BREAKING NEWS: Zac Diles Lost For Remainder Of Season

by Tim on Nov 5, 2008 1:44 PM CST in News Comment 13 comments

Surely, I jest, right? Nope. Next up: Andre Johnson gets hit by a bus while picking up the morning paper in his driveway.

The only, and I mean ONLY, possible benefit to this development is that we should finally get to see what Xavier Adibi brings to the table. Yes, I'm grasping at straws here. We just lost our leading tackler to a season-ending injury sustained in a non-contact drill.

How is it that the Houston fan base has to constantly deal with these sort of calamities? Is Reliant Stadium built on an Indian burial ground? I'm starting to feel like a Cubs fan.

UPDATE: You might ask how one breaks one's leg in a non-contact drill. According to the official site, Diles broke his leg after he "kicked himself accidentally" while running at "half-speed." Are Diles' legs made of balsa wood or something? I do not know if a more improbable injury is even physically possible. "I'm a Texan," indeed.

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You know what's worse than feeling like a Cubs fan?

…being a life-long Cubs fan.

I grew up in Houston, but I fell in love with the Cubs (Thanks WGN). Never cared really that much about a football team until I was older and I adopted the Texans when they were founded.

Hug me :(

by Dragongem on Nov 5, 2008 1:57 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

The astros have never won a world series

and no professional houston football team has ever won the super bowl.

so…thank god for those 94-95 rockets. eh. 13 years ago. why do i like sports again?

- tyler

by bullpen116 on Nov 5, 2008 2:47 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

I ask myself that often.

At least I have the Dynamo. Hooray marginalized sports!

by DisplacedTexan on Nov 5, 2008 2:49 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Kevin Bentley will start

- tyler

by bullpen116 on Nov 5, 2008 2:50 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

I'm in favor of that...

or of Chaun Thompson (who is actually built like an SLB).

Yay, sports.

by MDC on Nov 6, 2008 7:34 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

This season was going really well on the injury front, until now

This reminds me of when Charles Spencer’s leg was broken when Ron Dayne kicked him in the second game of his career in the Superdome. A freak injury from which he has yet to fully recover. Let’s hope Zac heals much faster from his freak injury.

Seems X Man has been battling minor injury issues for much of the season. If he is ready physically, then I want to see him get some reps. I would like to see tham give both Bentley and X Man a chance to displace Morlon as well.

by oiler-texan diehard on Nov 5, 2008 3:26 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

This is such horseshit.

That explanation doesn’t make any sense. Kicked himself? Half-speed?

Being a Texans fan = banging head into wall repeatedly, somehow expecting it to stop bleeding.

by HoustonDiehards on Nov 5, 2008 3:49 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

I'm tired of this

Really, I am. It’s ALL THREE MAJOR SPORTS TEAMS IN HOUSTON! The Rockets, historically, have always had injury problems. Even the Astros get bit by the injury bug, albeit not as badly as the Rockets and Texans.

Somebody please make it stop.

by Leein3D on Nov 5, 2008 4:01 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

OH! I know what this is!

This is the storyline for one of those stupid sports movies where everything that could possibly goes wrong does….and the whole movie is about the team crawling back from the depths of “EPIC FAIL” to become victorious.

Rick Smith: Denzel
Kubes: Dennis Quaid (it works on so many levels)
The Glass QB: Ben Affleck
His Counterpart: Matt Damon
Super Mario: Ving Rhames
Dunta Robinson: Don Cheadle
Andre Johnson: Will Smith
Jacques Reeves: The one and only

Phwew. That explains a lot now.

Some teams play games on Sunday...ours goes to War. Go Texans!!!

by JMPeffer on Nov 5, 2008 5:10 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

so when do we start that crawl?

I’m growing impatient

by BigTexBD on Nov 5, 2008 7:25 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Wow

Is Reliant built on some kind of Native American burial ground that no one knows about?

Hopefully Kevin Bentley will fill the gap. He showed ok earlier in the season.

When I'm on the mic, I'm like global warming, you can't ignore me.

by tehGrindCrusher on Nov 5, 2008 7:31 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

I'll put $20 on it...

I’ve heard of bad luck, but who the hell broke out the voodoo dolls? Someone needs to pony up the $800 and see the lady who lives in the swamp, because “der be a demon on dis her team”.

We’re fuckin’ cursed I tell you… cursed.

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by SOLIS on Nov 6, 2008 6:43 AM CST reply actions 0 recs

I don't believe in curses,

but I do believe that
1) we have one of (if not the) worst Defensive Coordinators in the NFL.
2) We have just awful personnel on the defensive line, linebackers, and secondary (other than Mario) Demeco is clearly hurt and #23 wont be 100% till next year.
3) We spent two second round picks and gave first round money to a QB who has never proven himself and can’t stay healthy.
4) Whichever QB plays they can’t hang onto the football or throw picks inside the redzone
5) We have a rookie starting at left tackle, and we rotate him with a vet well past his prime.
6) Our Center plays like a 10 year old girl.

there you go.
Your 2008 Houston Texans!

- tyler

by bullpen116 on Nov 6, 2008 9:45 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs