Perhaps the New England Patriots will find themselves preparing for Melvin Gordon twice a season over the next few years. On “NFL Total Access,” NFL Network analyst LaDainian Tomlinson said he thinks the pending free agent and Los Angeles Chargers running back could land with the Dolphins, who are in need of a running back after trading Kenyan Draft last summer.
“I think this young man ends up in Miami,” Tomlinson said on NFL Network this week. “You think about what Miami is preparing for. They got an older quarterback in Ryan Fitzpatrick — ‘Fitzmagic,’ I should say — and there’s talk about them drafting a young Tua (Tagovailoa). With that being said, you need a running back like Melvin Gordon who can churn out yards for a team that hasn’t been able to run the football at all. When was the last time we’ve seen a dominant Miami team run the football? Ricky Williams, right? Melvin fits kind of in that same mold: power runner, a guy with speed, can do a little bit of everything. So I think Miami is the team.”
Gordon has only played two games against the Patriots, with two very different performances. In 2017, he had 14 attempts for 132 yards and a touchdown with one reception for seven yards. During the postseason after the 2018 season, he had nine carries for 15 yards and a touchdown.
