Pat Fantasy Dog Pound said he would have loved to click rookie Ollie Gordon in the late-double-digit rounds, calling him a "sneaky option" to control Miami’s goal-line work if the Dolphins do indeed add him. Pat compared the Oklahoma State star’s 6-foot-1, 211-pound frame and 19-TD sophomore season (6.1 YPC, 32-percent dominator rating) to what Raheem Mostert did in Mike McDaniel’s scheme last year—30 red-zone carries, 18 TDs, RB5 overall. With Mostert entering his age-32 season and De’Von Achane profiling as a space player rather than a grinder, Pat expects Miami to import a larger back. He thinks any training-camp report hinting that Gordon is getting short-yardage reps will send his Underdog ADP screaming up ten-plus spots and urged drafters to grab him now while he’s free.

Sam Monson cautioned fantasy managers not to overreact to Ollie Gordon’s raw college box scores. He called Gordon a "massive, strong" back who thrives only when his blocking is already winning—evidenced by the tailback’s 3.1 yards-before-contact per attempt during Oklahoma State’s 2023 four-game win streak versus just 1.0 in the Cowboys’ five losses. Monson pointed out Gordon’s middling burst scores (sub-40th percentile ten-yard split) and lack of lateral juice, meaning he rarely creates on his own when the line loses. That profile makes him highly game-script and opponent dependent in Miami: if the rebuilt line jells and the Dolphins face lighter boxes designed to stop Tyreek Hill and Jaylen Waddle, Gordon can mash for "big numbers," but if protection breaks down he offers little more than three yards and a cloud of dust. Monson advised treating Gordon as a DFS punt or bye-week fill-in only against bottom-third run defenses and keeping season-long expectations capped at 8–10 carries with touchdown-or-bust value.

Steve Palazzolo predicted the Dolphins drafted Ollie Gordon specifically to give their track-team backfield a power element when winter hits. Gordon rumbled for 1,732 yards and 21 TDs at Oklahoma State last year, regularly breaking tackles and thriving in bad weather games. Palazzolo expects Mike McDaniel to lean on speed (Raheem Mostert, De’Von Achane) during the first three months, then unleash the 6-foot-1, 215-pound Gordon on December and January road trips to the Northeast where Mostert/ Achane have struggled between the tackles. That role should come with short-yardage and goal-line touches; Palazzolo forecasted a 10-12 carry workload with high TD equity in late-season matchups at the Jets and Patriots. Fantasy managers in deep season-long leagues or best-ball playoff formats should stash Gordon now, and DFS players can earmark him as a low-salary smash in cold-weather weeks.