2011 Texans' Core Player (Plus A Very Cool Snapdragon Giveaway)

Is a divergent tag, the core would be a group of players that make the nucleus of the team. Yet As my 2011 MVP would be Arian Foster

Include rush yards also please, certainly seems to me our rush yards are much harder earned than when Schaub was under center. Ben Tate has all but disappeared from the field because we been having to play catchup now and he is still terrible in the pass game.

Chris Myers has become the “core” player for the Texans.

Yes, I know someone’s snickering and remembering the birth of Ragdoll, but look at his role. Myers anchors the line and calls out protection schemes. In 2009 when he was hurt, the run game struggled….he’s been healthy the past two years and really turned into one of the game’s best centers (loved by PFF….FO cites Houston as 1st and 2nd in runs up the middle the past two seasons). He’s done a great job in both run and pass blocking….probably the line’s most balanced blocker.

Additionally, there’s the who is behind him factor. If he were hurt, who would replace him? A shifting from guard Wade Smith (who has really looked bad this year) or Antoine Caldwell? Does anyone believe they could keep the ship afloat?

No Myers = A Shaky Line.

It should really go to the whole offensive line, but I’ve thought that the center was a vastly undervalued position on the O-line. Myers may not be the best individual blocker on the line, but he’s the glue that lets them work as a team so well.

Also, damn you TDC, I wanted to be the first one on the Chris Myers bandwagon.

He (and Crushing) have defined the swagger of this year’s squad.

gets my vote… but O-Line or LBs are equally as important.

just to piss everyone off

I am going to reach for J.J Watt. I think he will take his game to another level as he gets into his offseason training regimen and comes into next season bigger and stronger, and with a season of experience behind him, I think he will flourish next season.

T.J. yates is staying at my old high school football coach house. His son and T.J. played at north carolina. I am really hoping my old coach is not giving TJ any pointers cause he sucked as a head coach. Also i was wondering do we know how much TJ is getting paid? Cause for him to be staying with kinda pisses me off.

Duane brown. Our offensive line has allowed our offense to keep playing at a high level in Schuabs absence. Bravo sirs. I could have gone with Chris Myers here, but LT get all the ladies amirite?

Brian Cushing is my choice for core player this year. He has been the most consistent performer for the most improved defense in football. He’s bounced back from a poor 2010 to lead a defense we love watching.

Not close.

pretty impressive.

I will say Owen Daniels

When he had an off game we lost

He is a “go to” guy since Dre has been out

I’m going with JoJo, all you have to do is compare last yr. passing D (if you can call it that) to this yr, going from 32nd to 2nd, he also makes the players around him better, Kareem has not been getting creamed as often & not to mention it opens up the pass rush which is one of the reasons we have 38 sacks. Sure wade worked his magic but JoJo made our secondary from being on sportscenter every week getting bitchslapped to becoming one of the best in the league!

There’s a significant drop off from Schaub to Yates. As much as I love Yates, you’re seeing the team struggle to get out to a quick lead. The points we produced in the first half had a large part to do with Schaub’s ability to run the offense to near perfection. His experience and leadership will be missed in the playoffs.

gets my vote. nobody is more important to the running game (especially our zone stretch scheme). His run blocking and our lack of depth at the Tackles position make him, in my opinion, the most important player to this current Texans team.

But Chris Myers should get a vote or two. He’s been the rock of the O line this year.

Easily.

JJo was owned during the bengals game. OD was awesome. We won.

Don’t get me wrong, I’m happy we have JJo, and I think he’s awesome. But Daniels has been clutch.