Gado traded

[Cobra Kai]

Here are some pre-trade comments by Texan fans on Morency - sounds good to me :

i like morency that is why i asked about him. i saw him play, and he is a player. he is big and hits the hole hard, and finishes his runs
i didn't know the man was outworked in the preseason....interesting

I checked out a few Texans message boards too. Its a mixed bag over there. Half are upset because they thought Morency was their best back and was never given a chance because he wasn't a Kubiak guy. The other half are happy because they point to Gado's nice little stretch late last year and they believe Sherman knows how to use him... HA!

[pbmax]

I wonder if Jamaal Reynolds is available to match up with Mario Williams.

[vince]

I assume this is confirmed...? I like this move. Gado looked like he had a refrigerator tied to his back last week. This system is not for him. As someone said, if we get someone who can return kicks and spell Green for a series or two, it makes sense to me!

Fan favorite schmavorite... feel-good guys that don't help us improve aren't this fan's favorite...

[CyclonePackFan]

I wanted us to draft Morency two years ago. I remember watching him in college when he played for OK State, he's a versitile, hard running back who was basically their entire offense.

As much as I loved Samkon, he wasn't up to snuff this year. He looked slow and confused, which really showed last week (he averaged -3 YPC) The ZBS requires backs who can hit the hole hard and fast, with good burst. Morency fits that description. At least look at it this way, we're trying to improve our personell. (even though it should have been done long ago)

[Sparkey]

CONFIRMED

Texans trade for Gado
September 13, 2006
By Nick Schenck
HoustonTexans.com

Head coach Gary Kubiak announced after practice Wednesday that the Texans and Green Bay Packers have agreed to swap running backs Vernand Morency and Samkon Gado.

The trade will become official once each player passes his physical, which could happen as soon as Thursday.

Playing under current Texans assistant head coach/offense Mike Sherman last year in Green Bay, Gado (5-10, 226) gained 582 yards on 143 carries (4.1 avg.) and tied for the league lead among rookies with six rushing touchdowns. He also had 10 receptions for 77 yards (7.7 avg.) and another score.

Gado played in eight games with five starts in place of injured running backs Ahman Green and Najeh Davenport. Gado missed the final two games after spraining his right knee.

Gado was originally signed by the Kansas City Chiefs as an undrafted free agent from Liberty University. After spending some time on the Chiefs’ practice squad and being released, Green Bay signed him to their practice squad Oct. 17 before activating him 12 days later.

Known for his breakaway speed, Gado played his best game versus Detroit on Dec. 11. 2005. He gained 171 rushing yards and scored on a 64-yard touchdown run. He finished with 180 yards of total offense. In November, Gado earned NFL offensive Rookie of the Month honors.

A third-round pick in 2005, Morency played in 13 games with one start last season. He gained 184 rushing yards and scored two touchdowns. Playing behind rookie Wali Lundy this year, Morency rushed five times for 13 yards against the Eagles in Week 1.

[Fosco33]

Re: CONFIRMED

Texans trade for Gado
September 13, 2006
By Nick Schenck
HoustonTexans.com

Head coach Gary Kubiak announced after practice Wednesday that the Texans and Green Bay Packers have agreed to swap running backs Vernand Morency and Samkon Gado.

The trade will become official once each player passes his physical, which could happen as soon as Thursday.

Playing under current Texans assistant head coach/offense Mike Sherman last year in Green Bay, Gado (5-10, 226) gained 582 yards on 143 carries (4.1 avg.) and tied for the league lead among rookies with six rushing touchdowns. He also had 10 receptions for 77 yards (7.7 avg.) and another score.

Gado played in eight games with five starts in place of injured running backs Ahman Green and Najeh Davenport. Gado missed the final two games after spraining his right knee.

Gado was originally signed by the Kansas City Chiefs as an undrafted free agent from Liberty University. After spending some time on the Chiefs’ practice squad and being released, Green Bay signed him to their practice squad Oct. 17 before activating him 12 days later.

Known for his breakaway speed, Gado played his best game versus Detroit on Dec. 11. 2005. He gained 171 rushing yards and scored on a 64-yard touchdown run. He finished with 180 yards of total offense. In November, Gado earned NFL offensive Rookie of the Month honors.

A third-round pick in 2005, Morency played in 13 games with one start last season. He gained 184 rushing yards and scored two touchdowns. Playing behind rookie Wali Lundy this year, Morency rushed five times for 13 yards against the Eagles in Week 1.

I liked how they omitted showing Gado's stat line from last week - the Texan fans would be pissed off then

[Willard]

It is interesting to read what the Texan fans are saying about this move.

http://www.houstontexans.com/fan_zone/messageboards/showthread.php?t=28148

[Partial]

Didn't he just do that when he signed Robinson?

Who knows when his suspension will kick in, though.

[pbmax]

And the official word.

Packers Acquire Morency From Texans For Gado
Vernand Morency

posted 09/13/2006
packers.com

http://www.packers.com/news/releases/2006/09/13/1/

The Green Bay Packers Wednesday obtained running back Vernand Morency from the Houston Texans for running back Samkon Gado.

Morency, a 5-foot-10, 212-pound player, is in his second year out of Oklahoma State. In 13 NFL games, including Sunday's season opener, he has 51 carries for 197 yards (3.9 avg.) and two touchdowns. He also has averaged 21.9 yards on 20 career kickoff returns.

Selected after his junior season in the third round of the 2005 NFL Draft (73rd overall), he spent four years as a center fielder in the Colorado Rockies farm system before enrolling at Oklahoma State. He ran for 2,661 yards on 451 carries (5.9 avg.) with 23 TDs during his college career, including two seasons as a backup to current Denver player Tatum Bell.

[Green Bud Packer]

Re: CONFIRMED

Texans trade for Gado
September 13, 2006
By Nick Schenck
HoustonTexans.com

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thanx for the info.it's posts like this that keep me coming back.screw the rumors i prefer facts.

[4and12to12and4]

What a COMPLETE MESS the packers have in the offensive backfield.

How can you say that we have a complete mess, when Ahmad looked as good as he has ever been Sunday against the Bears. I was very impressed with his running, didn't he average over 5 yards per carry, and get 110 yards? How is that a mess. Very few teams have a "great" backup running back, and if Ahmad stays healthy, he could have an unbelievable year. I think our running game is just fine. That, and our run defense were the two solid things from game one.

[Fosco33]

What a COMPLETE MESS the packers have in the offensive backfield.

How can you say that we have a complete mess, when Ahmad looked as good as he has ever been Sunday against the Bears. I was very impressed with his running, didn't he average over 5 yards per carry, and get 110 yards? How is that a mess. Very few teams have a "great" backup running back, and if Ahmad stays healthy, he could have an unbelievable year. I think our running game is just fine. That, and our run defense were the two solid things from game one.

Rashaad?

[Astonishment]

I think this is a GREAT move. Yes that is correctly capped. While I concede that this isn't the best PR move, it is a great football move. This is what is called striking while the iron is still hot. While Gado was a great feel good story, he was never anything more than a 3rd string runnning back (maybe a 2nd stringer in a pinch). He didn't have any kind of shiftiness or quickness, nor did he have legit acceloration. His good top end speed was rarely seen because he couldn't get there fast enough. Basically he didn't have football speed. Gado is a staight line runner who can't cut, and he doesn't have any kind of strength to his running game. Even last year he regularly got pushed backwards or his momentum was completely stopped at contact. With his skill set he had to be able to consistantly fall forward, and he could not. There is no arguing he had a good stretch of games that has been blown into a great stretch because it was one of the few bright spots in a very dark season. In trading Gado for Morency the Packers in proved thier depth, thier team speed, and thier overall talent (at a position that was talent starved outside of Green).

The negative side of this is you want guys with Gado's attitude on your team, and unfortunately we no longer have that. I really hope for the best for Gado, but unfortuantely I don't think it will ever happen on the football field. In the end he will leave his mark as the kind of person he is, and hopefully - as a doctor - the amount of people he will help. That said he was not a good enough football player to make his great attitude count enough.

[Partial]

Morency is known for his explosiveness in a one-cut system. I shit you not I read a scouting report say he looked as elusive as reggie bush. I think this guy is either very much overhyped or very lazy. You don't trade a good player for crap in return. Unless its ahman green for fred vinson.

[Pack0514]

Do we know anything about Morency's contract?