Porky said:
They knew all of this, yet they passed up Reggie Bush? Very questionable decision making imo.
I understand the PoV - but I guess it all depends on how you want ot build your team and where you want to spend your money.
Big money offense - scores lots of points, but cant afford any more than an average defense
Big Money defense - Shuts down alot of teams, but cant afford more than an average offense.
Where do you want to spend the $$$?
To look at another sport [Basketball]
The Big money offense is like The Dallas Mavericks - Great at making points - not so great in stopping anyone from doing the same. Has a chance to win some games, but has to rely on being hot at the end of a game to do it and makign enough stops to prevent the other team from outscoring them.
The big Money Defense would be like last years Detroit - Great at stopping teams and slowing thigns down, not so great at the offensive end. Has a cahcen to win more games because they rely on stopping the other team from scoring and average offensive production. When they get hot on Offense - Look out!
IMO the decision to take Mario over Bush makes alot of sense from a Big picture view of the team. It goes back to the old adage of course - Offense scores Touchdowns - Defense wins championships. IMO We cant outscore the Colts with the talent and experience level we have on the Offense currently. Even if we would have taken bush it would take Kubes & Co a few years to develop the talent on Offense and build some continuity in the gameplan to be competing with the Colts or whomever is tops in our division. By then we could maybe outlast the colts in a shoot out, but we wouldnt have a #1 pick DE to put pressure on the other team with. Granted we could score soem points, but I'm not comfortable giving Manning the ball anytime with what our defense has shown him the last 4 years.
Honestly if I were a coach in this league - give me a dominating Defense everytime over a Point scoring offense. The two will cancel out eventually and one will prevail and history has shown thus far that the Defense is usually the one on top. To me by the time Bush would be making a difference on the offense, the rest of the squad would be improved as well to the point having him would be a good thing, but his salary would be prohibitive to getting many other big players for the team. I look at the Patriots as the best example of making use of the talent they have and not reaching for top pick talents that strap the whole clubs flexability down. To me we can get just about any average RB not named Bush in the league to get 1000+ yards behind a decent zone blocking line. And by going the route we did we can afford a decent RB and a #1 DE to chase the other teams QB too.
Back to Dom - IMO DD is a big ??? and one that will be addressed all year by the team. Honestly I think if they play it safe with DD he will maybe play half the games this year if not be put on the PuP to save wear and tear on him while the team plays its first half schedule and makes adjustments. Kubes knows DD is a good RB and IMO will use him sparingly until he feels he can play good minutes. Even though Davis just signed a big contract with us last year, I could see Kubes picking up a few Rb's next year to compete for minutes and maybe look at releasing DD if his injuries dont respond well enough between this year and next years Off season. Denver had a history of going thru backs good and bad - I dont forsee that changing here in Houston. I really like Dom and think he could be a great player for the team, but if his body doesnt cooperate - he cant force it. I dont think Kubes will wait too much past the end of TC to name a starter. IF DD cant go 90% or better for the first pre-season game I could see him maybe sitting that game and maybe more until they have a handle on how to keep the swelling down in his knee. I really dont see them making DD the starter our of camp if he isnt able to make some strides in his rehab. Its not worth the risk of losing him all year.
