Injury to Texans' Brisiel appears to be season-ending

[barrett]

Originally Posted by NBT

You gotta open holes to score for sure, but you also need to stuff those holes when your opponent has the ball. I just don't understand your statement. LB's are just as important to winning as OT's IMO.

I think you are both right. LBs are just as important to winning as OTs.

However, you find good LBs all over the NFL and teams generally have no trouble procuring them. Undrafted LBs consistently have great success in the NFL while I don't know of any undrafted OTs who play at a high level.

Basic supply and demand here rather than whether a LB or OT helps you win more.

[NBT]

"Build from the inside out", meaning build the offense first. My reply to that is what the heck have we been doing since Kubes got here, if not building from within? I mean most of his first few drafts were heavy on offense. So, Now we have to build from the outside, meaning defense. Cushing has easily done for us on defense what Winston and Brown have done for us on offense - stabilize us. How can you possibly argue with that?

[mussop]

Originally Posted by NBT

"Build from the inside out", meaning build the offense first. My reply to that is what the heck have we been doing since Kubes got here, if not building from within? I mean most of his first few drafts were heavy on offense. So, Now we have to build from the outside, meaning defense. Cushing has easily done for us on defense what Winston and Brown have done for us on offense - stabilize us. How can you possibly argue with that?

Building from the "inside out" means you start with the trenches (offense and defense) then work youre way out. Trenches = OL/DL.