One bright spot on the Dolphins dismal season is De’Von Achane being selected to the 2025 Pro Bowl. Achane has had 1726 total scrimmage yards, 5th in the league including 1267 yards rushing, averaging an impressive 5.8 yards per rush and 8 touchdowns. Congratulations De’Von!!!!
Should be in the MVP race if this team were winning. Achane is rock solid and is hands down my all-time favorite running back in Miami. Yes...He's passed Ricky. Literally the only reason I kept up with the team this year. I remember watching Marshall Faulk and Barry Sanders ball out in the 90s and remember dreaming about having a back as electric as they were. 30+ years later and here he is. Keep him healthy, and he'll be legendary for us for the next five years.
For me, my favorite all time running back for the Dolphins has always been Csonka. I mean, he’s the ONLY back in NFL history penalized for unnecessary roughness while running THROUGH a player. Then it’s a tie between Achane and Williams.
Didn’t get to see Csonka sadly! So my number one is Ricky although I was furious when he quit, nowadays I‘m just mad at Pornstache for running him into the ground.
Yeah, Ricky is pretty high on my list too. Achane is still young so it's hard to say if he'll be truly special or just a really good RB. Part of that is avoiding injury and just staying healthy. He really reminds me of a Bp Jackson though with one-cut TD potential on every single play. I love watching him run!
If you're the GM do you try to extend Achane or trade him? He'll be 25 so the argument could be made for a 4 year deal. But is there cap space? What would a pro bowl back just starting his prime command in trade? Comps to McCaffrey trade come to mind.
Pay him…… he is our most valuable asset, he is in that category with Jonathan Taylor, c-mac, henry.. even if at some point we have to let him go because some team offered a draft pick selection we cant refuse.. it is important to keep him for that reason alone.. the colts just traded two firsts for sauce gardener and he played a handful of games for them till he got injured.. you have to keep devon on the roster.. just too valuable long term and short term
Dolphins may finish last with him in 2026 so I'd be more likely to trade. A team that is close to a SB run could offer a nice package. Broncos. Chargers. Bears. Packers and perhaps a couple of other teams may be interested.
Keep in mind nobody did that at the deadline despite the fact that they absolutely should have. I am fine with trading him for the right price but teams still aren't valuing RBs like they should and in particular aren't valuing Achane like they should.
Trading Achane away would be one of the DUMBEST moves the team could ever do, especially if the Dolphins are moving away from Tua and to a new quarterback, especially if it’s a rookie. A strong running game is always a quarterback’s best friend and if we get rid of that, our offense is going to be putrid. Besides, I hate that we have GOOD players, trade them away and they end up having stellar careers elsewhere.
Everybody should always be "for sale". I was all for trading Xavien Howard after his one monster year. I thought that was a no brainer but, the genius in the front office thought it made more sense to throw money at him. By comparison, Achane is the kind of player you want to keep but, if somebody offered a 1st, it would be foolish not to, especially for a team that needs so much. You're not building an offense around Achane, he's part of an offense. You can't lean too heavily on him, he'll get hurt.
I'd trade him for a McCaffrey type deal. Split up the picks between 26 and 27 drafts. A first round pick is a possibility for a team that falls short in the playoffs due to RB issues. We don't know if Miami offered him. Rumor was they wanted a first for Waddle. Likely similar for Achane. A new GM for us and off-season re-evaluation for them. It'll be a stove item for sure.
I doubt he'll get a first too but someone may see him as they spark they need. We are going to been bodies for 2026, so more picks is probably better anyway.
Because of his smaller stature, him getting injured is my biggest fear as well. I‘m a little bit torn when it comes to trading him, cause he is a really smart runner who avoids the big blows. If we get a McCaffrey deal for him, you probably have to do it. Biggest problem imo though, we haven’t been great at drafting for far to long….
What about for Achane? Is it fair to squander your best years on a team that isn't able to truly compete at the high level? Like yeah, I'd like him to stay in Miami, but I wouldn't blame him for wanting to play for a team where he could play for a Super Bowl.
Well everyone wants to play on a Super Bowl winning team but at some point, you have to be part of building that Super Bowl team. Otherwise all the NFL is going to be is the NBA of the 90’s; when players were all wanted to play together on the same team instead of playing against the best. At that point, only a few teams in the league will matter and the rest will be flat out scrubs.
The report was they wanted a 2nd plus for Achane. Plus could mean many things but it sounds like a bargain that someone should have taken.
That didn't answer the question. We aren't talking about a guy who is 21 and is your gonna build afros giving him a nice team in his second contract. We're talking about a guy who you are advocating just wastes his good years on a team that hasn't done that. He's 24. What's he got, realistically, 4-5 more good productive years? I'd hate to see him just get used and abused in Miami because it's nice for the fans, but not good for him and his career.
Umm, 90s basketball didn't have guys teaming up on super teams, that's this modern era of basketball. 90s teams and players were still loyal to each other.
NBA was great in the 90s best decade ever imo. Don’t enjoy the NBA today way too soft and the refs are worse than the ones in the NFL. Edit: Although 80s NBA must have been great too.
To clarify regarding Achane...if I were ownership, I would ONLY consider trades to actual contenders, and ONLY if Achane was OK with it. If he told me that he wanted to be in Miami regardless, then I would keep him in Miami.
Also I'm not trading ANYONE if I think Ewers can lead the team. If we don't HAVE TO draft a QB, then that means the team is in far better shape than it was looking.
