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Wand moves to right guard

Vinny said:
Wand is actually a pretty solid run blocker. It's his feet that are in question. He drive blocks well. Being tall he may have some leverage issues against shorter stockier inside technique guys though.
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Not picking a fight here Vinny, and I stand to be corrected, but I thought one of the things that held Wand out of the first round was his lack of upper body strength ? Now he's had a couple of years in an NFL weight room I agree. But there is a different type of cat awaiting Mr. Wand on the inside verses the outside. I aggree with your statement. But the matrix has shifted. He's a great run blocker ..... at LT. Just as Babin is a great run defender at LB. Again I don't know for sure. The pudding will be out of the oven saturday night. Only hope Wand is not in it. We'll see. If we can't block Oakland's front seven, the season is in peril. Tennessee and Jacksonville has animals on the inside and they're hooooungry. JMHO.
 
threetoedpete said:
...If we can't block Oakland's front seven, the season is in peril. Tennessee and Jacksonville has animals on the inside and they're hooooungry. JMHO.
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Wiegert is out for a few games. Maybe the preseason plus opening day in Buffalo. I don't think the season is in peril.
 
threetoedpete said:
that the panick button was pushed shortly after.....With four shots at it, this group of O-lineman couldn't get it done.
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Very poor example IMO. First off...I've seen quite a few awesome offenses get stuffed on 4 straight running plays at the goalline.

We'd been practicing against the Broncos all week. We ALWAYS ran when Smith was brought in to the offense. Weigart was injured. Carr said they only had 2 goal lines plays. They ran those 2 plays 4 times against a defense that knew what was coming. Odds are against you in that instance.

I see no reason to push the panic button after that series or any of the preseason for that matter.
 
corrosion said:
As much as i like what Travis Johnson brings to the Texans D i Really think the team would have been better served by taking Jammal Brown @ 13 instead . The Texans have been searching for a true LT since day one and its well beyond time they solidify the position because until they do the offense is not gonna reach its potential . Forget about play-offs until the O-line gets upgraded. :goodnight
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So the solution to getting a true LT is to draft a guy scouts almost unanimously think will be a RT? Sounds like a plan--not a good one, but it's a plan.
 
Lucky said:
Wiegert is out for a few games. Maybe the preseason plus opening day in Buffalo. I don't think the season is in peril.
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The operative word is "high". Anyone who has had one KNOWS, Wiegert will be plaing hurt in All the games in '05. It will not heal untill March. He'll do it. But the more he plays on it the worse it will get. JFYI. Your back ups are now Fred Weary, the new guy and Wand. IMHO the season is in peril.
 
infantrycak said:
So the solution to getting a true LT is to draft a guy scouts almost unanimously think will be a RT? Sounds like a plan--not a good one, but it's a plan.
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Agreed. We have not been in a position to draft a credible procpect at LT the last two drafts. To get one we would have had to sacrifice a lot of depeth. You'll see a good proscpect this weekend. Robert Gallery is supposed to be the next generation of NFL super left tackels. Guys will just have to step up this year. The '06 tallent pool is loaded. We should get well in a hurry. The team has addressed it's depth problems. They are only a couple of peices away, IMHO.
 
threetoedpete said:
The operative word is "high". Anyone who has had one KNOWS, Wiegert will be plaing hurt in All the games in '05. It will not heal untill March...
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Thanks, Doc.

Todd Wade had a high ankle sprain in '04, missing about 2 1/2 games. FYI.
 
Runner said:
They'll have to "patch it" for more than 1 year. Even if they get their franchise LT of choice in the draft, it is unlikely he would be an upgrade his first year. One of the more recent players touted as a franchise LT, Robert Gallery, will be playing for the Raiders at right tackle. It took him a while to crack the line-up, and then on the right side. It's hard to impact an NFL O-line your first year.
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That could possibly be the case, but there is no telling. This team might make the playoffs, but we probably won't make it far without at least an above average LT. I don't see that guy on our current roster. You have to way overpay for guys on the free agent market at LT. So where do we get this guy? In the draft.

Keep in mind that we didn't know how fast AJ, Dunte, or Carr would contribute either. Wide receiver is one of the hardest positions to learn in the NFL, yet AJ contributed almost immediately. Robinson struggled the early part of his rookie year, but came on to perform at Pro Bowl levels down the stretch. Carr struggled his first two years and just really started to show some skills last year. So which one will Bull LeftTackle end up being? Who knows? I'd rather see us take a calculated risk on one of those than to wait indefinitely for Wand to live up to his p-curseword.
 
We still don't have the LT position solidified, we still don't have a true #2 reciever, we still don't have an all- around TE. All that equals no trip to the playoffs. An d don't get me started on the changes to the defense.
 
SESupergenius said:
We still don't have the LT position solidified, we still don't have a true #2 reciever, we still don't have an all- around TE.
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I agree with that assessment. I'd at least like to see us get our LT and TE in next year's draft. We at least of some potential #2 WR's on the roster, and at the very least a variety of #3 quality guys.

Defensively I have questions about Peek, Greenwood, and Buchanon, especially Peek. ROLB is a key position in the 3-4. If Peek can't get it done, who else can step in any time soon?
 
Marcus said:
That's what I've been trying to tell everybody. He'll be another rookie trying to learn the zone blocking scheme. Is that an upgrade? I think not.
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So you are suggesting we bypass drafting an offensive lineman again next year?
 
TheOgre said:
Defensively I have questions about Peek, Greenwood, and Buchanon, especially Peek. ROLB is a key position in the 3-4. If Peek can't get it done, who else can step in any time soon?
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there is charlie anderson, there is kenneth pettway, and a couple others
 
I'll even add that when our scrubs are in there we never seem to beat their scrubs. What does that mean? No depth. If we have and injury we will miss a beat. Every positions is a pretty big drop off if someone gets hurt.
 
geofb said:
So you are suggesting we bypass drafting an offensive lineman again next year?
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No, not at all. Go ahead and draft that stud lineman. If he pans out, then that position will be set for the next 10 years or so. But just don't count on him making a difference next year.
 
Marcus said:
No, not at all. Go ahead and draft that stud lineman. If he pans out, then that position will be set for the next 10 years or so. But just don't count on him making a difference next year.
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That is fair. This "5-year plan" seems to be less and less likely. It might even turn into a 10-year plan with a new coach, GM, and QB by the time it is all said and done.
 
Tony Boselli was part of the 5 year plan, but that didn't pan out. When they drafted Wand in the 3rd round, there was a chance Boselli would be back the next season, but it didn't happen. You can't really blame Casserly on this one. He picked the right guy, but the injury just never healed. We're all hoping the LTs available next year will end up being good choices, because there really haven't been any guys worth taking with out first round picks through the previous drafts. We could have had any OL last year, but chose not to and that should mean something like they weren't all that great and it would have been a stretch to take them where we had been on the draft board.
 
wrestler4life said:
The minute we knew that Boselli was a no-go, we should have been working the phones. We waited way too long on this one!
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That probably would have been a good idea.
 
TexansTrueFan said:
i dont think its a good thing when a player has played at all spots on the OL, kinda like players who jump team to team.
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Yeah that didn't work to well for Bruce Matthews. :rolleyes:
 
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