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CloakNNNdagger said:
I am setting up a product distributorship prior to the beginning of the season in order to fill a great need here in Houston. It's difficult to place a price on happiness. So going on the premise that money can't bring you happiness, I figure to make a fortune (an introductory offer of a meager $50/for 1 month supply, followed by a very reasonable $100/month thereafter) on fans, players and coaches.............. If successfull, I will continue to offer it throughout the regular season, playoffs, and subsequent offseasons and preseasons and regular seasons...........with a generous 0.001% discount for annual contracting with autoship..........

Taking preorders now..........

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Give some to JB, Thorn, and steelb, if it puts all of them in a "happy place" I might subscribe to your service.
Hell, I might buy a franchise.
:D

Hey, can we minimize this box and make a smiley out of it? It would make a good alternative for this one :koolaid:
 
Bulls on Parade said:
Starting at 1:06. Tell 'em Max Kellerman!

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It's fun to listen to talking heads hype your team. I think it's anyone's guess this year though -- Jacksonville is legit and it's not going to be easy to win the AFC South. But you have to question a round table discussion involving the Texans when Screamin' A. bases his entire analysis of the Texans on JJ going out due to injury and us going to dead last in defense when he missed more games the prior year and we didn't miss a beat. And not one of them knew enough to point that out to him? When you have to know a little about every team to keep a conversation going, you know just enough to be dangerous.
 
Bulls on Parade said:
Starting at 1:06. Tell 'em Max Kellerman!

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Will Somebody please inform Screaming A. Smith that Houston finished #1 in defense without J.J. Watt in 2016 (after he hurt his back).

His other stats aren't even correct. They finished 3rd, 16th, and 7th the three years prior to Watt getting hurt.

This is one of the reasons why I don't watch ESPN anymore. (The other being that I don't tune into sports programs to listen to a bunch of whiny liberals/SJWs cry about their political views). I mean they get paid for this crap right? They have paid employees who's sole jobs are to research this information right?, but they can't even get that job (their main job) right.

I don't even blame Smith here. I doubt any of these talking heads look up stats, they're just on air "talent" (for lack of a more appropriate word). So now you have S.A.S on air spewing a argument totally built around the "fact" that Houston can't finish better than last without Watt and don't have other quality defensive players other than Watt ..his entire argument. Yet they finished tops in the league in 2016.

He and ESPN looked like complete incompetent dumbasses in this segment. Sad thing is, people outside of Houston who watch it won't know any better, because they don't even realize how constantly misinformed they are unless it's about their own team.

Honestly I don't even know how people can even watch that network anymore. Well a lot have stopped, because their ratings are in the crapper, so at least they're figuring it out. I hope they have to have another exodus of employees because of their crappy programming and the ratings that result from it again.
 
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JB said:
steven a smith is a joke and expecting anything rational from him is an exercise in futility
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The problem goes much deeper than that.. in production meetings these idiots are probably spoon fed their arguments and especially their "stats". So it's just incompetence for the "leader in sports" all the way around.
 
Bulls on Parade said:
Starting at 1:06. Tell 'em Max Kellerman!

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It's amazing to me on how clueless they are. The 1st time JJ went out we were the number 1 defensive team. Last season we had a skit load of injuries to that defense and Steven is trying to drive home our drop off without Watt.

Another thing the Jaguars finally have 1 good season. And now they're world beaters and only thinking about Championships.
 
Kayvon Webster signed for one year, $2.25 million, $210,000 signing bonus, $500,000 guaranteed, $790,000 base salary, $290,000 guaranteed for skill, injury cap, up to $1.25 million roster bonuses, $78,125 per game on 46-man roster
 
I like Max Kellerman. He's been very high on the Texans, Rockets and Astros. He would have been right about the Rockets knocking out the Warriors and winning the NBA Finals this year if CP3 didn't miss Game 6 and Game 7 with his hamstring injury.

He'll probably be right about the Texans winning the 2018 AFC South if Deshaun Watson stays healthy. I like Kellerman's boxing commentary also. He's probably the best there is when it comes to boxing knowledge.

I actually started watching First Take more often when they let Skip Bayless (an obvious Houston hater) go and hired Max Kellerman to replace him. I don't mind Stephen A. Smith so much when Max Kellerman can set him straight.
 
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Bulls on Parade said:
I like Max Kellerman. He's been very high on the Texans, Rockets and Astros. He would have been right about the Rockets knocking out the Warriors and winning the NBA Finals this year if CP3 didn't miss Game 6 and Game 7 with his hamstring injury.

He'll probably be right about the Texans winning the 2018 AFC South if Deshaun Watson stays healthy. I like Kellerman's boxing commentary also. He's probably the best there is when it comes to boxing knowledge.

I actually started watching First Take more often when they let Skip Bayless (an obvious Houston hater) go and hired Max Kellerman to replace him. I don't mind Stephen A. Smith so much when Max Kellerman can set him straight.
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Man that dude flip flops so much. At first he was talking down on the Rockets. Said Harden and Paul wouldn't work. Towards the end of the season is when he changed his stance.

Dude really doesn't follow us that close at all. They give him a script and he runs with it.
 
The MMQB

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https://twitter.com/theMMQB/status/1035516118050500608

‘I view the world differently now.’ Rick Smith was a classic front-office grinder—until his wife’s cancer diagnosis last fall changed everything. @GregBishopSI on the former Texans GM, and the balance he’s found in his year away from football:https://trib.al/wsvXkcD

8:14 AM - Aug 31, 2018


Smith does admit that he and O’Brien didn’t always agree on fundamental issues, starting with their organizational philosophies. He also says he approached McNair in recent years to lay out his vision for how the team should operate, and that some of his suggestions—he declines to discuss specifics—did not align with O’Brien’s vision. But Smith also describes any feud as "overblown" and characterizes his relationship with the Texans’ coach as "fine."Smith sounds content, like he could spend the rest of his life meditating and working on his Zen. But he’s also, deep down, a football person, and while he won’t return to the Texans, he does want to run another team in the future. What’s counterintuitive here is that his time away from football led him not further away from the game but back toward it. He believes that his leave—the books read and trips taken and perspectives gleaned—will make him a better executive. He’s still learning, processing, growing; he’s defining what a more holistic approach to sports might look like. "This," he says, "is the best thing I’ve ever done."
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I really don't think anything was overblown.. you could just read the body language and cut the tension with a knife between those two.
 
So far, the entire 2018 Texans draft class has made the initial 53-man roster plus rookie free agents Vyncint Smith and Trevor Daniel.
 
CloakNNNdagger said:
So far, the entire 2018 Texans draft class has made the initial 53-man roster plus rookie free agents Vyncint Smith and Trevor Daniel.
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I hope it’s a case of them earning their spots and not giving draft picks spots on the team ahead of players that outperformed them. So far the only one i’m concerned they gave preferential treatment to is Jermaine Kelly over his college teammate Andre Chachere.
 
CloakNNNdagger said:
So far, the entire 2018 Texans draft class has made the initial 53-man roster plus rookie free agents Vyncint Smith and Trevor Daniel.
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That is good news, especially with no 1st or 2nd rnd picks.

And not only have they stuck, several of them have a chance to be significant early contributors.

I realize we haven't played a game yet, but the FO almost neutralized us not having those first 2 picks. If you consider Reid as a 1st, Rankin as a 2nd, Duke, Akins, Coutee in the 3rd, Thomas a 4th, V.Smith a 5th, Daniels a 6th, Kelly a 7th - again, it is early, but at this point, I'd be ok with that draft. (You can flip positions to your preference to make you feel better about it overall.)

Standard Disclaimer: Time, health, and your own opinion may vary above statements. Void where prohibited, or in case of blood pressure spike.
 
Thorn said:
I'm sick to death of Miller and Blue. I want to see lots of Pope and Ervin just to hear different names.
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I'm withholding judgement til I see this shiny new offense rolled out. Everything I saw in preseason didn't even reach the level of bland.
 
Texans kept MyCole Pruitt on roster. He profiles as more of an H back/move TE type than a traditional TE... or FB.

They probably saw enough from him to keep ahead of Prosch and Anderson. More size/can provide better blocking than Anderson and more dynamic athlete can be a better receiver than Prosch.
 
Raiders reportedly shopping Karl Joseph. Texans were rumored to want to trade up to get him when he was drafted. If he could be had for a late round pick i’d love to take a flyer on him. Crennel could get the most out of that guy if he’s healthy.
 
Thorn said:
For two 1sts, I'd trade anyone on the team, Watson being the only exception.
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I might have to throw Hopkins in with Watson..

Hopkins has proven that he can still be a top WR with crap at the QB position, which BTW also tells me that on the life scale of things..Osweiler falls somewhere below a steaming pile of ****.
 
Carr Bombed said:
I might have to throw Hopkins in with Watson..

Hopkins has proven that he can still be a top WR with crap at the QB position, which BTW also tells me that on the life scale of things..Osweiler falls somewhere below a steaming pile of ****.
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Yeah, Hopkins is unique, that's for sure.
 
TheRealJoker said:
Raiders reportedly shopping Karl Joseph. Texans were rumored to want to trade up to get him when he was drafted. If he could be had for a late round pick i’d love to take a flyer on him. Crennel could get the most out of that guy if he’s healthy.
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Joseph and Nelson played in the same system last year (albeit different positions) and neither played particularly well based on the Pro Football Focus analytics.

But with the assumption that Joseph will move to free safety in 2018, did Nelson play well enough last year to be an early favorite to steal Joseph’s playing time this year?

This is how the two players graded, according to Pro Football Focus:

Run Defense


Karl Joseph had a respectable 80.7 grade against the run. Known more for his hard hits than his textbook tackling, Joseph doesn’t have the size to consistently be a physical presence against the run when playing in the box.

Reggie Nelson was very efficient defending the run in 2017. His 84.6 grade was the highest grade against the run given to anyone in the Raiders secondary last year.

Coverage


Karl Joseph was asked to cover many of the top tight ends in the league last year and it showed in his coverage grade (56.2). Joseph is just too small (5’10”) to go one-on-one against big athletic tight ends.

Joseph’s coverage grade was bad, but Nelson’s was terrible. Nelson let receivers of all ages, shapes, and sizes run by him last year. Somehow, his 44.7 grade in coverage actually feels generous.

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Joseph, it turns out, wasn’t actually that much better than Nelson in 2017, according to Pro Football Focus.

Joseph earned an overall PFF grade of 80.8 and Nelson was just behind at 75.3.

Given his history with new Raiders defensive coordinator Paul Guenther, Nelson probably does have a snowball’s chance of entering training camp with equal odds of starting as Joseph.

Unfortunate as that may be
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PFF Grades: How Did Karl Joseph And Reggie Nelson Compare In 2017?
Posted: May 16th, 2018 | Author: RaidersBeat.com 11 Comments
 
Texans cut Corey Moore and Kurtis Drummond in exchange for Natrell Jamerson and AJ Moore. Big reason I reckon is to improve their team speed and ST coverage.

Last year’s safeties that played ST:
Drummond 40 yd dash = 4.65

Moore = 4.56

NOW

Natrell Jamerson = 4.40

AJ Moore = 4.40

And a bonus:

Johnson Bademosi = 4.39

Justin Reid = 4.40

I suspect coverage units will be improved!
 
TheRealJoker said:
Texans cut Corey Moore and Kurtis Drummond in exchange for Natrell Jamerson and AJ Moore. Big reason I reckon is to improve their team speed and ST coverage.

Last year’s safeties that played ST:
Drummond 40 yd dash = 4.65

Moore = 4.56

NOW

Natrell Jamerson = 4.40

AJ Moore = 4.40

And a bonus:

Johnson Bademosi = 4.39

Justin Reid = 4.40

I suspect coverage units will be improved!
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Well when you have a young punter that can boom the crap out of the ball somebody better be able to haul ass down there and tackle. :)

Honestly our coverage teams didn't mix well with Lechler either. Certainly didn't take much to outkick the coverage of our redundant awful special team units.
 
Carr Bombed said:
Well when you have a young punter that can boom the crap out of the ball somebody better be able to haul ass down there and tackle. :)

Honestly our coverage teams didn't mix well with Lechler either. Certainly didn't take much to outkick the coverage of our redundant awful special team units.
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The safety they picked and held onto for awhile Keo ran a 4.7 .
 
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