Texans Twitter - Rick Smith

[infantrycak]

Some interesting things being said by Rick Smith right now - Link

Smith: will meet with DeMeco Ryans' agent this weekend

Smith: despite CBA uncertainty, approaching contracts as business as usual

Smith: Pollard did heckuva job, I was proud of his impact, met with his agent last night, added a new dimension to defense,

Smith: we didn't realize our goals of making playoffs, but we continued to improve

Smith: K. Walter a big part of team, we would like to have him back, said that to his agent

Smith: not depleted at CB, but still looking to add quality players

Smith: important to get another CB now that Robinson is gone, but Texans have great CBs in Quin and McCain and Reeves

Smith: RB is a position where you can get early production from younger players

Smith: entertaining idea and thought process of adding Tomlinson

LOL on McClain on the last one.

[Mike Kerns]

Here's some of the good stuff:

we didn't blow the coin toss, the league had a coin with logos on both sides

entertaining idea and thought process of adding Tomlinson. RB is a position where you can get early production from younger players

important to get another CB now that Robinson is gone, but Texans have great CBs in Quin and McCain and Reeves

not depleted at CB, but still looking to add quality players

K. Walter a big part of team, we would like to have him back, said that to his agent

Pollard did heckuva job, I was proud of his impact, met with his agent last night, added a new dimension to defense,

despite CBA uncertainty, approaching contracts as business as usual

will meet with DeMeco Ryans' agent this weekend

[Mike Kerns]

Ha! Just posted this in the 2010 Combine area...

[HOU-TEX]

That's awesome news, I-cak. Man, I hope he's able to strike a deal with D-Ryans agent. He deserves it!

Interesting on LT. I'm not sure how serious he is entertaining it.

[V Man]

Originally Posted by HOU-TEX

That's awesome news, I-cak. Man, I hope he's able to strike a deal with D-Ryans agent. He deserves it!

Interesting on LT. I'm not sure how serious he is entertaining it.

Agreed, let's hope they start moving forward with signing Ryans.

Also I bet every GM (execpt the one in San Diego) has entertained the idea of LT.

[infantrycak]

Originally Posted by Frak The Jags

Ha! Just posted this in the 2010 Combine area...

Since most of it isn't draft related I merged them here and not to have duplicate threads. We can stick draft specific stuff over there.

Originally Posted by HOU-TEX

That's awesome news, I-cak. Man, I hope he's able to strike a deal with D-Ryans agent. He deserves it!

Interesting on LT. I'm not sure how serious he is entertaining it.

Who knows how serious. Heck he may be saying it just to tweak McClain.

[Mike Kerns]

Originally Posted by infantrycak

Since most of it isn't draft related I merged them here and not to have duplicate threads. We can stick draft specific stuff over there.

Perfect.

[badboy]

I think Texans are doing more for old worn out and sometimes injured RBs than the union and NFL.

[beerlover]

Smith: important to get another CB now that Robinson is gone, but Texans have great CBs in Quin and McCain and Reeves

this makes me very uncomfortable, R U kidding me

[Mike Kerns]

From McClain's Twitter:

Texans GM Rick Smith just told us he's met with agents representing Owen Daniels, Kevin Walter and Bernard Pollard.

[JB]

Originally Posted by beerlover

this makes me very uncomfortable, R U kidding me

What else is he supposed to say?

[Errant Hothy]

Originally Posted by beerlover

this makes me very uncomfortable, R U kidding me

I don't think it's any stretch to say they all played better then Dunta last season.

[badboy]

Originally Posted by beerlover

this makes me very uncomfortable, R U kidding me

That's called mis-direction... I hope. Still he has said that Quin is a good starter. So he could go with Reeves #2, Quinn replacing DR and McCain at nickle. Especially if Earl Thomas is our 1st. Maybe draft a Jerome Murphy or Ansah 6'1" 205 lb 4.43 in 3rd or 4th?

[infantrycak]

Originally Posted by badboy

That's called mis-direction... I hope.

I don't see the concern or mis-direction. The start of the sentence was they need to get another CB.

[beerlover]

Originally Posted by JB

What else is he supposed to say?

accurate personel evaluations without sugar coating. he is afterall the brains behind player development & aquistion

[HuttoKarl]

Love the info on Ryans, Walter and Pollard. Show them the money!!!

[bah007]

Originally Posted by beerlover

accurate personel evaluations without sugar coating. he is afterall the brains behind player development & aquistion

Why do that when you can replace them and still stroke their ego at the same time?...

[beerlover]

Originally Posted by Hoth-Boy

I don't think it's any stretch to say they all played better then Dunta last season.

Kubiak post New England quote:

(on if CB Dunta Robinson is still a good fit with this football team, money aside) "Yeah, I think he did a heck of a job, but obviously we have many free agents on this team that we're going to have to deal with and make decisions on. Dunta came back. We put the tag on him and he missed all of training camp. We threw him out there from Week 1. The thing that I was impressed with was he got better each and every week. He was out there for his teammates every week. He might've played his best game yesterday. I thought he was very good in the game.

[El Tejano]

Originally Posted by badboy

That's called mis-direction... I hope. Still he has said that Quin is a good starter. So he could go with Reeves #2, Quinn replacing DR and McCain at nickle. Especially if Earl Thomas is our 1st. Maybe draft a Jerome Murphy or Ansah 6'1" 205 lb 4.43 in 3rd or 4th?

What makes Earl Thomas a good 1st round pick is you know he can come in and play that nickel back position if need be while he learns the NFL game.

[barrett]

Just a bit more in depth from BRB who has a guy at the combine:

- Smith said that they were "evaluating" LaDainian Tomlinson, aka the normal stock answer, but when pressed by McClain, also said that "we do want young players," but that there are cases where "a veteran adds value." In other words, we're going around in circles.

- The Texans will meet with Owen Daniels' and DeMeco Ryans' representatives tonight. Smith added that his team would be approaching contracts as "business as usual" and that the potential of uncapped years and lockouts would not alter the way they go about structuring the contracts.

- The decision to get rid of Dunta Robinson was made with "level of play, level of compensation," as well as "how (we) felt about other players at that position." He went on to praise Glover Quin as doing an excellent job, and said he was comfortable with him going forward at cornerback. He also repeated the Kubiak quote about Quin getting a lot more attention if not for Brian Cushing. "We are not depleted at the position," he added. Smith also said that with Jacques Reeves being a former starter and Fred Bennett being a former starter that they think they have the experience to not feel pressured to pick a cornerback.

-The Texans would like to have Kevin Walter back, but at the same time, "with the way free agency is, you can't keep everybody."

-Smith sounded like he fully expected free agency to slow down this year with how many more RFAs there are. "I don't know how much movement you'll see." He went on to say that picks are at a premium, and are valued moreso than they were five years ago. Obviously if a player is productive, he'll get the highest tender, therefore he "doesn't know whether teams will be forthcoming," about restricted free agency.

-After he just answered a question about not dealing with hypotheticals (what if Owen Daniels was healthy the whole season?), McClain asked him what kind of attributes his ideal back would have. Smith replied: "Jim Brown." McClain: "Would he fit in your system?" Smith: "Yes, he would."

-Asked about running backs in the draft, he gave a deflective answer and said that there were "elements of both power, bruising backs...as well as speed, edge runners," and that teams would have choices either way.

-On defensive improvement last year: "We thought that with (Antonio) Smith, (Brian) Cushing, and (Bernard) Pollard, we were able to improve on each level."

http://www.battleredblog.com/2010/2/...ne-rick-smiths