Gado vs. JJ

[bbgun]

Someone please explain to me how a Nigerian practice squad guy, who's very new to football, and who runs behind an offensive line just as awful as the Cowboys, can amass several more 100 yd games than JJ? The phantom ankle injury/excuse is getting tiresome.

 

[JohnsKey19]

what does the fact that he's "Nigerian" have anything to do with it?????

 

[baj1dallas]

Nigerian = "came out of nowhere"

I'd say it's due to coaching.

 

[JohnsKey19]

Didn't he play college ball at Liberty University??

 

[bbgun]

what does the fact that he's "Nigerian" have anything to do with it?????

It means he's raw and new to the game.

 

[Naruto]

Easy just watch them play. Gado is a lot quicker, makes better cuts and has better vision. Not hard to see why he's better.

 

[JohnsKey19]

trouble-making a-hole??? why, because I asked a simple question? Just wanted to see your reason for including the player's nationality.

 

[goshan]

cause JJ runs with two hands on the ball, always runs in the called hole (instead of bouncing out side) and is now too bulky. also he is top heavy and has mediocre leg strength.

any more questions?

 

[JohnsKey19]

oh well i see bbgun's post was edited by a mod...

 

[JohnsKey19]

as for the relevant part of the question...

I think Gado's running style better fits GB's running game than JJ's does here in Dallas. We have a power running game and JJ simply is not a power RB. I think thats why(among other reasons) you see Barber look more effective than JJ this season.

 

[bbgun]

trouble-making a-hole??? why, because I asked a simple question? Just wanted to see your reason for including the player's nationality.

I know what you were implying, and I don't like it. If he was from France, that would have been noted too.

 

[JohnsKey19]

I know what you were implying, and I don't like it. If he was from France, that would have been noted too.

you know what i was implying????? OK. I actually wasn't implying anything. i was asking a simple question. Your answer was because he's raw and new to the game. But I still don't see what relevance a player's nationality has when that player played at least 3-4 years of college(Liberty) ball in the US. Now if I'm wrong on that then thats my mistake. I mean, it's not like he just picked up a football for the 1st time and suddenly found his was onto the GB Packers.

 

[AdamJT13]

Someone please explain to me how a Nigerian practice squad guy, who's very new to football, and who runs behind an offensive line just as awful as the Cowboys, can amass several more 100 yd games than JJ? The phantom ankle injury/excuse is getting tiresome.

It's probably the same reason Scott Fujita can get cut by the Chiefs, start only half the season and still make more big plays than first-rounder Derrick Johnson. Like Naruto says, "he's just better."

 

[CaptainAmerica]

I know what you were implying, and I don't like it. If he was from France, that would have been noted too.

OVERREACTION.

 

[theogt]

you know what i was implying????? OK. I actually wasn't implying anything. i was asking a simple question. Your answer was because he's raw and new to the game. But I still don't see what relevance a player's nationality has when that player played at least 3-4 years of college(Liberty) ball in the US. Now if I'm wrong on that then thats my mistake. I mean, it's not like he just picked up a football for the 1st time and suddenly found his was onto the GB Packers.

Your inability to see his meaning speaks to both your intelligence and the adequacy of his inference. I don't think he was being racist (or nationalist for that matter). Get over it. The guy came out of nowhere and is putting up nice stats. It's a great point.

 

[utrunner07]

Well, Gado is not sharing time with MB III, another good running back, Gado is and has been healthy all season( just becuase your tired of hearing about the high ankle sprain does not make it any less legit), Green Bay is playing a lot of meaningless games against poor teams, and becuase this is Gado's first season he is new to all teams so they are still figuring out how to game plan against them.

 

[Dallas]

OVERREACTION.

Agreed -

You people are so sensitive around here. We are talking about Nigeria. Tell me how many times the kid watched NFL football growing up in NIGERIA??

Thats what was meant and thats how folks viewed it. Well...excepct Mr. Sensitive.

 

[bbgun]

Your inability to see his meaning speaks to both your intelligence and the adequacy of his inference. I don't think he was being racist (or nationalist for that matter). Get over it. The guy came out of nowhere and is putting up nice stats. It's a great point.

As the Fonz would say, "Exactamundo." I can't help that he came from Nigeria, nor will I be cowed from pointing out that he did. His origins and inexperience (compared to JJ's) are relevant. Politically correct race hustling has no place on this board.

 

[fortdick]

Your inability to see his meaning speaks to both your intelligence and the adequacy of his inference. I don't think he was being racist (or nationalist for that matter). Get over it. The guy came out of nowhere and is putting up nice stats. It's a great point.

Actually, the reader drew the inference, and that was a perceived implication. That the writer did not mean to imply what was inferred is just a matter of perception. I too, wondered what the retort meant, as I inferred from the original statement that being from Nigeria, Gado did not have as much experience, and therefor it could be surmised that he would not have as great a chance to succeed.

However, if I could have been mistaken, and it could have been a reference to the consaguinuity of the Nigerian people that was the premise, or that being from Nigeria, he was at some genetical or social disadvantage.

I personally find it all hilarious

:laugh2:

 

[fortdick]

Didn't he play college ball at Liberty University??

Would this have been more relevant if he had come from Liberia?