Amobi Okoye Has a Sore Knee

[Keith]

File this under "Uh oh".

Texans defensive tackle Amobi Okoye has a sore left knee that may require an MRI.

After he was honored by the Houston City Council on Tuesday for his philanthropic efforts, Okoye said he has developed soreness in his knee while running in the Texans’ conditioning program.

"There's a little soreness there," he said. "Hopefully, it's nothing big. We’re taking a look at it. Going out there and running, it's not really inhibiting me, but I can feel a little bit of soreness. I’ll take it day by day and see if it gets worse or if it gets any better. ...

Okoye said he plans to wait two weeks to see if the soreness goes away. If not, he’ll get the MRI to see if there’s any damage.

"I went to the doctor, and he took a look at it and said it's nothing to worry about right now," Okoye said. "I hope it stays that way."

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/...t/6373945.html

[nero THE zero]

First Amobi had maturity issues. Then, Amobi had ankle issues. Now, Amobi has knee issues. Draft Jerry and give Amobi competition issues.

[painekiller]

Originally Posted by nero THE zero

First Amobi had maturity issues. Then, Amobi had ankle issues. Now, Amobi has knee issues. Draft Jerry and give Amobi competition issues.

Jerry is not the answer, if you are going to draft a UT in this draft it should be Ziggy Hood.

[BigBull]

Originally Posted by painekiller

Jerry is not the answer, if you are going to draft a UT in this draft it should be Ziggy Hood.

Neither is the Hood.

[nunusguy]

Originally Posted by nero THE zero

First Amobi had maturity issues. Then, Amobi had ankle issues. Now, Amobi has knee issues. Draft Jerry and give Amobi competition issues.

Okoye is running out of excuses - maybe his biggest problem is plain ole bust issues ?

[Joshua]

This is a big year for Amobi. I realize he's young and DTs take a while to develop but we have to start getting more from him or he needs to see his playing time reduced.

There is one thing that I wish some reporter would ask Kubiak. I think it was Mario who finally divulged that the DL was basically instructed to read and react rather than attack. I want to know if this was their first choice in defensive philosophy or one born out of necessity. I also would like to know when they decided to implement this philosophy. The reason I ask is if this was already our ingrained DL philosophy before Amobi's draft, why draft him? Putting him in a read and react defense negates the only trait that made him a first rounder; namely, quickness to shoot the gap. There seems as though there may have been a disconnect between defensive philosophy and drafting players who could implement it. I would really like to see a better explanation of these sorts of things from Kubiak because right now, it looks like we drafted a gap shooter who's not particularly strong at the point of attack and then forced him to play to his weaknesses.

[painekiller]

Originally Posted by Joshua

This is a big year for Amobi. I realize he's young and DTs take a while to develop but we have to start getting more from him or he needs to see his playing time reduced.

There is one thing that I wish some reporter would ask Kubiak. I think it was Mario who finally divulged that the DL was basically instructed to read and react rather than attack. I want to know if this was their first choice in defensive philosophy or one born out of necessity. I also would like to know when they decided to implement this philosophy. The reason I ask is if this was already our ingrained DL philosophy before Amobi's draft, why draft him? Putting him in a read and react defense negates the only trait that made him a first rounder; namely, quickness to shoot the gap. There seems as though there may have been a disconnect between defensive philosophy and drafting players who could implement it. I would really like to see a better explanation of these sorts of things from Kubiak because right now, it looks like we drafted a gap shooter who's not particularly strong at the point of attack and then forced him to play to his weaknesses.

I have a feeling keeping the OL off Ryans was a major reason for the read react scheme. If the DL is penetratring then the LB do not have the ability to flow. They must all have lanes and they must cover their lane. Plus we have not had a big run stuffing safety, so that also most likely came in to play.

[Keith]

scout.com says there is no structural damage.

http://hou.scout.com/2/859331.html

[Bigtinylittle]

Originally Posted by painekiller

I have a feeling keeping the OL off Ryans was a major reason for the read react scheme. If the DL is penetratring then the LB do not have the ability to flow. They must all have lanes and they must cover their lane. Plus we have not had a big run stuffing safety, so that also most likely came in to play.

Right now I'm expecting a run stuffing SS to be a first day pick for us in the draft next year.