game. Ahmed was great last week. Both are outperforming expectations. Gaskin has also had a lot of duds and was pretty bad for most of the season and I commented on it then. I’m not into overrating them because they played at UW.

They will sign a RB like Chris Carson or draft one in the top 3 rounds. It’s a bad RB room. The Dolphins rebuilt well and are ahead of schedule. Obviously whether Tua is legit or not is the biggest pressing need for them, but they need better skill players everywhere, including RB.

Tequilla

RoadDawg55 said:

Hate the call by Gruden to not score the TD. Hindsight is 20/20 but with the way pass interference is a spot foul, getting in FG range with 23 seconds is doable.

Go up 5-7 and make Miami score a TD in under a minute.

The math says you should score a TD ... I would bet most stat heads would tell you without looking at the numbers that the FG was the right play

Tequilla

RoadDawg55 said:

animate said:

RoadDawg55 said:

biak1 said:

Roadie typically your takes are good, but Gaskin was a much better college player and a better pro than Ahmed.

Gaskin was way better in college for sure. Until tonight, Ahmed had been better running the ball.

Gaskin is so loved here that many overrate him or try to put down Ahmed to prop him up. Ahmed running for 120+ against New England last week was better than any game Gaskin had until this week. NE is a pretty good defense too.

Both are average at best right now. Gaskin is a below average starter in the NFL which is way better than most projected. I really doubt the Dolphins think they are set at RB.

Gaskin may be an "average" NFL back to you ... but what does his performance tonight say?

Don't be a dick and downplay it ... he was basically Miami's offense and balled out. Having that explosive potential is worth something ...

Gaskin is writing his own game cheques ... he's showing future GM's that he can do it on the biggest stage and make things happen even though he lacks NFL measurables.
Takes a pass and breaks tackles and scores. Takes a pass, makes a player miss and then uses his blockers and runs up the sidelines for a 59 yard score and confidence for the team.

The flipside to what you are thinking is this:

Dolphins GM says "you know, we're 10-5 and we've had good production from the RB room from our 2 young players ... do we really need to spend a high round pick(s) for a Najee Harris ... or do we shore up our OL or our Defense? If we win with Defense, stabilize our O line and receiver room which gives Tua more consistency and confidence ... we can live successfully with Gaskin/Ahmed ..."

He had a very good game. Ahmed was great last week. Both are outperforming expectations. Gaskin has also had a lot of duds and was pretty bad for most of the season and I commented on it then. I’m not into overrating them because they played at UW.

They will sign a RB like Chris Carson or draft one in the top 3 rounds. It’s a bad RB room. The Dolphins rebuilt well and are ahead of schedule. Obviously whether Tua is legit or not is the biggest pressing need for them, but they need better skill players everywhere, including RB.

They will prioritize the WRs to start with ... probably need 1-2 there and I’d also think they will look at the OL as well

Gaskin probably isn’t a long-term 1A RB but he’s definitely a serviceable 1B ... Ahmed is really where they need to upgrade

Doogles

RoadDawg55 said:

biak1 said:

Roadie typically your takes are good, but Gaskin was a much better college player and a better pro than Ahmed.

Gaskin was way better in college for sure. Until tonight, Ahmed had been better running the ball.

Gaskin is so loved here that many overrate him or try to put down Ahmed to prop him up. Ahmed running for 120+ against New England last week was better than any game Gaskin had until this week. NE is a pretty good defense too.

Both are average at best right now. Gaskin is a below average starter in the NFL which is way better than most projected. I really doubt the Dolphins think they are set at RB.

This is pretty fair and they will most likely draft another RB next year. Gaskin's limitations will always keep a target on his back as long as he is in the league, but his instincts as a runner, toughness at the point of contact and overall effectiveness in the passing game were on display tonight. He's getting the film out there that he's more than his measurables. He was exceptional tonight.

Took this from one of their boards:

Myles Gaskin has joined Ronnie Brown (Week 3, 2007) as the only players with 80+ rush yards, 80+ rec yards and 2+ TD in a single game in Dolphins history.

FireCohen

gaskin will have a longer career than ahmed...i know...profile in courage