Devin Gardner off day....but still scores 4 TDs

I work in downtown Detroit and when I noticed Mr. Gardner would be playing a mere 5 miles away at Highland Park, I figured I would head over and check him out. Not until this morning did I realize the game was at 4:00 and not 7:00, so I took a little time off work and made it for the beginning of the game. I arrived at about 4:10 just in time to see a 10 yard TD pass from DG on the first drive of the game. These are his unofficial stats for the game (and mind you, this is minus any yardage he accrued on Inkster's first drive before that 10 yd TD pass): Passing: 9-16 for 124 yards, 2 TDs and 2 interceptions Rushing (including sacks): 10 rushes for 91 yards and 2 TDs Gardner accounted for all 4 of Inkster's TDs and they won the game 27-22. My notes from the game: -Gardner was sacked 3 times for -6 yards (included in my numbers) -Gardner had a pass to a wide open TE for a 2 point conversion that was similar to the QB sneak-jump pass that Tebow has thrown before. -Gardner was intercepted both times by the same player from Highland Park. On the first INT, Gardner was being pressured and threw off his back foot. His receiver had a step on the defender but Gardner underthrew him. On the 2nd INT, the kid made a diving catch to pick him off. It was a great play for the defender. -DG should have had 2 more TDs and 1 less INT. Gardner had a beautiful pass that should have been a 41 yard over the shoulder catch for a TD but his WR alligator-armed it and it dropped 2 feet in front of him. Also, right before his 2nd INT, he had a 3 yd TD run in which he dove for the pylon nullified by a holding call. -Gardner looked very comfortable throwing a bubble screen. A flick of the wrist and the ball was in the WRs hands (which bodes well for UM's offense) -Gardner looked like he was athletically on a different level than everyone on the field (which he was). It looked effortless when he ran. He had a 26 yard completion in which he stiff armed a DE to get outside and threw a strike to his WR. He should have been sacked 2 or 3 more times but escaped pressure for small gains. -His TDs were...10 yd TD pass, 19 yd TD pass (RB screen), 19 yd TD run (broken play scramble), and a 28 yd TD run (put a sick juke move on the safety at the 10 yard line and could have moon-walked into the endzone) -In the first half, Inkster did not run a single designed running play for Gardner. Other than being sacked, his only run was the broken play scramble TD. I thought this was odd and maybe he injured a foot, but then in the second half they opened it up and ran quite a few spread option runs (that looked very similar to the ones Denard Robinson runs when he is in the game). My overall impression is that even on an off day (which is what I would say DG had), he was still by far the best player on the field. He looked like a man amongst boys. It will be very interesting next year!