Devin Gardner NFL debut
The first NFL preseason game of the year is this Sunday August 9th as the Hall of Fame game kicks off in Canton. Steelers versus the Vikings, 8 p.m. on NBC, which means Devin Gardner will be making his pro debut at receiver. Hope he does well! Always great to see a Michigan player succeed at the next level! Go Blue!!
August 4th, 2015 at 10:52 AM ^
Football is upon us!!!
August 4th, 2015 at 10:53 AM ^
Devin Gardner in the shotgun... drops back 2 steps... sees his first option is covered.
Gardner is pressured... turns his back to the line of scrimmage... runs directly backwards 15 yards.
With pressure in his face he flails into a spinning arm punt off his back foot... the ball is up in the air!
Aaaaaaaand INTERCEPTED!
August 4th, 2015 at 10:54 AM ^
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August 4th, 2015 at 10:59 AM ^
I agree with you. I like Devin. Best of luck.
He did throw an interception on a shovel pass.. but I mean yea Go Blue, etc.
August 4th, 2015 at 11:06 AM ^
ND, OSU, & Indiana in 2013 and vs Iowa in 2012.
August 4th, 2015 at 11:30 AM ^
To be fair any of us could have put up monster numbers against Indiana in 2013. Most times the receiver he was throwing to didn't have a defender in the same zip code...
Gallon was able to share his cloaking device on that day
And he nearly beat OSU with a broken foot. He wasn't perfect, but for every bad thing he did I can come up with examples of where he was the only competent player on the field.
August 4th, 2015 at 11:22 AM ^
In Devin's first 17 games as the guy at QB, he threw 32 TD and 16 INT, completed 60% of his passes, and rushed for 18 more TD. 50 TD in 17 games.
Of course, in 2012 his RB were Fitz and Denard (both in the NFL, nearly 6,800 career rushing yards here at Michigan between them), his WR were Gallon and Roundtree (both all-conference honorees with over 5,000 career receiving yards between them), and his OL had Lewan (two-time B1G player of the year, 1st round draft pick), Schofield (3rd round draft pick), and Omameh (first team all-B1G as a senior and an NFL starter last year).
The talent was significantly worse last year and he had to go through a coordinator change. We saw what Devin Gardner "could've been" because he was that guy pretty much for a year and a half (a tremendous talent with the occasional bonehead play).
August 4th, 2015 at 10:57 AM ^
That is still better than what you would have done, His Dudeness.
August 4th, 2015 at 11:00 AM ^
I work in Logistics.
August 4th, 2015 at 11:02 AM ^
I'll bet Devin would be better at your job.
August 4th, 2015 at 11:04 AM ^
But he didn't go pro in something other than sports.
August 4th, 2015 at 11:15 AM ^
August 4th, 2015 at 11:17 AM ^
Smart guy, no question.
August 4th, 2015 at 11:22 AM ^
Driving a semi? Wouldn't doubt it.
August 4th, 2015 at 11:30 AM ^
I don't but CDL trained make $70K per year and owner operators make $250K per year.
Nothing wrong with that.
August 4th, 2015 at 11:42 AM ^
August 4th, 2015 at 12:12 PM ^
It is the largest single occupation in the country, and one of the few left that can afford someone a middle class income and lifestyle without a secondary education.
You're an asshole.
August 4th, 2015 at 12:51 PM ^
What about Ladies of the Night???
Hatter, you forgot about any union job. After all, unions created the middle class (if you believe that propaganda).
you mean historical fact, then yes. The decline of middle class incomes in this country is directly related to the decline in union membership.
family members drive trucks...I went to college, got saddled with some loans and went the "normal" route. Im still in debt, they're on vacation (a lot). Petulant, immature people make fun of truck drivers because why? Because theyre too stupid to know that earning a respectable living is respectable, whether its ditch digging or truck driving or sewer cleaning.
I have always loved Walker Evans and Dorthea Lang photographs of the American mid-west during the dustbowl. I have often imagined myself working as a cross-country truck driver and using long haul routes to follow in their footsteps zigzagging across the plains and taking photos along the way.
Of course drivers are under crazy pressure to make those trips as fast as possible, so this probably wouldn't work. But it makes for a nice daydream.
August 4th, 2015 at 12:13 PM ^
There is nothing wrong with an honest living. I really don't understand people like you.
August 4th, 2015 at 12:38 PM ^
I am going to go out on a limb and say you are no older than mid 20s. I will go on to assume you are a rich kid who, as has been said on this site, finds himself at 3rd and thinks he hit a triple. People who drive truck for a living have an honest good paying job that are seriously lacking today.
More truck drivers than engineers, doctors and lawyers combined. Stop looking down your nose at people, they do jobs that make your day to day life possible. Let them eat cake, elitist, this might lead to a date with Mrs. Guillotine.
and there were some really dumb guys, but there were also some really smart guys. Moving seems simple, but there is a lot that goes into moving and loading trucks, and doing a lot of it quickly.
I always view it as an important job, because I learned how to move (which has helped greatly over the last 15 years) and I learned to work with a pretty good variety of people. There were days we were treated pretty poorly and days we were treated very well by people. Everyone should work in the fast food, service, manual labor jobs.
Also, people are right, some owner operators made a lot of money every year, while being a small business owner.
I can't tell you how many people I run into daily that share his attitude though. I thank God that I have a stable career so I can provide for my family. I've worked some terrible jobs that are extremely hard work and I have nothing but respect for those who either choose or are forced into those lines of work. I've seen people lose their houses because they refused to work a fast food job.... No job is beneath any man and if you feel you are then your friends and family should tie you up and ship you off to work in a mine or an oil rig for a few months, until you appreciate how good you have it.
August 4th, 2015 at 12:49 PM ^
WOW, Woodson avatar on Woodson avatar crime going on here.
August 4th, 2015 at 11:08 AM ^
Cleaning the toilets in the logistics division is not the same as working in logistics.
August 4th, 2015 at 11:58 AM ^
So you're a UPS driver?
August 4th, 2015 at 10:59 AM ^
Cool Story Bro
August 4th, 2015 at 10:59 AM ^
Et tu, Dudus?
August 4th, 2015 at 11:07 AM ^
August 4th, 2015 at 11:09 AM ^
I've seen a lot of bad football since 2008.
August 4th, 2015 at 11:23 AM ^
I usually like your posts but this one was mean for no real reason.
August 4th, 2015 at 11:27 AM ^
Yeah, I'm confused about what the point of it was. It just seems to be a mean-spirited dick comment to Gardner for no other reason than to be an ass.
August 4th, 2015 at 11:33 AM ^
My buddy and I were just talking about the typical DG play and this thread came up.
It seemed like "Devin-e intervention."
August 4th, 2015 at 11:44 AM ^
Did Gardner fuck your girlfriend? You can be honest.
August 4th, 2015 at 12:48 PM ^
An instance where comment, username, and avatar dovetail nicely together to make something even more hilarious.
August 4th, 2015 at 12:54 PM ^
Why the immense amount of vitriol toward Devin? While we all agree that his on field results were spotty at best, I believe he did the best he could have with the bad hand he was dealt - inept coaching and no blocking. He was a class act, lighten up DUDE.
August 4th, 2015 at 12:56 PM ^
Vitriol?
That wasn't vitriol.
I think Devin is a great guy. Smart kid. Classy kid. Good head on his shoulders. Gives back. Works hard. Will be a great alumn who does great things after football.
He just wasn't a very good QB at Michigan. It's not the end of the world. I didn't kick his mom in the shins or anything. People on this site go way overboard with the MICHIGAN RAH RAH DIEHARD BS, man.
I love Michigan, but there are a few players that beg for some joking. For every Jordan Kovacs there is a Devin Funchess. For every Denard Robinson there is a Morgan Trent. You've never made fun of Stephen Hopkins eyes? I have. A hundred times. It's hilarious.
I think the problem you're having here is you're failing to understand the blame lies with the Billionaires who just made Millions off of you during that 5-7 season and not with kids who made jack shit plus had to try to stay ahead of a UofM education while being under prepared by the coaching staff.
Ya know...... maybe....... some of these kids didn't become great football players because they valued the education too much too sacrifice it to get better at the sport.
Which, I think, is EXACTLY what its all about, supposedly, but I bet that just sounds stupid to you.
August 4th, 2015 at 12:16 PM ^
I will say, I love these little metldowns with His Dudeness because you have so many points and have been here long enough that you might as well spend them.
It's my pleasure to do so as well.
August 4th, 2015 at 10:53 AM ^
Has there been any word as to if he'll be playing QB or WR? Last I heard he was trying QB again, but that was back in early June.
August 4th, 2015 at 10:59 AM ^
He will be a WR. They might give him some reps at QB in practice just to gauge him, but I highly doubt he will ever play QB in a real game again.