Rod Gardner Trade Possibilities

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That Guy
03-08-2005, 03:06 PM
then i hope the vikes throw it at him 50 times a game when we play him ;)

Daseal
03-08-2005, 03:12 PM
JoeRedskin - you mean crippled with an injury and never having a chance?

Rod Gardner was the Joe Gibbs type everyone here seems to covet. He'd stay after practice and catch an extra hundred balls or two to work on his hands. He worked hard. He kept his mouth shut. He played hard.

He had bad drops, without a doubt. However, this season he was the one that made all the spectacular games. Had Gibbs not wasted timeouts GARDNER made possibly the best catch of the season to put us well within FG range. I don't think we thew it to him (or anyone for that matter) enough to see. I could see him turn into a great receiver.

SkinsRock
03-08-2005, 03:28 PM
JoeRedskin - you mean crippled with an injury and never having a chance?

Rod Gardner was the Joe Gibbs type everyone here seems to covet. He'd stay after practice and catch an extra hundred balls or two to work on his hands. He worked hard. He kept his mouth shut. He played hard.

He had bad drops, without a doubt. However, this season he was the one that made all the spectacular games. Had Gibbs not wasted timeouts GARDNER made possibly the best catch of the season to put us well within FG range. I don't think we thew it to him (or anyone for that matter) enough to see. I could see him turn into a great receiver.
I agree. We trash him because the Redskins are "our team" and he pisses us off with his drops, but he is still a good receiver. Was he worth the 1st round pick we used on him? No, but I wouldn't consider him a bust...he's no Westbrook. We'll get a 3rd-5th round pick for him so then he can go and start frustrating another team's fans.

Ron Burgundy and Gold
03-08-2005, 03:40 PM
Ron Burgundy, Rod Gardner should never be used in the same sentence with the word consistent!! j/k

Hey I think he's less consistent than my ex-girlfriend, but apparently the GM's of the Browns, Seahawks, and Vikes thing differently. I think the Westbrook comparisons aren't fair and wouldn't be surprised to see Rod be successful somewhere else, it just won't be here.

Redskins_P
03-08-2005, 03:43 PM
Hey I think he's less consistent than my ex-girlfriend, but apparently the GM's of the Browns, Seahawks, and Vikes thing differently. I think the Westbrook comparisons aren't fair and wouldn't be surprised to see Rod be successful somewhere else, it just won't be here.


I agree. Westbrook was always injured and was a crybaby. Who knows? Maybe he will be successful somewhere else. All I know is that he never played up to his potential here in DC.

Gmanc711
03-08-2005, 03:45 PM
http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/columns/story?columnist=pasquarelli_len&id=2007815


Apparently there is alot of interest.

BDBohnzie
03-08-2005, 03:55 PM
i've always been an advocate of Rod Gardner...as stated, he works hard, keeps his mouth shut, and is a team player. he fits in Gibbs' offense as a possession receiver...he had several bad drops over his career, and that is something everyone keys in on. he had more TDs than Coles last year...and still is capable of being a go to guy (last season, had 2 games of 100+ yards, only one game with no catches).

the Skins are stead fast on getting rid of him...even though he would greatly compliment Moss and Patten (Gardner is 6'2", compared to Moss and Patten at 5'10"). i just hope we get as much as we can for him, and not settle just to get him out of town...

SkinsRock
03-08-2005, 04:09 PM
http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/columns/story?columnist=pasquarelli_len&id=2007815


Apparently there is alot of interest.

Wow...I didn't realize Rod's numbers were that similar to Burress'. Glad we didn't go after him.
Plus, if he is really drawing that much interest, maybe we will be able to get a higher round pick out of somebody.

e16bball
03-08-2005, 04:16 PM
The good news is that several teams are interested in him. If only one team showed real interest, we might have done something dumb like trade him for a late 4th rounder, just to get him out of town. I have heard rumors that this Redskins team will trade WRs for horrible deals just to get them out of town. Hopefully we will start a mini-bidding war that gets us up to at worst a mid-3rd.

Paintrain
03-08-2005, 04:40 PM
Then we're forced to pay the SAME receiver more money. With the Cards inbetween us - I don't see them trading down or going receiver.

Gardner isn't as bad as people like to make him out to be. He has some concentration issues, but I feel he's the type of player that if you keep throwing him the ball he'll make more great plays than stupid plays. He gets better the more he touches it.
Does running routes at less than 100%, repeated false start penalties (from a WR??) and more dropped balls than one can count reflect someone "not as bad as people make him out to be"? Were you watching the same Redskins the past few years as the rest of us?

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