but I love watching camps/practices/preseason games. I would LOVE to watch dline drills in training camp and starting figuring out the rotation in my head. I really want Okam or Deljuan to win the starting spot, and it looks like Deljuan will do it.
    If he wont start, I would love to see Okam get time at 1 or 0 in goal line sets, where his size is a fantastic asset. TJ sucks, but I think he would be better than trash if he was rotating in, preferably at 3, but that’s entirely speculation. Changing positions from college to the NFL is hard, and that’s what they forced him to do – I bet he would feel significantly better at around 285 or so, rather than trying to play above 300, at 3 instead of 1. Same with Sean Cody. Training camp will be fun.

Question for anyone going to training camp – is it ever possible to record video and post it? I won’t be able to get to Houston to go, and would love to watch camp. If not, one of you better blog it.

I agree with the consensus that if the season started today, I would be worried about RB depth. However, I bet Slaton will get maybe 18 carries all of preseason, and JJ, Foster, Moats, Chris Brown, and hopefully a RB to be named ( Torian? Fargas? ) will all split time to see who comes out on top.

The Cushing video was sent to me from a generic email address I didn’t recognize, but it was signed off by someone named “Drake Dragenkamp.”

So let’s cool our jets on calling Cush my boy.

Texans had a total of 25 sacks in 2008. The league high was 59 and league low was 10, making the median 30. The Texans, with their new 4-3 Under and a greater emphasis on first stopping the run and then pressuring the passer more, should expect their sack production to go up. If they can get 12 from Mario, 6 from Smith, another 6 from the rest of the D-Line, 6 from the LB’s and 4 from the DB’s; that gives them a respectable 34. I think that has to be the reasonable goal they have to shoot for and try to exceed. Anything over 35 sacks would be a huge positive and it would go a long way in helping the most deficient part of the defense, the DB’s, perform respectable, also.

I’m thinking we can pencil 34 sacks in right now as the goal to get to. That calculates to just over 2 sacks per game average. Something to keep an eye on as the season progresses.

As far as I’m concerned. They’re getting older, and they no longer have the steady hand of Tony Dungy to guide them through the tough times. Oh, they’re still good, and as long as giraffe-boy is their QB they’ll be that way. It’s just that Marvin Harrison is gone. I don’t care how good Anthony Gonzalez is, he will never be Marvin Harrison. I don’t care how good Caldwell is, he’ll never be Dungy. Tony Ugoh is good, but he doesn’t look like he’ll be Tarik Glenn. Fact is, we got them right where we want them. We should split the season series with them. No excuses for anything less.