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Insideop · 10-21-2012

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Originally Posted by PandapuffTexan

everyone is playing out there mind today...if they play like this in playoffs i see a superbowl comig nto houston

Not the young WR's. Martin dropped at least 1 pass that was right in his hands down by the goal line. I never saw Posey. Did he suit up today? Only saw Lestar once and I don't think he had any balls thrown his way. I know K-Mart is doing PR and KR but I wish he, or at least 1 of the other 2 would start stepping up as WR's. At least the team came out and played with some FIRE today and it showed in the score. That's what makes me the happiest.

GuerillaBlack · 10-21-2012

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Originally Posted by Insideop

Not the young WR's. Martin dropped at least 1 pass that was right in his hands down by the goal line. I never saw Posey. Did he suit up today? Only saw Lestar once and I don't think he had any balls thrown his way. I know K-Mart is doing PR and KR but I wish he, or at least 1 of the other 2 would start stepping up as WR's. At least the team came out and played with some FIRE today and it showed in the score. That's what makes me the happiest.

Posey was out there a couple of times.

gary · 10-21-2012

I hope Mercilus plays more on defense.

**beerlover** · 10-21-2012

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Originally Posted by beerlover

ditto for me as well, kinda nice to know good things are just around the corner after all the hard work this off season. I study the draft for months before April, posting such in draft forum but there is no way Whitney Mercilus should have still been on the board #26. He was top 20 easy prospect with potential to vault into the top 15. Chicago & Seattle are the teams who passed on Merciuls, drafting 15th & 19th respectively, thankfully for Texans their respective war rooms took less polished prospects in Bruce Irvin & Shea McClellin. Texans won't miss a beat after standing down & watching 100 million dollar DE extraordinaire Mario Williams jet to Buffalo.

**Vinny** · 10-21-2012

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Originally Posted by gary

I hope Mercilus plays more on defense.

he has that extra suddeness that Barwin and Reed don't have. Both of those guys have great straight line speed but I think Mercilus may be faster in traffic. It looks like the right time to get him ready for more PT. He doesn't look as lost out there now.

CretorFrigg · 10-21-2012

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Originally Posted by gary

I hope Mercilus plays more on defense.

I'm with you there, Gary. Mercilus looked great with the time he had playing. He was out there making plays.

stingray · 10-21-2012

Kid looked pretty damn good out there. Hope to see much more of him. His sack fumble seemed to ignite the defense and get everything rolling.

stingray · 10-21-2012

Didn't see the old thread on Whitney. Please merge.

burro · 10-21-2012

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gary · 10-21-2012

With the loss of Cushing and Demps it is nice Mercilus had a his best game so far.

burro · 10-21-2012

Though he looked pretty good today, Barwin should be nervous. Perhaps Mercilus' showing will motivate him to step it up. Or maybe Barwin will say screw it and go to work for Pitchfork. You never know.

ItsMyFault · 10-21-2012

Really impressed with him today. He got some good pressure on Flacco.

thunderkyss · 10-21-2012

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Originally Posted by burro

Though he looked pretty good today, Barwin should be nervous. Perhaps Mercilus' showing will motivate him to step it up. Or maybe Barwin will say screw it and go to work for Pitchfork. You never know.

I don't know that Barwin should be nervous. Barwin was doing his thing today. He was in Flacco's face quite a bit. One of his hits... I mean he flattened Flacco causing the ball to sail high out the back of the end-zone.

Doppelganger · 10-21-2012

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Originally Posted by Vinny

he has that extra suddeness that Barwin and Reed don't have. Both of those guys have great straight line speed but I think Mercilus may be faster in traffic. It looks like the right time to get him ready for more PT. He doesn't look as lost out there now.

It's great that wade has allowed Mercilus to come along slowly. Rather than needinG him to start day 1, as essentially every other first round pick in the team's history, Merciluss has been allowed to learn how to be a professional. With the bye week coming he now has 2 additional weeks to learn, work on technique, and improve. When the Giants took JPP they had him sit on the sidelines and learn from strahan, tucker, and Osi. He played on passing situations initially and his role expanded as the season progressed. When strahan left after the year, JPP was ready. I like that wade has taken the same approach with Mercilus.

**hradhak** · 10-21-2012

Mercilus had some good play today. Barwin has had some very good play without getting on the stats board. He's had quite a few hurries so far. I think it is good that these guys always know if they can't get it done, there's a hungry young rookie who is aching to play. The prospect of being benched always lights a fire under your ass.

burro · 10-21-2012

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Originally Posted by Fiddler

I don't know that Barwin should be nervous. Barwin was doing his thing today. He was in Flacco's face quite a bit. One of his hits... I mean he flattened Flacco causing the ball to sail high out the back of the end-zone.

True, but he's done nothing the previous six days. None-the-less, it was a great play and a good game for him.

Goldensilence · 10-21-2012

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Originally Posted by burro

Though he looked pretty good today, Barwin should be nervous. Perhaps Mercilus' showing will motivate him to step it up. Or maybe Barwin will say screw it and go to work for Pitchfork. You never know.

I think Barwin's gotta be frustrated as much as any of us on the MB to not seeing the numbers in the sack column this year. However, I have seen him getting in the QBs face prior to this game, getting hits and batting a few balls down.

I also think Watt is having such a great year as well it could be cutting into Barwin's numbers.

At any rate I was VERY pleased to see Merciless not only on the field, but having a big play that sparked the team some. Dunno if Barwin should be nervous or the rest of the teams we face this year be nervous that another stud might be making the rotation at OLB.

**badboy** · 10-21-2012

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Originally Posted by Goldensilence

I think Barwin's gotta be frustrated as much as any of us on the MB to not seeing the numbers in the sack column this year. However, I have seen him getting in the QBs face prior to this game, getting hits and batting a few balls down.

I also think Watt is having such a great year as well it could be cutting into Barwin's numbers.

At any rate I was VERY pleased to see Merciless not only on the field, but having a big play that sparked the team some. Dunno if Barwin should be nervous or the rest of the teams we face this year be nervous that another stud might be making the rotation at OLB.

Not sure how Watt going up middle or around end opposite Barwin has anything to do with reducing Barwin's numbers? Should he not at least be getting close to QB? Until today, how many balls did Conner bat down?

Wolf · 10-21-2012

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(on his first sack) “Well, I’ve got to give credit to Wade (Phillips). We kind of schemed that up a little bit. I moved around, (OLB) Brooks (Reed) moved around the other side and we kind of confused their o-line, was unblocked and was able to get there.”

From quote thread
http://www.texanstalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=95622

TEXANRED · 10-21-2012

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Originally Posted by Vinny

he has that extra suddeness that Barwin and Reed don't have. Both of those guys have great straight line speed but I think Mercilus may be faster in traffic. It looks like the right time to get him ready for more PT. He doesn't look as lost out there now.

I am hoping that Mercilus/Watt becomes our Derrick Thomas/Neil Smith combo.

In my mind Thomas/Smith is the greatest DE/LB combo of all time.

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gary Hall of Fame Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: North Pole Age: 20 Posts: 20,444 Rep Power: 17571	Re: Our first round pick Whitney Mercilus I hope Mercilus plays more on defense. __________________ Without the strength to endure the crisis, one will not see the opportunity within. It is within the process of endurance that opportunity reveals itself. Chin-Ning Chu -

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stingray Hall of Fame Join Date: May 2006 Location: Brownsville, Tx Age: 40 Posts: 4,704 Rep Power: 9694	Whitney Mercilus Kid looked pretty damn good out there. Hope to see much more of him. His sack fumble seemed to ignite the defense and get everything rolling.

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stingray Hall of Fame Join Date: May 2006 Location: Brownsville, Tx Age: 40 Posts: 4,704 Rep Power: 9694	Re: Whitney Mercilus Didn't see the old thread on Whitney. Please merge.

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10-21-2012	#90
gary Hall of Fame Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: North Pole Age: 20 Posts: 20,444 Rep Power: 17571	Re: Our first round pick Whitney Mercilus With the loss of Cushing and Demps it is nice Mercilus had a his best game so far. __________________ Without the strength to endure the crisis, one will not see the opportunity within. It is within the process of endurance that opportunity reveals itself. Chin-Ning Chu -

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ItsMyFault It's on me. Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Chicago/Houston Posts: 117 Rep Power: 486	Re: Our first round pick Whitney Mercilus Really impressed with him today. He got some good pressure on Flacco. __________________

10-21-2012	#95
hradhak Site Contributor Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 1,279 Rep Power: 1733	Re: Our first round pick Whitney Mercilus Mercilus had some good play today. Barwin has had some very good play without getting on the stats board. He's had quite a few hurries so far. I think it is good that these guys always know if they can't get it done, there's a hungry young rookie who is aching to play. The prospect of being benched always lights a fire under your ass.

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