Kubiak Speaks

by Tim on Aug 27, 2007 2:45 PM CDT in News

Lots of interesting tidbits in Kubes' latest Sunday presser. Of particular note:

-The last round of cuts are coming on Friday.

-Charlie Adams was cut early in order to give him a shot to land a roster spot elsewhere.

-Keenan McCardell may now be an afterthought at WR on this team.

-The starters at center (McKinney v. Flanagan), SAM (C. Anderson v. Clark), and DT (Tr. Johnson v. Maddox) should be named within the next day or so. Put me in the "McKinney, Clark, and Anyone But Travis Johnson" camp.

-Anthony Weaver's knee is improving, to the point that he may actually play in the season opener. I know that Babin and Kalu have looked pretty solid, but Weaver's health is a BIG concern to me.

-Chad Stanley should return to punting and tormenting my dreams today.

-Despite Jacoby Jones' unbelievable preseason, Kevin Walter is still No. 2 at WR, but "No. 12 is going to be on the field a lot."

-Jacoby needs to cut down on the celebrations. The kid could get injured, and then we'd have to sign Vai Sikahema. I may have made that last part up.

-Kubes trusts The Schaub. Not news per se, but I feel pretty confident saying that he didn't feel that way about last season's starter at QB.

-Ahman Green was actually sick on Saturday night. If that's how he plays when he's got a stomach bug, the rest of the league should be afraid.

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Re: Weaver

What are your thoughts on where he'll play? I can think of at least four reasons why Mario should be playing LDE (size, getting to bitchslap TEs, learning to play against double teams, forced work on hand technique for quick release), but Weaver is not going to beat ANY LTs. Does he become a backup to Mario, with Orr/Babin/Nduweke playing RDE?

by MDC on Aug 27, 2007 4:51 PM CDT 0 recs

Dream Weaver

Really tough to say, MDC. Saturday night's game showed that Mario should probably be opposite the RT for any number of reasons (many of which you listed). Didn't they try Weaver at DT for a bit last year? Maybe go with a lineup of Babin/Orr, Okoye, Weaver, and Mario? I really don't have an answer, but if healthy, I think Weaver is one of the four best defensive linemen on the roster. He needs to be on the field.

Looking forward to a day when being a Texans fan doesn't mean that April is the highlight of my season...

by Tim on Aug 27, 2007 5:06 PM CDT up 0 recs

Agreed

Anthony Uno definitely needs to be on the field. He played DT on passing downs last year, so that's a good thought.

Ideally, I guess I'd like to see Mario entrenched at LDE and then use our depth to rotate into the other three DL positions based on down and distance. Weavs could do what Von Hutchins will likely do and rotate between positions.

Dunno. Isn't it weird to have talented depth up front? And, hell, if our redheaded stepchild Travis Johnson pans out all of the sudden, we might have a hell of a unit.

(Insert Shake making a joke about having "a hell of a unit" in 5... 4... 3...)

by MDC on Aug 27, 2007 5:26 PM CDT up 0 recs

Dream Weaver

He'll probably play limited reps for the first week or two, and either attrition by injury or someone being sucktastic (ie TJ's first three years) will bring him back up to 40-45 snaps per game.

I think people should have to earn a Superman tattoo, by getting shot in the chest first. You know, just to make sure.

by txnpwrlifter on Aug 27, 2007 7:47 PM CDT up 0 recs

I probably would've gone with

"having a unit that goes extremely deep."

We can be critical of the draft picks, but in the end we always support the new Texan.

by Shake on Aug 28, 2007 7:31 AM CDT up 0 recs

Oh, also

I didn't hear the presser. What was actually said about Keenan? Did it involve "AARP" or "I swear, he actually played some snaps?"

by MDC on Aug 27, 2007 5:27 PM CDT 0 recs

Re: KMc

I didn't hear it either; only read it. His remark about McCardell was as follows:

"If we keep five, if we keep six, I think it's still going to be very difficult. I just thought, in fairness to him, we let him go this week and I'm going to look at all these young receivers in this game, along with (wide receiver) Keenan (McCardell), anyway."

Seems like Keenan is barely hanging on, you know? He's been injured, and the remaining WRs have looked good enough to justify the idea of cutting him. I think he needs a big game against Tampa Bay to make this team, and I NEVER would have said that before camp started.

Looking forward to a day when being a Texans fan doesn't mean that April is the highlight of my season...

by Tim on Aug 27, 2007 5:48 PM CDT up 0 recs

Interesting

I've been thinking for a while that we'd go with six, since we don't need four TEs. It's sounding more like he's leaning to five WRs so he can use the extra roster spot somewhere else (secondary?).

by MDC on Aug 27, 2007 7:15 PM CDT up 0 recs

New Sig Line

I just read the new sig line Matt.....and if you read it fast enough, it comes out as "Tell me again how Jacoby wants a reach-around."

You're definitely going to have to change that....BFD can't concentrate anymore.

We can be critical of the draft picks, but in the end we always support the new Texan.

by Shake on Aug 28, 2007 7:55 AM CDT up 0 recs

re:

honored you are looking out for me, Shake.

by bigfatdrunk on Aug 28, 2007 8:31 AM CDT up 0 recs

Damn it.

You're right.

Tell me again how Jacoby was a "reach" in the third round.

by MDC on Aug 28, 2007 8:49 AM CDT up 0 recs

Nice Change

Now I'll be able to sleep well at night.

We can be critical of the draft picks, but in the end we always support the new Texan.

by Shake on Aug 28, 2007 9:55 AM CDT up 0 recs

Re: Interesting

Two punters?

by Scott on Aug 27, 2007 8:27 PM CDT 0 recs

Possibly...

though that would be two more than we usually have.

Tell me again how Jacoby was a "reach" in the third round.

by MDC on Aug 27, 2007 8:41 PM CDT up 0 recs

Schaub

Schaub..sounds like something someone would mumble in their sleep...don't get me wrong...great guy and glad he's on the team. But did you ever look at him...he could be a poster boy for Dow Syndrome. Great football player, and best QB we've ever had, but my Bassett hound wags her tail and whines during his interviews on TV. He's the only Qb that hasn't been sacked...by Paris Hilton. But a great QB and I'm glad we got him. Way better than Romo...but don't get me started. Zabranski is way better than Romo who wouldn't make our team. But back to Schaub, great QB..stands tall in the pocket, but Wheates said if he won the super bowl single handed they wouldn't put his picture on the box. Great QB, I like him, but don't buy him a dog for Christmas.

1Texan

by 1Texan on Aug 27, 2007 9:16 PM CDT 0 recs