Tag: Myles Gaskin

Vikings make two roster moves

After two procedural moves last Friday, the Vikings brought both players back

After a procedural move last week, the Minnesota Vikings have signed running back Myles Gaskin to the active roster and signed wide receiver Lucky Jackson to the practice squad.

This was expected to happen as the Vikings only released Gaskin to not fully guarantee his salary for the 2023 season. That would signal that his time with the team is going to end once running back Kene Nwangwu is set to return from injury as early as week five.

Bringing Jackson back to the practice squad was always likely in the same way that Gaskin was always going to come back. Jackson provides an intriguing developmental option for the Vikings, as he excelled with the D.C. Defenders in the spring XFL season.

The Vikings 53-man roster is once against complete.

Vikings adjust practice squad, elevate 2 players for Sunday’s game

With the elevation of Benton Whitley, could this be bad news for Marcus Davenport?

Going into Sunday’s game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, the Minnesota Vikings made multiple moves. The team announced that they signed running back Myles Gaskin to the practice squad and released wide receiver Lucky Jackson.

They also elevated both Gaskin and outside linebacker Benton Whitley going into Sunday’s game. Both will be eligible to play on Sunday.

Gaskin was released from the roster on Friday afternoon in a procedural move. That would ensure the Vikings didn’t have to guarantee his entire salary for the 2023 season and could go week by week.

Jackson had a good preseason and training camp after spending the spring with the D.C. Defenders. With Gaskin likely going back to the 53-man roster, Jackson may end up back on the practice squad.

Whitley was elevated along with Gaskin. That likely says something about Marcus Davenport’s availability, as he was added to the injury report on Friday with an ankle injury. His status will be made official on Sunday morning.

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Vikings part ways with running back

The Vikings signed him less than two weeks ago

According to ESPN’s Field Yates, the Minnesota Vikings have released running back Myles Gaskin. Gaskin was with the Vikings for a total of 10 days, as the Vikings signed him on August 30th.

With Kene Nwangwu going on injured reserve, they brought in Gaskin to be the third running back while he is out for at least the first four weeks.

According to ESPN’s Kevin Seifert, this looks to be a procedural move. Gaskin will be added to the practice squad. He will be elevated for the game on Sunday afternoon against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

By making this move, it prevents Gaskin’s salary from becoming guaranteed for the 2023 season. Elevating him from the practice squad won’t guarantee his salary.

What does this mean for the open roster spot? It could be filled with a veteran on the free agent market or a permanent elevation coming from the practice. Perhaps Joejuan Williams?

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Vikings to sign RB Myles Gaskin

The Vikings bolstered their running back room on Wednesday morning

The Minnesota Vikings have made a move to bolster their running back room. According to ESPN’s Adam Schefter, the Vikings are signing former Miami Dolphins running back Myles Gaskin.

The move to add a running back to the active roster makes total sense for the Vikings. They only had three on the roster and Kene Nwangwu feels primed to go on injured reserve after missing most of training camp due to injury.

In coming to Minnesota, Gaskin reunites with his former head coach Brian Flores. He was a starter for Flores back in 2021 where he had his best season with 946 all-purpose yards and seven touchdowns.

Gaskin can come in and play on all three downs, which is something that Kevin O’Connell seems to prioritize.

With the signing of Gaskin, there will need to be a corresponding roster move. That is likely going to be Nwangwu to injured reserve. That will come to fruition at 11 am central on Wednesday, August 30th.

Unsettled situations: Miami Dolphins backfield

Rumors swirling around Miami’s intentions make for a tough prediction.

You have to go back to the 2016 season to find the last time the Miami Dolphins ranked in the upper half of the NFL in rushing. In the six years since, Miami has ranked 29th, 18th, 32nd, 22nd, 30th, and 25th, respectively — last year’s finish represented an average of 99.2 yards per game. Despite limited success in that department under first-year head coach Mike McDaniel, the Dolphins brought back their two leading rushers in running backs Raheem Mostert and Jeff Wilson Jr., both of whom followed McDaniel from the San Francisco 49ers to Miami.

They didn’t play a pat hand, though, using a third-round pick on RB De’Von Achane, a move that likely signaled the end of the line for holdover RBs Salvon Ahmed and/or Myles Gaskin. Even with that, there’s some belief that the Dolphins aren’t done making moves at the running back position, as they’ve been frequently mentioned as a possible destination for free-agent RB Dalvin Cook, who was released by the Minnesota Vikings in June.

For now, however, Cook remains a free agent, so we’re going to look at what Miami has available in their running back room as of today, and what we might expect from them, barring another move.

Analyzing the terms of Dolphins RB Myles Gaskin’s new contract

He was one of four running backs that Miami brought back from their 2022 roster.

The Miami Dolphins entered the offseason with a completely empty tunning back room. Instead of switching out players at the position, general manager Chris Grier and head coach Mike McDaniel opted to re-sign all four of their own free agents.

This included Myles Gaskin, whose rookie deal had just run out with Miami after four seasons.

According to Over the Cap, Gaskin and the Dolphins agreed to a one-year contract that will pay him roughly $1.23 million in 2023. He will receive $1.08 million in a base salary (none of which is guaranteed) and $152,500 in per-game roster bonuses. His cap hit is set at just over $975,000.

Raheem Mostert, Jeff Wilson and Salvon Ahmed were also brought back to South Florida after their previous contracts expired at the end of the 2022 season, meaning Gaskin’s opportunities could be limited again in this upcoming year.

In fact, his spot on the roster is far from guaranteed. Miami could release Gaskin before the start of the season and save all of his $975,000 cap hit with no dead money.

This means the Dolphins could bring in rookie competition, and if they outperform Gaskin, the latter could be released or snuck onto the practice squad.

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Dolphins re-sign RB Myles Gaskin

The whole gang is back.

The Miami Dolphins have certainly been attacking the running back position early and often in this portion of the offseason.

After re-signing Raheem Mostert, Jeff Wilson and Salvon Ahmed in recent days, the Dolphins decided to make it a clean sweep and bring back Myles Gaskin as well, according to ESPN’s Adam Schefter.

Gaskin, 25, just finished out his rookie deal with Miami this past season, his fourth with the team. With all the other backs on the roster, he rushed for a career-low 26 yards on 10 carries.

With the entire rushing attack back, the Dolphins will likely use them in the same way that they did last year. However, it’s interesting that they haven’t decided to bring in an outside free agent.

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Grading the Miami Dolphins running backs after their 2022 season

Three new backs came in this year.

The Miami Dolphins completed their 2022 campaign, as they were defeated by the Buffalo Bills in the wild-card round.

In the early stages of the offseason, Miami has moved on from their defensive coordinator and three different positional coaches. Now would be a perfect time to reflect on the season from the guys who actually made an impact on the field.

We’ll be going through different positions and reviewing how they played in 2022. After starting with the quarterbacks, we’ll take a look at those responsible for getting the tough yards. These are the grades for the Dolphins running backs during this campaign.

Dolphins approach offseason with little cap space and an empty backfield

Miami isn’t always aggressive when it comes to the position.

Usually, in football, when you hear the term “empty backfield,” it simply means five wide receivers are at the quarterback’s disposal. In the case of the 2023 Miami Dolphins, at the moment, they literally have an empty running back room.

Once the Dolphins lost to the Buffalo Bills during Super Wild Card Weekend, the contracts of pending free agents expired, including those of Raheem Mostert, Jeff Wilson Jr., Salvon Ahmed and Myles Gaskin.

Coupled with what is one of the most talent-rich running back free agent classes in years, Miami will be active in their due diligence to re-sign a recently rostered back and/or sign a runner off the market.

Before anything is done, in terms of fishing in the pool of candidates, general manager Chris Grier and salary cap guru Brandon Shore have work ahead of them to get financially prepared to reel in talent and retain as well. A total of 31 players from Miami’s 2022 team enter the market, so there’ll be plenty of paperwork and number crunching in the early stages of the offseason.

Not only do the Dolphins have big contracts to hopefully restructure, namely Tyreek Hill and Xavien Howard, but there are also potential deals that could be made to send some contracts out, most importantly, cornerback Byron Jones.

Jones didn’t play a snap for Miami in 2022, and with a contract that’s valued at $13.5 million for 2023, it’s safe to say the sides could part ways. Even a minor deal for some sort of draft capital would be worth its weight in cap savings for the aqua and orange.

Looking around the Dolphins roster, there could be another candidate or two to phone franchises to see if their services would be needed. Grier has shown he has no problem being aggressive, with a dash of patience, and has no problem making multiple moves as swiftly as Michael Corleone consolidated his power at the end of “The Godfather.”

While it’s doubtful Grier and Shore will be handing out offers running backs can’t refuse, Dolphin fans should be weary of hoping for the premier running backs in this class. The New York Giants have a decision to make regarding Saquon Barkley, and a few more NFC East runners in Philadelphia Eagle Miles Sanders and Tony Pollard of the Dallas Cowboys could be wearing new uniforms next season as well.

Adding to this class is Josh Jacobs, Kareem Hunt, David Montgomery, Jamaal Williams, Rashaad Penny and Jerick McKinnon. Moving a bit down the pecking order but more so in the aisle and price range of Grier and Shore, as they’ve proven, are names like Alexander Mattison and Devin Singletary.

While the luxury of having a running back like the top-portions of this list is welcomed, it may not be in the cards if Miami were to focus on their other team needs such as linebackers (they have five free agents from last year’s team) and offensive line.

They also have to keep money aside to extend defensive lineman Christian Wilkins, whose fifth-year option should not only be picked up for 2023 but added several years and dollars on top of it to lock him into Miami Gardens so his growth can continue into an elite overall defender.

And, of course, money will have to be kept aside and accounted for the quarterback position. Meaning, if Tua Tagovailoa’s fifth-year option is picked up, it may as well be an extension. However, if it’s not, huge money will have to attract a veteran signal-caller on the market, but that’s a conversation many wish to not have.

As the playoffs continue for four more NFL teams, the business of the other 28 won’t stop, and you can bet that Grier and Shore are already projecting and modeling the immediate future of the Dolphins.

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4 free agents Dolphins shouldn’t re-sign this offseason

They can spend money wiser.

The Miami Dolphins were eliminated from the NFL’s postseason tournament after losing to the Buffalo Bills on wild-card weekend. Now, they’ll have an opportunity to get an early start on their offseason plans.

While there have already been changes made to their coaching staff, general manager Chris Grier and head coach Mike McDaniel also have some work to do with their roster.

31 players from their 2022 roster are set to hit the free-agent market at the start of the new league year, but Miami would probably be smart to avoid re-signing these four.