Fun Facts: Gaffney vs. McCardell

AP Image On a team that’s in the middle of a youth movement, adding a 10-year veteran makes him instantly one of the oldest players on the roster.  Such is the case with wide receiver Jabar Gaffney. One of the most interesting aspects of Gaffney, is that he’s one of the only players left who played against Keenan McCardell, his current position coach.  The two overlapped in the NFL for six seasons between 2002 and 2007.  While they never played on the same team, they played against each other five times. Well, sort of. I started out looking for head-to-head stats, but as it turns out, they were never both active in the same game.  Four of the times that they met, only Gaffney recorded stats.  Once, only McCardell recorded stats. So I guess this isn’t the first time that McCardell has watched Gaffney from the sidelines. Gaffney was very complimentary of McCardell’s effort to get him up to speed with the playbook so far in camp. “He helps out a lot, ̵...