I can't align stats with actual game to game feel. What I do know is the Gardner is progressing well and getting better every week. He's athletic, tall enough and good enough one on one to play on the King's and dextrous enough to follow Buddy around up the field. He has versatility.

He's also making less errors now and is actually building enough confidence to start taking marks when he can. He kicks the ball fine and has an old skool defenders mentality meaning he always plays percentages first and also seeks to reduce as much risk as possible on everything he does.

He's not a superstar but he is disciplined and has that Dale Morris-like will to be better. Still working on maintaining shape but he's an inexperienced player still who is playing on very good players week to week. I think he will be a very good defender in a year or two.