The Houston 26: Projecting The Starters

1) It’s not okay for me to assume that you mean TO is the stereotype of a diva receiver. Which receiver is a diva that is like Jacoby then? Who is the prototype?

2) There is nothing wrong with liking different personalities, yet there continues to be something implied by “if you did you probably wouldn’t make comments [praising Andre],” however, I can’t be allowed to guess at the meaning of this, because I was so wildly off-base earlier and obviously nobody should try and read between the lines on the internet.

Gotcha.

I haven’t noticed anybody else snapping other than Weeks (can somebody correct me if I’m wrong?), though that may be more due to OD’s injury than anything else.

Doorbell rings Comes to the door dressed in a Texans nightie looking to borrow a cup of sugar que that music again
Bow chicka wah wah!

The franchise player the Lions wanted him to be when they drafted him, but as far as “busts” go, there are ALOT of first round drafted recievers who have done much less. Not living up to expectations isn’t exactly the same as being a bust.

Michael Westbrook was picked 4th overall (3 slots higher than Williams was drafted), and finished his career with less receptions, yards, and TDs than Williams has now.

Peter Warrick also was 4th overall in his draft and finished his career with 275 receptions, 3,000 yards, and 18 TDs, far less than Williams has now.

Hos about Reggie Williams, he was drafted 9th overall and has performed at a much lower level than Roy Williams.

One of the more glaring examples of a bust, Mike WIlliams (Roy’s former teamate) who was drafted 10th overal and 4 years in the league managed a whopping 44 receptions for 539 yards, and 2 TDs.

So say what you want about Roy, but in my mind any reciever who can play in the NFL and average over 50 receptions and 600 yards or so over their first 6 seasons in the league isn’t a complete bust regardless of where they were drafted or their expectations coming in.

I’m not responsible for people reading stereoptypical WR and thinking Terrel Owens… to me he’s not stereotypical at all, Owens is one of the 2% of top notch douche bags at any position, there’s nothing stereotypical about that.

He has some “diva” qualities, but it’s those specific qualities that are the stereotype, not all the rest of TO’s baggage that makes him a terrible teamate… the fact that I stated that Jacoby is not a total douchebag should have been your first clue that I wasn’t comparing him to TO…

If that matters at all! COWBITCHES it is!!!

Rackers may, heavy emphasis on the may, be better in the clutch than KB. We all suffered through Browns series of clutch shanks last year, but Rackers had several gaffes in the playoffs for the Cards. Missed from 34 vs GB, and was just fortunate that it didn’t cost them the game.

I watched them both warm up before the Dallas game. KB has a stronger leg. This is not only a plus on long FG’s but on KO’s as well.

Compare their stats. There’s very little difference in career FG pct with Rackers at 78.2 and Brown at 77.3. OK that’s about completely meaningless considering the length of their careers. Let’s just look at the last 3 years. Rackers is 62 of 75 for 82.7% and Brown is 75 of 94 for 79.8%. Rackers made only 70% in 2007. Brown made an abysmal 65.6% last year, his career low. I just don’t see that happening again this year. He looks to be kicking much more consistently so far this year. Of course pregame warmups during preseason pale in comparison to regular game action, but thus far there has been no difference in their in game preseson kicking. Beil made a long FG vs NO, but barely. Brown made a 43 yarder in the same game that had 15 yards to spare, right down the middle.

You discount the importance of 50+ FG’s but Brown’s 9 of 12 in the last 3 years is significantly better than Rackers 4 of 11. You say that the frequency of such kicks makes it unimportant, but if only 2-3 games per year are decided by a long FG, then I say that is very significant.

Rackers has a recent injury history. Several muscle problems last year. His KO distance in the 1st 3 games is not what it was last year; 14 TB’s in 65 KO’s vs Brown’s 10 of 82 TB’s. Despite the current plantar problem, which hasn’t seemed to slow KB down, Brown has been consistently healthy for his career.

Unless Brown’s health is worse than what we’ve been told, or he has a stinker Thursday night, he will be the kicker this year because he has the stronger leg and is not significantly less accurate than Rackers.

of pulling an AllenOU!

I thought you were the one who lived in a hippie commune.

I am an angel like the one of dogma except I have a penis… that way my children will be half angel half human and we can repopulate the world after 2012…

Ching.