Mike Bell to visit??? [Bell Signed, Mitchell cut]

[Mike]

Originally Posted by Arky

Megan Manfull's take on it



I found the bolded curious...

Not curious at all. Look in Wikipedia under Chris Brown #22 RB Texans

[Arky]

Originally Posted by Mike

Not curious at all. Look in Wikipedia under Chris Brown #22 RB Texans

No, curious because the first part of the sentence ("It's hard to predict who will be on this team when the season starts at running back") translated = I'm not a prognosticator - followed up by ("because one or two players are going to eliminate themselves with injuries.") translated = OK, yeah I am a prognosticator. A little bit of double speak from Manfull who is usually one of the Chronic's more objective journalists...

We all know what she means: we now have Green, Brown, Taylor and Bell who have all been plagued by injury before and could go down with injury at any time. She just presented it a little strangely, IMO....

[papabear]

I try not to get too upset at the chron....it's become a sport in Houston to tear apart everything they do, even though some of it deserves it.

Mistakes like saying the wrong guy were cut are just inexcusable. I know they have the same first name, but you think since they know that they would make sure to double check.

The really bad part is I know in one of the blog comments (that I can't find now) one of the writers responded to one of the comments about how Mitchell had really started to step up and passed Harrison. In other words they just make it up as they go.....

[KJ3]

if i'm reading the chronicle for sports it's usually to kill time by making fun of richard justice or john mcclain. there are a couple writers who do fine but those two are usually covering the main stories so the subject catches my attention but the stuff they type out just makes me laugh sometimes.

[NBT]

Originally Posted by painekiller

chron.com reports that Bell was signed and Brandon Harrison was cut.

HEY WAIT A MINUTE! The article said Brandon MITCHELL, not Harrison was cut.

[papabear]

Originally Posted by NBT

HEY WAIT A MINUTE! The article said Brandon MITCHELL, not Harrison was cut.

not untill the chron fixed their mistake....

[NBT]

Maybe so, but my home delivered comical said Brandon Mitchell. I hope the other Brandon stays the course, but he's got a tough row to hoe, with both C.C. Brown and Glenn Earl returning. Not too likely to carry 3 S.S.'s. Demps and Ferguson look to have the inside track on our version of F.S.

[Joe Joe]

A numbers game cut...

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/...s/5931910.html
Texans waive RB Bell to make room for OT Tucker
By JOHN MCCLAIN Copyright 2008 Houston Chronicle

One day before they begin the preseason schedule against Denver at Reliant Stadium, the Texans placed former Broncos running back Mike Bell on waivers and signed free agent offensive tackle Torrin Tucker.

When Bell was signed last week because of Chris Brown's back injury, he showed up out of shape, then suffered a hamstring injury and wasn't able to participate in practice.

Because of injuries, the Texans are desperate for offensive linemen, especially tackles. Tackle Ephraim Salaam (knee) and Scott Jackson (foot) and guard Fred Weary (leg) are out.

Tucker, 28, will be entering his fifth season. The 6-6, 315-pound tackle entered the NFL with Dallas and played for Oakland and Tampa Bay.