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Trade: Samkon Gado for Vernand Morency

infantrycak

Hall of Fame
TEXANS, PACK SWAP TAILBACKS

A league source tells us that the Green Bay Packers have shipped running back Samkon Gado to the Houston Texans in exchange for running back Vernand Morency.

Gado, an undrafted free agent signed by the Packers in 2005, was one of the few brights spots in the team's dismal 4-12 season, rushing for 582 yards and getting five starts. He played college ball at Division I-AA Liberty, and plans to go to medical school when his football career ends. He had two carries for -7 yards on Sunday.

Morency was a third-round pick of the Texans in 2005. He rushed for 184 yards for the season. Morency had one carry for five yards in the regular season opener.

The move reunites Gado with former Packers head coach Mike Sherman, who is assistant head coach of the Texans.
Evidently Kubiak and Sherman don't share the affection of many here for Morency.
 

EF55

Practice Squad
This guy can pound the ball and he is a between the tackles kind of runner, I think he will require less work as a project than Morency for Kubiak... Big problem is he fumbles way to often. But he is explosive
 

Vinny

shiny happy fan
I was led to believe few of the coaches liked him...so much for that tripe I guess. Our first day pick for an UFA? If Morency blows up in GB I'm gonna be ill.
 

cdastros

Noob
seams like an good move to me. He runs a 4.47 40, with some power. After his football days are over, he says that he want to be a doctor.

Here is a nice article on Gado http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=489603

In the article it talks about why the new coaching staff is down on Gado. Green Bay is switching to a zone blocking system and Gado is not picking it up well.
 

HJam72

Hall of Fame
I thought Morency was coming along very well. I would have started him and I don't get this at all. I guess anyone who wasn't chosen by this regime, other than Carr, AJ, and Robinson, is hanging on by a thread. I don't know anything about this GB guy, except that he's a UFA from Sherman's old team.

Well, now in 3 days we've been beaten badly in game 1 and lost the guy who I thought was our best (remaining anyway) RB. All I can do is throw up my hands and wonder why.
 

texan279

Hall of Fame
Is this true or some kind of sick early April Fool's joke? What? Huh? Someone tell me this is a nightmare? Gado for Morency? I just threw up a little in my mouth. Morency was hands down our best back in preseason, WTH???????????
 

TexanFan881

All Pro
Samkon has proven that he can carry the load in Green Bay. He's got more experience (even though not much more) than Morency, and most of all, he's shown he can get the job done. If he can just do what he did last year, I think we got the good end of the deal.

Vinny said:
I was led to believe few of the coaches liked him...so much for that tripe I guess. Our first day pick for an UFA? If Morency blows up in GB I'm gonna be ill.
The Packers seemed to like Noah Herron a lot and Morency will start as the #3 back there, so it will be awhile before he gets in there and starts, if he does. Also, I think Samkon is 3 years or so younger than Morency so hopefully Samkon will be with us for awhile. Since I live in the area, I must say, a lot of Green Bay fans really liked Samkon and will be upset with this trade.

And an undrafted free agent for a 3rd round pick means nothing. That was a year ago. Would you trade Eric Winston for Mike Bell? Things change. All this means is that Green Bay hit the jackpot with Gado.
 

texan279

Hall of Fame
TexanFan881 said:
Samkon has proven that he can carry the load in Green Bay. He's got more experience (even though not much more) than Morency, and most of all, he's shown he can get the job done. If he can just do what he did last year, I think we got the good end of the deal.



The Packers seemed to like Noah Herron a lot and Morency will start as the #3 back there, so it will be awhile before he gets in there and starts, if he does. Also, I think Samkon is 3 years or so younger than Morency so hopefully Samkon will be with us for awhile. Since I live in the area, I must say, a lot of Green Bay fans really liked Samkon and will be upset with this trade.

And an undrafted free agent for a 3rd round pick means nothing. That was a year ago. Would you trade Eric Winston for Mike Bell? Things change. All this means is that Green Bay hit the jackpot with Gado.
Gado started 5 games last season and sure got the job done, but how could we trade our best back for this guy??????????? I have trusted most decisions made by Kubaik and Co. up to this point, but if this is true I think I am gonna cry.
 

DBCooper

Outlaw
Contributor's Club
Green Bay message boards reporting the same thing.

They feel THEY are getting the raw deal.

We'll see, I like Gado, I like Morency also.

Any good confirmation yet?
 

TexanFan881

All Pro
texan279 said:
Gado started 5 games last season and sure got the job done, but how could we trade our best back for this guy??????????? I have trusted most decisions made by Kubaik and Co. up to this point, but if this is true I think I am gonna cry.
The reason we can trade our best back is because Lundy maybe a little worse if I want to be negative. Lundy is not a huge drop off from Morency, so at the worst possible scenario where Gado is horrible, it won't hurt us that bad. But yes, like I said before, the Packers fans are upset at trading Gado. They've seen him play more than we have, so they know what they've lost. And so do we with Morency. That's why we both feel we got screwed. It's a pretty even trade if you ask me, but Samkon has played in more games and has done more than Morency has. It's not like Morency went out there and had a 100 yard game and we traded him.
 

Blake

MMQB
Tack another one of our first day pick that are not on the team anymore...

I think we need to be looking for some safety help.
 

jerek

Pro Hobbyist
Has this been made official? Wasn't it PFT talking about Carr to Miami for a 2nd rounder a few months ago?

If true I'm cringing at the deal and will christen it the first real FO mistake of the Kubiak era. I'm not sure what Morency did to get traded for Gado.
 

El Tejano

Hall of Fame
Think about it. Right now you got Lundi who is Kubiak's boy but he hasn't shown that he can carry the load.

You got Dayne who already knows the system, and now you got Gaddo who is a combination of speed and power.

Gaddo is also a pretty good pass catcher out the backfield.
 

TheCD

Rookie
I'm not sure if everyone remembers the talk of Gado's role in GB when Green was injured...but he played incredibly well. If he continues that pace here, then (dare I say it) he has the potential to start. My only concern is that he was supposedly sent to us because he's having trouble picking up a zone blocking scheme...which is what we use.
 

El Tejano

Hall of Fame
TheCD said:
I'm not sure if everyone remembers the talk of Gado's role in GB when Green was injured...but he played incredibly well. If he continues that pace here, then (dare I say it) he has the potential to start. My only concern is that he was supposedly sent to us because he's having trouble picking up a zone blocking scheme...which is what we use.
I think Sherman knows what scheme to use with him. If there is anyone here who knows what to do with Gaddo, he does.
 

texan279

Hall of Fame
TexanFan881 said:
The reason we can trade our best back is because Lundy maybe a little worse if I want to be negative. Lundy is not a huge drop off from Morency, so at the worst possible scenario where Gado is horrible, it won't hurt us that bad. But yes, like I said before, the Packers fans are upset at trading Gado. They've seen him play more than we have, so they know what they've lost. And so do we with Morency. That's why we both feel we got screwed. It's a pretty even trade if you ask me, but Samkon has played in more games and has done more than Morency has. It's not like Morency went out there and had a 100 yard game and we traded him.
Morency has never really been give many chances at all during any regular season games but was impressive and our best back in the preseason and was going up against mostly #1 defenses if I remember correctly. And Morency was the only back who seemed to have even a slight clue on picking up a blitz in the preseason.
 

El Tejano

Hall of Fame
Dayne can pick up a blitz too.

Hey, does anyone know Gaddo's Madden ratings. I need to make sure I go home and adjust my roster.
 

Divebomb

Waterboy
Oh please let this be true. Sam. Gado is awsome. I was watching the very first game he played in last year and he was awsome. The guy came from Liberty, and he just figured he would try the NFL and see what happend, just trying to find money for Med. School. He played awsome for the Packers and put up huge numbers before he was injured. We have a guy in the backfield who can move! He hits the hole fast and hard and can stretch the field. Great move if it is true. I can not believe GB let him go, he was a fan favorite big time!
 

texan279

Hall of Fame
Oh come on the guy has started 5 games in the NFL and he's being called awesome??? Fact is he was apractice squad guy who was brought in after Green Bay's #4 back went down last season. Sure he got the job done but he has only started five games and neither Kubiak or Capers gave Morency a fari shot at the starting spot IMO...
 

Divebomb

Waterboy
texan279 said:
Oh come on the guy has started 5 games in the NFL and he's being called awesome??? Fact is he was apractice squad guy who was brought in after Green Bay's #4 back went down last season. Sure he got the job done but he has only started five games and neither Kubiak or Capers gave Morency a fari shot at the starting spot IMO...

Dude you have no clue what you are talking about! Its o.k., but before you bash the guy, could you please tell me the last time Morency was NFL rookie of the month???????? In fact Gado was consistant 100 yrd a game back week in week out before his injury, and being the (third back) not #4!!! with HMMMMM Ahman Green, and Noah Harron is not that bad. You have no clue what you are talking about but hey, go ahead freedom of speech and everything. VENT YOU ANGER BUDDY!!!
 

Frills

Waterboy
His upside is much higher than Morency.

In his 8 games last year on a craptastic team he gained 171 yds on 29 carries, which is better than DD's best game.

He's from the Okoye mold. I'm happy we now have a back that will punish whoever tries to tackle him.
 

Malloy

Hall of Fame
Vinny said:
I was led to believe few of the coaches liked him...so much for that tripe I guess. Our first day pick for an UFA? If Morency blows up in GB I'm gonna be ill.
That's pretty much how I felt it reading this post the first time. I'm gonna miss the guy, I think he'll be a VERY successfull player in the future.
 

texan279

Hall of Fame
ojthecat said:
I like it. Look it sends a message to the team that if you play poorly we will get rid of you.
Morency had what 5 carries in our first regular season game??? Using that logic Lundy and Mario should be out the door with him.
 

DBCooper

Outlaw
Contributor's Club
One thing for sure, this coaching staff is not afraid to make changes to get the job done. Straight up trade if you ask me. Winner goes to the back with the most heart. Gado has shown some heart. I don't care who carries the ball, just move it down the field and put it in the endzone.
 

ojthecat

Waterboy
texan279 said:
Did we just trade for Domanick Davis v2.0?
The coaches are getting rid of players that they dont like and are getting ones that they are familiar with. This is an important step in creating the propar chemistry on the team. Kubiak and Sherman know what winning teams are like and this is part of the process.
 

texan279

Hall of Fame
Frills said:
His upside is much higher than Morency.

In his 8 games last year on a craptastic team he gained 171 yds on 29 carries, which is better than DD's best game.

He's from the Okoye mold. I'm happy we now have a back that will punish whoever tries to tackle him.
Okoye mold? Because he is from Nigeria or what? The guy also sprained his right knee after starting 5 games.
 
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