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Sweech said:
We'll have to wait and see how that contract breaks down.

I also wouldn't be throwing in the towel just yet anyway. I think Demeco is special and I think CJ is special. Special players and special coaches have different rules from how you'd normally understand and operate things.
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Love your optimism
 
badboy said:
Somewhere on this MB, I said that the Texans number one wide receiver is the one who catches the ball.

clutchpoints.com

DeMeco Ryans Has A Clear Message About Who The Texans No. 1 WR Will Be

Agree with Ryans?
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From an offensive standpoint you have to have an idea of what you want to do. Plays are designed to attack the defense in a particular way. Usually that boils down to trying to isolate one player & putting him in an advantageous situation.

Problem with that is once you get to the line all that changes based on what the defense is doing. At that point the QB has to decide if he's got the "look he wants" or if the play is going to play out where another receiver is more advantageous situation.

If our 3 receivers build on what they did last year, it's going to be hard for CJ to get us into a bad play.
 
Sweech said:
One thing I really took from this is the anticipation plays. I think CJ is rubbing off on Davis.
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That and two other things. First, maturing as a QB. He played very little football in college. Second, this is his second year in the system. He went through three HC/OC in three years.

Mills is turning into a very competent backup that maybe becomes our version of Denver Kubiak or Falcons Schaub that we trade away for two second round picks.
 
I just missed the Damian Pierce interview 4 pm on Radio 610. The guys informed that he admitted to having difficulties picking up the defensive scheme shifts after lining up in the play formation called. Pierce allegedly indicated that this offseason has really impacted him positively and also stated that Joe Mixon while not actually on the field much, was tutoring him. The radio guys also said that both Demico Ryans and Nick Caserio are strongly behind Damien.
 
sandman said:
That and two other things. First, maturing as a QB. He played very little football in college. Second, this is his second year in the system. He went through three HC/OC in three years.

Mills is turning into a very competent backup that maybe becomes our version of Denver Kubiak or Falcons Schaub that we trade away for two second round picks.
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Mills will stick around in the NFL for awhile. He’s a talented player. I think talent-wise he’s in the upper tier of backup QBs. It looks like Slowik has coached him up these past two offseasons. Hopefully we don’t have to see anything from him in the regular season except garbage time!
 
I am expecting Caserio to make some moves to gain value come cut down time prior to regular season. There are players who wont make the 53 man active roster that wont last on a PS. I anticipate some player plus 7th round pick for a 6th round pick swaps at cutdowns. Or maybe a player for another player swaps like the Cowboys/Vikings just did.

Some candidates I see would be:

Metchie, Woods, Hutchinson and Pierce.
 
TheRealJoker V2 said:
I am expecting Caserio to make some moves to gain value come cut down time prior to regular season. There are players who wont make the 53 man active roster that wont last on a PS. I anticipate some player plus 7th round pick for a 6th round pick swaps at cutdowns. Or maybe a player for another player swaps like the Cowboys/Vikings just did.

Some candidates I see would be:

Metchie, Woods, Hutchinson and Pierce.
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Id be ok with parting with all of those w/ the exception of Hutchinson. The others I hope casserio gets as much as he can for each one of those, and with Pierce not having the vision to run in this offense I hope Akers makes this squad
 
badboy said:
I just missed the Damian Pierce interview 4 pm on Radio 610. The guys informed that he admitted to having difficulties picking up the defensive scheme shifts after lining up in the play formation called. Pierce allegedly indicated that this offseason has really impacted him positively and also stated that Joe Mixon while not actually on the field much, was tutoring him. The radio guys also said that both Demico Ryans and Nick Caserio are strongly behind Damien.
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That said on the sideline it seemed obvious to me that Pierce had more of a thousand yard stare than thoughts of a thousand yard season.
 
Texansphan said:
Really pleased with the progress Mills is making.
Slowik might just be the coach we have been waiting for to bring the best out of him and having another off season to work with him is paying dividends.
Mills is proving to be a very valuable member of this team.
I bet Caserio is delighted to see this too.
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I guess I skipped the day they explained the definition of progress. Looked like the mediocre backup that he is to me. Against 2’s at that.
 
Speedy said:
I guess I skipped the day they explained the definition of progress. Looked like the mediocre backup that he is to me. Against 2’s at that.
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First team...........second team.....................doesn't matter................what's important is that he showed repeated good decision-making.
 
CloakNNNdagger said:
First team...........second team.....................doesn't matter................what's important is that he showed repeated good decision-making.
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If you say so. You won’t find me dying on that hill though. Like I said, looks like the same dude to me. Has some talent, can show flashes as most QBs at this level can or they wouldn’t be here, but way too inconsistent because he’s just not that good. Sure, he’ll make a nice living being a backup for a decade or so, but this guy is who he is.
 
Speedy said:
If you say so. You won’t find me dying on that hill though. Like I said, looks like the same dude to me. Has some talent, can show flashes as most QBs at this level can or they wouldn’t be here, but way too inconsistent because he’s just not that good. Sure, he’ll make a nice living being a backup for a decade or so, but this guy is who he is.
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A nice back up is all we need right now.
He is definitely better than Keenum and Boyle needs to go play in the XFL or whatever they call it.
 
Texansphan said:
A nice back up is all we need right now.
He is definitely better than Keenum and Boyle needs to go play in the XFL or whatever they call it.
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A nice back up is needed. I totally agree with that. Whether Mills is that guy or not is the question. He’s now in his 4th season and has yet to prove he can win. Better than Keenum? Maybe with Keenum’s age, but that bar isn’t very high. And Keenum has at least proven he can win at a high level in this league. Again, whether his old bones can still do it, I don’t know. And we all know Boyle is an extra camp arm, nothing more.

And I really do hate talking about back up QBs because I hope to never see them in a game. But you and a few others commenting about improvement and progress, sorry, I just don’t see it. He had a 61% completion percentage last night with an 81 passer rating. He did have a TD drive but that was pretty much a gift thanks to the muffed punt. I thought the 2 minute drill would have been important to get the reps in, but the Texans didn’t feel that way at the beginning of the drive with the amount of time they wasted on the 1st couple of plays. Mills did get them into FG range eventually but a couple of shots at the end zone at the very least were taken away with the nonchalant approach at the beginning. Maybe that’s a big confidence boost if he punches it in there but now we’ll never know.

And I know some roll their eyes at it, but who is on the field matters. If Mills sees significant snaps during the season, he won’t be playing lesser talent of 2nd and 3rd teams, like he is in these PS games where he still looks mediocre. And yes, I’m aware that the talent he’ll be playing with will be much better too. Diggs, Nico and Tank are much better targets than Hutch, Metchie and Sims, granted.

Let’s just hope CJ can go all 21 games and the only time we see anyone other than 7 under center is mop up and victory formation duty.
 
Speedy said:
A nice back up is needed. I totally agree with that. Whether Mills is that guy or not is the question. He’s now in his 4th season and has yet to prove he can win. Better than Keenum? Maybe with Keenum’s age, but that bar isn’t very high. And Keenum has at least proven he can win at a high level in this league. Again, whether his old bones can still do it, I don’t know. And we all know Boyle is an extra camp arm, nothing more.

And I really do hate talking about back up QBs because I hope to never see them in a game. But you and a few others commenting about improvement and progress, sorry, I just don’t see it. He had a 61% completion percentage last night with an 81 passer rating. He did have a TD drive but that was pretty much a gift thanks to the muffed punt. I thought the 2 minute drill would have been important to get the reps in, but the Texans didn’t feel that way at the beginning of the drive with the amount of time they wasted on the 1st couple of plays. Mills did get them into FG range eventually but a couple of shots at the end zone at the very least were taken away with the nonchalant approach at the beginning. Maybe that’s a big confidence boost if he punches it in there but now we’ll never know.

And I know some roll their eyes at it, but who is on the field matters. If Mills sees significant snaps during the season, he won’t be playing lesser talent of 2nd and 3rd teams, like he is in these PS games where he still looks mediocre. And yes, I’m aware that the talent he’ll be playing with will be much better too. Diggs, Nico and Tank are much better targets than Hutch, Metchie and Sims, granted.

Let’s just hope CJ can go all 21 games and the only time we see anyone other than 7 under center is mop up and victory formation duty.
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If any 2nd string QB plays significant snaps for any team they aren’t making the playoffs or going far.

The gap in talent for QBs on the different levels is massively underestimated.

You have the elite like Mahomes, Burrow and Stroud. Probably 5-7 here.

You have the 2nd tier group that you wonder can take there team to the next level like Love and Trevor Lawerence. Probably 10 here.

Then you have the QBs that are wasting everyone’s time: Derek Carr. Probably the 15 here.

Then you have the back up QBs. From elite to 2nd tier is a big drop. And the drop only gets more massive from 2nd to bottom to backup. You might have a 1-2 back up QBs that could fight for the bottom 5 QB starting positions, but you aren’t winning anything with them.

I think you are so used to seeing back up QBs light up the Texans like elite QBs, but that ain’t normal. That was an old Texans curse that Demeco will/has fixed.

If the biggest hole is back up QB than be happy. I would think there are other areas worth focusing more on.
 
TheRealJoker V2 said:
I am expecting Caserio to make some moves to gain value come cut down time prior to regular season. There are players who wont make the 53 man active roster that wont last on a PS. I anticipate some player plus 7th round pick for a 6th round pick swaps at cutdowns. Or maybe a player for another player swaps like the Cowboys/Vikings just did.

Some candidates I see would be:

Metchie, Woods, Hutchinson and Pierce.
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I unfortunately doubt any of those players garner anything as far as trade value goes.

Pierce maybe a 6th or 7th.
 
Speedy said:
A nice back up is needed. I totally agree with that. Whether Mills is that guy or not is the question. He’s now in his 4th season and has yet to prove he can win. Better than Keenum? Maybe with Keenum’s age, but that bar isn’t very high. And Keenum has at least proven he can win at a high level in this league. Again, whether his old bones can still do it, I don’t know. And we all know Boyle is an extra camp arm, nothing more.

And I really do hate talking about back up QBs because I hope to never see them in a game. But you and a few others commenting about improvement and progress, sorry, I just don’t see it. He had a 61% completion percentage last night with an 81 passer rating. He did have a TD drive but that was pretty much a gift thanks to the muffed punt. I thought the 2 minute drill would have been important to get the reps in, but the Texans didn’t feel that way at the beginning of the drive with the amount of time they wasted on the 1st couple of plays. Mills did get them into FG range eventually but a couple of shots at the end zone at the very least were taken away with the nonchalant approach at the beginning. Maybe that’s a big confidence boost if he punches it in there but now we’ll never know.

And I know some roll their eyes at it, but who is on the field matters. If Mills sees significant snaps during the season, he won’t be playing lesser talent of 2nd and 3rd teams, like he is in these PS games where he still looks mediocre. And yes, I’m aware that the talent he’ll be playing with will be much better too. Diggs, Nico and Tank are much better targets than Hutch, Metchie and Sims, granted.

Let’s just hope CJ can go all 21 games and the only time we see anyone other than 7 under center is mop up and victory formation duty.
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I dunno but can't we rest CJ for a few minutes in the second half of that 21st game in early Feb, '25 when we are up on the 49ers by like 49-0 ?
Dang Speedy you are really moving fast !
 
mws said:
Does this mean Cal drank a beer or did he shoot a bear with a shotgun?
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I was concerned that the bear drank a beer and then shot Cal. The bear returned to dancing with Luke Combs.

The women screaming in the background can break one's eardrums.
 
All right, getting ready for the season!

Just put in my order:

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sprtsfanatic said:
damn thats sick....need to order me the same!!! Those look SWEEEEEETTTTTTT! Where did you order from?
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Pretty excited to be making my first trip to Houston late September/early October, especially to be seeing the Texans at NRG for the first time (saw them at Wembley a few years ago which was awesome!).

Also looking forward to taking in Houston itself, especially the food which looks epic! I think most grown men on here would cry if you saw what passes for BBQ here in the UK 😂
 
Lucky said:
So did Cal fall off the wagon?
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Only after he killed the bear with a shotgun. Sources tell me that CJ and Hannah were laughing so hard they also fell off the stage. After hearing this, Janice McNair informed her lawyer she would be taking the team back over from Cal.
Something about "damn boys can't stay out of the spotlight!"
 
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