Eagles' Ajayi takes jab at Dolphins' Gase after Super Bowl win

Running back Jay Ajayi let his former coach know he was thinking of him after the Philadelphia Eagles won Super Bowl LII.

Ajayi posted a photo to his Instagram account on Monday that showed him kissing the Lombardi Trophy on the heels of the Eagles' 41-33 win over the New England Patriots.

Nothing wrong there, but the caption that accompanied the photo took a not-so-subtle jab at Miami Dolphins coach Adam Gase.

"THEY may have tried to discredit you, discount you, throw dirt on your name...none of it matters now," Ajayi wrote. "LEGACIES LAST FOREVER. funny how they were GASsEd over journalistic...look at me now. ONLY GOD"

The "GASsEd" reference isn't exactly subtle.

Ajayi and Gase clashed back in September 2016, with the coach leaving the then-Dolphins running back home as the team traveled to Seattle to take on the Seahawks in the season opener.

The 24-year-old Ajayi eventually got untracked and rushed for 1,272 yards and eight touchdowns as the Dolphins punched a ticket to the postseason for the first time since 2008.

Ajayi didn't get out of the blocks as fast in 2017, leading to a midseason trade with the Eagles for a conditional fourth-round pick in the 2018 draft. Ajayi had rushed for 465 yards on 138 carries, but had been held out of the end zone with Miami.

Prior to the trade, Ajayi rushed for just 23 yards on 14 carries in a 40-0 rout by the Baltimore Ravens. The performance drew criticism from Gase, who did not mention Ajayi by name.

"We've got to stop trying to hit home runs all the time," Gase said at the time. "It's on the running back. Do your job. It's not hard to do."

A Super Bowl title is the football equivalent of a home run, while the Dolphins limped to a 6-10 finish this season.