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Originally Posted by FRPLG
I think everyone is basing their opinion of Rod Gardner not just on this season but on his total body of work. While Coles definitely was a let down this year he has in the past been a breakaway playmaker in this league. That is something Gardner has never been. He has consistently dropped balls not just this past season but over his entire career. He has the nick name 50-50 for a reason. Gardner is a posession receiver with bad hands. Those two things are in direct opposition to each other. He has average speed and isn't a fantastic blocker. His one 1000 yard year he was a #1 guy on a pass happy offense. I think every one of our receivers, as a number one, would have had a good year. You can't look at four seasons and pick out the one good year to base your opinion becasue it is likely that one seaosn was an abberation. Hopefully Coles can recover but even if he doesn't Gardner is not the guy who is going to take his place in the offense. That will go to Jacobs. He still has trade value and we might as well get something for him while we can. It was not all his fault but things do need to be changed and this is one thing that needs changing. Whether the line blocks or not doesn't really affect him much. In fact following that logic he should have caught more balls this year as the offense went into safe mode and started throwing 5 yard slants and ins. These are basic posession receiver routes that for some reason didn't help him have much success this year. At the end of the day you can be mad at Gibbs but he doesn't make the plays. That falls on the players. Gardner can be easily replaced and has trade value. Trade his ass before he drops another redskins pass I say.
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I agree.
Another point about RG, if he was getting open as you say, jamf, why did Coles end up with all the catches? Did the QB's just snub RG for some reason? If a guy is open you throw it to him, no? Coles had to learn the same new system yet he ended up with 90 catches on a bum toe.
I guess the world is just out to get Rod.