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Myles Gaskin – October 2, 2020 Download PDF version

Friday, October 2, 2020

RB Myles Gaskin

(Are you a little more amped up this week? Obviously the season has gone well for you, but to be playing a team you grew up watching a little bit of ways from you?) – “Absolutely. I trained at a place – Ford Sports Performance – where Bobby (Wagner) and K.J. (Wright) have trained. A lot of Seahawks have trained (there). I went to school with LB Ben (Burr-Kirven), another guy on their team, so I know some people over there on their team. Obviously I’m playing against the hometown. I just can’t wait. I can’t wait to play them.”

(What are your connections to the Seahawks? Did you grow up dreaming of playing for them at any point?) – “Honestly, no. I’ve always thought it would be kind of cool; but I was always – this is probably not believable, but I was always a Dolphins fan when I was younger because I had an older cousin that was a Dolphins fan. It’s odd how this worked out.”

(I wanted to ask about T Austin Jackson. You played against USC back in college. Did you know anything about him back then? And then what’s it like having him as a teammate now on the left side?) – “When I was in college, I never thought about him. It never really crossed my mind because we both play offense, so I never go against him since he’s on another team. But just having that Pac-12 connection, we talk about – I think the last time we played them, we lost. I think my biggest game my freshman year was against them. There’s a little back and forth, but it’s all good now because we’re on the same team.”

(You piqued my interested there talking about being a Dolphins fan growing up. Who was your guy? Was it RB Ricky Williams or RB Ronnie Brown? Who was your guy?) – “Ricky Williams, for sure. He was hard. Honestly, like I said, it was my older cousin. I was like a young, young dude. It was when I was first getting into football. I remember he had a Ricky Williams jersey when I first just started loving football. You know how your oldest cousin is like the coolest person to you, so it just kind of went hand and hand ever since then.”

(One of the things Head Coach Brian Flores said in a phone call with the Seattle media earlier this week, he said that Myles is really everything we’re looking for in a Dolphin. What do you think when you hear that?) – “A great compliment. I appreciate that. I saw that on social media and stuff; but I need to get better. I need to get a lot better, just for my personal – I think that’s the way of being a Dolphin is I’m never satisfied, just always striving for more. I really don’t think I’ve made a splash or anything like that. I appreciate all of the compliments and stuff like that, but I need to do better.”

(Seattle is known for it’s coffee, so give me your best pitch for how great Seattle coffee is.) – “(laughter) I never drank coffee until I got in the NFL. I was in Miami when I started drinking coffee. But my mom loves Starbucks, so I guess shout out Starbucks. I know Seattle and Starbucks go hand and hand, but my mom loves Starbucks.”

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