Texans hire Special Teams Asst Coach

[Warren]

Originally Posted by WMH

Solomon had a decent point in the Chronic today, do you think Joe M really wanted Poesy covering kicks?

WRs cover kicks all the time in the NFL. Rosters are limited and backups have to play on special teams. Some WRs excel on coverage -- Matthew Slater, Kassim Osgood, and Sean Morey have made pro bowls as special teamers (non-returners) in recent years. Steve Tasker made a career of it. Posey is 6-1, 206, and can run; he has the tools to cover kicks.

[WMH]

Originally Posted by Warren

WRs cover kicks all the time in the NFL. Rosters are limited and backups have to play on special teams. Some WRs excel on coverage -- Matthew Slater, Kassim Osgood, and Sean Morey have made pro bowls as special teamers (non-returners) in recent years. Steve Tasker made a career of it. Posey is 6-1, 206, and can run; he has the tools to cover kicks.

Having the tools and being able to do it are 2 different things.

And when your starting LBs are James and Ruud, I would call that depth issues, as who's behind them picking up ST duties?

I'm not saying he's a ST genius, but its not like we have been a disaster on teams since inception. IMO, ST coaches have a crappy job, as they are given leftovers and held accountable. Of course, its a crappy job I'd love to have.....

[barrett]

Originally Posted by WMH

Having the tools and being able to do it are 2 different things.

And when your starting LBs are James and Ruud, I would call that depth issues, as who's behind them picking up ST duties?

I'm not saying he's a ST genius, but its not like we have been a disaster on teams since inception. IMO, ST coaches have a crappy job, as they are given leftovers and held accountable. Of course, its a crappy job I'd love to have.....

How many games did we play with James and Ruud as our starters? We were just as bad early before the injuries. Not to mention it says something about the level of coaching if we replaced guys like Schaub, AJ, Brisel, Foster, Mario, JJ, and Cushing more effectively than Marciano dealt with losing his backup LBs. He had a ST demon in Braman for all 16 games and plenty of secondary and LB depth around him.

For years we have watched our ST be consistently mediocre and sometimes totally unprepared. From surrendering surprise onside kicks to letting a jaguars up back win a game with a laughable fake punt conversion, our ST have never been good. And like I said Jacoby was held out of KRs for years even though he looks way better there now than as a PR.

A few injuries last year are not stopping Marciano from realizing his coaching prowess.