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05-03-2019, 10:50 AM
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I mean, we're not going to set the world on fire here but these guys were better than street FAs and that's what the team had last year, street FAs. It's hard to picture through the haze of time, but it wasn't all that long ago when the team had a very good OL. That was right around the time when the team had a really good secondary. 
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05-03-2019, 11:52 AM
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Regardless of which was worse, just having this conversation tells you all you need to know.
And while it's true that Watson did cause some of the sacks by hanging onto the ball too long, he also Houdini'ed out of what would have been sacks of virtually every other QB in the league multiple times. And there's also the fact that teams were a little more restrained in rushing him than, say, Tom Savage out of fear he would break free and run for 20 yards. I can't even imagine what the sack total would have been if a statue like Savage had been back there. By word and deed, it's clear that practically everyone, including the Texans, thought their O line was terrible last year. Heading into the draft, everyone predicted the Texans would likely use 2 of their first 3 picks on O linemen, even if they had to reach for them, because the line was that bad. The Texans then went out and did exactly that.
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05-03-2019, 12:31 PM
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05-03-2019, 04:01 PM
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05-03-2019, 04:38 PM
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05-04-2019, 02:00 PM
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The new OL was crafted from other team's free agent second-stringers and small-school projects. In that sense, we've added guys from Alabama St. and Northern Illinois to the group - hardly inspiring. To be fair, Rankin last year was from Mississippi St. and Su'a-Fila was from UCLA. Not sure we haven't beaten this subject like J.J. Watt against a seventh-round rookie.
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09-10-2019, 07:46 AM
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Originally Posted by chuck I'm just sitting here thinking (pacing, actually) that whatever my issues with Kubiak he is apparently a goddam genius at tutoring quarterbacks.
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09-10-2019, 10:11 AM
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Awesome, congrats Roy.
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09-10-2019, 08:29 PM
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Thanks, Keith.
My book is scheduled to be published on 9/16/19. I start off by describing how I was pulled into this when the Texans drafted David Carr #1 instead of Julius Peppers. Then I describe how I would put together a franchise.... "If you have ever played the video game ‘Madden’ on GM mode or submitted lineups for your weekly Fantasy Football team, then you have entertained the notion that you might know what it takes to run an NFL Franchise. In my case, I was a high school teacher in Conroe, Texas when the newly formed Houston Texans came into existence and decided to draft one David Carr. My students asked me who I thought the new team should select, and without hesitation I declared that Julius Peppers was the best player available, and within this context of a team starting from scratch, that was exactly the philosophy General Manager Charley Casserly should have taken. It was apparent to me as a casual observer, that Julius Peppers would be successful sacking opposing Quarterbacks almost immediately, and without the need to have talented teammates surrounding him."
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Originally Posted by chuck I'm just sitting here thinking (pacing, actually) that whatever my issues with Kubiak he is apparently a goddam genius at tutoring quarterbacks.
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