infantrycak
Hall of Fame
Well, I guess that's YOUR opinion. I find it curious that you are essentially speculating when you theorize how it was that Kris Brown and Breuner went to Kubiak. You always rail on those who speculate, and here you are doing that very thing.
Watch closely, the difference really isn't hard to see. I didn't say, as you so often do, "this is what happened." I said there is context we don't know and it may have gone down like X. Bruener's silence sure doesn't point towards his agreement with Stevenson.
It's obvious you think those guys are extorting the Texans, pissed off about not making the team, looking for a payday, etc.
Extorting, no. Working to their own advantage, yes. The Texans broke the rules and need to compensate the players. Fans acting like this reflects something about the Texans distinct from any other team are the ones I think are naive.
I think they did an admirable thing.
Give me a break. If they hadn't been injured they would have said jack. This is self interest plain and simple. Nothing admirable about it.
Anybody who goes this far to support "the team" at the expense of individuals who make up "the team" is puzzling. If it was a number 1 draft pick who had this happened to him, a pro-bowl guy, we'd all be sending letters and emails to the Texans in disgust of what happened.
The Texans come across exactly how they should: They broke the rules, guys got hurt during drills that should not have happened. The responsibility is upon the coaching and management staff. Period. This is not how a man with integrity should lead those whom he in-turn asks to live a life of integrity. This is inexcusable. Our team SHOULD be punished. Any teams doing this should be punished. Period.
Step down from your sanctimonious soap box. You just enjoy being hyper-critical of the Texans. If a news report had come out with Kubiak announcing the Texans would not engage in the NFL wide practice of having one on ones and some contact when they shouldn't you would be railing on them for being too soft and unwilling to do what is necessary to win.
The Texans violated the rule and it is unfortunate someone got hurt. The Texans should deal fairly with the players hurt. The fact that the Texans violated the rule says zilch about them as an institution since the problem is league wide. If the league wants to do something about it they should do enough to get every team to stop so teams don't feel like they are at a competitive disadvantage if they don't do it.