How will Gardner's situation pan out?

[BrudLee]

Originally Posted by Paintrain

Why would Gibbs trade one of the players he has been effusive in his praise about? Betts, while prone to getting dinged, is a solid backup to Portis. No-one else on the roster has demonstrated that ability.. I don't think O-line depth is a problem (Friedman, Raymer, Brown, Molinaro, Wilson) and DE isn't a glaring weakness in Williams scheme since he doesn't depend on them solely for the pass rush..

Any chance that the Skins are trying to squeeze Gardner since he made it hard to trade during the draft?

Yep - a good chance. There is almost no chance that Gardner will play out his final year of this contract, and because it's his last year, we can keep him until Opening Day, and cut him without penalty. I don't think it'll go that far, but Gardner's interests aren't really the team's concern. We'll see if any value can be gained from him, and release him when it becomes clear that there isn't.