On Thursday, Tyrod Taylor threw his easiest touchdown of the night in "garbage time." A little 4 yard dump off that turned into a 17 yard TD scamper by Mike Gillislee:
I thought the touchdown was very impressive. The Jets were still essentially running a prevent defense, but there were two defenders in the high flats and a safety to beat. They all had good position and he just split the first grouping of defenders and bulldozed the safety. I thought it was a fantastic example of having a nose for the end zone.
Last season, in very limited play time, Gillislee had a 50-yard TD run and a 60-yard TD run. In 47 carries, he averaged 5.7 yards per rush and scored a respectable 3 touchdowns. This season he has zero carries after two games. Gillislee passes both the eye test and the stat test (with albeit a small sample size), and so I ask you...what do we have here?
Should Gillislee spell McCoy more often? Is he a hidden gem capable of being a much cheaper full-time starter should the team move on from McCoy after this year?