<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>Packers, Texans swap backs: Gado for MorencyAssociated PressGREEN BAY, Wis. -- The Green Bay Packers traded running back Samkon Gado to the Houston Texans on Wednesday for another young running back, Vernand Morency.The Texans announced the move on their Web site.Gado was one of the few bright spots in the Packers' 4-12 season last year, advancing from the practice squad to become the team's starting running back near the end of the season. But Gado has struggled to adjust to the zone-blocking scheme being run by new Packers coach Mike McCarthy.Season-ending injuries to running backs Ahman Green and Najeh Davenport gave Gado, who started just two games in four seasons at Division I-AA Liberty University, an improbable chance to start for the Packers last year.In eight games, including five starts, he gained 582 yards on 143 carries and scored six touchdowns.Gado also brought an infectious sense of optimism into an otherwise downtrodden locker room. Gado, who worked at a Green Bay hospital in the offseason, hopes to become a doctor after his football career is over and return to his native Nigeria to help fight the AIDS crisis in Africa.With the trade, Gado will be reunited with former Packers coach Mike Sherman, who was hired as an assistant head coach and offensive line coach for the Texans after he was fired by the Packers.Gado was in the middle of an interview session in the Packers locker room on Wednesday when running backs coach Edgar Bennett summoned him to a private meeting.Gado had just been asked whether the Packers could recover from a 26-0 defeat by the Chicago Bears in their season opener at Lambeau Field on Sunday."The season's not over yet," Gado said. "It's just beginning. And we got off on the wrong foot, and I think it's just foolhardy to just go ahead and throw the whole season out."Morency was a third-round pick in last year's draft. He played in 13 games, including a start in the season finale at San Francisco, and gained 184 yards on 46 carries with two touchdowns.Copyright 2006 by The Associated Press</div>http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2586476
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (PurplePeopleEaters @ Sep 13 2006, 05:13 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Just read this. Gado was one of the packers few bright spots last year. Why trade him?</div>Ahman Green is back and actually healthy.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Capt. Comeback @ Sep 13 2006, 04:16 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (PurplePeopleEaters @ Sep 13 2006, 05:13 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Just read this. Gado was one of the packers few bright spots last year. Why trade him?</div>Ahman Green is back and actually healthy.</div>We'll see how long he stays healthy. He gets hurt, they're screwed with RB's.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Capt. Comeback @ Sep 13 2006, 04:09 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Pointless trade. Neither will ever start.</div>I bet Gado will start in Houston soon.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Brooksie5 @ Sep 13 2006, 02:43 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Capt. Comeback @ Sep 13 2006, 04:09 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Pointless trade. Neither will ever start.</div>I bet Gado will start in Houston soon.</div>That's what I was thinking.No way they'll let Wali Lundy keep running when they have a 582 yard 6 TD rusher in 8 games with 5 starts.
Gado (2005 Undrafted Free Agent)11/06 Pittsburgh - 3rd Ranked Run D - 26 Attempts, 62 Yards, TD (2.6 YPA) - 1 Rec, 9 Yards (9.0 Avg)11/13 Atlanta - 26th Ranked Run D - 25 Attempts, 103 Yards, 2 TD (4.1 YPA) - 4 Rec, 5 Yards, TD (1.3 Avg)11/21 Minnesota - 19th Ranked Run D - 10 Attempts, 7 Yards (0.7 YPA) - 1 Rec, 30 Yards (30.0 Avg)11/27 Philadelphia - 21st Ranked Run D - 26 Attempts, 111 Yards, TD (4.3 YPA) - 1 Rec, 11 Yds (11.0 Avg)12/04 Chicago - 11th Ranked Run D - 20 Attempts, 75 Yards, TD (3.8 YPA) - 1 Rec, 12 Yds (12.0 Avg)12/11 Detroit - 24th Ranked Run D - 29 Attempts, 171 Yards, TD (5.9 YPA) - 1 Rec, 9 Yds (9.0 Avg)Total - 143 Attempts, 592 Yards, 6 TD (4.1 YPA) - 10 Rec, 77 Yds, TD (7.7 Average)Morency (2005 Third Round Pick)1/1 San Francisco - 18th Ranked Run D - 21 Attempts, 83 Yards, TD (4.0 YPA) - 4 Rec, 46 Yards (11.5 Avg)Total - 46 Attempts, 184 Yards, 2 TD (4.0 YPA) - 10 Rec, 87 Yards (8.7 Avg)Gado has outperformed Morency in the past, only really because he has gotten more Attempts to carry the ball. If they gave Vernand Morency an extra 100 carries im sure the numbers offensively would be almost identicial. But they key difference to me is that Vernand Morency was a First Day Draft Pick just a year ago whereas Samkon Gado went Undrafted. Pick your Poison, I guess....personally I would have chosen Morency because I think he has to have a higher upside then Mr. Undrafted in Samkon Gado.
