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Uncle Rico said:
This situation with Brandon Brooks didnt get to the point you reference with OBrien cutting him (OBrien would never cut a "good" player) but it does add insight to that locker room. Add to that the comments from former players like Case Keenum (Bill OBrien told me I would never be a starter in the NFL) to Shane Lechlers negative remarks about Obrien the Osweiler Fiasco, running off HOFer Andre Johnson, and the obvious dislike between Rick Smith and Obrien. It really shouldnt be that hard to clock this guy. He thinks his **** dont stink, he is a mediocre coach who is fake tough. He will bark and bark at practice and press conferences only to cower during difficult moments of games. Pathetic excuse for a head coach in todays NFL and an infinitely worse personnel man.

https://www.battleredblog.com/2018/5/31/17411952/brandon-brooks-didnt-like-playing-for-bill-obrien



OBrien ran off an ALL PRO in Brooks to save some cash in a far lesser player in Allen. LOL. YOu have to laugh to keep yourself from crying.
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And couldn't even get along with the hand picked gm he was aligned with.

Just like we thought Rick had something on McNair, it seems like OBrien has some nasty pictures of Cal
 
MeatBear77 said:
U must b very proud lmao

Still tho why not make a thread for the playoffs while u r at it **rofling**
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Well sir. The good thing is, I don't have to put up with a jerk like you. Texans Talk offers is a mute function. In all my years in here, I have never muted anyone. Especially fellow Texans fans. But then again, I've never faced a fellow Texans fan that treated others like you're doing now.
There's a first for everything I guess. By the way, if you talked to me disrespectfully like that to my face, you wouldn't be standing any more.
 
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nut said:
Everything Bill OBryann says is non-committal gobbledygook. All he has to say is he's involved "less" and blame Gaine when the personnel poop hits the fan or he can always use that catchall gem "It's not my job".
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Wow.... truth.
 
JamTex said:
Well sir. The good thing is, I don't have to put up with a jerk like you. Texans Talk offers is a mute function. In all my years in here, I have never muted anyone. Especially fellow Texans fans. But then again, I've never faced a fellow Texans fan that treated others like you're doing now.
There's a first for everything I guess. By the way, if you talked to me disrespectfully like that to my face, you wouldn't be standing any more.
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rmartin65 said:
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TheKDog said:
Tweet from @McClain_on_NFL: RBs on the roster are veterans Josh Ferguson, Buddy Howell and Taiwan Jones and undrafted rookies Damarea Crockett and Karan Higdon Jr.
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Out of these guys, who steps up and takes the second spot? Foreman is disappointing, but hopefully we'll see someone close l else step up and be good. Hopefully, Miller has improved. I know he looks slimmer and a little quicker so we'll see first he does this year.
 
Thorn said:
I retired from Memorial Hermann after 40 years. Worked in IS, or whatever they call it these days. Started in the early 70s as a computer operator trainee. LOL
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Very cool. It's a really good company to work for. Really good benefits. I love my job. Just transferred to Northeast because my wife and I moved to Humble. Easier for her to get to work. She works at TIRR Memorial in the medical center.
 
JamTex said:
Very cool. It's a really good company to work for. Really good benefits. I love my job. Just transferred to Northeast because my wife and I moved to Humble. Easier for her to get to work. She works at TIRR Memorial in the medical center.
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I remember when we first bought TIRR, I worked there for a bit helping them transition to our computer systems. When I was an employee (a worker bee) I enjoyed my time there, but didn't particularly care for my few stints in management. Maybe it was just how IS was run, but the frigging politics in management was just a tad to much for me. Any time a job tests your ability to be honest with employees (or you just perceive it that way) it's best to get back into the work force before you're out of work entirely.
 
Thorn said:
I remember when we first bought TIRR, I worked there for a bit helping them transition to our computer systems. When I was an employee (a worker bee) I enjoyed my time there, but didn't particularly care for my few stints in management. Maybe it was just how IS was run, but the frigging politics in management was just a tad to much for me. Any time a job tests your ability to be honest with employees (or you just perceive it that way) it's best to get back into the work force before you're out of work entirely.
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I can imagine. It's a big organization with several MH branches and the UT medical branches. And now they're adding allot of critical care and convenient care facilities. It stretches the security department thin and Memorial Hermann doesn't use outside or contract security. It's all in house and they provide lots of training. Still, management does seem quite political, and they tend to pile allot of work and responsibilities on us.
 
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Ok. So Foreman got cut because he is perceived as being too immature and not having a strong enough work ethic. Also he doesn't work hard enough in blocking and pass protection. Is that about right?
 
ATXtexanfan said:
Didnt Duane brown have an OB problem as well? Not just a McNair problem. Swear I remember our old Center on radio saying DB didnt like OB. Dang it cant remember his name. Think we traded for him from Denver. Oh well.

Man I hope Cal wakes up one day and does what needs be done
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Yeah, but don't count on it.
 
Uncle Rico said:
This situation with Brandon Brooks didnt get to the point you reference with OBrien cutting him (OBrien would never cut a "good" player) but it does add insight to that locker room. Add to that the comments from former players like Case Keenum (Bill OBrien told me I would never be a starter in the NFL) to Shane Lechlers negative remarks about Obrien the Osweiler Fiasco, running off HOFer Andre Johnson, and the obvious dislike between Rick Smith and Obrien. It really shouldnt be that hard to clock this guy. He thinks his **** dont stink, he is a mediocre coach who is fake tough. He will bark and bark at practice and press conferences only to cower during difficult moments of games. Pathetic excuse for a head coach in todays NFL and an infinitely worse personnel man.

https://www.battleredblog.com/2018/5/31/17411952/brandon-brooks-didnt-like-playing-for-bill-obrien



OBrien ran off an ALL PRO in Brooks to save some cash in a far lesser player in Allen. LOL. YOu have to laugh to keep yourself from crying.
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I get the point you are trying to make, but Brooks has never been an All Pro and was never a Pro Bowler with the Texans.
 
sandman said:
I get the point you are trying to make, but Brooks has never been an All Pro and was never a Pro Bowler with the Texans.
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You’re absolutely right that was my faux pas I meant pro bowler. His one lone sack and 13 total pressures allowed all year are as good as any other all pro though. Brooks was definitely one of the best guards as a Texan if not why did he get that contract? It was considered sizeable at the time.

Duane Brown was 2nd team All Pro last season. Imagine if we would have had those two guys the last couple years.
 
JamTex said:
Well sir. The good thing is, I don't have to put up with a jerk like you. Texans Talk offers is a mute function. In all my years in here, I have never muted anyone. Especially fellow Texans fans. But then again, I've never faced a fellow Texans fan that treated others like you're doing now.
There's a first for everything I guess. By the way, if you talked to me disrespectfully like that to my face, you wouldn't be standing any more.
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Make up ur mind bro you can't be a snowflake AND a Internet Tough Boi in the exact same post can U?

*rofling***

@NOSMIRG get a lode of this boi he mad about someone aksing why he made a pump up thread about a preseason game like a month b4 it even happening LM*AO
 
Watching “inside training camp live” on nflhd. They were showing some of the Texans practice. Don’t know where it came from but they showed the O projected starters. Had Howard starting at RT.
 
Tytus Howard mauling people here in Green Bay. #CountryStrong #TexansCamp #NFL pic.twitter.com/NOq8JrkUhQ

— Greg Bailey (@GregBailey13) August 5, 2019


Tytus Howard held his own in pass pro too. Really not a bad showing for the rookies to this point. #Texans

— patrick (@PatDStat) August 5, 2019


Kalil taken for a ride vs the rookie Gary. #Texans pic.twitter.com/RRrX9cJqHk

— patrick (@PatDStat) August 5, 2019


Really good showing from Max Scharping during one-on-ones. #Texans

— patrick (@PatDStat) August 5, 2019


Watt and Blackson wrecking the Packers offensive line. Nice tweet from them. #Texans

— patrick (@PatDStat) August 5, 2019
 
Yikes Kalil really sucks.


There it is. "holding his own" again. Is it the official phrase for reporting on the rookies?

In any case it sounds like Tytus is looking good. The reports seem sincere
 
@PatDStat: Not the best day for the #Texans O today. Watson and company can’t get anything going through the air.
 
Rodgers throws a dime. Beats Reid up the seam. #Texans

— patrick (@PatDStat) August 5, 2019


Watson solid pocket. Dime to Fuller over a defender. #Texans

— patrick (@PatDStat) August 5, 2019


Dylan Cole shook there in coverage. RB made him look silly in open field. #Texans

— patrick (@PatDStat) August 5, 2019


Not the best day for the #Texans O today. Watson and company can’t get anything going through the air.

— patrick (@PatDStat) August 5, 2019


Kalambayi and President just destroyed anything trying block them. Blew up that last pass play. #Texans

— patrick (@PatDStat) August 5, 2019


Win for the #Texans defense. Rodgers has no where to go. Runs out of bounds after being flushed out of bounds.

— patrick (@PatDStat) August 5, 2019
 
The Texans’ first team offense has been struggling so far. The pass protection has looked OK but Deshaun Watson hasn’t had many completions.

— Sarah Barshop (@sarahbarshop) August 5, 2019

Fiiiiiight.

Texans CB Lonnie Johnson Jr. completely lays out rookie TE Jace Sternberger, popping off his helmet, then taunts over him. The entire #Packers offense then went after Johnson in unison. Can’t blame them. That was a cheap shot.

— Ryan Wood (@ByRyanWood) August 5, 2019

Protection for Watson look fine just nothing coming open. Odd day for the offense. #Texans

— patrick (@PatDStat) August 5, 2019
 
https://www.si.com/nfl/2019/08/05/t...nts-patrick-mahomes-chiefs-tom-brady-patriots

AFTER THE SHAKEUP, THE TEXANS TAKE SHAPE

HOUSTON—Both here and in New Orleans, the teams had these new units they call CRZs (Cool Recovery Zones). They look like trailers. And inside, the temperature is kept at about 34 degrees. The science behind the units says that, by going inside for three minutes, players can lower their body temperature by a few degrees. So in between drills at camp, to combat the overbearing humidity, you’ll see Texans position groups filter in and out of there.

Why am I telling you this? I saw it as another example of Houston trying to modernize its operation, which has been a process of two years or so, with owner Cal McNair putting his fingerprints on the franchise his late father founded. Another example came in the change of the last 18 months, with two GMs gone, coach Bill O’Brien firmly entrenched as the face of the football operation, and McNair’s presence in the building felt on a larger scale.

With that in mind, here are three things I took away from a steamy morning there:

• O’Brien likes the reshuffled structure. Really, the tumult that led to GM Brian Gaine’s dismissal has leveled off the top of football ops, and created silos headed by director of player personnel Matt Bazirgan, college scouting director James Liipfert, cap czar Chris Olsen, EVP of team development Jack Easterby, and O’Brien himself.

“We have a flat organization structure, where basically you have guys like Chris Olsen, Matt Bazirgan, James Liipfert as scouting department heads, we all work together, we all meet together,” O’Brien said, as he came off the practice field. “There’s a lot of communication in the building, it’s going really well. So it’s a structure where we all report to the team—we’re doing what’s best for the team.

“I’d say there are several of us that report to Cal McNair, a lot of great communication in the building, we meet every day, talking about everything ranging from the roster to medical to video to equipment to everything in between. It’s a unique way of doing things. I coach the team. Chris Olsen’s in charge of salary cap, contracts, talking with agents. We have Geoff Kaplan in charge of our training room, Timmy Brog in charge of video. Everyone is just kind of doing their job within their department.”

As the coach, of course, O’Brien sets the vision, and my sense is he likes that part of it. But I certainly wouldn’t rule out Nick Caserio landing here in 2020, depending on how 2019 goes. As we wrote in June, Caserio and O’Brien are very close. Maybe that happens. Maybe it doesn’t.”

• Deshaun Watson is ready for the next step. The Texans QB told me after practice that, as it’s been, he’s routinely had two play calls at his disposal coming out of the huddle in games, and a read to figure out which way he should go. The plan for 2019 is to build on that, and to do so pretty extensively coming off his first full, healthy offseason as a pro.

“I can just have a lot more information on my plate, whenever I need it,” he said. “The past couple years, it was more calling the plays. Or they’d give me two plays, for different looks.

Now I can have five, six different plays in my head, and make sure we get in the right one. Biggest focus is really just taking that leadership role as a quarterback, and mastering my craft with my knowledge of the offense, knowledge of the defense and being able to get us in the right plays.”

O’Brien, meanwhile, has focused on the obvious with his young quarterback—“Everyone knows we have to do a better job of protecting him, and sometimes he has to do a better job of getting the ball out. I think having a full offseason is great for him. I’m excited for him.”

To that end, the team is cautiously optimistic on left tackle Matt Kalil’s camp performance. Health is always a question with him, but his emergence has allowed the team to work rookies Tytus Howard and Max Sharping at guard, for now.

• There’s a sense of urgency among the older guys. J.J. Watt is 30. Whitney Mercilus is 29. Even DeAndre Hopkins has a lot of mileage on his body for a 27-year-old. So while the Texans are young in some spots, the core that’s propelled the team to three playoff berths in the last four years isn’t getting any younger. And while they may a few more cracks at it, they all know it won’t last forever.

Which is why when I asked Hopkins if he feels a certain sense of urgency after knocking on the door so much, he didn’t hesitate.

“We can’t sugarcoat it—we know we have some veterans on this team that aren’t going to be here forever, and we’ve got some veterans in their prime,” Hopkins said. “And us being close to it, I think we got a taste of what we want. I’d be lying to say that the urgency isn’t there. That’s the way we practice. That’s the way we prepare.”
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Packers secondary should be one of the best in the league this season combined with their pass rush improvements. Jaire Alexander might be a top 5 CB this season by end of year and Adrian Amos is an above average safety. They are young and athletic all around.
 
#Texans TE Kahale Warring just had a big series…taking over the middle of the field. Ultimately…resulting in a touchdown #PackersCamp

— Baillie Burmaster (@bayburmTV) August 5, 2019


Kahale Warring with a nice snag in traffic. Comes down and gets some YAC to go with it. #Texans

— patrick (@PatDStat) August 5, 2019


#Texans star DE J.J. Watt is watching the late stages of practice from the sideline without pads on. I’m told he’s fine. They’ve been careful with his workload throughout camp.

— Tom Pelissero (@TomPelissero) August 5, 2019
 
All in all sounds interesting, Packers don't have the best defense but not the worst either, very middle of the road. Sounds like the line was holding fairly well, Kalil not included, but receivers not getting open. that bothers me considering the talent we have there. Was Nuk, Fuller or Coutee playing or was it the back up squad? Liking what I'm hearing about Warring, if this keeps going we may have found a Texan version of Gronk. Now if BoB knows what to do with a Texan version of Gronk is a whole other question. Lonnie Johnson seems to be shaping up to be a rough, almost dirty player, that's cool as long as he knows where to draw the line. A suspended player is useless but a player that can push it to the edge and make other players fear him is priceless.
 
maverick512000 said:
All in all sounds interesting, Packers don't have the best defense but not the worst either, very middle of the road. Sounds like the line was holding fairly well, Kalil not included, but receivers not getting open. that bothers me considering the talent we have there. Was Nuk, Fuller or Coutee playing or was it the back up squad? Liking what I'm hearing about Warring, if this keeps going we may have found a Texan version of Gronk. Now if BoB knows what to do with a Texan version of Gronk is a whole other question. Lonnie Johnson seems to be shaping up to be a rough, almost dirty player, that's cool as long as he knows where to draw the line. A suspended player is useless but a player that can push it to the edge and make other players fear him is priceless.
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I hope Lonnie Johnson injures as many Packers as possible before the season starts. He's gr8 lol!
 
Definitely a false start, could've been a holding called there as well. But it's just 1 play & he'll make his fair share of those kinds of mistakes when the real bullets start flying..u just gotta hope that they don't come at crucial times.
 
TheKDog said:
People in the comments saying it's a false start
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Just about everything I read was at least pretty positive. Your comments have been the false start. The Texans just have to fail only so you can say I told you so. Self esteem issues?
 
Mr teX said:
Definitely a false start, could've been a holding called there as well. But it's just 1 play & he'll make his fair share of those kinds of mistakes when the real bullets start flying..u just gotta hope that they don't come at crucial times.
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over 2 Baker's Doz shooting deaths from terrorist mass shootings over this weekend n THIS is the kind of language u r gonna use? smh
 
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