Michael Boulware, We Hardly Knew Ye

by Tim on Mar 21, 2008 10:48 AM CDT in News

Buried in this article about Quinn Gray's impending visit to Reliant Park on Sunday is news that Michael Boulware has signed with Minnesota. After being acquired in a classic "change of scenery" deal one week before the 2007 regular season began, Boulware never really did anything to distinguish himself during his brief time in Space City. Unless you consider game-altering penalties distinguishing, that is. Actually, I suppose he did cause us to take notice. Sort of like farting at church while everyone has their heads bowed.

Unfortunately for Boulware, he was never able to get on the field at either safety spot; he was nothing more than a special teamer here. I don't think you can say the deal was a winner for Seattle either; Jason Babin played in a whopping two (2) games for the Seahawks in 2007. In my eyes, the trade was a wash in that both teams got negligible contributions from the new acquisition.

Back to Quinn Gray--for all the gum-flapping about how your Houston Texans are seriously considering carrying three (3) QBs on the active roster in 2008, I don't believe it for a second. Why would Kubes depart from the two (2) QB plan he's followed thus far? It's not like he's been burned by it. Moreover, why would Quinn Gray be visiting Houston to become the emergency QB here? He wouldn't. No, I think all this three (3) QB talk is a poor attempt at subterfuge. If the Texans and Gray come to terms, the other shoe will drop. The only question would be where that shoe would drop, and how many draft picks the Texans would get for said shoe.

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I was hoping

that someone else had the same line of thinking. Do people connected to/with the reports think we are that stupid? If either Gray or Nall come here, Sage is gone. Period. End of story.

by JBNJ on Mar 21, 2008 11:26 AM CDT reply actions

Yes they do

think we are stupid in fact I am pretty confident that the Chronicle thinks that they are the authority on all things Texans related and so what they tell us is truth we are just supposed to act like it's fact. Pancakes and Little Richard are turds of a giant magnitude and the fact that there has little to no coverage of the Texans (even though it's the off-season they have done nothing short of telling us who has signed) is pretty embarassing for the 4th largest circulation in the country.
So in short yes they think anyone who is not them is stupid.

by Dragon on Mar 21, 2008 1:24 PM CDT reply actions

Wash?

I'm not sure about that trade. Boulware didn't contribute here and Babin didn't do squat there, but are you telling me that Weaver and Cochran got to the quarterback more often than Babin could have? I don't think so. I still don't fully understand that trade...

by Leein3D on Mar 21, 2008 1:27 PM CDT reply actions

Run stopping DE

It's not just about rushing the passer. If I remember right, Babin wasn't very good against the run. If nothing else, Weaver could keep RB's from running past him a few times a game. So in that aspect, Weaver/Cochran are an upgrade. From the pass rush aspect, we definitely overpaid.

I don't really remember much about Babin, so if I'm flat out wrong here, feel free to call me out.

On an unrelated note, did MDC get tired of his username and switch to Dragon? And no, I didn't click on his name to see who it was. That would be too easy.

AKA Andy / Tailgate Andy

by Gryften on Mar 21, 2008 2:27 PM CDT up reply actions

Please

You know damn well I am FAR too lazy to change usernames. Hell, if I was going to change, I would change to "Matt," since this is the only forum in which I use "MDC."

"Dragon" is a sweet name, though. I wish my family called me "Dragon." Instead of, you know, Fatty Pants.

Weaver is fairly solid against the run (or was until 2007), but the team liked to move him to DT in obvious run situations in 2006. That suggests to me that his range as a run stopper is probably limited at best.

by MDC on Mar 21, 2008 7:37 PM CDT up reply actions

Hmmm....

"Fatty Pants" you say I am intrigued by this I am thinking of calling myself "Dragon Fatty Pants" now Matt consider yourself on notice I may challenge you to a Death Match for the right to that name BE PREPARED!

by Dragon on Mar 21, 2008 8:18 PM CDT reply actions