Thing is that year before last i remember a number of plays where Andre Johnson did hold on running plays where not only did we get a first down but we got a touchdown and I saw that from watching the game we would have picked up a first down anyway and I’m like there’s now reason for a wide receiver to hold on a running play because if we at least get a first down we get 3 more plays. Anyway long story short I was looking for that all last year and it never happened. Course he didn’t play in all 16 games, but he seems to have gotten enough opportunity, that it looks like a thing he fixed.

Here’s a real eye opener though. The patriot’s, and it’s appropriate for the 4’th, used a combination of Wes Welker, and Jabar Gaffney at wr2, who combined for 148 receptions, 1624 yards, and 13 TD’s. Of course, they were playing across from Randy Moss, so looking at it that way, that’s the kind of production the Texans might be able to get from wideout 2 if Andre Johnson stays healthy for a year, the offense doesn’t cough up the ball, and the defense improves into the top 10 to 20 bracket, and Jacoby Jones proves he can be a starter. So that’s what about 4 ifs to get past to figure out what someone will be capable of in 2 months. If 1 is luck, if 2 is 11 people concentrating on every play, if 3 is coaching and personnel choices and improvement, and if 4 is one man’s determination and coaching. That’s a lot of chaos. So if Andre Johnson stays healthy most of the year, and the running game takes off as we want, then our wr2 numbers might actually drop some, but the yards/catch might go up as well as TD’s. I mean your not going to throw as much when you’re running for TD’s, so it’s pretty much a set of probabilistic results with spreads about norms, depending on probabilistic event’s with spread’s about other norm’s, for example, it’s pretty normal for Andre Johnson to get hurt and mis at least a game or 2, but with a more effective running game, how much will that affect output at wr2.

Anyway, and it’s obvious I have a little spare time on my hands, I don’t think we need to turn football into quantum chromodynamics, it’s pretty much 11 men trying to beat the crap out of each other for 60 minutes, so you can assume the best, and shave 25 to 30 % off the New England numbers for wr2, but keep in mind the Patriots didn’t really run the ball, or you can assume things are better than last year and add 10 to 20 % to out wr2 numbers or you can assume the running game is phenomenal, and shave 10 to 15 % off all wideout numbers. If you really want to have fun you can go to the lowmart, by 4 dice, roll em all day but you have to have dice where the outcome of 1, 2 or 3, depend on the outcome of the other 3, and before everyone starts to giggle I’ve played D&D exactly once in my life. Thought it was dumb. Ah screw the previews.

As noted by others above, I see Jacoby being used situationally (i.e. 4-wr sets, giving apostrophe a breather). Walter is our possession receiver Davis is our deep threat, and Johnson is, well, the most underrated wr out there. That doesn’t leave Jones much room to play. I think he’ll be groomed for another year and then, perhaps Walter will go and Jacoby can step up. We don’t really need three deep threats because neither Schaub nor Rosie have the arm to air the ball out that much. If Jacoby can learn how to be a possession-type receiver a-la Walter and combine it with his playmaking ability, he’ll be another Andre Johnson. That would be great.

The other way he gets on the field is, of course, when one of our other receivers goes down with an injury. Maybe if that happens he’ll make the most of his chance and keep one of them on the bench. But other than that, I think he’s still a year away from making an impact.