JOEinPHX Posted March 27, 2013 Share Posted March 27, 2013 He seems to have made quite an impression on the Chargers:http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap1000000154223/article/jared-gaither-released-by-telesco-san-diego-chargersThe San Diego Chargers' acquisition of left tackle Jared Gaither last season was viewed universally as a boom or bust signing. It turned out to be an epic bust for former general manager A.J. Smith.New general manager Tom Telesco made the decision to cut the organization's loss. The Chargers announced Wednesday that Gaither has been released. The move will cause a significant amount of dead money to be placed on San Diego's salary cap this season, but Gaither basically was a lost cause to the Chargers after an awful year. The Chargers will eat a $6 million cap hit not to keep him on the roster.Free-agent trackerNFL free agency is under way. Follow all of the latest rumors and signings in our free-agent tracker. More...Gaither was handed $13.5 million in guaranteed money last season, including $8 million to sign. He wound up starting four games and was questioned openly about his work ethic. Teammates and writers suggested Gaither was milking a back injury and that he really didn't want to play."I can't even look him in the eye," one veteran Charger told U-T San Diego's Kevin Acee in December. Another one said: "(Expletive) Gaither. He (expletive) cost us big-time."Two teams that need tackles have given up on Gaither in successive seasons. He's supremely talented, but it's safe to say he won't get a huge (expletive) contract from an NFL team ever again.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
putnam6 Posted March 27, 2013 Share Posted March 27, 2013 LOL Hellz wasn't he in the supplemental draft? I wanted the Falcons to draft him then, you never know how a guy is going to turn out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raysnill1 Posted March 27, 2013 Share Posted March 27, 2013 that guy was a super duper beast when healthy. before he got hurt I watched a Chargers game where whoever lined up against him was automatically wiped out of the play. too bad he's had injury problems Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pren226 Posted March 27, 2013 Share Posted March 27, 2013 Not as much as I remember G-Dawg's McNeil watch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hjerry Posted March 27, 2013 Share Posted March 27, 2013 Not as much as I remember G-Dawg's McNeil watch.Oh man, I had forgotten about that. Between that and the Super Mario petition, last offseason was pretty funny in hindsight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattbob_Icepants Posted March 27, 2013 Share Posted March 27, 2013 Dogded a bullet on that one. I wanted him too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JulioTheBeast Posted March 27, 2013 Share Posted March 27, 2013 Remember when Sam Baker looked like an option?Oh wait we resigned that terrible injury plagued tackle.Baker and Gaither both have degenerative injuriesThe only difference is that Gaither was actually a good player, Baker has always been terrible Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JulioTheBeast Posted March 27, 2013 Share Posted March 27, 2013 Oh man, I had forgotten about that. Between that and the Super Mario petition, last offseason was pretty funny in hindsight.Yes, spending 10M cap space on a 1 year deal with a tiny #2 CB about to hit 30 who immediately blows out his achilles and 5M on a slow DE who played on the same line as Jared Allen, Kevin Williams and Pat Williams was a lot smarterI'm so glad we didn't sign one of the most dominant and talented young DL in the league, a DE who's 300 pounds and gets off the line like AbeWe definately couldn't have used an actual Pro Bowl caliber DL against SF when they ran the ball to come back from being down 17-0, averaging over 5 yards per carryThank God we wisely invested in Grimes and Edwards, and enjoyed such a great benefit from them last season and will in the future Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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