GET BUSH, or else................

[stevo3883]

If you can afford Bush as a #1 pick go for it. You'll pay for him in every other position. Trading Clinton Portis last year seemed stupid to some. Denver picked up 5 players for him, 4 are starters.

what are you talking about? The trade involved Clinton Portis for Champ Bailey and the Redskins 2nd round pick, which turned into Tatum Bell.

thats 1 starter, and 1 situational back.

 

[run-david-run]

the worst reason for picking one player and paying him $50M is so another team dosnt get him!!! please, use the "playmaker" or some other crap like that, but dont tell me we should get bush because otherwise someone else will!!!

 

[Hervoyel]

It is the REGGIE BUSH IS THE FREEKIN MAN AND OGH MY GOD LOOK AT THIS MOVE AND HE WILL SCORE 50 TD'S NEXT YEAR AND BE THE GREATBEST BACK EVER type drivel that gets on my very last nerve.

You know Reggie Bush uses his mental powers to scan the internet every day and find those people who mock him and doubt his power and glory. You'll be lucky to be spared when he floats to the ground outside of Reliant Stadium on the day he arrives.

I'd wear a Reggie Bush jersey on that day if I were you. Try to blend in.

 

[stevo3883]

the worst reason for picking one player and paying him $50M is so another team dosnt get him!!! please, use the "playmaker" or some other crap like that, but dont tell me we should get bush because otherwise someone else will!!!

wait, so Reggie bush as a HB is going to get a bigger contract than Alex Smith? Eli Manning got 45 mill, and there is no way a RB is going to get QB money.

Draft slot matters a lot, but it isnt the end all be all of contracts.

 

[Texans86]

You know Reggie Bush uses his mental powers to scan the internet every day and find those people who mock him and doubt his power and glory. You'll be lucky to be spared when he floats to the ground outside of Reliant Stadium on the day he arrives.

I'd wear a Reggie Bush jersey on that day if I were you. Try to blend in.

Thank you for that. Just, thank you.

 

[Scooter]

It's a deep OL draft, though. (for those saying the Texans need OL). With 4 of the 1st 66 picks, the Texans can improve their line with guys like Mangold from Ohio State and Jean-Gilles from Georgia without giving up a player of Bush's caliber. The Texans don't need the best OL in the world. They need more talent and at least one of those guys would be available with pick #33 and would immediately upgrade the line. There is no guarantee on a high OL draft pick just as there is no guarantee on Bush being the best player to ever step on a football field. (at least that's what the hype makes us believe). If the Texans can grab 2 solid linemen in the 1st 3 rounds they will be in much better shape.

welcome to the texans' first 4 years. can we try something else this time?

 

[Scooter]

The point is we dont need to talk ourselves out of drafting the clear cut best talent in the draft. Its not about Bush being the greatest thing since slice bread, its about a 2-14 team doing what a 2-14 team should do with the first pick... draft the best player.

even if we've had the worst staff in football history, they cant alone build a team this pathetic. even the most naive fans cant believe that a runningback will single-handedly turn this team around alone ... especially since we've got one of the worst defenses in the league. what a 2-14 team does is try to upgrade the overall talent of the team and address critical concerns that will get them atleast back in contention.

As for the o-line, of course we need help. But trading away from the best talent to fill that void doesnt jive well with me. For one we have 4 first day picks in a draft that has some nice depth at o-line. We could get 2-3 nice picks behinf Bush. We have the first picks in every round so we will have nice options at each turn of the draft.

i hate the arguement of "we have more picks". drafting a player in the only area the team has talent on pushes every other pick back. the LB or TE that we pick up in the second gets pushed to the 3rd ... in a trade-down scenario both areas are drafted in the second round where the talent is significantly higher. we fill a hole with the first round and have 5 other first day picks to address the rest of the problems and build depth that actually has a chance to play in the NFL.

 

[Hottoddie]

No I don't have a link but I'm astounded that you have no memory of the comments floating around just a couple of months ago when the starting LT job was handed back to Pitts. that's what I'm referring to and I will try and find some evidence of it since you obviously feel that I'm making that one up. I am not making it up.

It provided a few days of debate and then was apparently forgotten by, well at least you. Anyone else remember what I'm talking about? Someone in the Texans organization was quoted as saying something along the lines of "The answer looks like it was here all along in Chester Pitts" and "If this is the case then we may not need to address this area with our first pick"

That's a complete paraphrasing of the statement but I clearly remember the uproar over the Texans thinking that Chester Pitts belonged at LT on a permanent basis.

I remember the debates over the idea. But, it seems to me that the idea was floated by a poster or two on this board. I don't recall ever reading a quote from any of the coaches, or front office on the subject.

 

[tulexan]

I remember the debates over the idea. But, it seems to me that the idea was floated by a poster or two on this board. I don't recall ever reading a quote from any of the coaches, or front office on the subject.

There was actually a big article in the Chronicle about Pitts being the future LT a few months ago. It came from sources inside the team saying that they were pleased with the way he was performing and that their focus in the first round would move from OL to another area (which Casserly later said was offensive playmaker). I have tried searching the Chronicle archives but have had no luck.

 

[texplayer2]

what a 2-14 team does is try to upgrade the overall talent of the team and address critical concerns that will get them atleast back in contention.



i hate the arguement of "we have more picks". drafting a player in the only area the team has talent on pushes every other pick back.

A 2-14 team should look for the best player available in the draft. Areas of strength are not always as they appear. The first year we had Wells running as our starter I thought he was good and thought he just needed some time. When Davis took over at back our offense as a whole improved with his running. I believe Bush could upgrade the offense as a whole in a similar fashion. When the defense has more to think about than meeting at David's Backside it will slow them down. Reggie Bush is not the greatest running back of all time, but he could be. Potential is what you go by without a Crystal Ball.
The Statistics don't occur until the games are played and even then can be manipulated a thousand ways to prove any point. Anyone who says the man hasn't shown heart, hasn't watched him play. ( My Stat) He was better against the 5 ranked opponents USC faced this year, alot better, When the games get tough the Trojans rely on him More(Leadership). We need players like this, not ones that pile up stats. I would definitely perfer we draft Leadership, than a bunch of players. Example of getting Leadership verses just skills, we dropped Sharper(Leader) for younger Greenwood, Defense looked lost all year. Sharper is on a playoff team.:brickwall

In five games against ranked teams, Bush scored 11 touchdowns and gained 1,511 all-purpose yards - an astounding 302 per game.

He totaled 267 yards at then-No. 24 Oregon.

He rushed for 158 at No. 14 Arizona State.

He scored three touchdowns at No. 9 Notre Dame.

He ripped off 513 all-purpose yards against No. 16 Fresno State, one of the greatest performances in college football history.

And he rushed for 260 yards against No. 11 UCLA.

 

[HOOK'EM]

............just look at the numbers!

 

[cuppacoffee]

Same owner, different name! THAT'S all! They are one and the same as long as Bud Adams owns that team. Live with it!! Quit trying to deny it!

Tell em grandma.
Olshan should load up Budsters house and move it to NVille too.

They were showing clips of Moon and the Oilers the other day and once again my dislike for Adams resurfaced.

I can move on and still hate on bud, can't I ??