BREAKING NEWS: Mario Williams And Andre Johnson Named Starters In Pro Bowl
by Tim on Dec 16, 2008 3:43 PM CST
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According to the Chronicle, Super Mario and 'Dre will be representing your Houston Texans in the starting lineup in Honolulu. While they should have been locks regardless, I'm thrilled to see these two guys get their due.
What's more, the Texans boast an additional five (5!) players named as alternates--DeMeco Ryans, Owen Daniels, Vonta Leach, Chester Pitts, and Steve Slaton. My initial reaction is that DeMeco was penalized for his non-DeMeco play earlier in the season while he was fighting an ankle injury; Daniels for his relatively quiet games while The Schaub was out and Rosencopter was running the show; and Vonta for being a FB, which by definition is a thankless job, to say nothing of that fact that people outside Houston have no idea how valuable he's been to the rushing game this season.
I'm pretty surprised that Pitts got the alternate nod, though he's undoubtedly been one of the top performers on a vastly improving Houston offensive line. And Slaton...well, methinks he got screwed, chiefly because of his rookie status, with the plethora of other solid options at RB in the AFC being a culprit as well. That said, I'd rather have Slaton than nearly anyone in the league. It ain't a trip to Hawaii, but it'll have to do.
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The LeRon McClain thing pisses me off. He’s a freaking tailback!!! It’s ridiculous for the writers to not make that distinction.
Any idea how many alternates they name for each position?
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by HoustonDiehards on Dec 16, 2008 3:48 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
But he has 700 rushing yards!
Oh, wait. Fullbacks are supposed to block? But blocking doesn’t produce shiny stats!
by Nashmeister on Dec 17, 2008 10:54 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
And I'm pretty sure he's never
K somebody TFO.
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by tehGrindCrusher on Dec 17, 2008 11:11 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
after i read that article in the chronicle about vonta
i voted for him about a hundred times
by cubic on Dec 16, 2008 3:49 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Oh look
The greatest bust in draft history made the pro bowl, and not as the sixth alternate.
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by tehGrindCrusher on Dec 16, 2008 4:07 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
I think they messed up.
I kept looking over the rosters but I couldn’t find Reggie Bush or Vince Young. I don’t understand. How did the biggest bust in the history of mankind and perhaps the greater galactic universe make the pro-bowl?
by DisplacedTexan on Dec 16, 2008 4:16 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Reggie and Vince...
are just givens. They don’t have to be named; they are on the rosters automatically because of their greatness.
Yay, sports.
by MDC on Dec 16, 2008 5:09 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Bizzaro world...
Bacon tastes good... Pork chops taste good.
by beefy on Dec 16, 2008 4:54 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Thought I'd add to the discussion
Remember this?
Some teams play games on Sunday...ours goes to War. Go Texans!!!
by JMPeffer on Dec 16, 2008 8:29 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Goddamn, Richard Justice is a self-righteous prick
But, in fairness, virtually everyone thought it was a ridiculously bad pick.
Of course, there were (and are) plenty of people out there who pointed out that there are a few positions that a franchise should take care of before they start drafting RBs and WRs: offensive line and defensive line players being at the top of that list. Notice that it has only been as those positions have improved that the Texans have progressed as a franchise.
Jettisoning Carr helped, too, but the decision to draft Williams, along with drafting DeMeco and Winston has improved the Texans defense and offense considerably. More than VY or Bush ever could.
Anyways, the point is that the vast majority of the Texans fan base (including myself, I admit) thought that Bush or Young was the better pick, and that the Texans had blown a real opportunity to get one of the best players of our era. Fortunately, virtually everyone has copped to being wrong on that.
by Only_A_Lad on Dec 16, 2008 9:01 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
My biggest moment of pride as a fan...
was being pro-Mario from Day 1 and being right. I was, literally, one of only two people I knew who thought the pick was correct. I endured tons of mockery on Draft Day and much of the following season. Now, not so much…and the silence is deafening.
Lest ye think I am full of shit, I’ll go ahead and cop to the fact that I was pro-Babin as well and was WAY off on that one. (Though I still think he’d have been decent if we were running a 4-3 when he got here.)
Yay, sports.
by MDC on Dec 17, 2008 8:17 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Oh oh one more
As much as I hate Casserly, here’s another gem from the geniuses of sports media.
Some teams play games on Sunday...ours goes to War. Go Texans!!!
by JMPeffer on Dec 16, 2008 8:43 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Dickie Justice speaks
It’s pretty obvious that this column was written through very strained teeth.
Dumbass.
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by tehGrindCrusher on Dec 16, 2008 9:22 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Oh
And I love how Dickie says, with no apparent trace of irony, that he doesn’t understand why Mario can be prickly with the media.
Maybe it’s because you were such a huge twat to him, Dickie?
Dicklicker.
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by tehGrindCrusher on Dec 16, 2008 9:25 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
LOL FOREVER
god, what a fucking douchebag
by cubic on Dec 16, 2008 9:40 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Justice Is Trolling
If you want him to go away, stop reading his stuff and posting to his column
by kozanack on Dec 16, 2008 11:35 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
The problem is
that most of the time, it’s difficult to tell when he’s trolling from when he’s being moronic.
by Only_A_Lad on Dec 17, 2008 12:18 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Look at the comments
His responses are as asshole-ish as the people posting.
Though his crack about the NFC being an inferior conference to a Cowgirls fan is funny.
by DisplacedTexan on Dec 17, 2008 4:27 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Very true
I always feel like I lose IQ points when I read his column. And I lose even more when I read the comments.
When I'm on the mic, I'm like global warming, you can't ignore me.
by tehGrindCrusher on Dec 17, 2008 7:45 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Oh, amen...
I refuse to read anything with his name on it. Luckily for me, all the links to his articles have “Justice:” to warn me. I feel I’m doing my part to rid us of that intolerable fuckbag, but it’s unlikely. At least I’m saving myself the hassle of getting pissed at another douchebag for being exactly what I thought he was.
Bacon tastes good... Pork chops taste good.
by beefy on Dec 17, 2008 10:43 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
HEY HEY HEY
Apparently “Fat Albert” Haynesworth can become a free-agent now that he’s made two straight pro-bowls. I hate hate HATE this guys but he’s a damn good player, and while he’d be a beast next to Amobi, I don’t want his fat a$$ in H-town. Please Jerry Jones take him off Bud Adams’ hands just so we don’t have to see his belly protrude from that ugly jersey two times a year.
Texans SB Champs 2008-2009
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by curtisdisco on Dec 17, 2008 9:34 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
Dear God, no...
Don’t send that fuck to the ‘girls. I think Seattle’s a good spot for that dongbag. Out of site, out of mind.
Bacon tastes good... Pork chops taste good.
by beefy on Dec 17, 2008 10:46 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Link
Here’s the link to ESPN story…. http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=3775006
Texans SB Champs 2008-2009
dottingthei.com
by curtisdisco on Dec 17, 2008 9:34 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
Streakiest team.
Do you all realize our entire season has been 3 or 4 game winning or losing streaks? (Thanks to Foxsports power rankings for that little nugget.)
I think that’s kind of fascinating, and would probably explain the vicious mood swings around these parts.
by DisplacedTexan on Dec 17, 2008 9:53 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
"Where streaks happen."
Touche. I… I can’t read.
by DisplacedTexan on Dec 17, 2008 9:54 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
It's that GW education
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by tehGrindCrusher on Dec 17, 2008 10:48 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Boo.
I hope we draw you Ajax in the next round of the UEFA Cup and slap you all around the Lane for that!
by DisplacedTexan on Dec 17, 2008 11:06 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Just kidding
But man, what an expensive school. I walk though it every day on the way to work.
When were you there?
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by tehGrindCrusher on Dec 17, 2008 11:10 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
I'm there now.
Whoo. For one more day, at least.
by Nashmeister on Dec 17, 2008 11:16 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Wow.
So we’re like, only a few hundred yards apart.
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by tehGrindCrusher on Dec 17, 2008 11:19 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Wasn't this...
the plot for a Meg Ryan movie?
Yay, sports.
by MDC on Dec 17, 2008 11:20 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Is that the old Meg Ryan
Or the new, surgically-enhanced gasbag version?
Cuz I wouldn’t mind being in one of those older movies with her.
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by tehGrindCrusher on Dec 17, 2008 11:23 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
All in jest.
Graduated in 2006 with a degree in useless.
Love DC though – what a great city to live in. I miss Froggy Bottom Pub.
by DisplacedTexan on Dec 17, 2008 11:26 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
DC gets old after a while.
And I’ve always thought that GW would be a weird place to go to college, because it doesn’t really have much in the way of a campus. It’s just a bunch of buildings in the middle of a bunch more buildings.
Sometimes I go get lunch at the GW deli and eat it in the quad right there. It gives me the enjoyable sensation of being a dirty old man.
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by tehGrindCrusher on Dec 17, 2008 11:35 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Delicious.
I lived on the GW deli for about two years. Sort of burned out on in now, but I do enjoy the occasional breakfast sandwich.
And yea, DT. DC is awesome. I suppose I just like GWU because it’s in the city. I’d probably be just as happy somewhere else in the area (UM is awesome), paying much less.
by Nashmeister on Dec 17, 2008 12:17 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
It's also different to be a student
Than a working stiff. I’d probably like being out and about in DC if I lived in the district itself.
But I live in NoVA, which is meh. Not too far from Great Falls and the Shenandoah, so that’s pretty cool.
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by tehGrindCrusher on Dec 17, 2008 12:22 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
My wife is from Vienna, VA
Close to where you are, I suspect.
www.HoustonDiehards.com
by HoustonDiehards on Dec 17, 2008 12:43 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Just about 10 minutes away
Vienna is like the Memorial of the National Capital area.
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by tehGrindCrusher on Dec 17, 2008 12:48 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Where are you?
Falls Church?
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by HoustonDiehards on Dec 17, 2008 12:50 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Yah.
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by tehGrindCrusher on Dec 17, 2008 1:35 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Which is like the West U of the National Capital area.
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by tehGrindCrusher on Dec 17, 2008 1:35 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Get thee to the Frog.
By the end of senior year, the bartender had our pitchers filled before we even took a seat.
And don’t forget McFaddens on Tuesday nights. It’s the shittiest bar in the universe, but you can’t beat $1 beer night. Plus you get to run into all those people you didn’t like that lived on your hall freshman year… and see that they’ve gone to pieces.
by DisplacedTexan on Dec 17, 2008 12:50 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Loved the campus
I wanted to be in the city though. I’m more or less an urban creature, and I wanted to be surrounded by city. GW Deli is… the stuff of legend. But it was all about Big Burger my frosh year. What a delicious burger and fries. Why they took it out I will never know.
There’s some cool stuff out the Orange line, I’ve found… Clarendon and Ballston have some stuff. But yeah, that’s definitely not quite as far as Shenandoah.
Young, single, and living in the city though… you can have some good times in DC. (Jumbo Slice in Adam’s Morgan anyone?)
by DisplacedTexan on Dec 17, 2008 12:49 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Ahh, when I was single
Adams Morgan was a happy hunting ground indeed.
Clarendon is ok — too yuppified for my taste. Sommer’s is a great sports bar, though. You can watch both kinds of football there.
I actually watched a bunch of the Astros’ run to the World Series there, particularly the Braves series. There was like one other ’stros fan there. Good times.
I watched game one of the WS in the LAX business class lounge on the way to Papua New Guinea. It was bad enough watching that game, but knowing I was going to spend a week in Port Moresby was like adding insult to injury.
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by tehGrindCrusher on Dec 17, 2008 1:38 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
What keeps you in the District?
I genuinely do miss it and all my friends still in the area. But I’m torn between trying to go back to DC for work or heading home to Houston to get my career started. Both seem to have their perks, though the total lack of corporate/transactional law work in DC makes it a bit dubious.
I watched Game 4 of the Braves series on the far side of my bed, in a suit, ready to go to a chapter meeting. I did not make it. And really never moved.
by DisplacedTexan on Dec 17, 2008 2:46 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
I'm here for work
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by tehGrindCrusher on Dec 17, 2008 3:45 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
more tits whining
here. “If the Cowboys had a good year, half the team would go…”
A classless bunch. I wish them an early exit from the playoffs, and a Jaguars like turnaround next year.
Please draft some defensive stars for the next DC.
by texanphil on Dec 17, 2008 11:29 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
Seriously
I’ve always thought Jeff Fisher was a decent guy. But his team is just filled with manginas.
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by tehGrindCrusher on Dec 17, 2008 11:35 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Fisher
Was the biggest loss. Behind those freaking awesome baby-blue uniforms.
by DisplacedTexan on Dec 17, 2008 12:49 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
I too...
Love the Fisher. It’s Tennessee that’s ruined the ass hats that play for him.
Bacon tastes good... Pork chops taste good.
by beefy on Dec 17, 2008 2:47 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Agreed. I’ve always said the real tragedy of losing the Oilers was losing Fisher.
But hey – I love Kubes. He’s the guy I wanted in 2002, but I understand fully why he didn’t get the job back then.
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by HoustonDiehards on Dec 18, 2008 12:38 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
On another note
Is there anyway Solis or Tim could post the ’Dre 80 second Christmas shopping spree again? I saw it up at the chron website yesterday.
I just think it’s important that the world be reminded: Not only is AJ the closest thing to a Centaur playing in the NFL, he also happens to have a humble heart of gold.
The man’s a badass. In all phases of life. Period.
Some teams play games on Sunday...ours goes to War. Go Texans!!!
by JMPeffer on Dec 18, 2008 8:38 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
Especially Neck Tattoos!!
Bacon tastes good... Pork chops taste good.
by beefy on Dec 18, 2008 8:55 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
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