Texans Name Zac Diles Starting Weakside Linebacker

This man will do what we need of him. He may not be the best we could get but he will be serviceable.

For a 7th round pick, I’d have to say he has exceeded any expectations I had for him. He was having a great year last season before his injury.

We needed Adibi to win this battle, I believe. Diles was simply one of the worst SLBs in football last year per FO, and he especially struggled in coverage. Now, he’ll be expected to pick up the RB out of the backfield. I just don’t see good things happening there.

This also means more reps for Cushing at SLB right off the bat, which probably isn’t a good idea, either, and especially if he doesn’t see a pre-season game.

I mean, Adibi did screw up royally against the Vikes, and as the coach said “they were the same mistakes,” but Adibi has also made some plays this preseason.

I mean, both of them are healthy – so why would they make this decision now when both of them could play against the Bucs?

i am surprised by this, but i guess he can win it back, i cant believe that the one peterson run was the cause of this. I have a freakin adibi jersey for crying out loud!!

I think Adibi has better physical skills but Zack does better on the mental side. Adibi left the giant hole for Peterson last week and the week before blew his coverage of the guy coming out of the back field, both big mental mistakes that cost points, you can’t make mental mistakes on Will, or you will get killed.

Now yall know that I love me some Adibi, but according to Pancakes (did a local sportstalk spot here in SA), he’s had a rough go of it this preseason. The 75 yard dash by AD was just the final straw…

That being said, I fully expect to see a good helping of Adibi as he continues to grow into an NFL player. Zac Diles, for what it was worth, made his fair share of boneheaded mistakes last season. If history is any indication, an inevitable injury will usher him back into the starting line-up.

In anycase, I’m guessing that the coaches feel more comfortable with Diles and his eight career starts (10.6 Tkls/Gm), rather than Adibi and his five (7 Tkl/Gm).

So does this mean that Cush will be ready to go against Tampa and start against the Jets? Because otherwise this makes very little sense. Diles was playing in his place and I assumed would start at the strong side against the Jets. Adibi is no Sam backer. He is a will. So he wouldn’t replace Cush. This leads me to believe that, if it is true, Cush will play on friday and start in week 1. Otherwise why announce this and move Diles over when he was already going to start on the strong side?

does this mean adibi will play last game since hes not a starter?

also in other news, rex grossman is reday to play 4th game…cushing wont…also foster is starting i believe…def. will be playing alot

6’-6" WR Matt Jones is in Tennessee, working out with the Titans.