And although we can’t get inside Kubiak’s head, I have a hard time believing he would either.

Kubes has nothing to do with the contract negotiations and Smith has nothing to do with the coaching decisions. So Kubes doesn’t have any principles to violate if he were to start Dunta.

Not that I’m advocating that.

And there’s no way Kubiak will give it to him. No chance in hell Robinson runs onto the field with the starters come opening day. He didn’t drop one bead of sweat on the practice field, and I imagine Kubiak would rather shove splinters into his pee-hole than reward Robinson like that.

Doesn’t mean, though, that he won’t take the majority of snaps against Cotchery.

I agree with Big T33 and oiler-texan diehard that Dunta should start if possible, regardless of the contract pissing contest, because Fred and McCain have played poorly. If the playbook didn’t change that much, why were there so many missed assignments during the preseason? Players that were on the team last year missed gaps, reads, etc. during the preseason much to the chagrin of Kubiak.

Against the Jets, the “it’s just preseason” excuse is going to go out the window. The defense has been a mess all preseason. Even if you ignore the defense’s performances against the Saints and the Vikings, the cornerback situation was atrocious with both starters out and Dunta not seeing a lick of practice time. Eugene Wilson is hurt, but will probably be back, and his tackling has been spotty at times during the preseason. The secondary’s a mess. Adibi lost a starting spot to the guy who played all of preseason in Cushing’s spot. Cushing hasn’t played at all. All the chronic writers and many bloggers have made bold, confident statements that Cushing will make a positive impact on the defense. Yet, none of us have seen him play even a fake game against NFL opposition, so that confidence sounds unwarranted to me because there’s no evidence. We don’t know what we’ll see out of Cushing: second coming of LT or confused puppy. The linebacker situation is a mess. There’s been a revolving door at the nose tackle position with a trade of last year’s sub-par starter. And with a new defensive scheme and coordinator, asking for all those pieces to gel all at once against even the dog-ass Jets sounds difficult. I hope the Texans win and play well. If they don’t, I predict fireworks and panic about facing the Titans on the road in Week 2 and excuses en masse saying it’ll take time for the Texans to adjust to this new defensive system. Yet, back in January, the supporters of Frank Bush’s promotion over hiring an outside DC claimed his system would be familiar and more aggressive, allowing the Texans to go out firing for the first game, pressuring the quarterback and making stops and turnovers. And a good start would be necessary, given that Kubiak could be on the chopping block this season. To me, that paints a very dramatic picture for the Texans with alot of pressure. It’s going to go one way or the other. We’ll see what happens come Week 1.

Starting with Dunta, all the unfortunate incidences this offseason have, in my mind, made the opening game against the Jets less of a shoo-in with more pressure on the defense than I had originally anticipated after the schedule came out.

fuck him like Pyrrhus the Greek

OD? Naw man.

Above Average? Yes.

And as for Dunta being one of the two best defenders in our team? No.

I agree with you on DeMeco being one of them but not Dunta.

You gotta see it from a business stand point. Im not gonna expand on this because im too swamped with work but seeing somebody say that Dunta is one of the best defenders in our team and OD being the Best TE this league has seen in a long time made my blood boil a little. You clearly have not seen game changing TE’s in action.

There’s three on this team I’d take before him. That’s what I think alot of people are missing.

he’s worth more to us as a texan than any other team.

Completely agree, but didn’t want to have to defend it if I threw it out there.
I’ve been very impressed with the overall push of the line. The fact is, when you’re rushing upfield like we’ve begun to do, you can actually run yourself out of a play, but you take the good with the bad, and I’d imagine they’ll get better at the execution overall.
To call him out, TexanKurt is doing the same thing. I don’t get it. I’ll push back a little, but I don’t have the strength to argue with someone whose response to everything is “they suck. I haven’t seen any changes, so they still suck… they’ll always suck.” What’s the point?

i’d rec it… but im on my cell. lol