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Welcome to Houston Aireontae Ersery

It's difficult for some young players to consistently give 110% every play. It's difficult for some older players to give 100% every play. Duane Brown was considered a "project" when we drafted him. Ephraim Salaam was just about done when we signed him. I think it worked out for us back then, especially since it took forever to drive down the field.

If they didn't decide to move Tytus to Guard we might not have seen Fisher at all last season. He was thrown into the fire because Kenyon Green was a big mistake.
 
Interesting connection I found in Aaron Wilson’s interview with Ersery’s OL coach. Ersery’s coach Brian Callahan actually coached on the same staff as Caley at Akron and Eastern Illinois. You’d think he would be a straight shooter regarding the player with that connection.

Also, Minnesota has put out some solid OL recently with Faalele (starting RG Ravens) and Michael-Schmitz (starting C NYG) being 4th and 2nd round picks recently.

 
TheRealJoker V2 said:
Interesting connection I found in Aaron Wilson’s interview with Ersery’s OL coach. Ersery’s coach Brian Callahan actually coached on the same staff as Caley at Akron and Eastern Illinois. You’d think he would be a straight shooter regarding the player with that connection.

Also, Minnesota has put out some solid OL recently with Faalele (starting RG Ravens) and Michael-Schmitz (starting C NYG) being 4th and 2nd round picks recently.

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I liked Michael-Schmitz last season.
 
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badboy said:
I agree with Ryans.
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As much as I want the 5 best OL guys out there, regardless of position, time after time we've seen the rookies drafted for the OL have to switch positions constantly. They never seem to just learn one position which hurts their development.

This one time, why don't we just keep him at LT? Let some of the guys that have been in the league for a couple years bounce around on the line. At least most of those older players had their opportunity to show they belong at a particular spot on the line and have failed to lock that spot down.
 
amazing80 said:
Starting LT, lets gooooooo
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You may be misinterpreting coach Meco. He isn’t saying Ersery will be the starting LT. He is saying that during OTA’s and TC, he will be at LT. In other words, the plan is to train him at LT first. His statement also didn’t rule out trying him at G, just not from jump…although I personally don’t think he is a guard and most likely stays at tackle.
 
I don't want Ersery starting unless he's ready to go and outplays Robinson. I like the DB/Salaam comparison. We've seen it work and if the rookie can play, they should put him in the starting lineup. No need to rush him, but do it when he's ready (or out of necessity if someone gets hurt).
 
House of Pain said:
I don't want Ersery starting unless he's ready to go and outplays Robinson. I like the DB/Salaam comparison. We've seen it work and if the rookie can play, they should put him in the starting lineup. No need to rush him, but do it when he's ready (or out of necessity if someone gets hurt).
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This is what I hope happens,

I also wouldn't mind Ersery fighting it out for the RT position. They've gotta be better at RT than Fisher was last season. I'm thinking they really want Scruggs to win the RG job, but the competition there should be fierce. (Tomlinson/Ingram.)
 
Given time, I think he will be good. He is (IMO) a bit raw right now

Welcome to Houston Aireontae Ersery
 
badboy said:
I think the one year prove it deal was okay with both the player and the team. If he has a really good year, he could still get another very lucrative deal to end his career.
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I think he had no choice and neither did we....let's revisit around December
 
Porky said:
You may be misinterpreting coach Meco. He isn’t saying Ersery will be the starting LT. He is saying that during OTA’s and TC, he will be at LT. In other words, the plan is to train him at LT first. His statement also didn’t rule out trying him at G, just not from jump…although I personally don’t think he is a guard and most likely stays at tackle.
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I am not saying Meco said it, I am saying he will win starting LT. Don't sleep on him
 
Thorn said:
So we have a suspect Cam Robertson, a veteran with experience, and a rookie trainee at LT. At least so far. I sure hope one of the two works out, otherwise it'll be a long season and a very bumpy ride for CJ.
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Hopefully we see the CJ that was able to work through a poor OL in his rookie season, rather than the CJ that was unable to work through a poor OL and a passing scheme that had completely lost its way last season.

You had Diggs, Dell & Schultz all being used outside of their strengths last year, the TE backups all got injured, the WR backups all failed to develop. The OC got fired for it.

Got to hope that this season will be better on both ends of the O.
 
welsh texan said:
Hopefully we see the CJ that was able to work through a poor OL in his rookie season, rather than the CJ that was unable to work through a poor OL and a passing scheme that had completely lost its way last season.

You had Diggs, Dell & Schultz all being used outside of their strengths last year, the TE backups all got injured, the WR backups all failed to develop. The OC got fired for it.

Got to hope that this season will be better on both ends of the O.
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As you stated, I will give S2roud some credit, he had to deal with a whole lot more than just a busted OL.
 
I see Fischer and Ersery as the most likely starting tackle duo in 2026. But honestly, I'm not sure who plays which side.

I'm not sure either one is destined to be a pro-bowler. Just hope both can be at the very least middling starter types that can help form a cohesive group. The sum is better than the individual parts type of line.
 
welsh texan said:
Hopefully we see the CJ that was able to work through a poor OL in his rookie season, rather than the CJ that was unable to work through a poor OL and a passing scheme that had completely lost its way last season.

You had Diggs, Dell & Schultz all being used outside of their strengths last year, the TE backups all got injured, the WR backups all failed to develop. The OC got fired for it.

Got to hope that this season will be better on both ends of the O.
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The law of averages would suggest that you're correct. I don't think everything is going to 100% fixed but looking back, the Texans did catch a lot of bad breaks. Some of them self inflicted others completely random.

I know this may not be popular in the Texans community at large (not just the people that post here), but I think Tank's injury was avoidable. IMO either/or:

1.) Jared Wayne was on this team and completely screwed the pooch on the playcall and ran a dangerous route--causing him to collide with Tank; or,
2.) Slowik designed an insanely dangerous play that resulted in the collision.

Regardless, statistically, it is unlike this happens again this year.
 
I believe the Texans are 100% locked, in developing Ersery at LT. At the moment, I’m sure the team would like to get 5-8 starts out of Robinson at LT. This would be the best way to ease Ersery into the starting roll. Of course, that could be corrected earlier if Robinson just shites the bed early and often.

As for Fisher, he’s my starting RT unless one of the veteran free agents beat him out of the starting job. I believe the same can be said for Scruggs at RG and Patterson at C.
 
JB said:
For maybe the first time ever the Texans will have competition at all 5 OL spots
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Is that good or bad? For the first time ever, the Browns have a wide open QB competition.

I think your point is, dont just hand spots to guys. Make him earn it. While i agree to an extent, that also means you dont have a single guy you can 100% rely on. But i do agree there will be lots of competition. I just hope iron sharpens iron, not plastic cutlery against butter knives
 
KoolAid Sipper said:
I'm concerned whether there will be enough time/reps during training camp to determine starters and develop chemistry to operate effectively as a unit.
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I think they will have to make a lot of those decisions by the time OTA's are over
 
KoolAid Sipper said:
I'm concerned whether there will be enough time/reps during training camp to determine starters and develop chemistry to operate effectively as a unit.
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Compared to last training camp when the starting OTs were basically absent all offseason rehabbing injuries, I think the team will be fine on this front. They are bringing the same amount of OL to camp they do every offseason.

I don’t expect them to play musical chairs with every OL. Caserio mentioned he has the players “clustered” into different groupings. EX: Tackle only, tackle/guard, guard/center.

Cam Robinson is only playing left tackle. I doubt they ask a guy like Laken Tomlinson to try taking snaps at center when he’s basically been an ironman at LG not missing a snap in 10 years or whatever.

Of the players likely to make the team: I could see Tytus and/or Scruggs who has already started at multiple positions before to find the best fit if they prove to be one of those 5 best OL.

But I don’t think it’s a musical chairs situation, “Ok lets try Cam Robinson at right tackle when he’s started his entire career at left tackle just because!”
 
The only guy that i would say is at least 90% locked in is Cam at LT. Not saying Ersery cant unseat him at some point during the year, but there is no way in hades this team is throwing a rookie LT out there game 1, even if he has an excellent camp.

The other 4? Its musical chairs in my mind. Just take RT. Any of Ersery, Fischer, or Howard could be the game 1 starter. Id give the edge to Fisher here, as i think its likely Howard moves inside, and Ersery will be deemed a combo of not-ready and training more at LT. But is he a near lock? Not in my mind no.
 
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