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VY worked out and nobody cares?

If they are so interested in trading down for a decent offer, why are they only working out Vince and Reggie of the big prospects? Don't you think that they would be bringing in Mario, D'Brick, AJ Hawk, Vernon Davis, etc.?

Everyone knows that the Vince workout was for show, which means that they have set their sights on Reggie and Reggie alone.
 
tulexan said:
If they are so interested in trading down for a decent offer, why are they only working out Vince and Reggie of the big prospects? Don't you think that they would be bringing in Mario, D'Brick, AJ Hawk, Vernon Davis, etc.?

Everyone knows that the Vince workout was for show, which means that they have set their sights on Reggie and Reggie alone.

I dont know that tule. I still think its a lot closer to 50/50 then people on this board think. What do Derrick Johnson, Troy Williamson, Sean Taylor, Robert Gallery, Charles Rogers, Joey Harrington, Julius Peppers, Alex Barron, Kellen Winslow, and Deangelo Williams have in common. They are ALL players that people on this board have SWORE that the Texans were going to draft.

Therefore, until that pick is called, you can speculate all you want, but the collective wisdom on this board doesnt amount to a hill of beans. Somebody show me their mock draft from last year with travis johnson on the board and then we can talk.

Besides, even if the pick is reggie RIGHT NOW, a lot can change between now and the 29th. Nothing is guaranteed folks.
 
swtbound07 said:
I dont know that tule. I still think its a lot closer to 50/50 then people on this board think. What do Derrick Johnson, Troy Williamson, Sean Taylor, Robert Gallery, Charles Rogers, Joey Harrington, Julius Peppers, Alex Barron, Kellen Winslow, and Deangelo Williams have in common. They are ALL players that people on this board have SWORE that the Texans were going to draft.

Therefore, until that pick is called, you can speculate all you want, but the collective wisdom on this board doesnt amount to a hill of beans. Somebody show me their mock draft from last year with travis johnson on the board and then we can talk.

Besides, even if the pick is reggie RIGHT NOW, a lot can change between now and the 29th. Nothing is guaranteed folks.


I think you mean DeAngelo Hall, not DeAngelo Williams. All of those players, except Harrington and Peppers, are different because in those drafts we didn't have the first pick. We didn't pass on any of them because they were all picked ahead of us (except Barron and Johnson). I agree that nothing is guaranteed, but this is as close as you can get to a guarantee that we will pick him and I think that we will know who we are picking long before the 29th because we will have Reggie signed or close to being signed.
 
tulexan said:
I think you mean DeAngelo Hall, not DeAngelo Williams. All of those players, except Harrington and Peppers, are different because in those drafts we didn't have the first pick. We didn't pass on any of them because they were all picked ahead of us (except Barron and Johnson). I agree that nothing is guaranteed, but this is as close as you can get to a guarantee that we will pick him and I think that we will know who we are picking long before the 29th because we will have Reggie signed or close to being signed.

Good call on the deangelo hall..im tired. Harrington and peppers arent different because we had the opportunity and the 1 pick, and like you said, barron and johnson, ESPECIALLY JOHNSON, were different because everyone said if they got to us we would be all over them. We passed on DJ. I would bet that nobody on this board could have seen us passing on him. Nobody on this board thinks we could pass on Reggie....I do. Just FYI on the contract bit, San Francisco had contract negotiations going with alex smith, Braylon edwards, AND Aaron Rodgers up until draft day, so negotiating a contract doesnt mean anything. Also, you cant actually sign a player until the draft, so there are no guarantees until the 29th. Dont get your mind locked in, and think outside the box.
 
Hervoyel said:
I also don't see anything outside of you Vince fans posts that would tell me that nobody in the NFL really wants Reggie Bush. I think the number of people watching his pro-day pretty much puts the lie to that.

So I guess it was only Houstonians and UT alum at Vince's ProDay...... or does that lie fall to a different set of rules??
 
swtbound07 said:
Good call on the deangelo hall..im tired. Harrington and peppers arent different because we had the opportunity and the 1 pick, and like you said, barron and johnson, ESPECIALLY JOHNSON, were different because everyone said if they got to us we would be all over them. We passed on DJ. I would bet that nobody on this board could have seen us passing on him. Nobody on this board thinks we could pass on Reggie....I do. Just FYI on the contract bit, San Francisco had contract negotiations going with alex smith, Braylon edwards, AND Aaron Rodgers up until draft day, so negotiating a contract doesnt mean anything. Also, you cant actually sign a player until the draft, so there are no guarantees until the 29th. Dont get your mind locked in, and think outside the box.

All of those players, except Harrington and Peppers, are different

I understand that we can negotiate with multiple players and that a lot of teams do that. But all signs point to Bush. Whether it is the extension of Carr to 3 years, the signing of Rosenfels, the signing of Weaver, the multiple sources saying that Bush the pick, Kubiak saying that Davis needs another quality back to be successful, Wells still being a UFA, the Texans signing no RBs, Reggie saying that he is 99.9% sure that he will be a Texan, Reggie saying that the FO said they were excited for Reggie to be a Texan, Reggie playing 3 years in the system that we will be running next year, McNair, Casserly, and Kubiak saying that their draft strategy is BPA and Reggie being the consensus #1 prospect, Reggie looking at real estate in Houston, I can go on and on.

I wouldn't be surprised if the Texans did not contact Vince again. They had their little show with him and made it look like they are interested in him to placate the Longhorn fans. We aren't going to trade down or pick anyone else because we are only looking at Vince and Reggie.
 
texan279 said:
Once again, I'll ask the question that I have asked on here so many times and never gotten a response to...If we were going to draft a QB, why would we draft Vince Young when he is not even the top rated QB in this draft?

Because he's the QB with the greatest upside. As has been said here so many times. ML is top rated because he can come in and right away be a fair QB in the league. That puts him only 1 step ahead of our 8 million dollar QB, and well behind VY & his prospects.
 
LoneStarState said:
How many picks would it take to equal with Bush brings to the table. A running back with explosive and elusive speed. A reciever who can catch the ball who is explosive and has elusive speed. A kick returner who is explosive and has elusive speed. By all accounts, that may be equivalent to at least 2 high first round picks and maybe a high second round pick... this year. Hmmm... not one team has that to offer.

Bushies -- you live in La La Land.

First, forget kick returner. Bush is nNOT a threat as kick return guy cause nobody but a complete fool would use him that way. Repeat: HE WILL NOT RETURN KICKS IN THE BIGS.

Second, he's got is speed, but, amazing as it may seem, everybody else in the NFL also has speed. It's unlike playing Fresno State.

Third, I think Bush will be good, successful, but I don't buy him setting the league on its ear. He may be a top of the line Dorsett-style player, but that's it, that's the limit.

So, if we could trade down it wouldn't take many picks to get better value (insert list of usual suspects here). Almost any two picks in first round would be better.

Finally, note that nobody ELSE thinks Bush is worth the big offer, or even the little offer as far as I've been able to uncover. As I said, he the greatest college player of all time that apparently nobody wants (including, I suspect, the Texans front office).

Cheers--
 
Texans_Chick said:
"Talent" has to mean more than a gimpy AJ.

And a Oline that never got it together and was injured and had everybody playing in musical chair positions.

And canning the offensive coordinator in week 3. And then putting the training wheels on with Pendry. (BTW, no more freaking swing passes to a Andre Johnson--that's like getting Pavarotti to sing Mary Had a Little Lamb).

Thank you for injecting some sanity to the MB.
 
thunderkyss said:
ho-hum........

Yeah, I guess it is boring for someone like you to read posts from a Vince Young fan like Texans Chick who would really love to have him here but can't buy into every slam Carr, slam RB argument you and others can come up with in your deluded quest that if somehow you create enough arguments real or more often purely made up, that VY will come here.

By the way, made up arguments aren't corn and this isn't the VY field of dreams.
 
tulexan said:
I understand that we can negotiate with multiple players and that a lot of teams do that. But all signs point to Bush. Whether it is the extension of Carr to 3 years, the signing of Rosenfels, the signing of Weaver, the multiple sources saying that Bush the pick, Kubiak saying that Davis needs another quality back to be successful, Wells still being a UFA, the Texans signing no RBs, Reggie saying that he is 99.9% sure that he will be a Texan, Reggie saying that the FO said they were excited for Reggie to be a Texan, Reggie playing 3 years in the system that we will be running next year, McNair, Casserly, and Kubiak saying that their draft strategy is BPA and Reggie being the consensus #1 prospect, Reggie looking at real estate in Houston, I can go on and on.

I wouldn't be surprised if the Texans did not contact Vince again. They had their little show with him and made it look like they are interested in him to placate the Longhorn fans. We aren't going to trade down or pick anyone else because we are only looking at Vince and Reggie.


Its the time before the draft. There are smokescreens. The entire month of april is basically predicated on deception. All Im saying is the past 2 years i've listened to people "reading the signs" and prognosticating about what we are going to do based on their analysis of move X vs. move Y. Bottom line is you see what you want it to see. I see them bringing in Reggie AND Vince, and that leads me to believe they are still somewhat torn. You see it as a pacification to UT fans, and having no bearing on intent. You know absolutely as much as I know, and as many signs as you can see, they still dont mean jack. Im just tired of people pretending they know what they dont. I've said 50 times the pick is up in the air, but you want to assume Reggie is all but a guarantee. How many times have you watched the NFL draft and been completely shocked??? And the crazy thing is, if I told you what was going to happen last year before the draft, I would have been laughed at.

If i had come on this board and said we would pass on Derrick Johnson for Travis Johnson, I would have been mocked, called crazy, and ignored. Kind of the same treatment I am getting for saying the Texans won't take Reggie. Everyone finds it inconcievable. Just wait until the 29th to close your mind, thats all I am asking.
 
Hervoyel said:
In what way have the "small-minded" triumphed? Are you saying that those who never felt Vince Young was the right pick have won? If so why are people who don't agree with you "small minded"? You think Young is the way to go and I think Bush is the better choice. You're not small minded IMO, you just have a different opinion. I think this was a poor choice of words on your part.

Actually, while I recognize we have different views, I nevertheless still consider the pro-Bush view "small minded" for this reason: Bush is the safe, conventional, consensus-style choice, a guy it's easy to choose because it appears he's can't miss as far as he goes.

My problem is that overall I don't think he's going to go that far, and the argument is that the better, harder choice is VY, because basically he looks like he might rewrite the NFL book on QB--he brings together all the best qualities of some of the best QBs in the league Favre, Cunningham, Vick, Big Ben, etc. etc. I don't want to rehearse the argument here, but I still believe it.

Wherever VY goes I think that team is guaranteed playoffs and championships because of VY. I don't think we get that out of Bush.

And I'll add this--if we had a top-tier QB now, or even a guy who I really believed had it, or "it," in the parlance, I might not think the VY choice was necessary. But we don't have such a QB (and I don't want to rehash that argument, either) and thus VY seems to be the "smart," or "large-minded" choice for the Texans.

Maybe not the "popular" choice on this board, but the one most likely to bring the best results over the mid- to long-term.
 
Nighthawk said:
Actually, while I recognize we have different views, I nevertheless still consider the pro-Bush view "small minded" for this reason: Bush is the safe, conventional, consensus-style choice, a guy it's easy to choose because it appears he's can't miss as far as he goes.

My problem is that overall I don't think he's going to go that far, and the argument is that the better, harder choice is VY, because basically he looks like he might rewrite the NFL book on QB--he brings together all the best qualities of some of the best QBs in the league Favre, Cunningham, Vick, Big Ben, etc. etc. I don't want to rehearse the argument here, but I still believe it.

Wherever VY goes I think that team is guaranteed playoffs and championships because of VY. I don't think we get that out of Bush.

And I'll add this--if we had a top-tier QB now, or even a guy who I really believed had it, or "it," in the parlance, I might not think the VY choice was necessary. But we don't have such a QB (and I don't want to rehash that argument, either) and thus VY seems to be the "smart," or "large-minded" choice for the Texans.

Maybe not the "popular" choice on this board, but the one most likely to bring the best results over the mid- to long-term.

Again: small minded - disagree with you; large minded = agree with you.
 
Runner said:
Again: small minded - disagree with you; large minded = agree with you.

No, it's an argument. A case is presented for the argument. If you can make a better case, you win.
 
Nighthawk said:
No, it's an argument. A case is presented for the argument. If you can make a better case, you win.

Who's the judge?

Peace man - the boards been really interesting the past couple of weeks.
 
Nighthawk said:
Actually, while I recognize we have different views, I nevertheless still consider the pro-Bush view "small minded" for this reason: Bush is the safe, conventional, consensus-style choice, a guy it's easy to choose because it appears he's can't miss as far as he goes.

Maybe not the "popular" choice on this board, but the one most likely to bring the best results over the mid- to long-term.

Id say first of all, if Reggie is a can't miss - you draft the can't miss! Why would I want to draft a 2nd to 3rd rated QB who actually MAY miss. You say draft the MAY miss over the CAN'T miss? You lost me.... Safe? You call Bush safer than Brick? Safer than Williams? Safer than Leinart? Lost me again...

You're saying that we should take the QB, who's a leader, who has the charisma, teammates love, wins the big games, makes the big plays, and has won at the ultimate level in college? We should draft that guy? The problem is that I don't think we need Leinart. You HAD to be talking about Matt right? I mean, he is THE consensus #1 QB in this draft... There's no way you're advocating taking Vince because he's from here, are you?

Whew, because if we were all to be so 'small minded' as to simply draft a guy because he's from here, well, maybe we could take Reggie McNeal and call it even?

Small minded because I think Bush is the best 'runner' that I've ever seen and not 'large minded' because I see flaws with Vince Young and would rather have Matt Leinart? Mel Kiper, Herbstreit, ESPN, whoever drafts at #2, gary Kubiak - Bob McNair, etc... actually ALL DO disagree with you but hey, what do they know right? They're just being small minded, I guess!

I actually like Vince alot (Even though that does wane somewhat after being called small-minded...) but I just feel that Bush is our homerun threat and I want our homerun threat now..and I promise, my mind is HUGE!! :)
 
DRAMA said:
Id say first of all, if Reggie is a can't miss - you draft the can't miss! Why would I want to draft a 2nd to 3rd rated QB who actually MAY miss. You say draft the MAY miss over the CAN'T miss? You lost me.... Safe? You call Bush safer than Brick? Safer than Williams? Safer than Leinart? Lost me again...

You're saying that we should take the QB, who's a leader, who has the charisma, teammates love, wins the big games, makes the big plays, and has won at the ultimate level in college? We should draft that guy? The problem is that I don't think we need Leinart. You HAD to be talking about Matt right? I mean, he is THE consensus #1 QB in this draft... There's no way you're advocating taking Vince because he's from here, are you?

Whew, because if we were all to be so 'small minded' as to simply draft a guy because he's from here, well, maybe we could take Reggie McNeal and call it even?

Small minded because I think Bush is the best 'runner' that I've ever seen and not 'large minded' because I see flaws with Vince Young and would rather have Matt Leinart? Mel Kiper, Herbstreit, ESPN, whoever drafts at #2, gary Kubiak - Bob McNair, etc... actually ALL DO disagree with you but hey, what do they know right? They're just being small minded, I guess!

I actually like Vince alot (Even though that does wane somewhat after being called small-minded...) but I just feel that Bush is our homerun threat and I want our homerun threat now..and I promise, my mind is HUGE!! :)


thats may be the most rambling, nonsensical post i've ever read....i'm still trying to figure out if it was translated from another language....
 
JAXwithanX said:
thats may be the most rambling, nonsensical post i've ever read....i'm still trying to figure out if it was translated from another language....
Id say first of all, if Reggie is a can't miss - you draft the can't miss!
That seems pretty straightforward to me.
 
Texans_Chick said:
This is not completely fair.

Last season, USC was #1 in both turnover margin and turnovers gained. Seeing that the other team has over 20 interceptions is not exactly a heartwarming stat to see if you are an opposing QB.

Just saying.

Turnover margin is a very misleading stat. I suspect it was high because they were consistently blowing out teams and forcing them to throw the ball which is riskier because there is a better chance for a turnover. Look at the Bengals this year. They had one of the highest turnover margins in the league but once they played against a good team like the Colts, they couldn't stop them. This is also similar to the Chiefs a few years ago when they lost to the Colts in the playoffs.
 
tulexan said:
Turnover margin is a very misleading stat. I suspect it was high because they were consistently blowing out teams and forcing them to throw the ball which is riskier because there is a better chance for a turnover. Look at the Bengals this year. They had one of the highest turnover margins in the league but once they played against a good team like the Colts, they couldn't stop them. This is also similar to the Chiefs a few years ago when they lost to the Colts in the playoffs.


I recognize that it doesn't tell the whole story, I was just bringing it up to round out the picture and not just leave the impression that the USC defense totally stunk. (Just like it is unfair to blow off Reggie's performance against Frenso State as well it was just Fresno State).

Texas in the Rose Bowl had to throw the ball, and did it effectively against a team that had demonstrated the entire season that it was able to pick off the ball. A team that had all the time in the world to game plan against Texas' offense.
 
John Elway was the best QB prospect in the last thirty years . John stuggled his first couple of years . Reggie Bush will play at a high level right of the bus while it will take VY three years .

The Texans staff says Carr is good enough to win so the debate is over about VY . The debate should be between RB , Mario , and DBrick .
 
Honoring Earl 34 said:
John Elway was the best QB prospect in the last thirty years . John stuggled his first couple of years . Reggie Bush will play at a high level right of the bus while it will take VY three years .

The Texans staff says Carr is good enough to win so the debate is over about VY . The debate should be between RB , Mario , and DBrick .
that's a good argument...since a running backs carreer usually averages about 4 years, Reggie Bush could be done by the time that Vince Young is coming into his prime.

So, that would be 3 years with David Carr and Reggie Bush. Since I have my doubts that Carr can turn his carreer around enough to be anything more than average, I can't see the Texans going very far. In saying that, I can see Bush getting more touches, and in turn, getting hit more, which could shorten his carreer.
 
vtech9 said:
that's a good argument...since a running backs carreer usually averages about 4 years, Reggie Bush could be done by the time that Vince Young is coming into his prime.


You're right it could be like that. Anything can happen in the NFL. On the other hand, Reggie could be a two time pro bowler, rookie of the year, and be in the playoffs before Vince starts his first game.
 
I guess my question is how many people outside of Houston think VY SHOULD be the number one pick. Some people are saying that Matt Leinert is the number one quarterback and some people are saying that VY is number. Isn't the confusion a sign that maybe VY isn't viewed the same way he is here. I hear this talk about the "majority" preferring Bush and about the Bush folks being "small-minded". I don't get it. If we were in another city, very few people would even be bringing VY up. It seems like we have more VY folks here than Bush folks, but maybe that is just my impression.

Listen, I have said this before and I'll say it again: I don't have anything against VY. I think he'll be a very good QB at the next level and he may very well lead his team to a championship. However, I don't understand why it is so bad to go with the safe pick. It's not like we're talking about Alex Smith here. Bush has A LOT of upside in addition to being as close as you can get to a guarantee. I don't think that makes us in the Bush camp or the Texans small-minded. It simply means they may not be risk takers. Or, it means they really do believe Bush has a higher ceiling.

What we don't know is how the coaches and FO feel about his workout yesterday. Maybe he showed them he can make the throws he didn't attempt on the pro day. Maybe he didn't make the throws. VY is an exciting player and I'll be happy if they take him. I'll be happier if they take Bush.
 
Since we have already paid Carr ... how smart would it be to sign Vince to an even bigger contract . I guess we can go to the NFL Euro to backfill our roster .

QB is the biggest risk in a draft . There are not gaurantees for any position ,its just QBs have the highest risk . What if VY really did score a 7 on his test before the NFL swept it under the rug ... his risk factor goes up a great deal . Whats the risk factor for RB , Williams and DBrick ?
 
Honoring Earl 34 said:
Since we have already paid Carr ... how smart would it be to sign Vince to an even bigger contract . I guess we can go to the NFL Euro to backfill our roster .

QB is the biggest risk in a draft . There are not gaurantees for any position ,its just QBs have the highest risk . What if VY really did score a 7 on his test before the NFL swept it under the rug ... his risk factor goes up a great deal . Whats the risk factor for RB , Williams and DBrick ?
Hey, I have NO PROBLEM with trading down and taking SuperMario, DaBrickishaw, or even Bush, but what I have a problem with is taking Bush with the 1st overall pick. I wouldn't mind having Bush, Mario, Brick, Hawk, or Young, but I just think the 1st overall pick is too high for Bush. If I use the 1st overall pick, I want a player that is going to have a long carreer. Running Backs generally have the shortest carreers of any position.
 
vtech9 said:
Hey, I have NO PROBLEM with trading down and taking SuperMario, DaBrickishaw, or even Bush, but what I have a problem with is taking Bush with the 1st overall pick. I wouldn't mind having Bush, Mario, Brick, Hawk, or Young, but I just think the 1st overall pick is too high for Bush. If I use the 1st overall pick, I want a player that is going to have a long carreer. Running Backs generally have the shortest carreers of any position.

I consider this your best argument, as opposed to the part-time back one.
 
vtech9 said:
Hey, I have NO PROBLEM with trading down and taking SuperMario, DaBrickishaw, or even Bush, but what I have a problem with is taking Bush with the 1st overall pick. I wouldn't mind having Bush, Mario, Brick, Hawk, or Young, but I just think the 1st overall pick is too high for Bush. If I use the 1st overall pick, I want a player that is going to have a long carreer. Running Backs generally have the shortest carreers of any position.

Do you have a crystal ball that can predict the length of a prospect's career?

Any player at any position can have a long career or a short career. Running backs do have on average the shortest careers, but there have been many backs who have played 10+ years and Bush splitting time with Davis should not only extend the career of Bush but also Davis who has had injury problems from being over worked.
 
bad said:
That seems pretty straightforward to me.

Oh my bad man....i guess i overstepped a boundary and actually made someone stick up for their internet friend. Stepping up to respond for another man online is pretty weak....its not like i ripped him a new one. Regardless i was talking about the whole post....yes your right....he said one sentence in that essay that was actually coherent.
 
I would have to say the avg. life span for a RB is longer than four years I would give it 5 to 9 years as a productive big bodied runner. If you have Reggie Bush he will be more of a reciever than a running back anyways. He is to small to run inside the tackles, and he will never be our starting running back while D.Davis is here so I could see Bush last 6 to 8 years. I think Houston will have the highest paid backup running back in the History of the NFL, if they take him.
 
infantrycak said:
Yeah, I guess it is boring for someone like you to read posts from a Vince Young fan like Texans Chick who would really love to have him here but can't buy into every slam Carr, slam RB argument you and others can come up with in your deluded quest that if somehow you create enough arguments real or more often purely made up, that VY will come here.

By the way, made up arguments aren't corn and this isn't the VY field of dreams.

Which slams have I bought into??

that he sacks himself?? I think Kubiak has said the same..

that a 4 year player should know not to run out of bounds with the ball behind the L.O.S.?? have you ever seen another starter do that after four years??

the fetal position thing?? You haven't seen it??

that Carr doesn't throw well on the move?? I'd like to see the numbers, but I truly believe he's better off tucking and running.

that he leaves the pocket early....... often?? tell you what, if he weren't running into the sacker, I'd overlook this one. but being as leaving the pocket early is a fault many see in Vince, I think it's a wash..... well, till you look at David's sack numbers.......

I'm sorry I can't conform to the "norm" and pat your back, and rub your belly with the "consensus" norm", when what I see tells me that Vince is that special kind of QB, & I'd like for this team to be the one that will ride his coat tails, as he turns this league inside out.

Reggie..... If he's everything ya'll think he'll be, I'd still want the QB that in my eyes will be just as spectacular.... In my book, amazing QB trumps amazing Running Back all day long.

Is Vince a sure thing?? no. are their questions about his game?? sure.

1) can he run a pro style offense??

there isn't a QB whose entered/will enter the draft, that you can't/shouln't ask that question about....... Matt Lienart may seem to be a no brainer, but they thought the same about Charlie Batch, Tim Couch, Ryan Leaf, Heath Shuler, etc.. etc.. etc.....

2) he's got that funny side arm thing......

So does our 4 year QB..... but Vince has a little height advantage to help him out.

3) How will his game translate??

His passing stats are on par with Lienart, with Carr...... completion percentage, YPA, passing effieciency.... his arm is stronger than Lienarts, he's demonstrated, IMHO, that the college game is too slow for him.

his rushing stats, are on par with Randal Cunningham's, Michael Vick, Donavan McNabb, Dante Cullpepper....

I think he'll be able to play, and make whatever team he plays for competetive(sp).

4) He should sit out his first year..........

Looking back, I wish Carr had.

I don't think I've made any insane arguments in favor for Vince Young. I don't believe I've made any insane arguments against Reggie.....

I agree, and have agreed for some time now, it doesn't look like they are going to draft Vince Young........ but..........

is it insane to think a new coach would like to pick the guy who will be his field general?? An extension of himself??

is it insane to think extending Carr's contract 3 years, roughly $5 mil/year was the best option considering the FAs who were out there at the time?? If I could've got Drew Bledsoe for $2mil/year, I woud. but he wasn't on the block this go 'round. Kitna?? $2mil?? you're just wasting your time...... he's a back up only.... Jeff Garcia?? I'm surprised that he's got a gig. If You weren't happy with Carr, who would you have picked up to lead your team??
No one is going to drop Carr (who we don't know about yet..........(4 years, and you don't know??)) and look to draft a QB in the draft that you(he.....Kubiak) hadn't even talked to... remember he was still in the hunt for the SuperBowl two weeks(??) before Carr's extension came due.

We've got soooooo much talent on the offensive side of the Ball right now, I don't think Reggie is going to add too much anyway..... You've got Moulds, Jeb, AJ, Armstrong, Walther, and Mathis........ three of those six guys will be on the field on every play.... what does Reggie add?? The ability to score from the 80?? nope, all ready got it....... the ability to break an 80 yard run for a TD?? I can live without it...... get DD to our 45, with GK's run blocking, and he poses the same threat.

2006 will tell us what we need to know about David Carr...... needing to go into a season thinking that you have to evaluate your 5 year starter should tell you something.

When Denver looked at Jake, do you think there was any question as to what his abilities were?? Time and Time again, he played well, on a bad, bad team. I'm not talking about INTs, and sacks. The only reason anyone watched an Arizona game was to watch the opposing team dominate, or to watch Jake the Snake play.

Sanity would be realizing your QB isn't perfect.

Sanity would be realizing there is a potentially great QB in the Draft.

The only teams who shouldn't be interested, is Indy, Philly, Miami, Jacksonville, Tampa, Cincinatti, Seattle, & Arizona. I may have left someone out accidentally...... but the Texans, IMHO don't belong on the list.

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DRAMA said:
You're saying that we should take the QB, who's a leader, who has the charisma, teammates love, wins the big games, makes the big plays, and has won at the ultimate level in college? We should draft that guy? The problem is that I don't think we need Leinart. You HAD to be talking about Matt right? I mean, he is THE consensus #1 QB in this draft... There's no way you're advocating taking Vince because he's from here, are you?

Whew, because if we were all to be so 'small minded' as to simply draft a guy because he's from here, well, maybe we could take Reggie McNeal and call it even?

Small minded, because this is what you see...... you just happen to believe the Garbage that Matt's Pro day says isn't, and never was there. Yet you still don't want to believe it.......... not until all the papers tell you so I guess.

If you're looking at drafting a QB, you've got to hope he is better than the one you've got now......... I've seen nothing in Matt, to make me think he is any better than Carr. If they were both in the draft right now, I'd rank Carr over Matt...

The only positive you see in Vince, is that he is from Houston.......... small minded.

I actually like Vince alot (Even though that does wane somewhat after being called small-minded...) but I just feel that Bush is our homerun threat and I want our homerun threat now..and I promise, my mind is HUGE!!
agian, small minded....... AJ, Moulds, Mathis all homerund threats, from anywhere on the field. More so, than Reggie Bush....... DD..... get him inside the 50, he's a homerun threat.

Texans_Chick said:
This is not completely fair.

Last season, USC was #1 in both turnover margin and turnovers gained. Seeing that the other team has over 20 interceptions is not exactly a heartwarming stat to see if you are an opposing QB.

Just saying.

I remember them saying USC had the best Secondary Vince had seen...

tulexan said:
Turnover margin is a very misleading stat. I suspect it was high because they were consistently blowing out teams and forcing them to throw the ball which is riskier because there is a better chance for a turnover. Look at the Bengals this year. They had one of the highest turnover margins in the league but once they played against a good team like the Colts, they couldn't stop them. This is also similar to the Chiefs a few years ago when they lost to the Colts in the playoffs.

Wasn't UT down by two scores in the last 6 minutes of the game?? Didn't Vince have to make some pretty good throws to move the ball??

vtech9 said:
that's a good argument...since a running backs carreer usually averages about 4 years, Reggie Bush could be done by the time that Vince Young is coming into his prime.

So, that would be 3 years with David Carr and Reggie Bush. Since I have my doubts that Carr can turn his carreer around enough to be anything more than average, I can't see the Texans going very far. In saying that, I can see Bush getting more touches, and in turn, getting hit more, which could shorten his carreer.

& don't forget, no one believes Carr will turn it around in one year. Minimm two years...... Reggie will have 2 years left(if you believe the 4 year thing)
 
thunderkyss said:
Which slams have I bought into??

Whatever--by your own admission you have said you have become an advocate for Vince Young and are going to spin everything pro him and that bending everything against Carr aids in the VY cause. Giving a "ho hum" to an objective post from a VY fanatic demonstrates yet again your desire to advocate rather than be objective.
 
Yo Thundekyss thats was an excellent post dawg...but to state my opinion why would we want to spend that much money on RB when the Texans said he would be used similiar to what the USC used him if they were to draft him...see i think that is crazy and if i spend that much money on a player he will be on the field full time and not part time.
 
Untamed Guerillaz said:
Yo Thundekyss thats was an excellent post dawg...but to state my opinion why would we want to spend that much money on RB when the Texans said he would be used similiar to what the USC used him if they were to draft him...see i think that is crazy and if i spend that much money on a player he will be on the field full time and not part time.

Just because he might be a part time player the first year doens't mean he won't be a full time back by the beginning of next year or earlier. He might not live up to what we are paying him in his first year but by the second he will be worth it. When, and not if, we draft Reggie, I could see him having all the carries by week 8.
 
thunderkyss said:
Is Vince a sure thing?? no. are their questions about his game?? sure.

1) can he run a pro style offense??

there isn't a QB whose entered/will enter the draft, that you can't/shouln't ask that question about.......

It's the answer that counts, not the question. Just because you ask the same question about all of the prospects doesn't mean they are equal.


thunderkyss said:
& don't forget, no one believes Carr will turn it around in one year.

Really? The coaches think differently, but what do they know? Maybe you mean everyone on this board. Well no, that's not true either. Who is everybody - all "right thinking" people?
 
Runner said:
Really? The coaches think differently, but what do they know? Maybe you mean everyone on this board. Well no, that's not true either. Who is everybody - all "right thinking" people?

Must be the folks that didn't see Drew Brees go from:

Pass comp % 57.6 Yds 2108 ypa 5.92 TD's 11 INT's 15 QB rating 67.5--in other words worse on every stat than DC to:

Pass comp % 65.5 Yds 3159 ypa 7.90 TD's 27 INT's 7 QB rating 104.8

Or Jon Kitna in his 7th season going from:

Pass comp % 53.9 yds 3216 ypa 5.54 TD's 12 INT's 22 QB rating 61.1
Pass comp % 62.2 yds 3178 ypa 6.72 TD's 16 INT's 16 QB rating 79.1

to

Pass comp % 62.3 yds 3591 ypa 6.91 TD's 26 INT's 15 QB rating 87.4

Or Daunte Culpepper in his 5th year going from:

Pass comp % 60.7 yds 3853 ypa 7.02 TD's 18 INT's 23 QB rating 75.3

to

Pass comp % 65.0 yds 3479 ypa 7.66 TD's 25 INT's 11 QB rating 96.4

QB's make often make big one year performance jumps. Doesn't mean Carr will, but there is no basis for saying it will necessarily take several years.
 
Nighthawk said:
Right now Bush is the greatest college football player who ever played the game who nobody in the NFL really wants! Crazy!

Why do you get the impression nobody wants him? Do NFL GMs call you to ask if the Texans would part with the pick? Just curious.

Young seems to be the guy to me that less and less teams want. He could slip to 10 and might only get picked there if Green is convinced he can keep his job for another 2 years. In Arizona that's never a given.

If the 1st pick gets traded, it's Bush they are after.
 
Runner said:
It's the answer that counts, not the question. Just because you ask the same question about all of the prospects doesn't mean they are equal.


Really? The coaches think differently, but what do they know? Maybe you mean everyone on this board. Well no, that's not true either. Who is everybody - all "right thinking" people?

I wouldn't start any rookie, under any circumstance, week 1, and unless I'm already rebuilding, he might not start year 1...... I'm not the only one who thinks this way.... many NFL coaches approach the QB the same way.

infantrycak said:
Must be the folks that didn't see Drew Brees go from:


Or Jon Kitna in his 7th season going from:

Or Daunte Culpepper in his 5th year going from:

QB's make often make big one year performance jumps. Doesn't mean Carr will, but there is no basis for saying it will necessarily take several years.

#1, none of these QB's suffered from the mistakes Carr makes...... or have the problems Carr has.... not even in their rookie years.

#2 If you think we will be clicking on all cylinders, and playing in January 2007, that's you. I haven't heard the "consensus" make such claims yet.
 
swtbound07 said:
I dont know that tule. I still think its a lot closer to 50/50 then people on this board think. What do Derrick Johnson, Troy Williamson, Sean Taylor, Robert Gallery, Charles Rogers, Joey Harrington, Julius Peppers, Alex Barron, Kellen Winslow, and Deangelo Williams have in common. They are ALL players that people on this board have SWORE that the Texans were going to draft.

Well, some of these players were drafted before the Texans picked so there is no way of knowing if the Texans would have taken them had they been there. Since the team owns the 1st pick, it's going to be difficult for another team to draft ahead of them. They'll get the player they want. Some fans want Young. Some fans want Bush. Some fans want them to trade down.

In my opinion, some of the Young fans are just that; Young fans. They haven't been huge Texans fans. Sure, they might have cared at some level about the team, but they didn't go to the games, and they weren't members of this board until after the Rose Bowl. That doesn't make their opinions less valid, but it doesn't mean they know what is going to happen anymore than those fans that have been following the Texans since the day the team was awarded to Houston. I would be willing to bet that if we could poll 31 GMs around the league and asked them what they would do if they were running the Texans; all 31 would say draft Bush. It's a smarter football pick.
 
thunderkyss said:
#1, none of these QB's suffered from the mistakes Carr makes...... or have the problems Carr has.... not even in their rookie years.

So those QB's didn't have any problems with their games they just had bad stats and had big jumps in their performance without improving their games. :ok: They're not named Carr either which is more likely the real distinction.

#2 If you think we will be clicking on all cylinders, and playing in January 2007, that's you. I haven't heard the "consensus" make such claims yet.

I think what I said above--QB's make big jumps in performance often. That addressed your specific comment about Carr not having a one year turnaround. If you had said the Texans O will not be fully up and running in the 1st year I would have agreed with you.
 
infantrycak said:
So those QB's didn't have any problems with their games they just had bad stats and had big jumps in their performance without improving their games. :ok: They're not named Carr either which is more likely the real distinction.

are those my only choices?? they weren't prone to running into sacks.... I don't think any of them ran out of bounds with the ball behind the L.O.S. & if they did, I'm sure it was only once. I can't recall Dante falling down, and curling up in the fetal position... I don't think staring at a reciever was a problem any of them had(I'm not a big Drew Brees Fan, so I may be wrong here, on all accounts).
for the most part, interceptions, sacks and all, Dante, and Kitna, I was very high on when they came into the league. I always thought of Kitna as a smart Bret Favre(I see the error in that now). I think both needed time to adjust to the NFL, learn their schemes, and the talent around them needed to be improved. But through all their faults, I saw many, many sparks of greatness.
In all honesty, I thought Holmgren held on to Kitna 1 year to many, but it seems to have worked out for Mike anyway...... great guy, you gotta love him.


infantrycak said:
I think what I said above--QB's make big jumps in performance often. That addressed your specific comment about Carr not having a one year turnaround. If you had said the Texans O will not be fully up and running in the 1st year I would have agreed with you.

I said no one expects Carr to turn it around in one year......... not that no one expects Carr to turn around in one year. It was in response to someone saying it'll take Reggie 2 years before he becomes a bigger part of the O
 
vtech9 said:
that's a good argument...since a running backs carreer usually averages about 4 years, Reggie Bush could be done by the time that Vince Young is coming into his prime.

That's averaging every running back to be on any roster. There are normally twice as many running backs on rosters each year than QBs. More than that if you count training camp rosters as well. Running backs don't necessarily last only 4 years. The good ones last much longer. People keep throwing out the 4 year rule like every running back is gone in 4 years. If Walter Payton plays 13 years and 3 late round picks or undrafted FA that get cut during training camp and never make onto another team are lumped together, the average life is 4 years. Look at the last round of the 2004 draft (Luke Staley, Jarrett Ferguson, Leonard Henry, Antwoine Womack) these guys lower the average life of a running back. They're drafted for training camp and possibly special teams spots. The next year the teams will find someone else and these players move on.

Focus on these numbers instead of the 4 year average:
Emmitt Smith 15 years
Walter Payton 13 years
Barry Sanders 10 years (still had gas in the tank)
Curtis Martin 11 years
Jerome Bettis 13 years
Eric Dickerson 12 years
Tony Dorsett 12 years
Jim Brown 9 years (still had gas in the tank)
Marshall Faulk 12 years
Marcus Allen 16 years

Earl Campbell had 9 years and probably could have had a longer career if he hadn't been overused in his first few years.

Reggie Bush has a much better chance of being in that class than a guy that is done in 4 years. Can he get hurt and have a shortened career like Terrell Davis? Of course. Although, Davis did have injury problems at Georgia. Young could also get hurt. I think it's unlikely, but Carson Palmer might never play again. A team can't draft or not draft someone because they might get hurt.
 
Yes, Carr stunk it up last season. Did everyone forget DC threw for over 3400 yards in 2004 and that Texans won 7 games (shoulda been 8 wins). They had lowered the sack total by some 40 % from 2003.

Mmm...Capers decided to tinker with OL.....fired Palmer....put Pendry at OC..The results were a 2 - 14 season.

Now we have a new coaching staff...we've done a good job in FA season in bolstering our talent and depth. I have faith Kubiak can get Carr to perform to his ultimate abilities.

So, alot of ya believe Carr is a dawg; I'll just say with a better offensive scheme and coaching and more weapons, Carr can do it. IMO
 
TexanBacker93[B said:
]Well, some of these players were drafted before the Texans picked so there is no way of knowing if the Texans would have taken them had they been there.[/B] Since the team owns the 1st pick, it's going to be difficult for another team to draft ahead of them. They'll get the player they want. Some fans want Young. Some fans want Bush. Some fans want them to trade down.

In my opinion, some of the Young fans are just that; Young fans. They haven't been huge Texans fans. Sure, they might have cared at some level about the team, but they didn't go to the games, and they weren't members of this board until after the Rose Bowl. That doesn't make their opinions less valid, but it doesn't mean they know what is going to happen anymore than those fans that have been following the Texans since the day the team was awarded to Houston. I would be willing to bet that if we could poll 31 GMs around the league and asked them what they would do if they were running the Texans; all 31 would say draft Bush. It's a smarter football pick.


Then you miss my point. The point wasnt who was drafted, its that the texans somehow didnt manipulate the system to get the guy that people SWORE would be wearing our colors. Im just saying, this board has quite a track record of being grandly wrong on draft day.....i remember a number of people promising that ernest shazor wouldnt be available in round 4 and if he was there at the pick then we had to jump on him...dude went undrafted. People swearing derrick johnson was the consensus best defensive player in the draft and every gm was calling him linebacker of the century and the texans should TRADE UP to get him, much less pass on him for travis johnson. My point in all this is to say: Every year we get worked up, and have theories and conjectures and hypothesis. This year is no different. No matter what circumstantial evidence you see, i call BS until the 29th. You dont know, so quit pretending like you do. is that unreasonable?
 
The title of this thread is, "Vince Young worked out and nobody cares?"

It should be, "Vince Young worked out and nobody cares!" :)
 
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