Former Miami Dolphins running back Damien Williams is probably happy with how things turned out since his time in Miami. The veteran running back was picked up by the Kansas City Chiefs and on Sunday will play a big role in deciding the winner of Super Bowl LIV in Hard Rock Stadium — a place Williams called home for several seasons.
For Dolphins fans, seeing another former Dolphin player find success elsewhere certainly stings. Why couldn’t Williams find any level of success like this in Miami? Well, not having Andy Reid and Patrick Mahomes during Williams’ stay with the Dolphins certainly didn’t help the cause.
But Williams actually wanted to be here in Miami, or so he indicated while talking to the media this week in Miami in the buildup to Sunday’s big game. And had it not been for a familiar foe, Williams might actually have gotten the contract with Miami that he was looking for.
In a spot with NFL Network’s Jim Trotter, Williams revealed that former Dolphins coach Adam Gase had told him that the team planned to re-up his contract — before ghosting Williams and failing to return his phone calls after Williams had shoulder surgery.
“That really hurt,” said Williams. “I was there four years and gave Miami my all. I still have not spoken to him to this day. That hurt me because me and Gase were cool.”
Of course. Of course Adam Gase played a hand in shuttling yet another player out the door, only to see that player find more success once finally freed of his guidance. We’re a few New York Jets transactions away from having enough names to justify making a directory or a coffee-table book commemorating all of those who have thrived post-Gase.
Hopefully there will be a page dedicated to the Miami Dolphins, too — provided they can finish what they’ve started and successfully overhaul this roster into a competitive one.
