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I guess I just don't understand coaching. I mean, Tytus Howard has played almost exclusively, at RT and LG. He has a few snaps at LT, but has played no snaps at RG, for his intire career.

So of course, let's move him to RG for OTA's, get him some snaps there. Of course, on the right side he's pushing off on his previously injured leg. No problem there.

Scruggs at LG is OK. He took quite a few starts at that position last year.

And Jake Andrews taking snaps at C is fine. That's his position; let's see if he can beat out Patterson.

We're paying Tomlinson starters money and we need to develope Fisher at RT. So maybe the plan has been to move Howard to RG all along. Where else do we play him?

But I really don't understand it.

From April post when asked what position he would be best for now.:

Right guard is where I see him best placed...........and it will not be because of his previous knee injury.

Keep in mind that Howard did not have a classic rupture of the patellar tendon and can't be compared to those that have................not even what is considered a partial rupture. He was found to have a hole in the center of his tendon without a tear that reached to either outer edge...............so for all intents and purposes, the tendon was virtually intact and hole was simply closed.

Howard has been slowed by age and injuries. His comfort zone has always been at RT, but now he is less mobile and needs help, so playing inside with help from the RT and C does make sense. But nothing is in stone with this only being the beginning of OTAs.
 
I guess I just don't understand coaching. I mean, Tytus Howard has played almost exclusively, at RT and LG. He has a few snaps at LT, but has played no snaps at RG, for his intire career.

So of course, let's move him to RG for OTA's, get him some snaps there. Of course, on the right side he's pushing off on his previously injured leg. No problem there.

Scruggs at LG is OK. He took quite a few starts at that position last year.

And Jake Andrews taking snaps at C is fine. That's his position; let's see if he can beat out Patterson.

We're paying Tomlinson starters money and we need to develope Fisher at RT. So maybe the plan has been to move Howard to RG all along. Where else do we play him?

But I really don't understand it.

Tomlinson is a LG and has been a LG starting in the NFL for awhile now. Him and Cam are fairly set in stone as to where they’ll play. Now is the time to see if Howard can play RG. If the team doesn’t feel good about it he’ll compete at LG/RT where he’s played previously. But if he can, he’ll be one of the best 5 OL.
 
From April post when asked what position he would be best for now.:



Howard has been slowed by age and injuries. His comfort zone has always been at RT, but now he is less mobile and needs help, so playing inside with help from the RT and C does make sense. But nothing is in stone with this only being the beginning of OTAs.
I remember you saying that and began to search for that post. Need to just read through the entire thread before doing that busy work.
 
Time to cut bait on Harris. Two years in a row getting a similar injury just by working out? That dude is made of glass.

There's a reason they signed Speed. They have a fairly similar skillset. Harris is probably better against the pass. If all was equal, Harris is probably the better overall player, but he isn't much good in the training room.
Perhaps he can become a Blake Cashman type reclamation project for some other team. Really unfortunate and hopefully he can put the injuries behind him but I can’t see us giving him another contract after this season.

A real shame too because at the end of the 2024 season it really looked like his development was on a sharp rise.
 
Time to talk about CJ. Hasn’t thrown one pass in OTA’s. Keep in mind…new OC, new offense, many new pass carchers…but not one pass?

When asked, Caley and Meco acting like its a palace secret, sure to upset world markets.

Look…i was born at night (true story!) but it wasnt last night.
Clearly recovering from some kind of injury, but their silence means we have to guess and worry about the severity.
 
Time to talk about CJ. Hasn’t thrown one pass in OTA’s. Keep in mind…new OC, new offense, many new pass carchers…but not one pass?

When asked, Caley and Meco acting like its a palace secret, sure to upset world markets.

Look…i was born at night (true story!) but it wasnt last night.
Aaron Wilson is reporting that CJ has tightness in his right pec/shoulder and the Texans are being cautious with him.
 
Spring and summer 2024 - Coach what about Christian Harris? Why is he out.

Coach: It's not serious. He'll be fine.

Sorry Meco...love you for the most part, but I don't trust a single word you say on the injury front. You obfuscate, prevaricate, dissemble, use some fine word salads of nothingness...and then top that off with a healthy dose of gaslighting.

So...no bueno for me.
 
This is not the real whole story. The right pec/shoulder tightness is only the secondary issue.

Thanks for making my point, which I posted just before your post.

More gaslighting and prevarication. Why can't these cats just level with the fans? This is spring. Who are you tricking besides the people that pay the bills over at Kirby?
 
I bet CJ's shoulder has been nagging him since that Jets game where they sacked him at least 7 times with one of those where he came out for a play. He also has a lil history with an AC sprain in 2021. C'mon Doc @CloakNNNdagger, give us the tea...
I will tomorrow............too late tonight...........I have to take care of some other things now and get to sleep.
 
Now your moving the goal post as usual. And no Mahomas isn’t an outlier. Him getting his bag didn’t prohibit them from winning super bowls.
How many other QB's other than Mahomes fit the criteria I'm talking about? I'll give you the answer, Thomas Edward Patrick Brady Jr. These guys are the definition of the word outlier. I could even make a case that Mahomes wouldn't have done what he did without the NFL/Swifties partnership.
 
Last season after suffering a grade II calf tear during offseason workouts, Christian Harris returned for the end of TC. It only took one practice to reaggravate the swell, leading to his long-term stay on the IR.

The Texans waited until the bye week before activating Harris because of ongoing calf and ankle issues. Having lost most of the season, over the final 5 games, including 2 postseason matchups, he was limited to just 20 tackles and a sack. He also allowed 11 of 13 targets.

To me this OTA has an erie similarity to last offseason. He has this offseason again suffered a grade II calf tear and is not expected to attempt return until at least TC.
Same calf?
 
Same calf?
Same. One thing to note is that the end of last season, the Texans vacillated in labelling his injury as a "calf" to "ankle." I didn't mention this before, but the recurrence and chronicity of this injury makes me believe that Harris has actually been dealing with a degenerative Achilles tendon problem, Achilles tendinopathy. Achilles tendinopathy is a common overuse injury, with an estimated lifetime incidence of ~25% in football players. Both degenerative and inflammatory changes of the Achilles tendon occurs, sometimes leading to tendinopathy. Inflammation can begin suddenly after an injury or very commonly more gradually as a result of wear and tear.

First of all, the Achilles tendon is technically considered an extension of the calf [The calf muscles come together and their connective tissue forms the Achilles tendon, which then attaches to the heel bone]and also part of the ankle. Both have similar location of pain. Both calf tears (specifically gastrocnemius tears) and Achilles tendon injuries can cause pain in the lower leg and heel area, In the past, we have seen teams not uncommonly purposely label Achilles problems as calf or ankle problems since they sound less ominous.

As I see it, no matter what, Harris is not in a good place.
 
I bet CJ's shoulder has been nagging him since that Jets game where they sacked him at least 7 times with one of those where he came out for a play. He also has a lil history with an AC sprain in 2021. C'mon Doc @CloakNNNdagger, give us the tea...
Last season during the Jets game, Stroud suffered an A-C shoulder separation injury that was not formally reported. His stats went straight down after that compared to the stats he demonstrated prior to the injury. Then during the Ravens game, the Ravens LB sacked him while driving his right shoulder hard into the ground. His arm was dangling as he walked off the field. He came back into the game with disastrous results. In his Ravens Post Game Press Conference, his right shoulder was significantly dropped compared to his left, and there was a noticeable bump at the top of the shoulder line evident to me even through the hoodie he was wearing. This was all consistent with a Type III A-C shoulder separation. A conservative rehab for return to play would be somewhere between 8-14 weeks. It is to be noted that Stroud has not been seen to throw since the playoffs.

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>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> TYPE 3 A-C SEPARATION

Going back to college, Stroud suffered a significant right shoulder A-C separation. What was not made public was that he had also suffered a rotator cuff strain at that time. The shoulder problems have followed him to the NFL. What is important to know is that a Type III A-C separations not uncommonly affect shoulder stability, stress the rotator cuff complex and create pectoralis spams/tightness.

Our hope is that he can more fully rehab his injuries without surgery and without further injury to his shoulder. Of course, neither is guaranteed.
 
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I think he amswered it above. Am i missing something?

In any event…now we know. One more reason why the mismanagement of this offensive line has been nothing short of criminal. And Nick still didnt fix it. I guess they wont fix this line until the horse is sent to the glue factory.
I didn't refresh my browser when I posted that, so I didn't see it.
 
I think he amswered it above. Am i missing something?

In any event…now we know. One more reason why the mismanagement of this offensive line has been nothing short of criminal. And Nick still didnt fix it. I guess they wont fix this line until the horse is sent to the glue factory.
What more did you want him to do to fix the OL? He brought in Robinson/Brown/Tomlinson/Andrews in FA and traded for Ingram. He also spent a top 50 pick on Ersery. Now if you wanted Nick to stick and pick Conerly at 1-25 and trade up for Ersery I could see where you're coming from.

However they got really tired of the WR room being hurt in the playoffs and having WR's that cant get open hamstringing the offense.
 
What more did you want him to do to fix the OL? He brought in Robinson/Brown/Tomlinson/Andrews in FA and traded for Ingram. He also spent a top 50 pick on Ersery. Now if you wanted Nick to stick and pick Conerly at 1-25 and trade up for Ersery I could see where you're coming from.

However they got really tired of the WR room being hurt in the playoffs and having WR's that cant get open hamstringing the offense.

Guard? They signed other teams castoffs there, and didnt bother to address it in the draft.. They have in a best case…a journeyman at center, a tackle playing RG, and an old guy on his last legs at LG…and you dont see that they failed to address the interior of this line?
 
This line has a chance to blow up this entire season. If it happens…Nick needs an apple and a roadmap. He's done nothing to fix the line. To the contrary, his mis-evals and signing of rejects and castoffs has turned this line into a mixed up mishmash.

He and the team are placing a huge bet on a rookie play caller, a coach who was part of last years disaster, and some lineman form the island of misfit toys.

And y’all think he did enough? Crazy talk!
 
Guard? They signed other teams castoffs there, and didnt bother to address it in the draft.. They have in a best case…a journeyman at center, a tackle playing RG, and an old guy on his last legs at LG…and you dont see that they failed to address the interior of this line?
Like I asked, what would you have done differently? I would've drafted Conerly and drafted Ratlege. However there's certainly a case to be made for doing what Caserio/Ryans did. I think you're going to be surprised by Andrews. Robinson is a downgrade from Tunsil, but hey most of this MB got what they wanted, Tunsil gone.
 
It's not like Aaron Wilson is an anatomy wizard. Furthermore, he is only repeating what the Texans want him to put out there.

I may think I know more than Aaron Wilson because I stayed at a Holiday Inn Express, and you can correct me, but a pectoral muscle is a chest muscle which I would think is different than a shoulder injury.

Unless when someone describing it said it’s the muscle that connects to the shoulder. And then it was put out there as a shoulder injury. Then someone was like no idiot the pectoral muscle that connects to the shoulder. Then they corrected it. I could see that happening.

And why all the secrecy? Unless it’s worse than what they are letting on.

The regular season isn’t for months.
 
So, CJ not throwing. But no report on who is throwing. Well, I guess we know who; but rather a report on how well/accurate Mills, Hertz and Slovis are doing.
 
Kyle Pitts might be on the market for a 2nd day pick. After what Schultz didn't do last year, I think we should inquire about him. Plus, thanks to this situation, we might be able to redo his 13.5mil deal to a better deal. Then it would be easier to move him IF either Pitts or another TE on the roster out play him in TC. I think Stover will and Jordan. If we got Pitts he would probably be the best TE on the team.

Here is what I think can allow us to redo the Schultz deal.

 
So, CJ not throwing. But no report on who is throwing. Well, I guess we know who; but rather a report on how well/accurate Mills, Hertz and Slovis are doing.
As far as I’m aware it’s just Mills and Slovis because Hertz has some kind of leg/knee injury.
 
Kyle Pitts might be on the market for a 2nd day pick. After what Schultz didn't do last year, I think we should inquire about him. Plus, thanks to this situation, we might be able to redo his 13.5mil deal to a better deal. Then it would be easier to move him IF either Pitts or another TE on the roster out play him in TC. I think Stover will and Jordan. If we got Pitts he would probably be the best TE on the team.

Here is what I think can allow us to redo the Schultz deal.


Pitts would be an interesting addition. Have to think he’d perform better off the Falcons roster. Way too talented to put up the numbers he has beside his rookie year.
 
So, CJ not throwing. But no report on who is throwing. Well, I guess we know who; but rather a report on how well/accurate Mills, Hertz and Slovis are doing.

The rumors are all over about a shoulder issue. A video on YouTube said it was hurt in the Ravens game when he was driven into the turn on it. But, he played other games after that. Caley didn't answer directly in his presser say " players are on different schedules and it just not a throwing day" Now, true or not who knows. However, if he is hurt I'm glad he is resting it now not missing time in September.
 
Pitts would be an interesting addition. Have to think he’d perform better off the Falcons roster. Way too talented to put up the numbers he has beside his rookie year.

Keep in mind he could fast track our system. The OC in Atlanta is a deciple of McVay as is Caley. So, he could in theory pick up stuff fast as it likely is somewhat similar
 
Kyle Pitts might be on the market for a 2nd day pick. After what Schultz didn't do last year, I think we should inquire about him. Plus, thanks to this situation, we might be able to redo his 13.5mil deal to a better deal. Then it would be easier to move him IF either Pitts or another TE on the roster out play him in TC. I think Stover will and Jordan. If we got Pitts he would probably be the best TE on the team.

Here is what I think can allow us to redo the Schultz deal.

Just a couple of days ago, Pitts was reported to be rehabbing a foot injury. No further information, but it is keeping him from participating in OTAs.
 
This line has a chance to blow up this entire season. If it happens…Nick needs an apple and a roadmap. He's done nothing to fix the line. To the contrary, his mis-evals and signing of rejects and castoffs has turned this line into a mixed up mishmash.

He and the team are placing a huge bet on a rookie play caller, a coach who was part of last years disaster, and some lineman form the island of misfit toys.

And y’all think he did enough? Crazy talk!
I agree but.. an average oline in 2023 lead us to playoffs with Dell and Collins. If these new WRs + Schultz with a similar 2023 year; this line could be okay.

Oline can't block, offense doesn't click. No separation and offense doesn't click. I thought we could get two very good offensive linemen and two very good wide receivers in the draft. We apparently got three of those. I love Ersery but was hoping for LT to start @ LG for a season.
 
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