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Houston Texans team report:Punter & Fifth Wideout will be sought.

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A HOUSTON -- The Texans are looking for a punter, a fifth wide receiver and depth in the defensive line as they continue to retool a roster that stood at 52 on Saturday night.

The Texans waived punter Brad Maynard and will claim or sign a new one. After keeping Bryant Johnson, who had three catches for 64 yards against Minnesota Thursday night despite participating in only two practices last week, they’d like to find a fifth wideout like David Anderson.

He played five seasons with the Texans before being a cap casualty and signing with the Broncos, who waived him.

… There has been a lot of speculation in Dallas that once defensive end Igor Olshansky was released, he would sign with the Texans. He played for defensive coordinator Wade Phillips at San Diego and Dallas.

… The Texans kept six of eight draft choices and one undrafted free agent -- outside linebacker Bryan Braman.

… Running back Steve Slaton, fourth on the depth chart, was retained. He didn’t play in preseason because of a hamstring injury. He’s 100 percent and could be trade bait or insurance in case Arian Foster doesn’t recover from his hamstring injury as fast as the team hopes.

… Running back Chris Ogbonnaya, who led the team in preseason with 54 carries for 192 yards, was waived and could end up on the practice squad for the second consecutive season.



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I have new found faith in our talent evaluation and seriously doubt our personnel moves ended at the 53 man roster deadline.
 
How do we feel about Ex-Patriot Brandon Tate?

He was let go by the Pats because he wasn't becoming the receiver they needed him to be, but in our loaded offense, he wouldn't really be asked to do much, and he's proven in the past he could be dynamic on special teams, which would in turn allow us to keep Manning away from that role.
 
I am very ok with just 4 Wrs with this tight end corps and two running backs that can catch and that does not include Slaton.
 
badboy said:
I am very ok with just 4 Wrs with this tight end corps and two running backs that can catch and that does not include Slaton.
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Unless the injury bug hits us. But I do agree that Schaub already has more than enough folks to throw to, considering the recieving talent at RBs, TEs, and HBs.
 
DocBar said:
I have new found faith in our talent evaluation and seriously doubt our personnel moves ended at the 53 man roster deadline.
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Honestly, over time they have been decent enough at finding guys like Pollard, wilson etc early in the season who can be short term band-aids.
 
I can see WR Brandon Tate being a Texan. He is exactly what we need as a 4th or 5th WR. He will compete with Bryant Johnson for his spot, gives us a speed guy, and plays special teams which i'm not sure about B. Johnson. This move would make us better.
 
i'd like to see us keep slaton and forgo a 5th receiver if it came to that. slaton's experienced as a WR (motion) in our system, as are all 3 of our receiving tightends and james casey. i'd rather have the depth at RB than at WR. we are a little thin though so anderson or tate are likely on our radar - players who can be put on special teams since they'll likely knock someone off of that unit.

i'm looking at merriweather as an upgrade over barber.

i really like graham at punter.

i'd trust wade's decision with olshansky - if wade wants him we need to get him.
 
The one thing that concerns me with the punter situation is who's holding for FG's & PAT's ..... Thats a critical element of the kicking game.
 
badboy said:
Why? If healthy Slaton can catch and he has been suggested to be a WR in some schemes. SOme called him a Reggie Bush type RB.
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Misunderstood what you were saying. I agree that he can provide a receiving element.
 
Corrosion said:
The one thing that concerns me with the punter situation is who's holding for FG's & PAT's ..... Thats a critical element of the kicking game.
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Its not always the punter who is out there to hold. Occasionally it might be the backup QB. I think we need to get the best punter available on the market, period. At that point - ask Rackers who he is most comfortable with.
 
Corrosion said:
The one thing that concerns me with the punter situation is who's holding for FG's & PAT's ..... Thats a critical element of the kicking game.
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Ben Graham's name has been brought up and if the Texans were to sign him then he and Neil Rackers would have some history together since they were both on the Cardinals. I dunno if Graham was the holder in Arizona though.

However, Graham's stats aren't all that impressive. Matt Turk has had a better net average than him 4 out of the last 5 years.
 
Two punters with supposedly "big legs" were cut...
I wonder if this is a case where these guys tended to out kick their coverage teams..??
Does a team no good for the punter to boot it 50-60 yds only to have it returned 20 or 30 or worse.
 
I'd be weary of Avery.

Considering his injuries and the fact that st Louis needs receiving threats for their young qb.

I'm more inclined to roll with what we have at the wr position.
 
Rey said:
I'd be weary of Avery.

Considering his injuries and the fact that st Louis needs receiving threats for their young qb.

I'm more inclined to roll with what we have at the wr position.
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He had a major ankle injury in 2009, then ACL surgery last year. He runs a 4.27.
Although he showed some nice game in preseason, someone's got to know something we don't. BTW, this would have been his contract year. (2008-4.8 million, 3 million guaranteed)
 
Rey said:
I'd be weary of Avery.

Considering his injuries and the fact that st Louis needs receiving threats for their young qb.

I'm more inclined to roll with what we have at the wr position.
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From what I understand, his 2011 salary is guaranteed, and while it's not all that big ($600-700K), that tells you even more about how the Rams viewed him.
 
Is anyone else concerned with the fact that we don't have a holder for FG's? That has been our punter the last couple of years, hasn't it?
 
DocBar said:
Is anyone else concerned with the fact that we don't have a holder for FG's? That has been our punter the last couple of years, hasn't it?
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Yes.

And it looked like Maynard was doing most of the holding during pre-season. I thought he had the job wrapped up because of that.
 
DocBar said:
Is anyone else concerned with the fact that we don't have a holder for FG's? That has been our punter the last couple of years, hasn't it?
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Graham held for Rackers in Arizona. Here's pic of them celebrating a Rackers FG together, in an NFC championship game. Graham also held for Feely.

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CloakNNNdagger said:
Graham held for Rackers in Arizona. Here's pic of them celebrating a Rackers FG together, in an NFC championship game. Graham also held for Feely.

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Looks like he's wearing parachute pants instead of football pants!! Is this pic from the early/mid 80's or what?
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I wouldn't mind Ben Graham as our punter. His average over his career is 44.2 a game. Turk's was 42.4.
 
gwallaia said:
WR Donnie Avery was let go by the Rams.
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Rams fans weren't sad to see him go, so perhaps not? (Of course, just visited one board, not sure they're the "experts".)

ramsrule.com

what good is speed when you can be easily covered by backup DBs and refuse to even try and block on running plays. Avery is gone for lack of effort. Speed is meaningless without that effort. It was plain as day during the Jags game how hard DX played every down and how lackadaisical Avery was about it - as if he expected to be given a roster spot instead of actually earning one.
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badboy said:
Why? If healthy Slaton can catch and he has been suggested to be a WR in some schemes. SOme called him a Reggie Bush type RB.
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Yeah, but it wasn't meant as a compliment. ;)

Seriously though I think he has value and I'd like to see the Texans get something for him. Hopefully in a game early in the season we'll have a chance to put him out there and he shows up. Then, before the trade deadline we can get a pick for him or possibly even a player we could do something with.
 
badboy said:
could no t one of the back up QBs hold for kicker?
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yeah, they could...
but remember we lost Sage back in 2006 when he tried to make a tackle while on the FG team.

I'll bet Kubiak remembers. It left him having to stick out the year with Mr. Mittens after he (Gary) had realized he (Mr. Mittens) was substandard.

Not saying it can't happen, but we know how cautious GK is
 
ObsiWan said:
yeah, they could...
but remember we lost Sage back in 2006 when he tried to make a tackle while on the FG team.

I'll bet Kubiak remembers. It left him having to stick out the year with Mr. Mittens after he (Gary) had realized he (Mr. Mittens) was substandard.

Not saying it can't happen, but we know how cautious GK is
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Too bad. In past years, it was so exciting to see QB holders pass on fake FG plays.
 
The decision over who is going to hold on FGs and XPs needs to be with Rackers and Marciano. Obviously Schaub should not a candidate, but I wouldnt think that this is a situation where the Head Coach just assigns it to an individual. It may be Leinart or Hartmann or Casey for all we know.




Or how about we just do a drop kick? OH YEAH! Who is with me on that?!
:bubbles:
 
CloakNNNdagger said:
Too bad. In past years, it was so exciting to see QB holders pass on fake FG plays.
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Actually, with the change in the emergency QB rules, I wouldn't be surprised if the 3rd QB on teams start being the holder. It makes sense. A guy that doesn't get a lot of reps in practice so he should have time to work with the special teams. A guy that you don't expect to play at all so at least you're getting some use out of him. AND a guy that gives you a threat of throwing the ball in a fake kick situation.

Trifecta.
 
infantrycak said:
Dude can actually long snap. Wouldn't be surprised if he could hold. :kitten:
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I'm betting he could snap it to himself. And his new designation as the "Swiss Army Knife" of football players pretty much nailed it.

Shall we nickname him the "SAK"? Not married to it but the guy definitely deserves a cool name.
 
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