Gibbs To Meet With Gardner Today

Daseal:

As you know, I think Rod Gardner is a waste of skin. But you are absolutely right; he does work hard and is a dedicated player at practice and he sets only a positive work example for the rest of the team. In that sense, he is indeed a "Joe Gibbs player".

The problem with Gardner is what happens on Sunday - or Saturday or Monday depending on the schedule-makers. All of his work pays very low rate dividends. Is that because he loses focus? Is he ADHD and starts thinking about pretty blue bunny rabbits as the snap count is underway? Is this as good as his hands are ever gonna get and they only got this good because he works so hard?

I don't know because I don't read minds. But unless his "contract year" can motivate him to levels waaay beyond anything we've ever seen from him, I think he's a waste of a roster spot.

And remember, even if he has a great year and the Skins find a way to pay him what he wants as a free agent, what is to say that he will not revert to his "50/50 Form" immediately after he cashes his fat signing bonus check. If "money" and "contract year" are what it takes to motivate him, do you really want him on a long term deal? (It is not a good thing to rely on people who are only motivated by money. The British learned that with their mercenaries during the Revolutionary War!) And you need a long term deal to spread out the BIG signing bonus Gardner will demand if he has an All-Pro season in 2005.

I have a suspicion that this soap opera will not have a really happy ending...

If you could somehow combine Gardner's work ethic with McCants's natural skills you'd have one heck of a WR.

What stinks about Gardner is he catches the nutty circus catch and drops the gimme balls. I really haven't seen a WR with a Redskins Jersey make as remarkable catches as he does, and then he drops one that my 3 year old daughter would have snatched from the air. It is so frustrating with that guy. He will have a game like 1st Dallas game last year and then disappear the rest of the season. Other thing is our team has had so many different coaches, QB's, coordinators that the entire WR corps has had no consistency. HAte to say it but I don't think that half of the issues are Gardener's doing.

Agreed Tafkas... Why is Gibbs so against that kid??? McCants I thought was a great redzone threat... Maybe McCants did what Patrick did...

Because he didn't want to play special teams, Redskinsjunkie.

Understood, but you have to admit that Mccants is a better option than Thrash at this point in his career as a WR. I know Thrash plays ST but I think that after posting 6 TD a year ago and the o was throwing up less than 18 points a game you would try just about anything... I just think that MCcants would have been a nice option in the redzone and maybe someone besides Cooley would have taken some heat off Ramsey.

You'd think. You'd also think he'd pull Brunell. He's a bit too stubborn. I also think McCants would have been a great option. You see us march up the field for like one series McCants was in and Ramsey hit him 3-4 times in a row for good gains?

Yep, then he pulls the cord on him... And what the heck did Taylor Jacobs ever do??? How the hell did he get in the good graces over MCCants? I really do think he has a lot of upside... Got to use him though. Maybe they will this year considering the other receivers (Moss, Patten) are SMALL...

Oh yeah, and Brunell was BRUTAL. Absolutley the worse signing of the Danny's era. Worse than even, dare I say, GEORGE. At least George beat the Rams in St Louis...

Well, don't look now - but Danny was against Brunell. But it was Gibbs boy!

Jacobs is potentially the best receiver on our team. I wish he were starting. He's a strong receiver, and DBs say nothing but great things about him. Let's see him on something besides WR screens, reverses, etc.