Casey vs. Dreesen

[barrett]

The Texans never hyped him to be anything. He was a 5th round pick. The wasted pick was Hill.

[TheMatrix31]

I hate waking up from such an awesome nap to this news. ****************.

[HPF Bob]

I think Casey is *capable* of being as good as Daniels but I don't know if he's ready to be Daniels right now. His hands are incredible.

Dreesen will probably get the first look though. He doesn't have OD's speed but is probably a better blocker.

[Nconroe]

If they do IR OD, not for sure yet is it?, wonder who or which position they might move to 53 man roster? I guess they might move Hill to the active 45 players group and have 3 TE available. In preseason I thought they all played ok. Thought Hill had an injury was one reason he was inactive. I think Dreesen deserves to start, and likely they will have some sets designed for Casey as well, maybe even a catch for Hill. Man, OD was having such a good year, I'm sure we'll miss him the next few weeks.

[NBT]

My heart really goes out to OD. What a crummy thing to happen when he was just set to really make a big payday. Hope it is not as serious as they are saying, although they say he is through for the year.

[WMH]

Originally Posted by Nconroe

If they do IR OD, not for sure yet is it?, wonder who or which position they might move to 53 man roster? I guess they might move Hill to the active 45 players group and have 3 TE available. In preseason I thought they all played ok. Thought Hill had an injury was one reason he was inactive. I think Dreesen deserves to start, and likely they will have some sets designed for Casey as well, maybe even a catch for Hill. Man, OD was having such a good year, I'm sure we'll miss him the next few weeks.

Saw this quote in the Chronic story:
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/...t/6697657.html

Dreessen will move up a spot. Rookie James Casey, who caught the first two passes of his career, will become the second tight end. Rookie Anthony Hill, who was inactive, will be part of the game-day roster because offensive coordinator Kyle Shanahan likes to use three tight end formations.

[RunninRaven]

I know Casey's hands are good enough to replace OD's right now. I'm curious to see about his route running and "nose for the football." I remember being intrigued about that aspect of Daniel's game even when he was a rookie. He just seemed to get open, however he managed to do it. Always found the open spot on the field and get whatever was thrown his way (for the most part). That ability is something that is hard to quantify and I don't know if Casey will be able to fill in adequately in that regard. Dreesen might come close as he seems to have a nose for the football as well. I will be curious to see what kind of production we can get out of these guys for the remainder of the season.

[Big Texas]

Originally Posted by barrett

The Texans never hyped him to be anything. He was a 5th round pick. The wasted pick was Hill.

Not saying that he was initially hyped. but since training camp he has been praised as having excellent potential.

I'm just saying I hope he lives up to it.