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TE solution

I've got to disagree on this. I think Miller is a good TE, we just aren't utilizing him the way we should. He's not the total package, but he is good at what he does best. CATCHING THE BALL! Carr just doesn't hit him enough. Its andre, andre, andre, oh crap heres the rush, dump to dominick.
 
Evans Fan said:
Joppru was good in college so when he gets on the field he will be good
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I think theres a good chance Bennie may never play a down in a Texans uni IMO. Not bashing the guy as I would LOVE to see him get out there and kick some butt like he was intended to do, but his body hasnt co-operated. Honestly I look for the Texans to really grade him hard next year and he will have to produce tangible, regular, repeatable results by camp next year or he could be cut in Training camp IMO. Honestly at that point you have to wonder about his level of desire to play and his competitiveness and football skills after not playing hardly a down 3 years in a row and what he will produce on the field and if it's worth what your paying him or is it more fiscally responsible to cut him and re-sign him if they intend to keep him to a min contract with incentives based on playing time.
 
U4ikrob said:
Honestly at that point you have to wonder about his level of desire to play and his competitiveness and football skills after not playing hardly a down 3 years in a row ...
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IMO it is totally unfair to question the desire of someone who just went down with a torn knee ligament after recovering from a detached ligament in his groin. Do you seriously think more desire & competitiveness would have held those ligaments together? This isn't some guy with bruised muscles and strains that can't be objectively verified. These are deals requiring surgery. Fans really need to ease up on trying to look into players' heads.
 
infantrycak said:
IMO it is totally unfair to question the desire of someone who just went down with a torn knee ligament after recovering from a detached ligament in his groin. Do you seriously think more desire & competitiveness would have held those ligaments together? This isn't some guy with bruised muscles and strains that can't be objectively verified. These are deals requiring surgery. Fans really need to ease up on trying to look into players' heads.
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i dont think he was trying to blame bennie's weak knees/groin/ligaments etc on his (lack of) desire, but stating that maybe it will be hard to light the fire under him after 3 years off the field.

i would disagree - after 3 years away, especially after all the hard work in training/re-hab, i think the guy will be screaming to get out on the field and hit someone, catch a pass, make a block. it must be the most frustrating thing ni the world for pro-athletes to suffer through injuries, and this guys had more than his fair share.

but you're right - we have no way of looking into the guy's head, whatever happens.
 
I think Bennie should try his luck for one of the NFL Europe teams if he can ever get healthy. If he does well, like Ragone, then the team will want to see if he can take the next step and be good enough to stick around.
 
Bottle-O-Bud said:
Okay do you guys think there were quality TEs left on the 3rd round? The Morency pick really gets me going "uhhhhhh..... wth.....". Now were signing DD to a long term contract? Ehhhh just dont make and sort of sense.
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there is always the option of giving him some playing time and show that he can produce and get his stock up. then we trade him to some one that needs a rb such as the bowns for a draft pick or a tight end.
 
I have Collins on both my dynasty teams and he is a project and will take a few years to develop. Should be a solid special teamer. He is in a Peek/Wand-type 3 year grooming situation.
 
do u think he would have been a better pick than any of our other later one's such as the center we just signed or morency?
 
Collins is a project. He isn't going to see the field much and he was taken before Hodgdon in any case. I was one of the guys who wanted a back early so I'm very happy we took Morency.
 
Morency was rated by some as the 4th best back in the draft (ahead of Arrington) prior to running a 4.6 at the combine. I think he was a very good pick for the Texans. Our RB depth was severely lacking. I personally don't think much of Wells as a backup.
 
If the Texans wanted a TE they should've taken Joel Dreessen TE RD 6 pick 198, instead of S C.C. Brown....or Kevin Everett TE RD 3 pick 86....but, they obviously liked our TE situation.

But, I agree with the RB pick, Hollings hasn't proved anything yet and Wells doesn't exactly have the coaches confidence when Davis is hurt.

I'm not sure if I agree that Morency was a STEAL in round three, but, I am glad that they drafted him and not Maurice Clarett.
 
i think that wells is a suitable backup. there was talk last offseason about him taking a shot at the FB position and i think this season they think he might have a shot at it with it being norris' position.

IMO the texans took morency because they have doubts with hollings. i can see the backfield including norris, wells, davis, and morency. they still might want to work with hollings though.

throwANDREtheBALL said:
Wells doesn't exactly have the coaches confidence
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i cant see that, sorry

and as for our TE solution, well im clueless and just hope who we have now can get the job done. and with the new offense they wont really be NEEDING the position as often as one was needed last season; however im not certain to how the "new-style" offense will require a legit TE
 
I guess I should have explained myself better.

Wells does have the coaches confidence as far as, playing Special Teams and willing to contribute wherever necessary.........but, he does not have their confidence in being a backup that can come in and put together good production for multiple games if DD goes down.

If Davis was to get injured in week 1 for the season, the coaching staff or GM didn't think that Wells was the answer or they wouldn't have picked a RB in Round 3.

That said, I like Wells and I think that its great how he's working on different aspects of his game to keep helping the team in any way that he can.
 
i can see what you mean and i feel that he is able to effectively contribute for a while (situational to a couple of quarters to even a game or two), but he is not an answer to our RB needs.
 
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