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Gado To Start

Samkonfan

Samkonfan

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Just heard from an inside source that Gado will start this Sunday. I'm telling you this kid can be good just don't give up on him too early. It doesn't matter if Jim Brown or Walter Payton played running back the last couple of weeks for Houston they were not going to run the ball successfully against those teams and even Jacksonville has an awesome run defense. But given the ball as much as Dayne has gotten over the last few weeks, Gado will be more productive. You can see how the coaches want to try and get Gado the ball because he caught 5 passes last week out of the backfield. I think he does a lot of good things during the week of practice and impresses the coaches and just have been unfortunate to play some of the top rank defenses in the NFL that last few weeks. I think Gado and Lundy will be a good combination, Dayne has seen his best days already. Gado is a class act also and just a good person to have in the locker room.
 
Gado is a third down back. Lundy needs to start. Lundy is much faster and can hopefully get through the tiney holes our line creates. I agree though, I think Gado will be good for the texans.
 
TexanLen said:
Gado is a third down back. Lundy needs to start. Lundy is much faster and can hopefully get through the tiney holes our line creates. I agree though, I think Gado will be good for the texans.
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Just asking, why do you think the coaches feel completely different?? Are they stupid?? Or do you think Lundy is going to have to earn his start (unlike the Philly game) like Maroney, D'Angelo, Maurice, ReggieBush etc....

I agree that he looked better in the preseason,and even against Philly than Gado or Dayne has..... but Dayne out performed him against Indy. He never should've got that start in Philly.

I'm fine with the Gado Start, but I think Dayne should start. he's the only one who has been getting us postive yards (other than David) on a regular basis. Jacksonville is going to be as tough as Miami & Dallas. But Dayne did screw up a couple of times against Dallas.

I'd be upset, if he activates EdellSheppard or Anderson just to return punts & kickoffs..... Lundy & Walter can do that. But he needs to bring three RBs to this game. We need to run the ball at least 30 times.
 
Samkonfan said:
Just heard from an inside source that Gado will start this Sunday. I'm telling you this kid can be good just don't give up on him too early. It doesn't matter if Jim Brown or Walter Payton played running back the last couple of weeks for Houston they were not going to run the ball successfully against those teams and even Jacksonville has an awesome run defense. But given the ball as much as Dayne has gotten over the last few weeks, Gado will be more productive. You can see how the coaches want to try and get Gado the ball because he caught 5 passes last week out of the backfield. I think he does a lot of good things during the week of practice and impresses the coaches and just have been unfortunate to play some of the top rank defenses in the NFL that last few weeks. I think Gado and Lundy will be a good combination, Dayne has seen his best days already. Gado is a class act also and just a good person to have in the locker room.
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Tell your son or brother OR cousin GOOD LUCK! :redtowel:
 
TexanLen said:
Gado is a third down back. Lundy needs to start. Lundy is much faster and can hopefully get through the tiney holes our line creates. I agree though, I think Gado will be good for the texans.
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Lundy needs to stay away from the football field right now.
 
Actually Gado if faster than Lundy. Lundy is without a doubt quicker side to side but straight ahead, Gado smokes him. Trust me. Give the ball to Gado at least 20 he will get you 80 yards rushing without question. Some of the piles that Dayne would just fall on Gado will get more yards.
 
thunderkyss said:
I'm fine with the Gado Start, but I think Dayne should start. he's the only one who has been getting us postive yards...
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Lundy,Gado and Dayne=Slow,Slower and Slowest...

It's pick your poison at this point and I think Kubes knows it....I expect him to go with the experience first because that's just how it's done....And it is only the sixth game of the season and I expect to see more young guys the more we start losing and the deeper into the season we go...unlike the previous regime....But @ this point I'd rather see anyone but Dayne....

thunderkyss said:
Just asking, why do you think the coaches feel completely different?? Are they stupid?? Or do you think Lundy is going to have to earn his start (unlike the Philly game) like Maroney, D'Angelo, Maurice, ReggieBush etc....
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I see a lot of comments about how we(the fans) don't know anything, and the coaches are getting paid for a reason....

Well...In all honesty...you or I, can do the job that the coaches have been doing....Im tired of all this "coaches knows best" mentality...Kubes has even said himslef...."We're gonna try a lot of different things and see what works"....He might as well set up a suggestion box....Not saying that he's a bad coach...because I think he's a good one....but I'm just saying that not even Kubes has the answers.....
 
Dayne had a great day against Miami, granted that they're Miami. 22 attempts for 58 yards. Dayne seems to be able to grind yards out more so than Gado. Against this tough Jacksonville defense, that's a must.
 
I don't care who starts at the RB position...

I just want to see DC air the ball out more...

Anyone know what game he has thrown the ball the most in? Has he ever reached the 40 atts. in a game yet?

Sorry if that got off topic, but just how I feel...

Let DC throw the ball 40 to 50 times and I bet the running game opens up...
 
xtruroyaltyx, I always get stuck sitting there watching your avatar play over and over. I'd think I'd get tired of it, but I don't.

I can't remember the name of that linebacker he ran over. Robinson, Robertson . . something. First name's a blank. I know he was a pro bowler.

But I do remember watching that game like it was yesterday. The color commentator was Jim Brown, (not a bad runner himself in his day) and he couldn't stop stop talking about it the rest of the game.
 
Dayne's rushing stats----sucks
Gado's rushing stats-----sucks
Lundy's rushing stats----sucks

Is it really all threes fault. Seems more like we need to start benching some linemen.


bobby 119C
 
xtruroyaltyx said:
Is this really what we've come to as fans??? To call 22 for 58 great??? O.k is pushing it...Great is just......:um:
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No kidding! I thought he was being sarcastic.

I think Lundy will make a small impact this Sunday just because he's a little quicker hitting the LOS. I'll P in my pants if I see him run up a linemans back, because unlike Gado and Dayne, he at least tried to find the cut-back lane. Personally, I think Dayne would be a better FB than a HB. It's obvious he can gain a little wieght if needed. :whip:
 
xtruroyaltyx said:
I see a lot of comments about how we(the fans) don't know anything, and the coaches are getting paid for a reason....

Well...In all honesty...you or I, can do the job that the coaches have been doing....Im tired of all this "coaches knows best" mentality...Kubes has even said himslef...."We're gonna try a lot of different things and see what works"....He might as well set up a suggestion box....Not saying that he's a bad coach...because I think he's a good one....but I'm just saying that not even Kubes has the answers.....
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My point is that they've seen these guys a lot more than we have. Personally, I'd have been brining Dayne & Lundy, or Gado & Lundy to the games.... But if they have elected to bring Dayne & Gado to our past two games, and choose to start Gado over Lundy in our next game, I'm "assuming" there is reasoning behind that decision.

Against Indy, WaliLundy was doing very poorly in 1st & 10 & 3rd & short situations. He only broke off 5+ yard runs in passing situations(2nd & 20, 3 & 17).

Dayne was getting us decent runs(3 yards, 8 yards, 8 yards, -3 yards, 6 yards, 5 yards, & 1 yard) before the score got out of hand(20-3 to end the Half).

Against Indy, Gado was doing better than Lundy with 7 yards on 3rd & 9(his first carry of the game @ 2:04 left in the second Qtr), 2 yards on 1st & 10(his second carry of the game, with 4 minutes left in the 3rd Qtr), & 3 yards on the next play, 27 yards on 1st & 10(with 7 minutes left in the game).
 
thunderkyss said:
& if that's the case, I'm sure there is a reason for it. I don't know what it could be...... but there's a good reason.
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Reason is lack of production from the guys that have been running the ball. It seems that you are a Dayne fan (not going to knock you on this), but come on - the guy has done nothing here - everyone can clearly see this. Some of it might be due to OLine issues, but some of it is also lack of talent. We can't fix the OLine issues over night, but we sure can put a better RB in the backfield over night.
 
LCROD said:
Reason is lack of production from the guys that have been running the ball. It seems that you are a Dayne fan (not going to knock you on this), but come on - the guy has done nothing here - everyone can clearly see this. Some of it might be due to OLine issues, but some of it is also lack of talent. We can't fix the OLine issues over night, but we sure can put a better RB in the backfield over night.
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I agree with you. Even if the Oline is at fault half the time, the RB should have enough playmaking ability to get positive yardage a majority of the time. Dayne has zero playmaking ability. If the hole isn't there, the plays over.:twocents:
 
I'm telling you that GADO is STARTING this week. Very reliable source with the texans organization confirmed
 
touttail said:
Dayne's rushing stats----sucks
Gado's rushing stats-----sucks
Lundy's rushing stats----sucks

Is it really all threes fault. Seems more like we need to start benching some linemen.


bobby 119C
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I think that is happening very quietly with McKinney. You might not hear straight out but Mckinney is losing ground both on the field and with this coaching staff.
 
thunderkyss said:
Against Indy, WaliLundy was doing very poorly in 1st & 10 & 3rd & short situations. He only broke off 5+ yard runs in passing situations(2nd & 20, 3 & 17).

Dayne was getting us decent runs(3 yards, 8 yards, 8 yards, -3 yards, 6 yards, 5 yards, & 1 yard) before the score got out of hand(20-3 to end the Half).

Against Indy, Gado was doing better than Lundy with 7 yards on 3rd & 9(his first carry of the game @ 2:04 left in the second Qtr), 2 yards on 1st & 10(his second carry of the game, with 4 minutes left in the 3rd Qtr), & 3 yards on the next play, 27 yards on 1st & 10(with 7 minutes left in the game).
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The problem I have with breaking those stats down is that you are breaking down crap...to get to more crap....

I'm not saying you are wrong.....Im not saying Kubes is wrong...because if it were me I'd have been starting Dayne too.....The only thing that I don't like is the fact that they've only been bringing 2 backs to the games....

And IMO, we don't have an NFL starting back on this team....Dayne and Gado would be lucky to be second string on every other team....and Lundy probably wouldn't be on anyones roster except the Texans....

I don't like any of our backs but at this point I just want to see something different and at this moment Lundy=something different....:twocents:
 
Samkonfan said:
I'm telling you that GADO is STARTING this week. Very reliable source with the texans organization confirmed
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They wouldn't know until today or tommorow. Depends on who works better in the gameplan and who practices better. He may have been the starter going in, but don't be surprised if he isn't starting on Sunday.
 
I suspect that folks are getting it a bit twisted. Both Gado and Lundy are suiting up. I suspect that Gado will be the back on the field starting with Lundy coming in later. Dayne will be getting the hot dogs and burgers for the team from the concession stands.
 
mexican_texan said:
They wouldn't know until today or tommorow. Depends on who works better in the gameplan and who practices better. He may have been the starter going in, but don't be surprised if he isn't starting on Sunday.
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Gado worked with the 1st team today with Lundy filling in and Dayne working with the scout team according to Sportsradio 610 and Mark Vandamer (sp).
 
El Tejano said:
I think that is happening very quietly with McKinney. You might not hear straight out but Mckinney is losing ground both on the field and with this coaching staff.
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If there's anything to that, I'm glad to hear it.
 
Gado better not start, 2 or my 3 RBs in Fantasy football have bye weeks, so i picked up lundy and put him in thinkin hes gonna start, wali better start :redtowel:
 
I think Gado will do way better than most people expect. He hasn't had very many carries these last few games, but watching the Dallas game he had a run play where he showed amzing quickness. Albeit that quicness took him away from the hole he made a good cut and tried to take it outside. It was in the first few series I think. The series where Carr slid to the ground and almost got killed. Anyways, back to the point, Gado got the hand off and saw a linebacker coming through the hole. He made his cut to the outside then, if he had waited just another milli-second the hole would have opened back up as the LB was pushed out of the way by one of our linemen. Well, point is Gado showed he can change directions and this week we should see some production out of our running game.
 
Samkonfan said:
Actually Gado if faster than Lundy. Lundy is without a doubt quicker side to side but straight ahead, Gado smokes him. Trust me.
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Wali Lundy runs a 4.45, dont tell me Gado is anything faster than that because in reality their about the same.
 
RB 40 times don't matter unless you can get past the 2nd level and into a straightaway run. Tony Hollings was pretty fast but I don't think anyone here would claim he's a better RB than Domanick Davis.
 
dat_boy_yec said:
I think Gado will do way better than most people expect. He hasn't had very many carries these last few games, but watching the Dallas game he had a run play where he showed amzing quickness. Albeit that quicness took him away from the hole he made a good cut and tried to take it outside. It was in the first few series I think. The series where Carr slid to the ground and almost got killed. Anyways, back to the point, Gado got the hand off and saw a linebacker coming through the hole. He made his cut to the outside then, if he had waited just another milli-second the hole would have opened back up as the LB was pushed out of the way by one of our linemen. Well, point is Gado showed he can change directions and this week we should see some production out of our running game.
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That hole was closed off by Roy Williams. It's not that Gado got to the hole too quickly, it's that jameel cook didn't have enough ass to push RoyWilliams out of the hole. You are correct, if he had held up a second, RoyWilliams would have pushed Jameel back into the backfield, and there would have been a big hole for him to run through. Only problem, is that OwenDaniels provided so little resistance, that DemarcusWare might as well have been untouched going into the backfield, where he hit Gado, and made the tackle for no gain.
 
http://packers.com/multimedia/video/2005_game_video/

WILL YOU GUYS PLEASE SHUT UP ABOUT GADO NOT HAVING WORLD CLASS BREAK AWAY SPEED!!!!!!

Go to the above link and watch the LIONS recap...

Then watch him drop Brian Dawkins draws versus the Eagles...

Then watch Falcons game...

Or maybe the Bears game....

This kid is a legit running back. Whoever said he would be lucky to make another squad should maybe do his homework...

For three weeks in a row last year he was in the running for NFC off. player of the week...Won it twice....

was overall NFC offensive Player of the Month for November....

Set the single season TD record for the entire Packer Organization history....you know ... the packers...right? they have been around a wee bit longer than oh-so lovely texans...

I refuse to respond to any of the morons on this board that won't watch the above clips and then comment on Gado's speed....

THE reason his try-out with the Packers lasted five minutes last season, is because they were so desperate and he ran two forties.....

4.34 and 4.32

And even though he does LOOK like he is slow, it is very deceiving how he glides...

He is NOT a shake and bake guy, no doubt....but he is fast!

And for anyone to act like they have seen this kid at all, AT ALL, with the 2.7 touches / game he has received is flat out ARSinine...
 
edo783 said:
I suspect that folks are getting it a bit twisted. Both Gado and Lundy are suiting up. I suspect that Gado will be the back on the field starting with Lundy coming in later. Dayne will be getting the hot dogs and burgers for the team from the concession stands.
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Everyone knows you don't send the chunkier guys to the concession stand. You never know how much of your order will actually show up. If only P-Burnt were still on the team...I felt like he could be counted on in that situation. But if Dayne is all we have...so be it.
 
edo783 said:
I suspect that folks are getting it a bit twisted. Both Gado and Lundy are suiting up. I suspect that Gado will be the back on the field starting with Lundy coming in later. Dayne will be getting the hot dogs and burgers for the team from the concession stands.
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Lmao...I love Ron Dayne, but I am a realist. He hasn't got the job done. Fullback, maybe...but Hotdog/Hamburger runner for sure. Hell if you dangled some food in front of him he may get 6 yards per carry just a thought.
 
We may set a record for the largest number of running backs with YPC avgs. below 3.0, not to mention the largest number of starters in one season at one position.
 
HJam72 said:
We may set a record for the largest number of running backs with YPC avgs. below 3.0, not to mention the largest number of starters in one season at one position.
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what team had a good rushing day against Dallas or Miami this year??
 
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