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DD vs. LT last year

well 2-3 is not so bad considering where the team has been the last 3 season,,i was happy when we got to 2-3 in the beginning of the season, and on the games we won D.D was very solid, and the browns game well that was just a defensive let down, so not much blame on Davis !
 
TexansTrueFan said:
i think capers/palmer are just scared to let our young offense run free, and i think that showed in the game against the vikings. We were down by so much so soon that they had no choice, and we scored points in a hurry and almost came back to win the game. I DONT blame D.D for the lack of us winning games or the lack of offensive production, if anything he is a good addition to the team, especially beign a forth rounder, any team would be lucky to get what we got out of a guy in the 4th !!!
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Great Post! Bob McNair & Casserly have made excellent choices with few exceptions.

I cannot wait to see what the draft holds for our team this April.

As for what has been built to this point, I see all signs pointing to the Texans players and coaches having more confidence in the system, in themselves and in each other this season.....which will lead to more games like Minnesota. Plus, I am sure that our D is going continue to improve.

We should see: 1) The o-line become a cohesive unit. 2) DD stay healthy. 3) AJ be AJ. 4) Gaffney continue to improve. 5) Derrick Armstrong come on strong. 6) Joppru explode on the scence. 7) Norris stays healthy. 8) Carr stop worrying about his hair.

Perhaps not number 8, but seven out of eight is worth hoping for....
 
Texansbacker said:
Great Post! Bob McNair & Casserly have made excellent choices with few exceptions.

I cannot wait to see what the draft holds for our team this April.

As for what has been built to this point, I see all signs pointing to the Texans players and coaches having more confidence in the system, in themselves and in each other this season.....which will lead to more games like Minnesota. Plus, I am sure that our D is going continue to improve.

We should see: 1) The o-line become a cohesive unit. 2) DD stay healthy. 3) AJ be AJ. 4) Gaffney continue to improve. 5) Derrick Armstrong come on strong. 6) Joppru explode on the scence. 7) Norris stays healthy. 8) Carr stop worrying about his hair.

Perhaps not number 8, but seven out of eight is worth hoping for....
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I agree that I can't wait to see what happens this year. I'm hoping that this year will be for Carr what last year was for Brees. According to Palmer, he only had about 20-25% of the offense in for the first year. I haven't really seen too much added play-wise in the next 2. I'm hoping this is the year he shows us the whole thing. I mean these guys are professionals coach Palmer, you can stop babying them. What I'm more afraid of is that his offense is unimaginative. Yeah, I know we ran 3 reverses in one game and then tried a reverse pass I think Gaffney threw in the same contest, but once is imaginative, twice maybe could catch them again, 3 and 4 times is stupid. I want to see us get a real pass protecting left tackle - please, please, pretty please. Then let's include all of the plays as eligible for a game plan. If I see Carr role out one more time to the right trying to throw to the TE w/ a WR running a deeper route, I'll run down and tackle him myself.
 
I think DD is damn good back. Last year her was 11th in the League in rushing with almost 1200 yrds (1188yrds) and 3rd in the NFL in total yards among running backs with almost 1800 (1776yrds) total yards of offense. I think we over react when it comes to asking for a back that will rush for 1500 yards and 20 TD's and have over 2000 yrds offense. Only one did that this year, Tiki Barber (2,096 yrds). DD was tied for 4th in the NFL TD's with J. Bettis, T. Barber and W. Mc Gahee with 13 TD's. The most TD's in the NFL were 17TD's with LT followed by S. Alexander with 16TD's and P. Holmes with 14TD's. DD's not too bad at all.
 
Stats aren't everything.

I don't think anyone on this site is denying that Davis is a good back or that we got exceptional value in picking him up for a 4th rounder. I also think, whatever the stats say, that you really can't compare him to Thomlinson. And from a run-blocking point of view, our line's not too bad. It's only the pass-protection that sucks (in reality, we're even worse than the Giants - it ought to be a lot easier to protect Carr than Warner or a rookie).
 
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