ok lets compair the pair on their first 7 years in footy ..
year 1
games played: Dal 18 - Gaff 17
Goals: Dal 7 - Gaff 7
Tackles: Dal 33 - Gaff 19
Contested pos: Dal 83 - Gaff 75
Contested Marks: Dal 1 - Gaff 0
year 2
games played: Dal 8 - Gaff 24
Goals: Dal 7 - Gaff 9
Tackles: Dal 36 - Gaff 34
Contested pos: Dal 61 - Gaff 136
Contested Marks: Dal 3 - Gaff 1
Year 3
games played: Dal 25 - Gaff 22
Goals: Dal 11 - Gaff 5
Tackles: Dal 82 - Gaff 40
Contested pos: Dal 181 - Gaff 134
Contested Marks: Dal 8 - Gaff 2
Year 4
games played: Dal 24 - Gaff 22
Goals: Dal 15 - Gaff 10
Tackles: Dal 77 - Gaff 54
Contested pos: Dal 233 - Gaff 137
Contested Marks: Dal 10 - Gaff 5
year 5
games played: Dal 23 - Gaff 25
Goals: Dal 11 - Gaff 11
Tackles: Dal 96 - Gaff 62
Contested pos: Dal 198 - Gaff 190
Contested Marks: Dal 6 - Gaff 3
year 6
games played: Dal 22 - Gaff 22
Goals: Dal 9 - Gaff 7
Tackles: Dal 82 - Gaff 27
Contested pos: Dal 190 - Gaff 163
Contested Marks: Dal 2 - Gaff 0
year 7
games played: Dal 24 - Gaff 24
Goals: Dal 12 - Gaff 6
Tackles: Dal 75 - Gaff 49
Contested pos: Dal 173 - Gaff 169
Contested Marks: Dal 4 - Gaff 1
now this is a pointless exercise as its not a choice between Gaff and Dal (you would take dal every day of the week) but it highlights that Dal was critisised of not being hard enough at the contest and not being damagining enough to be in the upper levels of great players these stats show Gaff is even less of a physical player and even less damaging ... Gaff runs all day thats about it
ill say it again Gaff is a good player but really i would at a maximum give up pick 8 for him (and thats at a push) to give up a player we want and that pick or that pick and another pick i would rather pass