Texans' Training Camp Open Thread--August 9th

OD was big, but we got OK production from our other TE’s once he went down+increased production from guys like Jones and Anderson . We had some injuries on the offensive line, but we’re able to trot out the same starting lineup more often than the average.

Defensively, the only major injury we had was Wilson. I can’t think of any other starters who missed significant time.

So on the whole we were pretty healthy last year…although we had a lot of players banged up they didn’t miss much time.

I think they are better at certain things than they are at others. Their projections for teams are one of their weaker areas. There is just too many variables for them to try an account for. They are betting on Schaub getting injured. That’s a concern for Texans fans, but it’s not something you can really account for. Another big part of their projection is schedule. It SHOULD be a tough schedule, but you never really know until the year is over what a tough schedule is. There is also the issue of catching teams at the right time. i.e. when they have starters out with injury or something like that.

I think they are a good reference to dispel myths like “Dunta didn’t have many interceptions because teams were scared to throw at him”. You can open up their charts and see that Dunta was actually targeted more than the rookie Glover Quin and tell them to STFU. My point is there is usefull information, but it is not the final word and everything needs to be taken in context of the big picture.

Once I get my hands on Madden tomorrow and get to “fix” the Texans, I will be in a much better mood!