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3rd round pick Braxton Miller WR Houston texans

chenjy9 said:
So will Miller be our 4th QB then?
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Depends on how he's healed after his torn labrum. Lots of reports that he couldn't even throw a football for most of last season. You best believe that if he can throw a decent ball that he'll be our emergency QB.
 
chenjy9 said:
Man Miller is such a cunning, elusive player in space. He just throws out so many moves at you to get free and blow by; head fakes, feints, stutter steps, side steps, hop backs, stiff arms, and hurdling. He has an incredible sense of balance and manages to stay upright when most players would go down. He also seems to clearly see how the chaos is developing and find holes. I wouldn't be surprised if we used him on occasional reversals as well as that quick dump off to the side that Brady always does and just let the kid run!
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Those jukes, head fakes, etc, don't work in the NFL. Tacklers and cover men are taught (or should be taught) to zero in on the guy's belly button and ignore the rest. Where the middle goes is where the player has to go.
As for good balance, that is very valuable, and I hope they use him on a few reverses and screens.
 
Seegara said:
Those jukes, head fakes, etc, don't work in the NFL. Tacklers and cover men are taught (or should be taught) to zero in on the guy's belly button and ignore the rest. Where the middle goes is where the player has to go.
As for good balance, that is very valuable, and I hope they use him on a few reverses and screens.
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Right, cause you never see guys get juked out in the NFL...
 
Seegara said:
Those jukes, head fakes, etc, don't work in the NFL. Tacklers and cover men are taught (or should be taught) to zero in on the guy's belly button and ignore the rest. Where the middle goes is where the player has to go.
As for good balance, that is very valuable, and I hope they use him on a few reverses and screens.
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I guess Arian foster had no belly button....

That explains it :bubbles:
 
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Seegara said:
Those jukes, head fakes, etc, don't work in the NFL. Tacklers and cover men are taught (or should be taught) to zero in on the guy's belly button and ignore the rest. Where the middle goes is where the player has to go.
As for good balance, that is very valuable, and I hope they use him on a few reverses and screens.
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Seegara said:
Those jukes, head fakes, etc, don't work in the NFL. Tacklers and cover men are taught (or should be taught) to zero in on the guy's belly button and ignore the rest. Where the middle goes is where the player has to go.
As for good balance, that is very valuable, and I hope they use him on a few reverses and screens.
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What exactly do you think defenders are taught at all levels?

If you got shake, you got shake.


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Seegara said:
Those jukes, head fakes, etc, don't work in the NFL. Tacklers and cover men are taught (or should be taught) to zero in on the guy's belly button and ignore the rest. Where the middle goes is where the player has to go
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I'd say it's the exact opposite. Flat out running past guys doesn't work as much in the NFL, but guys who have shiftiness to their game--even guys without blazing speed--tend to have more success than just speed guys.
 
PapaL said:
Depends on how he's healed after his torn labrum. Lots of reports that he couldn't even throw a football for most of last season. You best believe that if he can throw a decent ball that he'll be our emergency QB.
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From a previous post:

CloakNNNdagger said:
That's actually only part of the story. Shoulder labral surgery in a quarterback where a repetitive forceful overhead motion mandatory, can take 2 years to really tell what skills he may finally be left with. As the 2015 season loomed, Miller actually was actually able to throw a very crisp accurate ball and at a still very impressive hard velocity of ~70 mph. The problem was that this velocity was attainable when he thew closer to a distance of 20 yds. By the time he attempted 40 yds, his velocity and accuracy plummeted. Ohio St was not willing to take the chance of coddling a QB while they found out if Miller was ever going to be able to return to his pre-injury level..........i.e., a complete collegiate QB.

Going into the NFL, now with NFL trainers and support systems, the Texans may discover that by increasing his strength and range of motion (which probably accounts for his distance restriction factor) he may have lesser limitations than last year. Certainly, I believe that Miller still probably possesses more than adequate passing abilities to function well as at least as a wildcat threat if the Texans chose to do so............certainly if called upon to deliver a ball 20 yds............now possibly maybe even farther.

All-in-all, it will be interesting to see how the Texans ultimately use him.
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I see no reason at this time to believe Braxton could not be able to adequately fill in as an emergency 4th QB if he were called upon.
 
IDEXAN said:
What's the holdup ? I thought everything on these rookie draft picks was now "slotted", so is it not just cut-and-dried ?
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Martin is signed. The only unsigned drafted rookie is Fuller. What is probably "holding things up" is negotiations over performance incentives. This is usually a condition that is open only to a 1st rounder (very occasionally to a 2nd round) rookie.
 
CloakNNNdagger said:
Martin is signed. The only unsigned drafted rookie is Fuller. What is probably "holding things up" is negotiations over performance incentives. This is usually a condition that is open only to a 1st rounder (very occasionally to a 2nd round) rookie.
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The two picks immediately ahead of Fuller (Shaq Lawson, Darron Lee) are also unsigned. As unnecessary as it should be, if either or both sign, Fuller will likely not be far behind, although I don't know if/how much Lawson's recent shoulder surgery will complicate things for him and the Bills.
 
xtruroyaltyx said:
I'd say it's the exact opposite. Flat out running past guys doesn't work as much in the NFL, but guys who have shiftiness to their game--even guys without blazing speed--tend to have more success than just speed guys.
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You need a lesson in Seegaranese!
Seegara said:
Those jukes, head fakes, etc, don't work in the NFL. Tacklers and cover men are taught (or should be taught) to zero in on the guy's belly button and ignore the rest. Where the middle goes is where the player has to go.
As for good balance, that is very valuable, and I hope they use him on a few reverses and screens.
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In Seegaranese this means "The team sucks and nothing good will ever happen to it".

Fortunately, this is the only lesson you will ever need, as in Seegaranese everything means "The team sucks and nothing good will ever happen to it".
 
ChampionTexan said:
The two picks immediately ahead of Fuller (Shaq Lawson, Darron Lee) are also unsigned. As unnecessary as it should be, if either or both sign, Fuller will likely not be far behind, although I don't know if/how much Lawson's recent shoulder surgery will complicate things for him and the Bills.
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Because of the slotting procedure, order of signing really should not enter into this in that as opposed to before the new CBA, there is no advantage to waiting to see how much the player signing ahead of you will receive to "enhance" your negotiation position. And, as I understand it, performance incentives are not normally identified to outside parties.
 
Brisco_County said:
For some reason there's no YouTube video of the play where Foster jukes Palomalu out of his shoes for a long TD. It's my favorite Foster highlight of all time.
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How about the one against the Cowboys where he juked one of the Dallas DB's out of his shoes for a TD.
 
ChampionTexan said:
You need a lesson in Seegaranese!

In Seegaranese this means "The team sucks and nothing good will ever happen to it".

Fortunately, this is the only lesson you will ever need, as in Seegaranese everything means "The team sucks and nothing good will ever happen to it".
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ChampionTexan said:
You need a lesson in Seegaranese!

In Seegaranese this means "The team sucks and nothing good will ever happen to it".

Fortunately, this is the only lesson you will ever need, as in Seegaranese everything means "The team sucks and nothing good will ever happen to it".
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I offer a lesson in football coaching and it translates to "the team sucks ..."? Can you show me the logic in that assertion? No, you can't, because there is no logic to show.
However, xtruroyaltyx, DBCooper, and JB liked your post, and certainly they are honorable men...
 
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Seegara said:
I offer a lesson in football coaching and it translates to "the team sucks ..."? Can you show me the logic in that assertion? No, you can't, because there is no logic to show.
However, xtruroyaltyx, DBCooper and JB liked your post, and certainly they are honorable men...
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It was more a statement of you and how you are perceived than that one individual comment... no one ever mentioned you and logic in the same sentence
 
ChampionTexan said:
Pretty much a statement reflecting reality. If that makes it a personal attack, then perhaps that's something you should give some consideration to.
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Another way of putting it is when everyone thinks lowly of your opinions/views and intelligence, you'd best find out why.
 
Seegara said:
Can't remember when I've seen that much BS packed into 2 sentences.
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Wasn't that long ago. Read these first 2
sentances.

Seegara said:
Those jukes, head fakes, etc, don't work in the NFL. Tacklers and cover men are taught (or should be taught) to zero in on the guy's belly button and ignore the rest. Where the middle goes is where the player has to go.
As for good balance, that is very valuable, and I hope they use him on a few reverses and screens.
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