Derrick Ward, Anybody?

Numb-nuts.

It’s obvious that Ward’s success was largely due to Jacobs’ dominance that year. He was the definition of a complimentary back.

IMO…Jacobs will have a better year than last for the same reason, but Jacobs will be in the complimentary role to Bradshaw in 2010.

my girl loved him, and he was great in our scheme

we don’t need him. He had his chance. Wanted more $$$$. Doesn’t matter anyway, Bradshaw and Jacobs will eat up most the carries. He would probably not even average 4 carries and 1 catch per game.

If Ward is in fact out of shape, the question becomes whether he is willing to do what is necessary to get back in shape. Can’t blame him for taking the money. I would have probably did the same thing. I would expect Tampa to speak ill of him because thing aren’t working out but I don’t believe them. Ward can come back but if his performance is lacking passion then he will have to go. Brown didn’t impress me on kick returning but he won some points once he step in the backfield.

Sounds like were talking Motown here. but seriously, let’s reunite them, then cut Ware and Gartrell, and keep AB2. AB2 can then be called water – because he flows through holes with no problem. So then we’ll have earth, wind, fire, and water….if we combine all the elements together we’ll then have the Avatar. the most powerful group of running backs ever. And they’ll restore balance to the universe of football.

or something like that.

Good luck though….

and much rather not have any tempt of him overtaking Bradshaw as the #2 RB.

and putting Ward in the a gartrell johnson or ware spot, is useless. i appreciate what he did for us, but at this point there is not much he can give us. 30 is that magic number, im sure the redskins will come knocking.

If the team thinks he could be a better 3rd down back than anyone that we have now then it could be a deal. But personally I think Andre Brown has played really well so far in the preaseason and I’d rather have him get snaps over someone who is out of shape and was never that good in the first place.

on a decent team with a good line will get him back to form and will help him get his motivation back.

Bring him in for a look – How out of shape is he? Doesn’t hurt to work him out, but not worth a big investment

That RB’s are a dime a dozen and succesful based on good blocking (with very few exceptions to that rule). Ward was proof of that. He was only succesful behind our stellar O-Line play. Even Jacobs showed that when blocking fails, so do the RBs. Ward was merely the product of a good system. Put him behind the Bucs front 5 and look what happened to him. When he was here, I thought Ward was getting to many carries. So HELL NO!!!! I don’t want him back. Anyone who still thinks RBs aren’t easily replaceable, watch the Redskins carefully this year and see what Shanahan does to those 3 OLD, has beens.

With two veterans and a very promising young guy as the third back, I’d rather stay young and motivated with the rest of the guys on the depth chart. You kind of need your 4th and 5th backs to be enthusiastic and hard charges on special teams.

Ward would almost certainly be dropped into the 4th spot on the depth chart, and I can’t see him being of much use to the team there.

Now, if you are going to tell me that Jacobs and Bradshaw are going to get hurt again this year….

give Gartrell more snaps, let’s see what he can do…I like what I see with him in limited action than Ware (and his injury prone self)…