The Miami Dolphins placed RB Myles Gaskin on the Reserve/COVID-19 list on Saturday, leaving the team with few options at the position for the Week 14 game against the Kansas City Chiefs. One option they’ll likely have available on Sunday is former Chiefs RB DeAndre Washington.
Washington, who was acquired from the Chiefs at the trade deadline earlier this season, seems to be the odds on favorite to lead the Miami backfield. A former teammate of Patrick Mahomes at Texas Tech, Washington was buried on the depth chart in Kansas City. He can potentially earn the Chiefs a pick swap as part of the conditions of the trade.
Washington hasn’t played much for Miami so far this season. He has 48 offensive snaps, totaling 18 carries for 56 yards. Most of that production came in a win over the New York Jets in Week 12, where he had 13 carries for 49 yards. Last week, Washington missed the Dolphins game against the Cincinnati Bengals with a hamstring injury. He was limited during Wednesday and Thursday practices for Miami, but a full participant on Friday.
Signs point to Washington being good to play and receive the lion’s share of the snaps on Sunday, but they’ll have other options available too. Positionlees rookie Lynn Bowden Jr., fullback Patrick Laird, and another ex-Chiefs RB in Elijah McGuire are among the players they’ll likely mix in. Still, things are shaping up to be a classic revenge game for Washington, who’ll look to prove that Kansas City was wrong to trade him.
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