Meisterman
Waterboy
We let McKinney explore a trade 
I don't see much downside to replacing this overpaid lineman.
I don't see much downside to replacing this overpaid lineman.
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Seriously, as soon as, there is viable replacements for McKinney, weigert and Walker. All are overpaid for their production, but there is nobody to repalce them.
Porky
Hall of Fame
We need to find replacement for Mckinney and Wand, unless both really step it up this year in a big way. I am fine with Weigert. I think he will rebound this year, and have a nice season. But, let's face it, there is not one player on the oline that is really a plus player. Wade is slightly above average, everyone else is average or below. We really need to use next years #1 on one of the bigtime LT prospects. That would really solidy the line imo.
texan279
Hall of Fame
Wand deserves at least another season to show us what he can do, if you're gonna replace Wand just because he had a so/so season in his first full season as a starter, then there are quite a few others that should be replaced who haven't done anything at all after several seasons...
Porky
Hall of Fame
texan279 said:
That's why I said "unless he steps it up in a major way this year". Wouldn't that be the "another season" you are talking about? Wand was not good last year, any way you sugarcoat it. We need a rock at LT, and I have some doubts whether he is that man, although I think he would be a terrific swing tackle off the bench. He has is "another year", let's hope he can hit it out of the park.
TheOgre
All Pro
Because McKinney joined us during our expansion era when every slot was a hole. We have the luxury now of not allowing subpar performances in key positions. Plus LT is the most important line position, especially for a right-handed QB. Who did we have that was an upgrade to McKinney at C over the past couple of seasons?
texan279
Hall of Fame
You are saying it is ok to keep players who underachieve just because they fill a hole for an expansion team? For the money McKinney has made in the past he should have done more than fill a hole. And I don't know what other free agent centers were on the market when we signed McKinney, but for the money we shelled out on him I am sure we could have gotten a much better center.
mckinney, walker, and bradford should definetly be worried about their jobs...if hodgden has a good training camp he very well might push mckinney for playing time...texan brass seems to be very high on him...at the very least i would think he would push either washington, weary, brown or evans out of their back up roles
Panther5407
Rookie
The #1 person we would need to seek a trade is Gary Walker.
rittenhouserobz
Veteran
TheOgre said:
With so much youth in the secondary we may not need to trade up.
TexanExile
A New Hope
rittenhouserobz said:With so much youth in the secondary we may not need to trade up.
lol...I hope this works. Not many teams who just posted their best record ever set about a rebuilding era. Granted, that best record ever was still sub-.500...but some fans are pretty selective about who gets second chances year-to-year versus who should get cut. I guess it's to be expected--everybody has their favorites.
With some time to reflect and consider how the draft went (overall) in the
first round, its clear this was not the year to pick up a premiere LT. I mean
the top tackle taken was not even a LT - I didn't check into recent history
but its probably been some time since that happened. And there was as many guardes/centers taken in the first round as tackles - thats another indication as to how weak the draft in general and the tackle position in particular was this year.
But I'm still surprised we didn't assign a higher priority to picking up a guard
or center. I know the PB might have had something to do with, because we spent our #2 and a #3 for him. Maybe this 5th rounder will amount to something more than a sub, but that's not real likely.
first round, its clear this was not the year to pick up a premiere LT. I mean
the top tackle taken was not even a LT - I didn't check into recent history
but its probably been some time since that happened. And there was as many guardes/centers taken in the first round as tackles - thats another indication as to how weak the draft in general and the tackle position in particular was this year.
But I'm still surprised we didn't assign a higher priority to picking up a guard
or center. I know the PB might have had something to do with, because we spent our #2 and a #3 for him. Maybe this 5th rounder will amount to something more than a sub, but that's not real likely.
vtech9
All Pro
McKinney is the weak link on the line. He is the cause of at least a few of the sacks that were charged to Wand. IMHO, Wand played solid for the most part, and will only be better this year.
Since we haven't seen much of Weary, M. Brown, Garrick Jones, and others, I really don't know which ones are likely to be gone. B. Evans, on the other hand, I have seen a little of fairly recently. It may just be who he is playing against over in NFLEL, but from what I have seen of Evans over there, he has looked really good. I haven't seen him make many mistakes. I have seen him dominate in the running game, and have only seen him get beat once in the passing game, but he still kept his guy off the QB long enough for the QB to complete the pass. There were a few times in the running game that I saw him push his guy into the the LB or other DLineman, and take them both out of the play. Like I said, it may just be who he is playing against, but so far he has looked really good to me.
Since we haven't seen much of Weary, M. Brown, Garrick Jones, and others, I really don't know which ones are likely to be gone. B. Evans, on the other hand, I have seen a little of fairly recently. It may just be who he is playing against over in NFLEL, but from what I have seen of Evans over there, he has looked really good. I haven't seen him make many mistakes. I have seen him dominate in the running game, and have only seen him get beat once in the passing game, but he still kept his guy off the QB long enough for the QB to complete the pass. There were a few times in the running game that I saw him push his guy into the the LB or other DLineman, and take them both out of the play. Like I said, it may just be who he is playing against, but so far he has looked really good to me.
rittenhouserobz
Veteran
Grid said:
This may be true and it works for some OL positions, but in order to get the most ideal Lt. I am talking about size and blocking ability, and footwork. You will have to usually draft in the top 10 picks. Next year is a little different. I just hope and pray the Texans get there franchise LT.
TexanBacker93
Veteran
I feel McKinney is the weakest link on the line. Weigert and Wade are solid on the right side. They aren't spectacular, but they are good road graders for DD.
McKinney, though, allows to much inside push and not enough drive on run blocking. He isn't going to get better. Hopefully Hodgdon is the future. I'd rather have Washington in there right now, though.
McKinney, though, allows to much inside push and not enough drive on run blocking. He isn't going to get better. Hopefully Hodgdon is the future. I'd rather have Washington in there right now, though.
TheOgre
All Pro
I see this team as 8-8 or 9-7. A slight improvement from last season.
If Palmer doesn't make some adjustments to better protect Carr, I think he will be the scapegoat at the end of the season. I haven't been harsh on Palmer in the past, but Carr better take fewer than 40 sacks this year. If you don't have the O-line talent then increase protection (players staying back to block). That is what the Chargers did and it worked for them.
If Palmer doesn't make some adjustments to better protect Carr, I think he will be the scapegoat at the end of the season. I haven't been harsh on Palmer in the past, but Carr better take fewer than 40 sacks this year. If you don't have the O-line talent then increase protection (players staying back to block). That is what the Chargers did and it worked for them.