Didn't Duane Brown replace Salaam the second after he signed his contract? Didn't Cushing get thrown into the fire from day 1? Kareem Jackson? Okoye, Demeco, Mario, Winston? The staff plugged all these guys in from day 1, can you address these?
What part don't you understand about what I wrote? Serious question, because all of those guys (except the ones you are completely wrong about) would fall under what I said:
IMO, they have mostly gone with the player that has been around longer or the player they specifically pegged as their guy rather than throwing a guy in who has shown flashes of being good.
The guys you are wrong about are in bold. Demeco was not pegged a starter from day one. He eventually earned it by the time the first game came around. Demeco wasn't even a MLB when he initially came to us. They had him playing outside until they found out that he was pretty good in the middle.
Duane Brown was pegged the starter, but ended up splitting time with with Salaam.
And I'm not really sure what you are talking about with Winston. He was not pegged a starter from day one. Not even close.
And the Texans have had a philosophy of starting 1st rounders from day one...AKA these are people who would fall under the category of "their guys"....?????
I think you need to look deeper into each of these cases rather writing off the staff as evil coaches holding back great 2nd and 3rd stringers because they're too dumb to realize what they have.
Nah...I think you need to look a bit deeper...
The Texan have not been an organization that will pull out someone whom they deem reliable in lieu of someone that has shown flashes..Not in the middle of a season....The player has to either royally suck, or get injured...
I'm not really sure how you can even debate that...There are numerous examples all over the place...
I know you're not gonna like hearing this because fans don't think running backs having to block is important but Green knew the protections, Slaton didn't. Quinn replaced Reeves before even mid-season, a 4th round rookie thrown into the starting lineup. Foster found his way into the starting lineup eventually and actually threw it away for a game when he fumbled in St. Louis.
Please spare me on discussing the 'finer points of football'....I am far from a novice when it comes to knowing what happens and what is supposed to happen on a football field. I am very well aware that a RB has to block. Thank you for that info though.
And this little bit you posted kind of proves my point. All of those guys that were on the bench came in and outperformed the starters they replaced. Oass blocking or not, Slaton was a better RB than Ahman Green the year he replaced him..
The vets only loss their spot due to being so bad or getting hurt...Not because the guys behind them had shown that they would potentially be better anyways.