Wade really expects Mario to be the Texans' DeMarcus Ware

[coloradodude]

Mario can do one thing fairly well and that's go to the QB and that is all.

If you thought he was horrible against the run (and he is), wait until you see him drop back in coverage. Then you see the logic in our first two picks.

Oh Charlie Casserley.

[WMH]

In Wade we trust.

Until he pisses me off.



None of this bullshit "talk" really matters till they get on the field.



Edit/Update:
Great article (again), by Alan Burge @ the Examiner, basically calling bullshit on this entire conversation.
http://www.examiner.com/houston-texa...ditional-sense

[Warren]

I get what Alan is saying in that article in that Mario isn't going to be asked to do much in coverage or in space like a traditional OLB usually is. However, I'm still skeptical because Mario is a power rusher rather than a speedy edge guy so he'd seem to be a better fit as a DE, but we'll see.

[barrett]

I would guess that Wade's first concern with his defense will be how to put Mario in the best spot to rush the passer. I bet everything else is secondary to that. It really doesn't matter what you call his position or whether his hand is down on every play as long as that is the overwhelming goal in how you use him.

[nunusguy]

"After we talked about it and looked at everything again, we decided Mario's got to be the guy," Phillips said. "Once we determined that, it changed what our thinking was in the draft."
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So with their pre-draft decision that Mario would be "the guy", would that explain why OLB was no longer the top priority in the Draft and why they didn't move up higher for Miller (or Smith), and why they didn't take Robert Quinn ?

[NBT]

With Miller it was give up the farm time, and we weren't ready for that. On Quin it was worry about his head. So we took the "safe" pick. And it is pretty evident that Wade thought about it, decided he has his best pass rusher already, so the rest was easy.

All us BS'ers will just wait and see, as someone so eloquently put it.