badboy
Hall of Fame
To be fair, most attempts to get wr2 opposite AJ was left over FAs and a third round for Posey that many said "huh?" We spent a #1 and got a quality partner in Nuk.
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I Luv The Guy, But Andre Is Done
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infantrycak
Hall of Fame
And a 3rd on Jacoby.
badboy
Hall of Fame
yep but I thought that would lead to another thread.lol
badboy
Hall of Fame
I like debt at later rounds.
dalemurphy
Hall of Fame
I don't remember much effort or many attempts being made to upgrade the team at the starting WR position... By the way, Kevin Walter was a very good WR for us until his last season with us when he lost a step (which he couldn't afford to lose)... By the way, Kevin Walter was acquired for a 7 th round pick.
Surely your argument is not- don't ever let AJ go because Jacoby Jones never developed as we had hoped... That argument has more than a few holes.
Surely that isn't what I'm saying.
I am clearly saying in my opinion that Andre Johnson will be hard to replace at his current performance level, and his replacement cost is likely to be much higher than people think. No need to twist things or put other words in my mouth that are easy to argue against. I'm not playing that game.
And for completeness:
So I don't know what to make of this. I think you are saying:
If that is what you are saying, I have the following comments. If it isn't what you are saying, please clarify.
1) Does this mean we can expect that if the Texans release Andre, they won't even try to replace him because a second quality receiver is not important compared to all the other holes on the team?
If so, the Texans will be weaker offensively with Hopkins double covered all of the time because there is no other outside threat.
2) Or does it means the Texans have learned their lesson and will immediately draft a receiver with the first pick next year?
If so, and assuming the they hit on a good receiver (I'm giving Smith more benefit of the doubt than I have in the past five years), will he be at Andre's current level immediately? Probably not. In this scenario, the Texans have saved a lot of cap money. They have also spent a very valuable first round pick on replacing capability they already had in house. That valuable pick can't then be used to shore up another position of need. That certainly hurts the overall talent level of the team, which should be considered a huge cost in the cutting Andre Johnson balance sheet.
I don't know how you're going to win that argument. There's a fundamental difference on what a "very good #2 WR" is. He thinks there was a time when Kevin Walter fit the bill... OD was always more of a receiving threat than KDub... not really good for a "very good #2 WR"
Kevin Walter did fit the bill for Kubiaks offense where blocking is required more than catching passes... but that don't mean KW was a quality NFL WR
Besides, it's like OD was the #2 WR and KW was the TE as far as production and roles went
Marshall
Not pretty, but ALIVE!
The Cleveland game would have looked much better if he had made a better timed jump on the intercepted pass. This one on one battle with the defender is usually his forte, but he got caught wrong footed that time. Perhaps he just needs to adjust to the ball arriving a bit quicker.
add 29 yards and a touchdown and subtract his lone interception
Ryan Mallett 20/30 211 2 1 10.55y/completion becomes
Ryan Mallett 21/31 240 3 0 11.42y/completion