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05-01-2016, 02:04 PM
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There will be changes in OL this year as two guys left as FA to other teams. Just for reference, for OL, we have quite a few guys on the roster at start of camps, and of course you can still trade or pick up FAS as available. Some guys are flexible and have played multiple positions. Some of these guys were here last year but on injured reserve or practice squad. And there is some rotation in and out depending on situation.
Just listing names and years experience. Centers Dalton Freeman 2 Tony Bergstrom 5 Greg Mancz 1 Guards Chad Slade 1 Karim Benshon 1 Xia SuaAFilo 1 Jeff Allen 5 Nick Martin R draft Tackle David Quessenberry 3 Andrew McDonald 2 Kendall Lamm 1 O'Day Abouhi 3 Derek Newton 5 Duane Brown 8 Jeff Adams 2 Chris Clark 7 Arturo Uadaniv UDFA Luke Hayes UDFA 
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05-01-2016, 03:29 PM
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Ok, so we seem to have gotten better this off-season with Oz at QB and speed at RB and WR.
Another concern we hope experience or perhaps UDFA helps is TE. Looks like 5 currently on roster. Name and years experience. Seems all these guys are tall, we hope they can catch and be a part of the offense. Ryan Griffin 3 Anthony Denham 1 Eric Tomlinson R CJ Fiedorowiz 2 Stephen Anderson UDFA
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#3
05-01-2016, 05:31 PM
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Just looking at overall team statistics at NFL.COM, noticed on offense, Texans had fourth best running offense last year. And on defense, Texans were seventh overall in yds allowed and second in pass defense.
So consistency of roster and staff may be a good thing. Then we only had six draft picks to prioritize. We took two for defense. Most are mentioning we didn't really replace Krick at DE. But we did add a NT for the DL. On defense these days the team playing and situation changes if have some combination of NT against run and DE against pass with pass rush in the game. And a flexible 290-300 point DL might play DE or DT depending. Texans roster of DL at this time. Show years experience DE Jeoffrey Pagan 3 Dan Pettinning 1 JJ Watt 5 DT Vince Wilfork 12 DJ Reader R Draft Pick Brandon Dunn 2 Christian Covington 1 Devon Still 4 Mark Tomm UDFA Ufamba Kemalufa UDFA Joel Heath UDFA Last edited by Nconroe; 05-01-2016 at 06:11 PM.
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#4
05-01-2016, 05:34 PM
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Found this summary of draft grades, mostly Bs, on chronic
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&sour...jFVsGEun_kNjCQ Last edited by Nconroe; 05-01-2016 at 06:22 PM. Reason: Changed contents
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#5
05-01-2016, 09:10 PM
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I wonder if Clowney as a 34 DE happens this year. He was so clearly worse than Mercilous last year it will be hard to keep playing him at OLB going forward. Plus he's surely lost some explosiveness to the surgery and guys typically get bigger the longer they're in the league. The way we ignored DE and the way Mercilous's play has demanded he be an every down guy make me think maybe Clowney plays at DE a lot.
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05-01-2016, 11:50 PM
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You could be right Barrett, although if they do that they'd almost have to keep Clowney on the weak side of the formation, away from the tight end because he's not big enough at the point of attack to stop the run. If you do that, you reduce Watt's opportunities to find and exploit mismatches along the o-line. I think I'd rather have Covington on running downs and possibly have Clowney and Watt anchor the line in obvious passing downs.
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