Thanks to Mcdumbass.
Never hire an ex NE coach!

that might be pushing it a bit, but I like the thought.
I couldn’t come up with anything for the secondary but I like the idea for Bennett

Sounds to similar to something ESPN will save for Tim Tebow. Not that it has anything to do with a play on his name, but they’ll make it fit.

You don’t have to be “mean” or a “dirty player” to be a good defender. Sure, on all of the best defenses in the league, there was a couple of vocal trash talkers and all around “mean” guys, but there’s at least a few of them on almost every NFL defense (and offense for that matter) regardless of how well they play. When they’re putting together highlight film, the more colorfull players/plays will always make the cut, because that’s more entertaining than closed-lipped dudes just getting the job done quietly. What it doesn’t show though is that all of those top defenses, besides those few “meanies”, were full of hard nosed “nice” guys that just kept their mouths shut and got the job done with good sportsmanship along the way. You don’t have to be a loud mouthed trash talker to be an intimidating defensive player, that’s just the type that will get the most media attention. I don’t think how “mean” or loud a defense is really has much impact on any offense during the game, it’s just fodder for talk afterwards. If an NFL player is going to be intimidated by someone being “mean” during the game, he doesn’t belong in the NFL.

But that’s just saying you want them to play more aggressively and hit hard… We drafted Cushing with that very purpose in mind.

A WR who gets his clock cleaned while catching a pass over the middle might take his eyes off the ball later on in the game on a similar route. For one, even if we were the hardest hitting mo’foes in the league, that’s not going to happen very often. Amatures and student athletes would be much more prone to “hesitation” as you describe than an NFL veteran. You’d have to hit a guy pretty hard to give him anything he hasn’t already taken a hundred times or more in the NFL, it just doesn’t happen that often. You see it the most in those cases where recievers takes their eye off the ball, but more times than not it’s a known failing with that particular WR that he takes with him every game rather than anything special about your defense. It happens just as often that a reciever takes his eyes off the ball because he has TD on his mind as him being afraid of getting hit, probably even more so.

But I agree with that on the whole, I like to see physical play from defenses whether it intimidates anyone or not. But playing physical and aggressive isn’t the same as playing “mean”. Mario Williams doesn’t play mean, loud, angry, or anything else, but he’s probably one of the more intimidating DEs in this league simply because of his size, speed, and ability on the field. Does Williams play aggressively? I think so, as much as the defense he plays in allows. That’s the thing that hurt the Texans last year, they were playing too passively on defense. It almost seemed like they (coaches) were trying not to give up big plays rather than make plays on their own and it cost them in alot of yards. But that goes to show that you don’t even need to play in an overly aggressive defense in order to be an “intimidating” presence on the field. Just playing your position damned good will do that, no harsh words or angry scowls needed.

In short, the Texans don’t need to play “mean” or with attittude on defense, they just need to play better than they have been. They need to not give up 4-5 yards per rush and allow the QB 5-6 seconds in the pocket, their temperment on the field doesn’t matter near as much as their play. They could all bring the opposing team flowers before the game and apologize for every hit inbetween plays, as long as they make the plays they need to during the game. Mean or nice doesn’t matter to me at all, except that I typically have more compassion and patience for good sportsmen who screw up during a game than “mean” dudes who do the same. Which again leads back to Travis Johnson (funny how that works), if you’ve seen him play before you already know he’s a horrible sport whether he’s winning or losing, so when he screws up I have absolutely no remorse at letting him have a piece of my mind whereas when I see guys who respect themselves, their opponents, and the game at all times slip up on the field, I curse them under my breath then offer encouragements out loud.