MorKnolle said:
Mario is playing strongside DE, but he is not staying on one particular side of the field, he is always on whatever the strong side of the offensive formation is, so if the TE is lined up on Mario's side the defensive front 7 switch around and Mario and the SLB line up on that side.
Spencer has been playing LT, Winston has been playing RT. While Spencer seems more like the prototypical RT and Winston seems more like the prototypical LT, I have an idea on why they are on the sides they are on. The offense seemed to be running a lot of playaction bootlegs where the QB rolls out to the right side, so they'd generally want the quicker OT on that side. Just a thought on that, but Spencer has been at LT and Winston at RT.
Morknolle, it sounds like you're privy to some info that I'm not, perhaps you've
had the opportunity to attend some of the practices the Texans just concluded ? But I appreciate your info on the subject.
At any rate, its well known that Kubiak is making widespread use of TEs in the
Texans offense, just as his former team did of which he freely admits is
the prototype offense for the Texans O. Its to include a lot of double TE sets,
and if they've got some unbalanced line formations with the TE on the left
side, guess that shouldn't surprise anybody, certainly not me.
On your observations about the rook tackles, a big knock on Winston playing
left or right tackle is his relatively short reach, which many feel would be
a significant disadvantage for him to successfully protect the edge, though others say that can be overcome by his superiory athleticism. Spencer apparently has no such disadvantage, while also being very athletic.