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Texian said:
Why? In a year you know your not going to be competing for the playoffs and are actually rebuilding, why on Earth would you want to push dead money in to future years were you will be be more competitive? Makes absolutely no sense whatsoever!
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Agree, if in fact they "know" or even think that.
 
Texian said:
Why? In a year you know your not going to be competing for the playoffs and are actually rebuilding, why on Earth would you want to push dead money in to future years were you will be be more competitive? Makes absolutely no sense whatsoever!
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They are going to compete for a play off spot, they are just doing it smart and not throwing 100s of millions at some of these over rated players. I think this team will be better next season and win the AFC South !
 
EllisUnit said:
They are going to compete for a play off spot, they are just doing it smart and not throwing 100s of millions at some of these over rated players. I think this team will be better next season and win the AFC South !
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Wait a minute, what happened to all the doom and gloom from the Soooo thread?
 
Texian said:
Why? In a year you know your not going to be competing for the playoffs and are actually rebuilding, why on Earth would you want to push dead money in to future years were you will be be more competitive? Makes absolutely no sense whatsoever!
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For the most part I agree. However, if there was a particular player you just had to have, & I don't know who that would be other than a QB, but the point is if a player becomes available that you didn't know would be... & that player most certainly wouldn't be available next year... Like Von Miller.

Would you push money into the future so you could sign Von Miller, or Calvin Johnson, or whoever?
 
badboy said:
If needed, could they not make AJ ($7.32) and Myers ($ 2) June 1 and push about half ($4.5) to 2016 and use the other $4.7 for a FA now? We are not out of money yet if a player or two or ? improves us.
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Myers was released prior to the new league year. Can't use a June 1 designation on players released prior to the new year.
 
Marshall said:
I think Texian , while not alone, is in a small group of those who do not expect us to compete.
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He's trying to be the next Charlie Casserly and is more worried about making a bold prediction and gloating than he is about the Texans . He's about 3 for 100 so far .
 
Marshall said:
I think Texian , while not alone, is in a small group of those who do not expect us to compete.
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Sorry, Hoyer and Mallett just do not say championship. Add to the soup cutting Pro Bowlers Johnson and Myers says it even less. What i'm seeing here is a version of the Texas two step back step.....back step....back step....slide......back step.....back step....slide. or come sometime the first or middle of December the Texans will be in their all to familiar position of "out of the playoffs".
 
Texian said:
Sorry, Hoyer and Mallett just do not say championship. Add to the soup cutting Pro Bowlers Johnson and Myers says it even less. What i'm seeing here is a version of the Texas two step back step.....back step....back step....slide......back step.....back step....slide.
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Tom Brady did not scream a championship QB in the 6th round
Arian Foster did not scream NFL Rushing Leader
JJ Watt did not scream possibly one of the best ever DLINE to ever play the game
Jay Ratliff did not scream all world DT
Donald Driver was a nobody with 7 1,000 yard seasons
Terrell Davis, what a 6th round Flop...yeah right
Shannon Sharp, what a 7th round scrub (Hall of fame scrub)
LIST GOES ON AND ON.....

BUT

Charles Rogers #2 overall was supposed to be better than AJ...
Tim Couch, what a stud QB
Ryan Leaf, has he been inducted into the HOF yet ?
Jamarcus Russell as well ?
Joey Harrington surely has been inducted
Honestly we could go on like this ALL DAY both ways....


SOOO my question is what about unproven players "says championship" ? Nothing is a given either way so in your mind what says championship ?
 
Texian said:
Why? In a year you know your not going to be competing for the playoffs and are actually rebuilding, why on Earth would you want to push dead money in to future years were you will be be more competitive? Makes absolutely no sense whatsoever!
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I realize you have your mantra and are sticking to it but not everyone agrees with you. While in short I prefer not to push $ but in some years it is not only good but preferable. 2016 is a much larger cap and pushing five to ten million for solid starters is an option. Too much credit that cannot be paid for is bad but your earlier example about paying cash for everything, most people would never get much if not for credit. Sure driving a "clunker" for two K is economically way to go but for those that are not able to repair or have no alternatives to get to work if clunker breaks down it could be right to get a more expensive one on credit ifinterest rate, vehicle cost, etc is right. I've gone both routes with more success with better vehicle than the clunker.

You should know by now that not all here are as pessimistic as you. I am cool with that but you want to convert & get over bearing & then we have pages and pages between you and others.
 
badboy said:
I realize you have your mantra and are sticking to it but not everyone agrees with you. While in short I prefer not to push $ but in some years it is not only good but preferable. 2016 is a much larger cap and pushing five to ten million for solid starters is an option. Too much credit that cannot be paid for is bad but your earlier example about paying cash for everything, most people would never get much if not for credit. Sure driving a "clunker" for two K is economically way to go but for those that are not able to repair or have no alternatives to get to work if clunker breaks down it could be right to get a more expensive one on credit ifinterest rate, vehicle cost, etc is right. I've gone both routes with more success with better vehicle than the clunker.

You should know by now that not all here are as pessimistic as you. I am cool with that but you want to convert & get over bearing & then we have pages and pages between you and others.
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The thing about restructures is they really only hurt you if you get stuck with a ton of dead money, i.e. keep paying for players that are no longer on your team. Some amount of dead money is inevitable and will be carried by every team. There is probably a way to calculate a percentage of the total cap that is acceptable to be carried as dead. But basically, the less the better.

Borrowing money from future years in a way is advantageous, if needed, in another way:

1. There is no interest in a way that there is in real life loans and credit cards, but the key is avoiding dead money hits by restructuring players that will play out their contracts.
2. The cap typically goes up from year to year, so by adding to your current year's cap, you're making a larger impact now than that amount will in the future. In other words, if you're borrowing 5% from next year, you're adding 7% to this year. I know it's a simplification since the restructured cap hit is usually spread over multiple years, but this is easier for illustration purposes.
 
paycheck71 said:
The thing about restructures is they really only hurt you if you get stuck with a ton of dead money, i.e. keep paying for players that are no longer on your team. Some amount of dead money is inevitable and will be carried by every team. There is probably a way to calculate a percentage of the total cap that is acceptable to be carried as dead. But basically, the less the better.

Borrowing money from future years in a way is advantageous, if needed, in another way:

1. There is no interest in a way that there is in real life loans and credit cards, but the key is avoiding dead money hits by restructuring players that will play out their contracts.
2. The cap typically goes up from year to year, so by adding to your current year's cap, you're making a larger impact now than that amount will in the future. In other words, if you're borrowing 5% from next year, you're adding 7% to this year. I know it's a simplification since the restructured cap hit is usually spread over multiple years, but this is easier for illustration purposes.
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very well put. Sports are a gamble like jobs, relationships and probably every choice we make. Do a bit of research and make decision on what info you have. If the gamble works cool and you look smart; if it doesn't you file for divorce.
 
Marshall said:
I think Texian , while not alone, is in a small group of those who do not expect us to compete.
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mussop said:
Define compete.
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That's what I'm talking about .... Define Compete.

I know I'll take sh!t for this but ....


I expect them to suit up for 16 games .... That's competing.

I expect them to be in most games ... That's competing.

I expect them to win 8-9 games again .... That's competing.

I don't expect them to make the playoffs ... That's not competing (for a championship).

I give them a very small chance to win the division (Only if Luck gets hurt). That's not so much competing .... that's pretty much being an also ran.

I give them .... No Chance of a superbowl appearance .... They just have too many holes & too many question marks.

If showing up and winning your share of games is competing , that's fine but if your definition of competing is having a shot at a Lombardi Trophy .... this aint the year.


I hope they prove me wrong .... and JJ Watt throws for 63TD's , rushes for 38 more while getting 49 sacks , 18 INT's , 15 fumble's recovered and forcing two dozen more .... and somehow Aaron Rodgers still gets the league MVP ....
 
Corrosion said:
I expect them to win 8-9 games again .... That's competing.

I don't expect them to make the playoffs ... That's not competing (for a championship).

I give them a very small chance to win the division (Only if Luck gets hurt). That's not so much competing .... that's pretty much being an also ran.

I give them .... No Chance of a superbowl appearance .... They just have too many holes & too many question marks.
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I'm not going to rule out competing for the playoffs. Our schedule looks a lot like last year. Not just teams who didn't do well last season, but teams that haven't done well over the last decade. We don't need to be as good as the best teams in the league to make the playoffs, we just need to be better than the worst.

I think we'll be competing with the same teams we were competing with last season. Pittsburgh, Baltimore, Kansas City... & if they really have changed for the better Buffalo & Cleveland will be in the mix again.
 
paycheck71 said:
Way to go out on a limb and predict NOT winning a championship.

That prediction will work for 31 teams next year.
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Let me be more clear, The Texans will not win the AFC South Championship. There that will get it down to about 3 teams each year for you and that should do it for about the next 10 years.
 
Texian said:
Let me be more clear, The Texans will not win the AFC Championship. There that will get it down to about 3 teams each year for you and that should do it for about the next 10 years.
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I'm assuming you meant AFC South, and I'm going to go ahead and call BS on the next 10 years. Just shows that you're hardly interested in a constructive discussion, but rather just unsubstantiated bashing of the Texans FO.
 
badboy said:
I realize you have your mantra and are sticking to it but not everyone agrees with you. While in short I prefer not to push $ but in some years it is not only good but preferable. 2016 is a much larger cap and pushing five to ten million for solid starters is an option. Too much credit that cannot be paid for is bad but your earlier example about paying cash for everything, most people would never get much if not for credit. Sure driving a "clunker" for two K is economically way to go but for those that are not able to repair or have no alternatives to get to work if clunker breaks down it could be right to get a more expensive one on credit ifinterest rate, vehicle cost, etc is right. I've gone both routes with more success with better vehicle than the clunker.

You should know by now that not all here are as pessimistic as you. I am cool with that but you want to convert & get over bearing & then we have pages and pages between you and others.
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Well you took my credit card analogy and changed it in to clunkers vs new cars. So let's stay with your example. Each year, every year, every team in the division and most in the league have more money to spend (better cap management) than the Texans. Therefore it won't take long for every team in the division and most teams in the league to have more than enough money to drive a newer and a nicer car than the Texans.
 
paycheck71 said:
I'm assuming you meant AFC South, and I'm going to go ahead and call BS on the next 10 years. Just shows that you're hardly interested in a constructive discussion, but rather just unsubstantiated bashing of the Texans FO.
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It's not that I'm interested in unsubstantiated bashing, it has more to do with I've seen how the Texans operate the last 13 years. So I have a pretty good idea of what to expect for the next 10 years.
 
Corrosion said:
That's what I'm talking about .... Define Compete.

I know I'll take sh!t for this but ....


I expect them to suit up for 16 games .... That's competing.

I expect them to be in most games ... That's competing.

I expect them to win 8-9 games again .... That's competing.

I don't expect them to make the playoffs ... That's not competing (for a championship).

I give them a very small chance to win the division (Only if Luck gets hurt). That's not so much competing .... that's pretty much being an also ran.

I give them .... No Chance of a superbowl appearance .... They just have too many holes & too many question marks.

If showing up and winning your share of games is competing , that's fine but if your definition of competing is having a shot at a Lombardi Trophy .... this aint the year.


I hope they prove me wrong .... and JJ Watt throws for 63TD's , rushes for 38 more while getting 49 sacks , 18 INT's , 15 fumble's recovered and forcing two dozen more .... and somehow Aaron Rodgers still gets the league MVP ....
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I agree with this post.

The one thing I want to find out next yr is Mallett the QB of the future. If he is then the Texans future is much brighter and I expect the Texans to win 10-11 games barring a bad injury filled season.
 
Texian said:
Well you took my credit card analogy and changed it in to clunkers vs new cars. So let's stay with your example. Each year, every year, every team in the division and most in the league have more money to spend (better cap management) than the Texans. Therefore it won't take long for every team in the division and most teams in the league to have more than enough money to drive a newer and a nicer car than the Texans.
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Texans are not and no evidence exists they will be worst cap managers in NFL anytime soon. When you say things like "every team in division and most teams in league" you come across bombastic and I do not think you mean to, but notice the kickback from others when you over exaggerate. I think the last two offseasons have proven Texans have improved their roster and cap situation immensely. One quick proof is the dead money.
 
Corrosion said:
That's what I'm talking about .... Define Compete.

I know I'll take sh!t for this but ....


I expect them to suit up for 16 games .... That's competing.

I expect them to be in most games ... That's competing.

I expect them to win 8-9 games again .... That's competing.

I don't expect them to make the playoffs ... That's not competing (for a championship).

I give them a very small chance to win the division (Only if Luck gets hurt). That's not so much competing .... that's pretty much being an also ran.

I give them .... No Chance of a superbowl appearance .... They just have too many holes & too many question marks.

If showing up and winning your share of games is competing , that's fine but if your definition of competing is having a shot at a Lombardi Trophy .... this aint the year.


I hope they prove me wrong .... and JJ Watt throws for 63TD's , rushes for 38 more while getting 49 sacks , 18 INT's , 15 fumble's recovered and forcing two dozen more .... and somehow Aaron Rodgers still gets the league MVP ....
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Last year, I didn't think they had a chance to make the playoffs and they came remarkably close.

I expect this to be a better team this year and I expect them to make the playoffs.

Now, when I say "better team", I don't mean that they're necessarily going to have better players. They may, or they may not. The loss of AJ and Myers hurts but I expect this coaching staff to get more out of the players they have. I expect the fact that the whole team has had more time learning the offense and defense is going to make the team stronger and more competitive. The fact that we now have a core group of players that know what the coaches want is going to make it easier for the coaches to do more and for them to bring new players in and get them up-to-speed quicker.

So I'm expecting playoffs and if you can make the playoffs, you've got a shot at the whole thing.
 
Texian said:
Well you took my credit card analogy and changed it in to clunkers vs new cars. So let's stay with your example. Each year, every year, every team in the division and most in the league have more money to spend (better cap management) than the Texans. Therefore it won't take long for every team in the division and most teams in the league to have more than enough money to drive a newer and a nicer car than the Texans.
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You have two key failings in your campaign against the Texans.

1) cap room does not equate to good cap management. It can be due to poor talent evaluation/lack of good players, being cheap, having key personnel on rookie deals, etc.

2) teams with lots of cap room are often devoid of talent and have to spend to catch up. You act as if all teams have equal talent to start each offseason and then start a spending race from there. It's just not true.

It just isn't as simplistic as you make out. For example the Colts and Texans roughly project the same cap room in 2016 at the moment. Brooks is our significant FA in 2016. The Colts have to sign Luck, Hilton, Fleener and both OTs. Most of their apparent cap room is going to be spent staying even.
 
infantrycak said:
You fail to recognize two key failings in your campaign against the Texans.

1) cap room does not equate to good cap management. It can be due to poor talent evaluation/lack of good players, being cheap, having key personnel on riokie deals, etc.

2) teams with lots of cap room are often devoid of talent and have to spend to catch up. You act as if all teams have equal talent to start each offseason and then start a spending race from there. It's just not true.

It just isn't as simplistic as you make out. For example the Colts and Texans roughly project the same cap room in 2016 at the moment. Brooks is our significant FA in 2016. The Colts have to sign Luck, Hilton, Fleener and both OTs. Most of their apparent cap room is going to be spent staying even.
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Things like these have been brought up to his attention multiple times in multiple threads over at least the last two offseasons, but he chooses to ignore them.
 
paycheck71 said:
Things like these have been brought up to his attention multiple times in multiple threads over at least the last two offseasons, but he chooses to ignore them.
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and yet the scoreboard still reads a .423 winning percentage after 13 years. The scoreboard simply doesn't justify all your excuses of why the Texans remain year after year, average and ordinary at best. Right now the scoreboard is saying that I've a much better grasp on things than the excuse makers.
 
Texian said:
and yet the scoreboard still reads a .423 winning percentage after 13 years. The scoreboard simply doesn't justify all your excuses of why the Texans remain year after year, average and ordinary at best. Right now the scoreboard is saying that I've a much better grasp on things than the excuse makers.
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I only made my disagreement with you heard on your salary cap opinions. Not on talent evaluation, hiring ability, coaching, medical team, etc, etc, etc (what else?).

Lots of things go into that .423 winning percentage. It's not all because of the cap.
 
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Joel Corry @corryjoel
J.J. Watt would still have very manageable '16 & '17 cap numbers of $16.34M with a max restructure.

J.J. Watt having a $21.969M 2015 cap number suggests that some sort of restructure was planned.
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Jayson Braddock @JaysonBraddock
The money is there if the Texans need it. Appreciate, @spotrac & @corryjoel taking the time to show that side. Cushing makes most sense.
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Joel Corry @corryjoel
@JaysonBraddock @spotrac $15.36M of cap space can be created by converting $19.2M of J.J. Watt's $19.969M salary into signing bonus.
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Jayson Braddock @JaysonBraddock
Credit card mentality. Push current debt off for future "installments" RT @MghtyPtrck==> what's downside of this restructure?

... $10.6 mil & give Houston $20 mil under the cap for their top 51 per @spotrac . Be sure to check out @spotrac, guy is doing work.

The base salary restructure of Cushing would free up $2.6 mil per @spotrac. If they re-worked Watt & Cushing in that manner, would free up..

I've talked about Cushing's contract in the past. Re-working it should be priority. @spotrac says Houston could do a base salary restructure

...could free up $8 mil if they convert Watt's roster bonus into a signing bonus. He says it'll have to happen by March 24th, though.

Texans have to free up salary cap $$. @corryjoel spoke on my show in early February about re-working JJ Watt's deal. @spotrac says Texans...
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Options.
 
The Pencil Neck said:
Last year, I didn't think they had a chance to make the playoffs and they came remarkably close.

I expect this to be a better team this year and I expect them to make the playoffs.

Now, when I say "better team", I don't mean that they're necessarily going to have better players. They may, or they may not. The loss of AJ and Myers hurts but I expect this coaching staff to get more out of the players they have. I expect the fact that the whole team has had more time learning the offense and defense is going to make the team stronger and more competitive. The fact that we now have a core group of players that know what the coaches want is going to make it easier for the coaches to do more and for them to bring new players in and get them up-to-speed quicker.

So I'm expecting playoffs and if you can make the playoffs, you've got a shot at the whole thing.
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I'm just not that optimistic about the season .... for several reasons.

Lets start with QB , we replaced a career backup who had his best season to date with two guys who have to this point been career backups .... both coming off of injury with limited game experience. Both have had good & bad days on the field .... Huge questionmark there. Not even going to mention the guy behind those two .... he aint gonna save us.


RB .... Foster when healthy is one of the leagues best but he hasn't been able to stay on the field missing multiple games in back to back seasons. If he stays healthy they can make some noise , if not ..... they wont (add to that the QB has to play well too , that's a lot to ask). Blue is a decent backup but not starter material if Foster cant go.


WR , we cut the best player in the history of the team and replace him with what ?! (I know , the draft is ahead of us).
Damaris Johnson was Ok but not a game breaker .... Posey , Martin and Bonner , do they scare a good NCAA defense ?!

Center - We cut one of the better centers in the league and a guy who hasn't missed a snap since I dunno when and replace him with what ? Second most important position on the offensive side of the ball , another huge questionmark.

RT - Resigned Newton to an absurd contract for the production at least in my opinion. They got a lot of mileage out of running behind him but his pass protection is below average.

LG - What a mess with Ben Jones & Xavier Su'a-Filo. Man I was high on that guy after the draft last year. What a disappointment.

TE - The only thing Fiedorowicz could catch was the ref's dirty laundry last year. Graham & Griffin did ..... nothing.

NT - That jag is gone (he played relatively well), who ya got ?!

OLB - Lost Reed and Clowney is what exactly ?? At least Mercilus returns ....

DE - Watt and the .... jags.

ILB - Cushing and his cap hit + the jag's. Tarpinian .... I kinda like him but think the position needs an upgrade. Maybe Cushing returns to form ....

CB and the S spots I'm satisfied with believe it or not.



Just too many holes for me to be optimistic beyond the same expectations I had last year and if you recall , I stated the best case was ~9 wins if Fitz could limit the mistakes & the defense played very well .... I see this seasons best case scenario much the same as last years which just wasn't good enough to get into the dance.

If OB can get this team into the post season , he'll be deserving of the COY and a fat raise.
 
Corrosion said:
I'm just not that optimistic about the season .... for several reasons.
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Like I said, you're concentrating on this on a player-by-player evaluation and I don't think that's the right way to look at it... especially after the first week of free agency without even knowing what our final roster is going to look like.

I've said this before but how people feel about the upcoming season is really about how they feel about the QB spot. Everything else is gravy. I have a higher evaluation of Mallett than you do and that's really the crux of this. And that's cool. I understand how people can look at our QB situation and not see anything that's better than last year and quite possibly, worse. I don't think that's right but I understand why you would look at it that way.

The coaches, the schemes, and the building of a team chemistry is more important to me than the actual individual players. I think that's what's going to turn this into a winning team that makes it into the playoffs.

But like I said, I can understand when people don't agree with that.
 
The Pencil Neck said:
Like I said, you're concentrating on this on a player-by-player evaluation and I don't think that's the right way to look at it... especially after the first week of free agency without even knowing what our final roster is going to look like.
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You gotta have talent to win in this league .... Coaching , schemes and such do make an impact but its not going to make a bad roster into a good one.

There was a breakdown a while back , I think Playoffs posted it that showed the talent level of each player / position on the team .... and for the most part I think it was accurate other than a couple minor adjustments. This team is below average in talent as a whole (accept JJ Watt who is on another level than the rest of the NFL).
Like I said in the line about WR , we still have the draft ahead of us .... but this team is short 4+ quality starters ..... its unreasonable to think they get them all in one draft.

I've said this before but how people feel about the upcoming season is really about how they feel about the QB spot. Everything else is gravy. I have a higher evaluation of Mallett than you do and that's really the crux of this. And that's cool. I understand how people can look at our QB situation and not see anything that's better than last year and quite possibly, worse. I don't think that's right but I understand why you would look at it that way.
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I wish it was that simple as just the QB situation .... but that QB has to have tools to work with around him. Not a lot of talent around whichever guy starts .... A great RB when healthy , one quality WR in Hopkins and three or four JAG's .... a TE group that's beyond poor (or poorly used ?) a hole at center and a cluster**** at LG.
I guess the bottom line does come down to how well one of those guys performs at QB .... but the guy that does play is going to have to elevate the play of those around him. It takes a special talent at QB to do that .... I don't think we have a guy like that at QB.



The coaches, the schemes, and the building of a team chemistry is more important to me than the actual individual players. I think that's what's going to turn this into a winning team that makes it into the playoffs.

But like I said, I can understand when people don't agree with that.
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Sure , it all matters .... when you are playing teams that are close in overall talent and there is still time to add significant talent to this roster both in free agency & the draft .... but until I see some of those holes filled , optimism is lost , especially considering its Rick Smith that's tasked with solving the problems.


OB has his work cut out for him , I'd consider a playoff appearance a huge success as the roster stands right now. That evaluation is subject to change if and when they fix some of what's broken.


Maybe its just all the years of suck we have gone thru as fans in Houston .... never a superbowl appearance , an epic choke job by the last team that got close , one world series appearance from a franchise that's been around longer than I've been alive and two championships from the Rockets .... twenty years ago (along with two finals appearances in 1980 & 86).


There went the rest of my optimism .... :rake:
 
I heard on radio Saturday that an expectation of significantly more running plays to passing plays than 2014. This could be supported by reduced plays for AJ, Fiedorowicz being a huge blocking TE or OT, no apparent concern of TE production, perhaps a high draft pick for RB to joining the rotation, resigning Newton who is good in run blocking, moving to heavier, younger center that could hold up better than the soon to be 34 Myers in a more run heavy plan and decrease pressure on QBs. Foster, Blue and a draft pick and probable many UDFAs to try out for this position.
 
badboy said:
I heard on radio Saturday that an expectation of significantly more running plays to passing plays than 2014. This could be supported by reduced plays for AJ, Fiedorowicz being a huge blocking TE or OT, no apparent concern of TE production, perhaps a high draft pick for RB to joining the rotation, resigning Newton who is good in run blocking, moving to heavier, younger center that could hold up better than the soon to be 34 Myers in a more run heavy plan and decrease pressure on QBs. Foster, Blue and a draft pick and probable many UDFAs to try out for this position.
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Significantlly more? Who'd you hear that from? The Texans already had the 2nd highest running percentage in the NFL last season at 53.19 percent. The Sehawks were at 53.63 percent, and no other NFL team was above 52. Who's out there (with any credibility at all) saying these things?
 
ChampionTexan said:
Significantlly more? Who'd you hear that from? The Texans already had the 2nd highest running percentage in the NFL last season at 53.19 percent. The Sehawks were at 53.63 percent, and no other NFL team was above 52. Who's out there (with any credibility at all) saying these things?
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My drive time is not very long with major button pushing among three stations (610, 790 and 1560) and it may have been Friday rather than Saturday but was between 9:45 and approximate 1030 Friday or Saturday approx 2 ish to 2:15 afternoon.

Texans rushing 551 plays to 295-485-13-7.1 passing. Much of Seattle was QB right and ours will not be running unless for their lives and probably backwards.
 
ChampionTexan said:
Significantlly more? Who'd you hear that from? The Texans already had the 2nd highest running percentage in the NFL last season at 53.19 percent. The Sehawks were at 53.63 percent, and no other NFL team was above 52. Who's out there (with any credibility at all) saying these things?
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When they cut Myers the first thing that came to mind was a bigger body ho can move the pile instead of getting to the second level being of such great importance ....
Don't think they will run a significantly higher percentage but I could see them moving away from this ZBS and its light weight (relative) linemen and adding a bruiser type of RB in the mid rounds of the draft.
They had a lot of negative plays in the running game last season and how many times did they fail on 3rd and short or short goal to go situations ?

Having a dominant OL that can grind out positive yards would really help Mallett or Hoyer and take the pressure off of the WR's forcing teams to commit to stopping the run .....

As for making use of the TE's .... Fiedorowicz .... ugh. "Holding" , "Holding" .."Offsides"... "Holding" , "what did he do now?!" Like I said , the only thing he can catch is dirty laundry. I'm highly disappointed with him thus far , he's got a long way to go to being a useful NFL player.
 
Corrosion said:
When they cut Myers the first thing that came to mind was a bigger body ho can move the pile instead of getting to the second level being of such great importance ....
Don't think they will run a significantly higher percentage but I could see them moving away from this ZBS and its light weight (relative) linemen and adding a bruiser type of RB in the mid rounds of the draft.
They had a lot of negative plays in the running game last season and how many times did they fail on 3rd and short or short goal to go situations ?

Having a dominant OL that can grind out positive yards would really help Mallett or Hoyer and take the pressure off of the WR's forcing teams to commit to stopping the run .....

As for making use of the TE's .... Fiedorowicz .... ugh. "Holding" , "Holding" .."Offsides"... "Holding" , "what did he do now?!" Like I said , the only thing he can catch is dirty laundry. I'm highly disappointed with him thus far , he's got a long way to go to being a useful NFL player.
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Though disappointed in Fiedo, many rookies improve much in second year and hoping will be same here.
 
Texian said:
Well you took my credit card analogy and changed it in to clunkers vs new cars. So let's stay with your example. Each year, every year, every team in the division and most in the league have more money to spend (better cap management) than the Texans. Therefore it won't take long for every team in the division and most teams in the league to have more than enough money to drive a newer and a nicer car than the Texans.
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Again... are you saying it doesn't matter what they're spending their money on?

In years past we stacked up pretty well with the more talented teams & our cap number was comparable. Way back when, the Pats were your example of fiscal responsibility, then they needed Tom Brady to restructure to make room for someone or other & you stopped using them as an example. You used the Ravens & Ozzie Newsome as the example to achieve..... but they had to cut players to get under the 2015 cap. Now it's the Colts, after they dumped contracts three years ago & managed through some lean years (Texans won the division when the Colts weren't spending).

It's a cycle. Teams build there teams, manage their cap, then when they feel they're close, they make a push. They sign players, either their own, or free agents to bigger contracts & open a window to win a Championship.

We took a shot, failed miserably & suffered for it. But it won't be long before we right the ship & take another shot.
 
Corrosion said:
As for making use of the TE's .... Fiedorowicz .... ugh. "Holding" , "Holding" .."Offsides"... "Holding" , "what did he do now?!" Like I said , the only thing he can catch is dirty laundry. I'm highly disappointed with him thus far , he's got a long way to go to being a useful NFL player.
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Fiedo played 567 snaps and had 5 penalties...

JJ had 8
Brown had 6

Bouye had 9!!!

He didn't play great, but base your disappointment on something other than penalties
 
JB said:
Fiedo played 567 snaps and had 5 penalties...

JJ had 8
Brown had 6

Bouye had 9!!!

He didn't play great, but base your disappointment on something other than penalties
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I find that hard to believe. It seemed like he was penalized every time he got in the game. He was horrible. Maybe they aren't counting penalties that were declined.
 
badboy said:
I heard on radio Saturday that an expectation of significantly more running plays to passing plays than 2014. This could be supported by reduced plays for AJ, Fiedorowicz being a huge blocking TE or OT, no apparent concern of TE production, perhaps a high draft pick for RB to joining the rotation, resigning Newton who is good in run blocking, moving to heavier, younger center that could hold up better than the soon to be 34 Myers in a more run heavy plan and decrease pressure on QBs. Foster, Blue and a draft pick and probable many UDFAs to try out for this position.
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This would be the smart thing to do. And that is why I'm not drafting a wr in the first round. We'll that and the fact that it's a really deep position in the draft and our front seven defensively needs depth and talent all over.

I would trade down if one of the top 3 WRs fell to us.
 
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