Official Texans vs. Broncos Thread, 08/09/2008

[nero THE zero]

Originally Posted by Keith

And along those lines, I'm looking forward to Andre Johnson in street clothes.

As for on the field, I am excited to see the battle at running back. There's something a little Domanick-like about Darius Walker to me in that it seems he's getting some run as a third down back that may be hard to take off the field.

I'm also interested to see Steve Slaton let loose and learn what Taylor is capable of post-injury. Then of course there's also Brown and Bell, if they play. Can't imagine Green gets much of anything this Saturday.

Yea, the RB battle should be fun. I haven't really been a big fan or Darius Walker, but with all of this hype I am slowly turning around on him. I don't think he's a feature back, our future, or anything like that. But, I do think he could play a nice role, coupled with another RB or two, and work as a stop gap until we are able to find a nice feature back.

The main thing I'm worried about is Chris Brown having a good preseason. He's already shown his true colors early in camp, and I am entirely too excited about some of our younger guys (Taylor, Walker, Slaton, etc.) to see a roster spot wasted on a guy who has a knack for going down with phantom injuries. I know he has incredible potential, especially in our system, but he's already disproven any shred of hope I had for him overcoming the problems he had in Tennessee. The worst thing that could happen, IMO, is for him to have a fantastic preseason. Then again, in all likelihood, if he does disappoint and end up cut, Mike Bell will probably take his spot and we will still have to cut one of our younger guys (eerrr nevermind that: http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/sports/5931910.html.)