Texans Down 'N Dirty: Patchwork Secondary Edition

by Jake on Aug 6, 2009 8:26 AM CDT in News Comment 23 comments

Practice seemed to be pretty boring yesterday, as everyone seemed to be focused on injuries. Not only are Reeves and Myers on the report, but the two UDFA running back candidates are also dinged up--Arian Foster with a sore hamstring and Jeramiah Johnson has a bruised shoulder.

With all of the injuries and holdouts at cornerback, Brice McCain is getting the opportunity to get reps with the first team. Alan Burge is impressed with his attitude and his play, but I just can't get behind the idea of relying on a 5'9" CB. Antwaun Molden is supposedly two weeks away from getting taken off the PUP, Glover Quin will practice today and Fred Bennett has been reacting well to being the veteran among the CBs. I personally believe that one of these three players will step up this year, but I have definitely been proven guilty of wishful thinking when it comes to the Texans before. If that happens though, and Dunta Robinson is decent, we wouldn't have an elite secondary, but it will be better than what it is in camp right now.

Richard Justice thinks that Rex Grossman is an exemplary third string quarterback. If you ask me, that's kind of like being the world's tallest midget. On the subject of (mental) midgets, Vince Young told Esquire magazine that he will be the next black quarterback to win a Super Bowl and he will make it to the Hall of Fame. I've been accused of being a VY apologist in the past, but this is just asinine, and I'm not the only one who thinks that. To make HOF guarantees with the media would be stupid for any player in the league because it's not confidence; it's arrogance. In the case of Vince Young, it's misplaced arrogance.

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We'd Have An Elite Secondary?

Someone’s been drinking this morning, I see.

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 6, 2009 9:14 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Pretty sure he meant to say we wouldn't have an elite secondary.

As he said “we have an elite secondary, but it will be better than what is in camp now.”

by Bryan72076 on Aug 6, 2009 9:21 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

That Would Make Much More Sense.

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 6, 2009 9:28 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Ya

Oops. I was rushed this morning before a meeting. Stupid work gettin in the way of what really matters.

You know... for kids.

by Jake on Aug 6, 2009 10:24 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

and yes

i have been drinking.

You know... for kids.

by Jake on Aug 6, 2009 10:25 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I Knew It!

Stay tuned for Jake’s schnapps-based mash note to Brian Cushing later this afternoon.

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 6, 2009 10:34 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Not Exactly

It’s appletini’s.

You know... for kids.

by Jake on Aug 6, 2009 8:05 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

The standard Marine drink

Amirite?

When I'm on the mic, I'm like global warming, you can't ignore me.

by tehGrindCrusher on Aug 7, 2009 2:38 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

No, it sounds like Vince Young is the one who’s been drinking. Talk about delusions. You can’t even beat out Kerry Collins, but you’ll be in the Hall of Fame?

Yeah, okay…

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by Mike Kerns on Aug 6, 2009 9:46 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

This may be the only time that I'm sympathetic to VY

Because I read that Esquire article, and while there was some silliness in there, there was also some very poignant stuff as well. It actually made me feel for the guy a little.

When I'm on the mic, I'm like global warming, you can't ignore me.

by tehGrindCrusher on Aug 7, 2009 2:39 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Damn it

Now I have to read that whole freakin article to figure out if you are being facetious or not.

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 Aug 7, 2009 12:04 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I'm actually being serious

Plus, the article is like one page long.

But I was serious.

When I'm on the mic, I'm like global warming, you can't ignore me.

by tehGrindCrusher on Aug 7, 2009 12:55 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yeah, I got the chance to read it about an hour after that comment

Seems as though VY could have contributed to more than 1 chapter of a child psychology textbook. What he saw & went through as a kid is pretty fucked up.

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 Aug 8, 2009 8:51 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Re: 5'9" corners

One, we had a pro-bowl caliber one for a few years by the name of Dunta Robinson. If you buy that he’s 5’10", I have a bridge to sell you.

Two, 5’9" corners aren’t unheard of, and between the 20s that extra inch isn’t going to matter to you. One could argue that it’s after the 20s that really matter, since that is where the points are scored. But a 6’1" corner is going to lose jump balls to the likes of Randy Moss and Plaxico Burress every single time anyway. If the guy can get the job done better than everyone else most of the time, play him.

by socctty on Aug 6, 2009 11:29 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

I agree

To an extent. Dunta was great because he played s much bigger than what he was. His level of physicallity has not been attributed to McCain, not that I have seen anywhere. McCain is a blazer, but when you’re covering Reggie Wayne and Larry Fitzgerald, you can stay with them step for step but if you don’t have a physical presence you’ll get beat every time. If McCain started he’d be the #2 so maybe that isn’t fair, but you’re still talking about Anquan Boldin and Anthony Gonzalez who are no slouches.

You’re right though socctty, I should have expounded.

You know... for kids.

by Jake on Aug 6, 2009 8:11 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

uh Frenchy

he can stay with anyone step for step, he had a physical presence, yes, but he had no arms, and he was our starter!

Smushiak will take us to the playoffs in 2009.

by texanphil on Aug 7, 2009 11:17 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I agree

I’m not saying he was great, bu to be honest I saw more potential in him than McCain.

You know... for kids.

by Jake on Aug 8, 2009 10:48 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I disagree with the writer

On this team, based on recent history, I think there is a 50-50 chance that Rex Grossman will see some playing time in a consequential game or two and when the difference between making or not making the playoffs can be those one or two games, the Texans may consider themselves lucky to have Grossman on the team in his current capacity learning the playbook, seeing the tendancies of the wide receivers, and preparing himself for that moment, however brief or significant it may be. (takes another shot)

It will happen

by Rip Jersey on Aug 6, 2009 3:12 PM CDT via mobile reply actions 0 recs

Maybe you're right

If Rex Grossman contributes us to getting into the playoffs, two seconds later I will be on this site eating crow. I will say this though, if there is a point that Grossman comes into a game this year excluding garbage time, you definitely won’t have to ask me if I’m drinking.

You know... for kids.

by Jake on Aug 6, 2009 8:13 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs