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BREAKING NEWS: Texans Cut 21; One More To Go

According to the official team site, the following twenty-one (21) players were waived this afternoon:

Jon Abbate
Shane Boyd
Alex Brink
Kevis Coley
Rosevelt Colvin
Glenn Earl
Greg Eslinger
Jamar Fletcher
Darnell Jenkins
Ryan Krause
Gabe Long
Anthony Maddox
LeRon McCoy
Ben Moffitt
Jesse Nading
Derrick Roberson
Marcel Shipp
Mark Simmons
Torrin Tucker
Darius Walker
Dexter Wynn

One more player (Chris Brown? Petey Faggins?) must still be released to get down to the 53-man maximum. I'll have much more on this on this later, but a few quick thoughts:

1. That Rosevelt Colvin Experiment didn't take long, did it?

2. Sorry to see Darius Walker go; I hope he makes it through waivers, as I'd love to see him on the Houston practice squad.

3. Glenn Earl entered the 2007 season as a starter. Then he got injured in the first preseason game, and now he's unemployed. Things sure can turn on a dime in the NFL.

4. If I was the GM of a team that carried three (3) QBs, I'd be awfully intrigued by Shane Boyd and/or Alex Brink. Hopefully at least one of them makes it through waivers and can be stashed on the practice squad.

5. Maybe I'm alone here, but I'm sad to see Anthony Maddox go. He didn't look good at all until last night, but I'll always look back on that furniture-moving SOB with fondness.

6. How in the world did both Chris Brown and Petey Faggins survive this cut? One of them has to be gonzo tommorrow, right? Right?

7. How did Kubes keep Petey over Fletcher? Or Brown over Walker? What's going on here?

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Colvin

That one really surprises me, but who knows if he is even healthy, he hasn’t been for a while.

With Darius Walker done, it seems like they are pretty confident in Steve Slaton progressing into a good back.

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by MrNFL on Aug 29, 2008 4:21 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

colvin

he looked simply awful in the preseason. he looked more like a boxer than a football player, just throwing his hands and staying in place. it was, frankly, sad.

by bigfatdrunk on Aug 29, 2008 8:04 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Walker

Actually, I hope someone picks him up. He’s done nothing but work hard and stay healthy – yet they keep that piece of deadweight crap Chris Brown over him? That sucks. He deserves better, IMO.

by HoustonDiehards on Aug 29, 2008 4:47 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

re: Brown

I’m still hedging bets that they will PUP him, and still cut 1 more.

So you're saying that now I have to think of some witty Sig that will be applicable across all the SBN sites? Go TexanHornStros!

by Shake on Aug 29, 2008 6:12 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Brown on PUP

Seems like a waste of money to me. Burn the witch!

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 29, 2008 11:36 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

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