Brian Cushing will start...

by EveryHoustonTeamRox! on Jun 19, 2009 4:54 PM CDT Comment 17 comments

Texans coach Gary Kubiak reiterated that first-round SLB Brian Cushing "has been a starter since the day he stepped off the bus."

Cushing's size and athleticism came as advertised in OTAs. Though he hasn't been playing in nickel packages, he'll be eased in this summer. "He is certainly a guy capable of being able to play on third downs and play in coverage and cover man as well," GM Rick Smith said in an interview on the team's website. Source: Houston Chronicle

VIA ROTOWORLD...

I guess all this we already knew...i didnt know that he wasnt playing in nickel packages for the last few weeks...thought he would

anyway here is Suching's own blog page www.briancushing56.com

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I liked him at USC. Im sure he will do well here.

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by Mike Kerns on Jun 19, 2009 5:05 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

I can't look past the pony tail..

I feel like my girl friend when I say this…I mean she goes for the team with the “cutest” or “prettiest” jerseys…but I just don’t like the man…and it is purely based on his pony tail and not play…I am ashamed.

by schillingb on Jun 19, 2009 8:08 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Agreed

I’d like to see him trade the ponytail for a shaved head and a hockey mask, like the violent psychotic Lord Humungus in The Road Warrior.

by kozanack on Jun 19, 2009 9:33 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I'm not a big fan of pony tails either....

But he’s a 22 year old kid. When I was 20 I had longer hair than Cushing’s by far and would tie it back occasionally. Of course this was back in the 90s and was a little more common, but even if that never happened I couldn’t really hold a grudge for a kid growing his hair out. When I go back a few years before that…. Ech, I don’t even want to think about hair and clothing style in the 80s. It puts Cushing’s Pony tail to shame. Point is we’ve probably all done more humiliating things than wearing our hair in a pony tail, it’s really not that big a deal.

by Bryan72076 on Jun 19, 2009 10:38 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yea I know

I guess i am still a little bitter about not getting Mathews..

by schillingb on Jun 20, 2009 6:12 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

...who also has long hair.

Hey, I have long hair too… but I live in Austin, so I get a pass, right? I don’t wear man-capris or crocs, though.

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by HoustonDiehards on Jun 20, 2009 10:47 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

alright you got me...

i can’t argue with that…and you get a pass for the lack of man-capris and crocs…but if you own more than 5 Hawaiian shirts that you leave loosely buttoned then your pass is revoked.

by schillingb on Jun 20, 2009 5:26 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

LOL!!

Anyone who ever sees me wearing a Hawaiian shirt has a free pass to hit me with a brick!

Chris - www.HoustonDiehards.com

by HoustonDiehards on Jun 21, 2009 8:28 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Really?

(makes note to invite Chris to a Hawaiian party…..and to also buy more bricks)

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

by Shake on Jun 22, 2009 7:31 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Pretty much old news

Good post EHTR, but Kubiak has been honking this horn since before he even drafted Cushing. I would have thought something was wrong with the guy if he wasn’t on the field on opening day.

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by last texans fan on Jun 20, 2009 1:20 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

yes yes

i love it koanak!!!!! He could get on the coach’s tower during pre-game warmups with the shaved head and mask, and get a megaphone and scream at the opposing team “Just walk away, we have all lost someone we love!!!!” “walk away and prevent further bloodshed!!!” JUST WALK AWAY, FORFIET BEFORE YOU GET YOURSELVES KILLED!!!"

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by jahunter221 on Jun 20, 2009 4:04 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

oh

oh yeah and he could have peyton manning and vince younf tied to the front of his vehicle with bags on thier heads.lol

Rumplestiltskin

by jahunter221 on Jun 20, 2009 4:05 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Oh Yeah!

Makes me want to go out and rent the movie!

by kozanack on Jun 20, 2009 10:00 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

i like it

the long hair….haha. i mean it suits him. He looks like he means business w/ that ponytail. I got no prob w/ it. And considering he looks like the most massive linebacker to suit up in battle red, i can’t really complain w/ that either. So if he’s starting, where does that leave Diles, Adibi, and June? How many linebackers are the Texans willing to fill the roster w/? From what I remember we still have Bentley and Thompson from last year. Are we planning on keeping 7-8 linebackers? I know I might sound stupid, but I don’t know the typical # of lb’s the Texans usually keep per game. I was under the impression we’d go to war each Sunday w/ 5…purely a guess. I know there are alot of people bitter about the Cushing pick, but the more I hear the guy being interviewed, see his highlights of OTAs, and see how well he fills out a Texans jersey, I’m gettin excited. I know this is undue optimism….i really can’t help it.

by wiseonekms on Jun 21, 2009 12:30 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs