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Possible Running backs to look at

Goldeagle

Goldeagle

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Hypothetical (of course)


Justin Fargas (Oak): 4th round pick: He has speed to break a long one Or Lundy

Chris Brown (Ten): 5-6th round pick, He has had flashes

Verand Morency (GB): :) Fat Can Gado: nothing to be said

Mewelde Moore (Min): 5 round, or back up:: Has great speed and shown to make the big play

Ryan Moats (Phil): late round, or back up: In our offense he could explode

Mike Bell (Den): 3rd round: Hey, Kubiak knows him

Najeh Davenport (Pit): 4th round: Hes big, but has more speed than Dayne and Gado


Just looking for maybe a quick fix or with guys like Moats and Fargas you could have a player for longer.
 
I heard on the telecast today that Chris Brown may be available since they have Henry. He might be a good fit. He is faster than what we have now and has experience.
 
I agree, but will there be a trade IN Div? THey also have Lindell White who has looked decent but was sidelined with the stomach flu this week.
 
I am sure if it's the right package, it can be worked out. The Titan's are where we are right now. I am sure they will welcome draft picks. With that, are we willing to give up draft picks?
 
How about we try out Lee Suggs or one of our own rookies. I'm strongly against giving up draft picks for short term solutions that may or may not work out. We traded for Gado and where's that got us. We should try to use FA and our own guys and see what develops.
 
I think we're probably looking at the rest of the season with the guys we have on our team right now. I'd be shocked if the coaches went out and tried to bring in someone else.

We're going to suck for a while. Our line sucks and our backs aren't good enough to compensate for that. Honestly very few teams are lucky enough to have RB's capable of creating something out of nothing so it's not that odd. Hopefully by mid-season they've figured out how to run block in some kind of rudimentary fashion and we can get some semblence of balance going.
 
Hervoyel said:
Our line sucks and our backs aren't good enough to compensate for that. Honestly very few teams are lucky enough to have RB's capable of creating something out of nothing so it's not that odd. Hopefully by mid-season they've figured out how to run block in some kind of rudimentary fashion and we can get some semblence of balance going.
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Goldeagle said:
Hypothetical (of course)


Justin Fargas (Oak): 4th round pick: He has speed to break a long one Or Lundy

Chris Brown (Ten): 5-6th round pick, He has had flashes

Verand Morency (GB): :) Fat Can Gado: nothing to be said

Mewelde Moore (Min): 5 round, or back up:: Has great speed and shown to make the big play

Ryan Moats (Phil): late round, or back up: In our offense he could explode

Mike Bell (Den): 3rd round: Hey, Kubiak knows him

Najeh Davenport (Pit): 4th round: Hes big, but has more speed than Dayne and Gado


Just looking for maybe a quick fix or with guys like Moats and Fargas you could have a player for longer.
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Not being critical but how can Kubiak know Bell as he is a rookie? Also why would Denver trade their #2 RB (who opened the season #1), or Oakland trade Fargas (their #2 who is averaging 9 YPC), or Pittsburgh trade Davenport (who they just picked up to backup and spell Parker)? The only player I can see being available is Chris Brown, especially with the last couple of weeks that Henry has had and the addition of White. Although he has a history of injuries and he runs very upright (which makes him very vunerable for a man that stands 6'3).

And unless your defense improves no amount of run game is going to help you.
 
What is the players name on the Practice squad? Taylor or something? And yeah, Suggs was let go, an easy pick up
 
I would be most interested in picking up the CB from the Bills. Running back aren't going to do much until the line starts working better and we have Lundy and Taylor to work with for more speed.
 
I'd really like Chris Brown here. He seems cheap and is definitely on the way out of Tennessee. I have no idea why they opted for Lendale White given that Henry and Brown are both starting calibure RBs.
 
Chris Brown is a very talanted RB who is out of favour with the Tacks so we could get him on the cheap. It would be nice to know exactly what our problem is in regards to the running game (running backs or O-line). I say go for it if we can get him for a 5th or so
 
BigSaint8050 said:
Not being critical but how can Kubiak know Bell as he is a rookie? Also why would Denver trade their #2 RB (who opened the season #1), or Oakland trade Fargas (their #2 who is averaging 9 YPC), or Pittsburgh trade Davenport (who they just picked up to backup and spell Parker)? The only player I can see being available is Chris Brown, especially with the last couple of weeks that Henry has had and the addition of White. Although he has a history of injuries and he runs very upright (which makes him very vunerable for a man that stands 6'3).

And unless your defense improves no amount of run game is going to help you.
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The defense only gave up 10 before we turned it over three times in a row inside our 40, thats what pretty much screwed us. Our running game is far more responsible for the 34 points the D, funny as that sounds. I think Brown is worth a shot

In regards to him being released, it would be more helpful to get him now so we know exactly what we need to fix in regards to the running game during the offseason
 
Trade deadline is 24 hours away, I believe.

I don't see us doing anything.

Why bother? Without any run-blocking it really doesn't matter who is back there. Our scheme relies on the inital hole...hitting that hole...and making the gain. Since we don't get the initial hole, we get....well....what we got today. Which is C R A P

Kudos for our improved pass-protection...but until our O-Line improves and starts opening holes...it doesn't matter WHO we have back there.
 
Sco-tai said:
Trade deadline is 24 hours away, I believe.

I don't see us doing anything.

Why bother? Without any run-blocking it really doesn't matter who is back there. Our scheme relies on the inital hole...hitting that hole...and making the gain. Since we don't get the initial hole, we get....well....what we got today. Which is C R A P

Kudos for our improved pass-protection...but until our O-Line improves and starts opening holes...it doesn't matter WHO we have back there.
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Strange because if we had a healthy Davis; he prob find the holes, guess he really shows us how valuable it is to have a player like him
 
if we make one trade at RB it needs to be samkon gado for vernand morency. outside of that, the only acquisitions to our running game need to be on the offensive line. unless barry sanders or earl campbell declare for the draft, we dont need runningbacks because they wont accomplish much with the lack of talent and cohesiveness on the line. i dont care if we throw a contract at orlando pace that makes even peyton manning jealous, we need to quickly and finally make the aggressive stride to fix the most important part of any football team ... which, as luck would have it, is our biggest weakness.
 
supertankman said:
Strange because if we had a healthy Davis; he prob find the holes, guess he really shows us how valuable it is to have a player like him
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There werent many holes to find ... I dont doubt a healthy DD is an upgrade over what we have now but the run blocking was piss poor . DD wouldnt have made a whole lot of difference..... I think Scooter pretty much summed up what the problem was today
 
Mattheus_Rex said:
I don't think they'll do anything for backs that's too expensive, unless they decide to let Davis go.
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Bye Bye Davis... been nice but ya gotta go! Unless he takes a major paycut!! We are building a SuperBowl team here... Davis's injury screwed us bigtime...or maybe the doctors?? They deserve most of the blame... how could they mislead us that bad going into the draft???

Let go Davis, Gado, Dayne...

Go Go and get Turner the Burner...

Michael Turner Texans Future RB

Go NAVY!!!
 
Get Suggs and bring in Lundy and Taylor. The problem isn't the line as many people have suggested, our backs simply can't or won't find the holes and run through them. These alternatives are our best options and if they fail we loose nothing. I'm tired of hearing let's trade for him or let's trade for that. What are we going to give up? Ever thought of that? What if it doesn't work out? You take a risk with minimal rewards and loose something when you have other options, well that's just stupid.
 
Arizona averaged 71 yards rushing per game last season. After adding Edgerrin James to their offense, they've dropped to 70.4 yards per game.

Adding a different RB to your offense is not going to fix the problem.
 
Huge said:
Arizona averaged 71 yards rushing per game last season. After adding Edgerrin James to their offense, they've dropped to 70.4 yards per game.

Adding a different RB to your offense is not going to fix the problem.
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It will if the RB you currently have has no nose for the hole and is the one that has the biggest hand in the lack of production.
 
I don't know how many people out there feel like I do, but I do not want a quick fix. I do not want to trade away draft picks for someone's 2nd stringer. We have tried and tried to "quick fix" a broken running game.

Time to wait for the draft and fix it there period. We need to look at who will be available in the 07 draft and determine which one is the best prospect and go from there. No quick fixes please...
 
I agree with Huge..our problem is not the running backs (although Bush wouldn't of hurt) but we need to make some drastic changes to the O-line!
We should give up all our picks for the Colts O-line, haha jk.
 
dat_boy_yec said:
It will if the RB you currently have has no nose for the hole and is the one that has the biggest hand in the lack of production.
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Which RB are you referring to? Samkon Gado who rushed for over 4 ypc with Green Bay last year or Ron Dayne who rushed for over 5 ypc with Denver last year?
 
run-david-run said:
The defense only gave up 10 before we turned it over three times in a row inside our 40, thats what pretty much screwed us. Our running game is far more responsible for the 34 points the D, funny as that sounds. I think Brown is worth a shot

In regards to him being released, it would be more helpful to get him now so we know exactly what we need to fix in regards to the running game during the offseason
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We're too brittle right now. Our D can be playing great but then a couple things go wrong and everybody on the team gets jittery ... which means more mistakes, which means more jitters ... I don't see that changing till we can put a few results together and I don't see that happening till we have SOME kind of running game.

I'd like to see Michael Turner lining up in the backfield - he's wasted in SD, but he'd be expensive (if not impossible) to bring across. Chris Brown would at least give us a little pace though; and he's better than what we've got.
 
HomeBred_Texan said:
I don't know how many people out there feel like I do, but I do not want a quick fix. I do not want to trade away draft picks for someone's 2nd stringer. We have tried and tried to "quick fix" a broken running game.

Time to wait for the draft and fix it there period. We need to look at who will be available in the 07 draft and determine which one is the best prospect and go from there. No quick fixes please...
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Sounds like you threw in the towel for the year!! Do you even know what yer talking about? 2nd stringer???? Yer absolutely insane!! He has MORE YARDS MORE TD's with LESS carries and IS A BACKUP TO LT a monster RB...
SECOND STRINGER?? SURE, BUT HE IS BETTER THAN ALL OF OUR RB TOGETHER...

Check the facts before you get on here and call for the 07 draft... in week 6!

Texans NEVER give up and NEVER will!!! Are you sure yer a Texan? Sounds like you might be from Oklahoma!!

Michael Turner Future RB Texans!!!!!!
 
I'm thinking we should go from W.Lundy and C.Taylor. They are readily available, and don't have much mileage this season. Make it happen coach.
 
The Mighty Texan said:
Sounds like you threw in the towel for the year!! Do you even know what yer talking about? 2nd stringer???? Yer absolutely insane!! He has MORE YARDS MORE TD's with LESS carries and IS A BACKUP TO LT a monster RB...
SECOND STRINGER?? SURE, BUT HE IS BETTER THAN ALL OF OUR RB TOGETHER...

Check the facts before you get on here and call for the 07 draft... in week 6!

Texans NEVER give up and NEVER will!!! Are you sure yer a Texan? Sounds like you might be from Oklahoma!!

Michael Turner Future RB Texans!!!!!!
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blah blah blah, that is all I heard from your post...

The question is not rather I know what I am talking about, it is rather do you know what the heck you are talking about?

Please, go contradict yourself somewhere else in another thread and leave me out of it. I was playing and watching football when you still pooped in diapers... I stated my opinion, don't throw away the farm to get some green grass, the hay comes in next year. What, you think one trade and we are super bowl bound? Give me a break...
 
HomeBred_Texan said:
I don't know how many people out there feel like I do, but I do not want a quick fix. I do not want to trade away draft picks for someone's 2nd stringer. We have tried and tried to "quick fix" a broken running game.

Time to wait for the draft and fix it there period. We need to look at who will be available in the 07 draft and determine which one is the best prospect and go from there. No quick fixes please...
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Amen! Allelujah! This is part of the process that we all talked about as a two year rebuilding process... it wasn't going to be one off season and one draft, we couldn't plug all the holes in one off season... therefore, there will be growing pains.

I still think that we are learning about the 'holes' on our team and shouldn't be throwing around draft picks at any level for mediocre talent like Chris Brown.
 
The Mighty Texan said:
Tha was last year it means nothing today...1.4 ypc

Michael Turner Texans RB of the future

Get it together
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Actually it does mean something. It means that the notion that your two RBs that have been accused of having "no nose for the hole" have proven that they can be productive. They just haven't been with the Texans.

So if both RBs have been productive with other teams but have yet to be with the Texans, what does that tell you?

That it's:
A. Still the RBs' fault.
B. Something other than the RBs' fault.
 
Huge said:
Actually it does mean something. It means that the notion that your two RBs that have been accused of having "no nose for the hole" have proven that they can be productive. They just haven't been with the Texans.

So if both RBs have been productive with other teams but have yet to be with the Texans, what does that tell you?

That it's:
A. Still the RBs' fault.
B. Something other than the RBs' fault.
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All Dayne and Gado have proven is that they can be productive on occasion, neither has ever done it over the course of a full season.
 
Najeh Davenport sure looked good for the Steelers yesterday...donno why we didn't sign him when he was waived.
 
HomeBred_Texan said:
blah blah blah, that is all I heard from your post...

The question is not rather I know what I am talking about, it is rather do you know what the heck you are talking about?

Please, go contradict yourself somewhere else in another thread and leave me out of it. I was playing and watching football when you still pooped in diapers... I stated my opinion, don't throw away the farm to get some green grass, the hay comes in next year. What, you think one trade and we are super bowl bound? Give me a break...
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Let me remind you that its been 5 Years since our birth! 5 Years and we have been rebuilding for 4... You might have been playing and watching football for years with a LEATHER helmet and thats why you give up after week 6... Yer head is wrecked and you've been popping to many geritols! Why don't you check yer depends? Cause yer full of it!

here are some facts grandpa...
What did we do with our number one pick this year? Nothing!
Michael Turner WILL be starting for somebody and we should be that somebody... I offer solutions... you offer excuse! see the difference? Maybe because yer as old as dirt you forgot how to win???

Failure is an option YOU can accept! Not me! Real Texans NEVER quit.

and let me tell you something about hay... after you eat it all thats left is BS which is exactly why I am responding... Cause yer full of it!!!

Texans NEVER QUIT and quiters are NEVER TEXANS... which brings the fact that yer not even a Texan...

The Mighty Texan has spoken!!!

You know this is fun right?
 
The Mighty Texan said:
What did we do with our number one pick this year? Nothing!

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Texans NEVER QUIT and quiters are NEVER TEXANS... which brings the fact that yer not even a Texan...

The Mighty Texan has spoken!!!
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Sounds like you have quit on our #1 pick already. So, I guess you are not a Texan either? What shall we call you then... obviously, not a Texan, and with faulty logic, we can't really call you mighty... how about just "THE"?

The Mighty Texan has contradicted himself!
 
Good grief. Personal attacks are always welcome here...

Let me pull your head out of your ###.

Let's say we traded for a back-up, as you suggest. Say we win 2 games with him. Now we are no longer in the top 5. Can't get an Adrian Peterson below that. Now we have wasted another draft pick for what? So we could win 2 more games THIS year?

I don't think so. You have no logic what so ever.

Please go and try to solve world peace or the nuke problem in Korea, and leave the football talk to the ones who KNOW football...
 
kcwilson said:
Sounds like you have quit on our #1 pick already. So, I guess you are not a Texan either? What shall we call you then... obviously, not a Texan, and with fault logic, we can't really call you mighty... how about just "THE"?

The Might Texan has contradicted himself!
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No... he is BROKEN and he can't play... save me the BS when DD returns he'll be in another uniform... Like a Wendy's

Cause he ain't playing football... and he and his Dr's screwed us bigtime had they said he ain't playing we could have done more with the draft... and thats a fact!!

I am The Mighty Texan and will take on all challengers!!!

The Mighty Texan!
 
kcwilson said:
Sounds like you have quit on our #1 pick already. So, I guess you are not a Texan either? What shall we call you then... obviously, not a Texan, and with faulty logic, we can't really call you mighty... how about just "THE"?

The Mighty Texan has contradicted himself!
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LOL, you beat me to it. That is twice in just 2 posts that he has came back and contradicted himself. Oh well.

Hey, let's just trade our whole draft next year and see if we can even get players in here and that can stay in a game... Sarcasim of course...
 
Goldeagle said:
Ryan Moats (Phil): late round, or back up: In our offense he could explode
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If you guys somehow pick up Moats, I'll have to really start pulling for you. I went to college with Ryan and besides having great agility and vision, he's a great guy to be around and would imagine would be a great teammate. Big question is his durability. He seems to get knicked up a little much since being drafted, and he had major knee surgery in high school. He showed no lingering effects of this while at Latech, though. I think he'll end up being a really good pickup for someone after being buried on that Eagles' depth chart. He won't be very expensive, and if Kubiak decides to remain with the RBBC approach, then I think he could be very effective for Houston.
 
The Mighty Texan said:
No... he is BROKEN and he can't play... save me the BS when DD returns he'll be in another uniform... Like a Wendy's

Cause he ain't playing football... and he and his Dr's screwed us bigtime had they said he ain't playing we could have done more with the draft... and thats a fact!!

I am The Mighty Texan and will take on all challengers!!!

The Mighty Texan!
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Dang, now I know I am getting old. My memory is sure failing me now. DD was not a number 1 pick last year or any year. He is history however.

Saying our real number 1 pick, Mario Williams is broken is total BS. He doesn't even have half a season under his belt. I see him improving, but nothing to write home about...

You need to quit going to happy hours in the middle of the day...
 
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