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Myles Gaskin – August 8, 2021 Download PDF version

Sunday, August 8, 2021

RB Myles Gaskin

(As a guy who knows and is familiar with the RPO offense, what is the most challenging part for a tailback about the system?) – “I don’t think there’s any challenging part. I just think, obviously, you can pull it whenever, so always just be ready for the ball. That’s kind of the idea for a running back though, you always want it. I don’t think it’s that challenging at all.”

(Not knowing whether or not the ball is actually going to be handed to you is?) – “No, like I sad you always want to stay ready for it and that’s your responsibility. I don’t think that’s the challenging part. That’s up to Tua (Tagovailoa), that’s up to the quarterbacks to see their reads … That’s their responsibility and they’ve been doing a great job. But no, not for a tailback. I wouldn’t say that’s hard for them.”

(What are you looking to get out of the practices with the Bears and is it something that you are looking forward to because it’s different than going against your own teammates day after day?) – “Yeah, absolutely. You get tired of hitting your own dudes, seeing them in the locker room and stuff like that. It’s definitely good to see different fronts, different players. They got Khalil Mack so it’s going to be fun to see him up close and personal. Just stuff like that, just trying to compete against some different guys.”

(How big of an indicator of where you are do you think it might provide?) – “I do take it day-by-day but obviously, just seeing different fronts, being able to learn something new in the sense of we run a lot of three-down, we’ve got a different defense. Just kind of get into that football season-type learning guys tells and stuff like that, seeing how other guys play. It’s just fun like that. It’s getting close to that football season time.”

(How would you say RB Salvon Ahmed has grown from the time he got here until now?) – “Just confidence. Me being with him at Washington, it’s kind of the same jump from his freshman year to sophomore year. It’s kind of the same thing in the league, rookie year to second year you make that jump. Confident, making a lot of good cuts, asking a lot of good questions in the room. Definitely having a good input on what other guys are doing or ‘hey, did you see it over here’ or ‘I saw it like this’ or ‘this is what happened in the third.’ Just seeing him grow into an NFL running back is always exciting. That’s what was going to happen regardless, I got a lot of faith in that dude.”

(How do you see your offensive line coming together and how comfortable are you back there with those guys?) – “Very comfortable. They’re just working hard. We got a lot of moving pieces. It’s a brand-new offense, brand-new calls and guys are just adjusting to it, getting better each and every day. I love the way we practice; some days we lose, some days we win. Just seeing the o-line go at it every single day is very important. Guys don’t ever get down on each other. We aren’t afraid to yell at each other, aren’t afraid to get on each other but obviously in an encouraging way. That’s very encouraging.”

(How important is it for you personally to step into a leadership role this year?) – “Very important. I’ve been here for three years, I’ve been with ‘Flo’ (Brian Flores) for all of them so I have been able to see what he wants to see out of his players, how he wants to see this organization ran as a team. Being able to relay that message to the other players as a player who has been there myself, especially to the young guys, I feel like that’s my role at this point.

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