Good Bye Fat Randy

[WMH]

John McClain ‏@McClain_on_NFL 11s12 seconds ago
Texans released Randy Bullock and will sign Nick Novak.

John McClain ‏@McClain_on_NFL 12s13 seconds ago
Nick Novak was 22 of 26 for Chargers last season. He's 34. In 2013, he was outstanding with 34 of 37 field goals.

[barrett]

Is it a bad sign he probably doesn't crack our worst 5 draft picks since 2010 list.

[popanot]

Just another link in the chain of crap picks by the Texans...

[WMH]

Originally Posted by popanot

Just another link in the chain of crap picks by the Texans...

Forgot that he was drafted. Any time your drafting a kicker its a wasted pick. Too many of them out there, and they all eventually suck.

[chuck]

Originally Posted by barrett

Is it a bad sign he probably doesn't crack our worst 5 draft picks since 2010 list.

My list of obviously worse picks in chronological order:

Brandon Harris (2/60)
DeVier Posey (3/68)
DJ Swearinger (2/57)
Sam Montgomery (3/95)
Xavier Sua-Filo (2/33)
Louis Nix (3/83)

We will shortly be able to add Bernardrick McKinney and Jaelen Strong.

[HPF Bob]

Originally Posted by chuck

My list of obviously worse picks in chronological order:

Brandon Harris (2/60)
DeVier Posey (3/68)
DJ Swearinger (2/57)
Sam Montgomery (3/95)
Xavier Sua-Filo (2/33)
Louis Nix (3/83)

We will shortly be able to add Bernardrick McKinney and Jaelen Strong.

Swearinger gave us some good play and it's not his fault that the rules committee cracked down on violent hits as soon as he got here. He could have been Jack Tatum in another lifetime.

Sua-Filo I am not ready to give up on yet. Certainly not ready to give up on McKinney or Strong.

Harris, Posey, Montgomery, Nix... no argument from me. Only Nix was very high on my list and that's because all the internet draft geniuses said he should be a first-rounder. He'll be a first-round cook at KFC before long.

[chuck]

Swearinger sucked. He was a safety who pretended to be tough but couldn't tackle. He no longer plays for an NFL team. He plays for Tampa. Next year I doubt he'll do that.

You can hold out hope for McKinney and Strong if you want. Both of them will be one contract players. I assme XSF will get cut Nix style before his rookie contract ends.

Anyway, if ever anyone was wondering why the Texans suck year after year...

[barrett]

I Swearinger was a 4th round pick it'd be understandable. He is a 2nd rounder who lost his job to the nobodies we play at safety. He was bad in coverage but attempted to make up for it by being a bad tackler. He had a good stretch the first few games of 2014, but every game in which he didn't cause a turnover to offset his bad play, he was useless.

I am really not sure about Strong and McKinney. Strong cannot see the field in one of the NFL's worst position groups.

[WMH]

Pretty good read:

http://www.scout.com/nfl/texans/stor...for-production

[nunusguy]

Originally Posted by WMH

Pretty good read:

http://www.scout.com/nfl/texans/stor...for-production

The Texans have always been plagued by the lack of accountability with past players and coaches, but O’Brien even let go of his offensive line coach of 2014 in Paul Dunn after only a little less than a year in, replacing him with Mike Devlin
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That's from the link that WMH provided, but that's pretty unusual for a HC to fire a position coach he personally hired less than 12 months earlier.
Re the players, Nix is the only one that's on O'Brien so far. The X-man and Strong and some other O'Brien Draft picks may turn out to be busts but still too soon to know about them. But if they don't cut it, they are probably also gone. That's how this guy operates. End of story.

[popanot]

Originally Posted by WMH

Pretty good read:

http://www.scout.com/nfl/texans/stor...for-production

Wish the owner would hold his GM accountable. OB has made the right moves thus far jettisoning dead weight, but sooner or later you have to replace these guys with some quality, young players. It's probably safe to put most of the blame Smith, but the HC also has a big part of the draft and FA acquisition process, and right now, OB is trying to fix a problem he has had a hand in creating. I like OB, but McNair has to step in soon and bring this to a head (I know, wishful thinking...) or we'll continue to be in football purgatory for a long, long time.