He's just been so-so the past few seasons stat wise. However, I think he's still the kind of back I would love to give the ball to on 3rd and 3. He's not going to break off many long runs, but he can still be a load to tackle.
I wouldn't mind adding him as a back in the mix, but I wouldn't sign with the intent of using as the primary ball carrier. I actually think there are are going to b some backs drafted in the later rounds that end up with the right team and produce nice numbers.
If we didn't have Gaskin, I wouldn't be against it but he doesn't seem to have a place provided we draft a #1 that can also serve as our short yardage back. Gaskin is a solid #2 with a really low cap #. If we draft Etienne then we probably still need a bruiser, but I'd personally rather just avoid that scenario and use that money elsewhere.
I think Gaskin is an ok contributer on a so-so team. If you're a team thinking about playoffs and maybe winning a game or two in post season you need better backs than Gaskin as your main contributors.
Full disclosure, I'm a big Gaskin fan. He had the 5th highest catch percentage in the nfl. Considering he was playing behind a very inexperienced oline with little talent on the outside to take pressure off the run, I thought he did really well. That's not even considering we're paying almost nothing for him. Sure you can upgrade, but that's just money we have to take away from another position. Compare that to Connors who was surrounded by far superior talent and he put up only slightly better numbers.
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