5 years of signing backup backups, what do you expect. Got to have the horses.
Now that the FO is aligned, good times dude. Good times are coming.
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5 years of signing backup backups, what do you expect. Got to have the horses.
Now that the FO is aligned, good times dude. Good times are coming.
Gaine has to make a guy like to sign here.
Tell me who's out there that makes you think there's plenty of time.
Texansballer74
The Marine
So are you saying that based on Dave's W-C game report by PFF you don't plan on pounding on the table, pleading for Gaine to grant him a multi-year extention on his contract ?
I hope so. This is what they should have been doing these past 5 years. Hopefully they don't draft a guard hoping he becomes a tackle again.
Thanks for the LOL
Texansphan
Football connoisseur
Money talks, but so does location.
Houston is a desirable city to live.
Texansphan
Football connoisseur
You don't think Gaine has the wherewithall to pull off a trade?
Not for everyone though. Most that haven't spent time here (and some that have) would disagree
BattleBull
Practice Squad
There are a lot worse places to be than Houston, especially since we have a QB who just started his career.
If we had a beach that rivaled Miami I would agree. But since we don’t I don’t see how players would want to come here unless we overpaid them.
True. We need a Miami like beach. Like Chicago, New York, & now obviously Cleveland.
Maybe we can just tell them we're really close to Pasedena.
maverick512000
Hall of Fame
Huh? I love Houston but no this is not a desirable city to live in unless you are in medical or industry fields. We have bad weather, heavy pollution, no zoning so the richest neighborhood is right next to the one with the highest crime rating, traffic that is 24/7 and roads that make no sense made all the worse by constant construction on them and, even in Galveston, water that makes you question if it is safe for human contact. Again I love this city and living here but lets not kid ourselves that this city is high on anyone's list of "places I want to go before I die".
Actually Houston's highway system (other than the construction is one of the best, and I have traveled lots) but growth has made traffic a nightmare. Not LA bad though
maverick512000
Hall of Fame
They had no mass public transportation in the '80's that I ever found
BattleBull
Practice Squad
If Green Bay and Detroit can attract free agents, I have no doubt in my mind that we can.....
Texansphan
Football connoisseur
The restuarants and shopping plus job availability bring lots and lots of people to this city.
Texansphan
Football connoisseur
Lots of people have family, school and/or friend associations here.
Some like the cold and taxes... others not so much
This is true. Too many to some
Green Bay has tradition and championships. What do we have?
Humidity
There are many places much better.
Who would want to sign with Houston it's not like a destination city. The ownership is making bank and according to what Z-Shawn posted winning doesn't really matter to Cletus.
Fact, most players would rather live in Vegas/LA/NY/Mia than Houston.
Prove it
What's desirable about living in Houston other than tax breaks?
Would you rather live in LA/SF/Vegas/NY/Mia etc....?
CloakNNNdagger
Hall of Fame
Much earlier, I posted about him, and love the signing. The Browns totally underutilized Fells. They seldom used him as a receiver. His pass catching ability has not in any way been realized. Last year, his role was that of a backup mainly as a blocker (~50% as a run blocker), seldom as a receiver, and as an occasional red-zone threat......................with three of his 11 catches on the season going for touchdowns................11 catches out of only 12 targets!
Tell me what make Houston a destination city in your mind and then we can have a discussion.
For me, I will go with
Weather
Lack of nightlife NFL players seeem to enjoy
Perception of racist ownership (Wrongfully)
I could go on but I want to see your response and I cant prove anything. Can you?
No, it's just that you stated fact not opinion. I can't prove anything either way. Actually, I believe you are right, but people have proven to be stupid, myself included. And Houston is home and Unique in ways only a Houstonian can appreciate.
Better weather than Miami, Seattle, Green Bay, Buffalo, Boston, and several other cities.
Yea we got the pollution, can't deny that.
infantrycak
Hall of Fame
You win on Buffalo & Green Bay, maybe Boston. Losing on the others. Lol @ Miami.
Good thing on city preference is where do tourists go. Almost nobody goes to Houston as a pure vacation. It's tourism is almost entirely convention, business or major event related.
It's all opinion. Myself, I think snow is nasty after it's been on the ground 2 days. How many go to Buffalo and Green Bay for vacation?
infantrycak
Hall of Fame
Not many which points to them not being as desirable for most.
But c'mon with some of these other cities. Seattle, Miami, NYC, San Fran, etc. are all obviously more popular cities.
And it's cool Houstonians can love the place despite this, but it is clearly butt fugly compared to the great majority of NFL towns. It's flat, unzoned, strip mall hell with the bonus of 100% humidity.
The topic was weather. You really think weather is better in Buffalo, Green Bay and maybe Boston? You live in the wrong state my friend. You're all over the place. First praising then condemning Buffalo and Green Bay
maverick512000
Hall of Fame
Our restaurant scene is no better than most other cities unless someone really likes BBQ. I guess we are the closest to Austin of the NFL cities and its restaurant scene blows pretty much everywhere out of the water. Shopping, again we aren't any better than any other city, and not even close to New York or LA, and we have that whole sales tax thing. Don't get me wrong I much prefer a sales tax over an income tax but it does drive some prices up here.
You're kidding right? Green Bay I'll buy but they have the whole legendary team and huge home field advantage thing. The weather here hurts our team as much as it does the other unless you are home grown. Much easier to get use to playing in freezing than it is boiling. You can play to get warm, all playing will do here is make you hotter.
As for most of the other cities......again, you're kidding right?
infantrycak
Hall of Fame
BattleBull
Practice Squad
I don't think titles won when Christ was a child matters to athletes today.
infantrycak
Hall of Fame
What is convenient and for what?
Houston is underrated nationwide. Has fantastic diversity not found in most cities. But you're going overboard.
And more important national perception is what matters for this conversation.
National perception is changing. Even the nytimes had a big article on Houston as a tourist and restaurant destination.
Rockets were able to get harden, dwight, Paul. Low taxes, cheap real estate. It's not NY of la but after that Houston competes with anyone
CloakNNNdagger
Hall of Fame
As concerns our new TE Darren Fells.........................last season, one of his receptions which was in midfield from Mayfield went for 49 yds. Just another reason I believe that Watson may take advantage of his underappreciated pass catching abilities.
BTW, he's also had some nice long receptions while on the Cardinals (a 37 yd TD) and the Lions when given a chance............including another 49 yard reception with the Cards.
BTW, he's also had some nice long receptions while on the Cardinals (a 37 yd TD) and the Lions when given a chance............including another 49 yard reception with the Cards.
cuppacoffee
Resident Grouch
Agree with everything you said...........lets just hope he isn't required to stay in and block.
I'm still a believer in the Jordans as soon a Obrien realizes they are TEs and not linemen.
Houston has 6-7 months of pretty descent weather: October thru Apri but of course then it goes to hell in a hand bag for 5 months.
Winters in Houston appoximate midwestern Fall, which is good weather. Miami has vary little variation from what I can gather - hot to warm all year and humid all year, miniml cool weather. Canadian fronts don't get that far south very often.