As steelb doesn't want to dilute other thread, he had asked me to bring it to a new thread, so here it is.
Fire away, guys.
First on the list for me is the failure of O'Brien to develop guys on the offense.
The Texans had wasted so many draft picks on offense, it's not even funny.
2014.
S'ua Filo (2nd), C.J. Fido (3), Savage (4) - All gone with basically ZERO contribution
2015
Strong (3), Mumphrey (5) - Both gone with little contribution; nothing to write home about.
2016
Fuller (1) - Good speed, bad hands (the first year 4 drops, second year 5 drops, last year he dropped 3 would-have-been TD passes in the KC game.)
https://www.12up.com/posts/video-wa...ler-s-dropped-passes-from-week-6-01dq5xv01hzy
Misses 22 games already, plus one play-off year; ineffective in another play-off series due to health. Is he worth a second contract (which will be big based on his draft status) if he's going to be injured again - could be very important IF there's a play-off for the Texans.)
Martin (2) - Up and down career so far, no final grade yet.
Braxton Miller (3) - Gone after two years.
Tyler Irvin (4) - Gone - Return specialist that, I suspect, not too many people remember.
2017
Watson (1) - steelb thought he had regressed (LOL)
Foreman (3) - Who???
Davenport (4) - Gone; bad while here.
2018
Rankin (3) - steelb thought of as trash, both here and in KC
Aikins (3) - Finally a guy who might have something. 53 catches, 643 yards, 2TDs
compared to Owen Daniels (both guys were drafted 98th overall), 97 catches, 1,140 yards, 8 TDs
2019 -
Too early to tell, and I haven' re-watched all the games yet.
T. Howard (1) - Note that he was drafted 23rd overall while D.Brown was drafted at 27th (and DB play at LT).
Sharping (2) - Too early to tell.
Warring (3) - Injured already.
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So does it look like that the Texans were able to develop guys on the offensive side under O'Brien?
Fire away, guys.
First on the list for me is the failure of O'Brien to develop guys on the offense.
The Texans had wasted so many draft picks on offense, it's not even funny.
2014.
S'ua Filo (2nd), C.J. Fido (3), Savage (4) - All gone with basically ZERO contribution
2015
Strong (3), Mumphrey (5) - Both gone with little contribution; nothing to write home about.
2016
Fuller (1) - Good speed, bad hands (the first year 4 drops, second year 5 drops, last year he dropped 3 would-have-been TD passes in the KC game.)
https://www.12up.com/posts/video-wa...ler-s-dropped-passes-from-week-6-01dq5xv01hzy
Misses 22 games already, plus one play-off year; ineffective in another play-off series due to health. Is he worth a second contract (which will be big based on his draft status) if he's going to be injured again - could be very important IF there's a play-off for the Texans.)
Martin (2) - Up and down career so far, no final grade yet.
Braxton Miller (3) - Gone after two years.
Tyler Irvin (4) - Gone - Return specialist that, I suspect, not too many people remember.
2017
Watson (1) - steelb thought he had regressed (LOL)
Foreman (3) - Who???
Davenport (4) - Gone; bad while here.
2018
Rankin (3) - steelb thought of as trash, both here and in KC
Aikins (3) - Finally a guy who might have something. 53 catches, 643 yards, 2TDs
compared to Owen Daniels (both guys were drafted 98th overall), 97 catches, 1,140 yards, 8 TDs
2019 -
Too early to tell, and I haven' re-watched all the games yet.
T. Howard (1) - Note that he was drafted 23rd overall while D.Brown was drafted at 27th (and DB play at LT).
Sharping (2) - Too early to tell.
Warring (3) - Injured already.
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So does it look like that the Texans were able to develop guys on the offensive side under O'Brien?