TexanSam
Hall of Fame
- Glenn Earl's injury could spell doom for his Texans career because of his injury and CC Brown is a natural SS. Glenn Earl could be on the PUP list next year because of the recovery time if he's still here. Mentions that he was sucker punched by a teammate his rookie season which is why he wasn't on that team. Capers and Co. kept that under wraps.
- Says Von Hutchins has better natural instincts at FS than CC Brown did. Brendan Harrison may get more reps during preseason now.
- He didn't think the D-line was good during the 1st game. Okoye did not hold up well at the point of attack. He's not a great anchor guy, he's a shoot the gap guy. He needs to get into the gaps and cause havoc. He says Okoye has to be like Tommie Harris, the Bears D-lineman who is also a shoot the gap guy.
- Says Mario is going to have to at times dominate games. He has to get to the edge better and get to the QB. He also says that he also has to use the inside move. Players will get so afraid of his outside edge rush that he needs to take advantage of getting inside as well. These are the things Mario has to do. Z says he's like a sophmore in college in terms of his knowledge of the positions. Is pretty basic technique wise where he could get away with brute force in college and needs to improve his craft. He needs to start making an impact on the game year two.
- Anthony Maddox got pushed around too easily. May see Jeff Zgonina get some playing time if Maddox can't hold up at the point of attack. Wouldn't surprise him to see Zgonina get some playing time as part of the rotation during the season.
- Said once Babin got locked up with an O-lineman or tight end he gave up or got stalemated too often. Says Babin looked like a guy who was looking to get to the QB instead of having the offensive lineman as his primary target. He thinks Babin is figuring out how to rush the passer at this level.
- Schaub showed poise in the pocket. The play when Walter dropped the ball is a play Carr wouldn't have made. Schuab kept his poise, made a quick read and threw the ball.
- Thinks Winston did a decent job. Says the pass protection wasn't bad but the three step drops the Texans did are designed to release the ball quickly.
- Bennett didn't have a particulary good game. Ditto with Dexter Wynn.
- Kubiak wanted the media to know that Patrick Pass had a good game. He can play fullback and running back. Z says he wouldn't rule Pass out as the 3rd running back. He can also play special teams.
- With the linebacker corps (and other positions as well)as deep as they, you're going to see better players on special teams
- He says the Texans aren't good enough to be a playoff team yet but they are good enough to make things happen for themselves in the 4th quarter and to win games in the 4th quarter. This could be the difference between being a 5/6 win team and a 8/9 win team.
- He doesn't think Pitts will be back this week. Is interested to see how Petey Faggins and Dunta Robinson will play against the talented duo of Larry Fitzgerald and Anquan Boldin of the Cardinals.
- Says Zac Diles had a very good performance.
- Says Von Hutchins has better natural instincts at FS than CC Brown did. Brendan Harrison may get more reps during preseason now.
- He didn't think the D-line was good during the 1st game. Okoye did not hold up well at the point of attack. He's not a great anchor guy, he's a shoot the gap guy. He needs to get into the gaps and cause havoc. He says Okoye has to be like Tommie Harris, the Bears D-lineman who is also a shoot the gap guy.
- Says Mario is going to have to at times dominate games. He has to get to the edge better and get to the QB. He also says that he also has to use the inside move. Players will get so afraid of his outside edge rush that he needs to take advantage of getting inside as well. These are the things Mario has to do. Z says he's like a sophmore in college in terms of his knowledge of the positions. Is pretty basic technique wise where he could get away with brute force in college and needs to improve his craft. He needs to start making an impact on the game year two.
- Anthony Maddox got pushed around too easily. May see Jeff Zgonina get some playing time if Maddox can't hold up at the point of attack. Wouldn't surprise him to see Zgonina get some playing time as part of the rotation during the season.
- Said once Babin got locked up with an O-lineman or tight end he gave up or got stalemated too often. Says Babin looked like a guy who was looking to get to the QB instead of having the offensive lineman as his primary target. He thinks Babin is figuring out how to rush the passer at this level.
- Schaub showed poise in the pocket. The play when Walter dropped the ball is a play Carr wouldn't have made. Schuab kept his poise, made a quick read and threw the ball.
- Thinks Winston did a decent job. Says the pass protection wasn't bad but the three step drops the Texans did are designed to release the ball quickly.
- Bennett didn't have a particulary good game. Ditto with Dexter Wynn.
- Kubiak wanted the media to know that Patrick Pass had a good game. He can play fullback and running back. Z says he wouldn't rule Pass out as the 3rd running back. He can also play special teams.
- With the linebacker corps (and other positions as well)as deep as they, you're going to see better players on special teams
- He says the Texans aren't good enough to be a playoff team yet but they are good enough to make things happen for themselves in the 4th quarter and to win games in the 4th quarter. This could be the difference between being a 5/6 win team and a 8/9 win team.
- He doesn't think Pitts will be back this week. Is interested to see how Petey Faggins and Dunta Robinson will play against the talented duo of Larry Fitzgerald and Anquan Boldin of the Cardinals.
- Says Zac Diles had a very good performance.
