2011 Texans Training Camp: Day Three Recap
by Tim on Aug 3, 2011 10:29 PM CDT
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Print-Some quotes from various folks after today's practice. One such snippet from Kubes caught my attention. Coach-speak, or something more?
(on if any young guys have jumped out at him) "A guy jumped at me today. Earl Mitchell jumped at me today. I was just telling the players I think good players make their big jump in this league from year one to two. It’s just fun to watch a guy come out in his second year and be so much more comfortable in what he’s doing. He made a lot of plays today. It’s one practice, but it was evident."
-Andre Johnson should only be out another day or so. Rumors of his demise were greatly exaggerated.
-Rick Smith and Chris Olsen have to figure out a way to get the Texans under the cap by tomorrow afternoon. I think they should cut Amobi Okoye again and argue that they're entitled to claw back some of the money they paid him for the last four years as a cap credit.
-Apparently, Charley Casserly was at camp today. How Bob McNair did not have him escorted from the premises is beyond me.
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I got a feeling Mitchell is going to thrive in Wade's system.
I think his comparison to Ratliff is somewhat accurate. Both come off the ball very quick, and both are relatively undersized.
The one glaring difference is Ratliff’s technique. It’s damn near flawless. The way he uses his hands is also flawless. If Mitchell can imrpove his technique this year, he should get the majority of the snaps at NT.
"Hakeem couldn't kick your ass cuz you were too
close kissin his!"- Sir Charles to Kenny Smith.
Selling out to the man, eh?
Isn’t bad enough they’re plastered all of the preseason practice jerseys?
there u go timmy. crisis deverted. can i call u timmy?? - FTJ
Sneaking in a late night post?
OK, so you are busy with real life.
"All our lives, we’re taught to get in line. The ones who conform never discover."-Arian Foster
sǝɹnʇɐuƃıs uʍop ǝpısdn ʇnoqɐ sʇuǝɯɯoɔ ǝuo ou
I saw that quote earlier.
Hopefully Wade’s trust in Mitchell will be well founded. Looking forward to his play in the preseason.
Prediction: 11-5 AFC South champions.
Probably a better speaker than GM
"All our lives, we’re taught to get in line. The ones who conform never discover."-Arian Foster
sǝɹnʇɐuƃıs uʍop ǝpısdn ʇnoqɐ sʇuǝɯɯoɔ ǝuo ou
by Barryfromtexas on Aug 3, 2011 10:55 PM CDT up reply actions
I remember seeing him
on CBS but I can’t really remember if he was any good. Just looking at him was a bit of a mental block.
Spurs/Texans/Horns...everyone else to the back of the bus.
He told his side of the story re: Mario
I thought it was interesting. He went overboard to defend Mario, he says. Boo me, he said. Don’t boo Mario. He sounded sincere.
I didn't do anything wrong!.... and, I won't do it again.
You can probably listen to Charley's interview at 610 on a podcast
I didn't do anything wrong!.... and, I won't do it again.
Casserly...
Ugh. Bad juju. The last thing this team needs is anything negative interrupting all the positives of this offseason.
Spurs/Texans/Horns...everyone else to the back of the bus.
And yet you replied
Thanks for not caring.
Spurs/Texans/Horns...everyone else to the back of the bus.
It wasn't actualy directed at you.
Just some “inside” humor with the Kool-Aid, the Texans nuts, and the public humiliation.
/disgusted with self
Ahh...ok
Spurs/Texans/Horns...everyone else to the back of the bus.
by benefactor on Aug 4, 2011 2:40 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
Heard the same thing about Okoye a couple years ago...
And it amounted to nothing. Practicing well is nice, but I’ll need to see it in a game to be convinced.
good point
we should expect the worst, now….
I didn't do anything wrong!.... and, I won't do it again.
"News"
Adam Schefter
RT @adbrandt: Am told we will have a ratified CBA by 4p et Thursday as expected. No details but 2011 League Year will finally begin.
"All our lives, we’re taught to get in line. The ones who conform never discover."-Arian Foster
ɔıןןıɹʎɔ ʇou sı ǝdʎʇ uʍop ǝpısdn
So..
Do free agents get to practice tomorrow, or do they have to wait until 3pm (Central) when the CBA is officially ratified and the new league year begins?
You expect me to interpret this too?
I think we have lawyer Guys for all of that.
I did a fanshot (nothing additional)
http://www.battleredblog.com/2011/8/4/2343525/we-will-have-a-ratified-cba-by-4p-et-thursday-as-expected
"All our lives, we’re taught to get in line. The ones who conform never discover."-Arian Foster
ɔıןןıɹʎɔ ʇou sı ǝdʎʇ uʍop ǝpısdn
by Barryfromtexas on Aug 4, 2011 12:47 AM CDT up reply actions
Charley Casserly was at camp today.
FIRE THE BUM!
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Speaking of Bum
He was there too!
"All our lives, we’re taught to get in line. The ones who conform never discover."-Arian Foster
ɔıןןıɹʎɔ ʇou sı ǝdʎʇ uʍop ǝpısdn
by Barryfromtexas on Aug 4, 2011 1:08 AM CDT up reply actions
Not THIS Bum!
He was there too!
"All our lives, we’re taught to get in line. The ones who conform never discover."-Arian Foster
ɔıןןıɹʎɔ ʇou sı ǝdʎʇ uʍop ǝpısdn
by Barryfromtexas on Aug 4, 2011 1:10 AM CDT up reply actions
Scared at our ILB depth
Can we sign Lofa Tatupu to a really cheap contract? i doubt he’d take it though, he wasn’t willing to take a paycut in seattle.
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He'll want to start, I think.
Even then, he’s had a couple of knee surgeries that make me a bit concerned about him.
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by UprootedTexan on Aug 4, 2011 10:37 AM CDT up reply actions
Hopefully part of that salary cap solution
is signing Mario to an extension that provides some relief this year
Primer for Cody release/restructure
Could be that the glowing comments about Mitchell are a precursor to a Cody cap casualty or re-do. Cody has a $3.5 million base this year (on a brand new deal) and I’m guessing he’ll be part of the cap trimming exercise – along with a necessary Mario redo (14 million base this yr)
by ajtheexaminerguy on Aug 4, 2011 7:53 AM CDT via mobile reply actions
This
"All our lives, we’re taught to get in line. The ones who conform never discover."-Arian Foster
ɔıןןıɹʎɔ ʇou sı ǝdʎʇ uʍop ǝpısdn
by Barryfromtexas on Aug 4, 2011 11:27 AM CDT up reply actions
An undrafted rookie free agent
If he wasn’t from Colorado State I’d say you were crazy.
I'm a man!! I'm forty!!
We are talking about replacing Cody
Not Mario
"All our lives, we’re taught to get in line. The ones who conform never discover."-Arian Foster
ɔıןןıɹʎɔ ʇou sı ǝdʎʇ uʍop ǝpısdn
by Barryfromtexas on Aug 4, 2011 12:32 PM CDT up reply actions
MICHAEL LOMBARDI CAN SUCK IT
I don’t see a day 4 post yet so I’ll say it here. I just watched our live training camp break down on NFLN and Lombardi spent roughly 20 minutes lambasting us. He pretty much called us soft and said everything negative you can think of about us. He called out Eric Winston 2 or 3 times for saying it’s not a big deal that we’re not practicing in pads twice a day. Lombardi used that as an excuse to say we’re not a tough team because of that.
He also shit all over the notion that we have a top ranked offense because we weren’t able to get up on teams early and play with a lead last year. So basically, it doesn’t count that a team has a top 5 offense if they’re not dominating everyone.
FUCK YOU LOMBARDI. You’re a no talent ass hat.
I'm a man!! I'm forty!!
by Hydroshock on Aug 4, 2011 8:50 AM CDT reply actions 7 recs
He must have some problem with us
He’s been at this shit for years. I remember when he was saying Matt “Schwab” isn’t a leader.
As far as offense, I wouldn’t care if we scored all our points in a single quarter every game. Look at all the effing points we score!
You’re right that he is a no talent ass hat. He’s also fat, ugly, ignorant and vacuous.
..and he calls our team soft.
He is also known to have “relations” with Middle Eastern midgets…but it’s only a rumor.
by MeSoLongHorny on Aug 4, 2011 10:27 AM CDT up reply actions
Get this.....
He shit on the fact that we had the #1 rusher in the league last year. He actually said that having the best running game in the league doesn’t matter if you’re not explosive in the passing game…….SERIOUSLY?!?
First, having the best running game opens up the pass. And when have we NOT had an explosive passing game??
Wow. I hate that guy
I'm a man!! I'm forty!!
What qualifies as an explosive passing game?
Maybe if we can get over that 9,000 passing yards in two seasons hump that will be good enough… oh wait.
Ya that Jet passing game that was in the AFC title game
sure was explosive.
I wish we could hire coaches without "having grown up in Houston" being a job requirement.
i've lost all respect for him (if i ever even had any)...
he’s one of those guys that i bet doesn’t know shit about our actual team, but saw that we went 6-10 and started making crazy assumptions
not explosive in the passing game?!?! people need to call his dumbass out for this stupid shit…
let’s just wait for him to jump on our bandwagon when we start dominating teams…
by Samarth Sulhan on Aug 4, 2011 9:33 AM CDT up reply actions
Wait, there's more....
I rewound and watched it again. He also dissed our new defense. He said we may call it a 3-4 but it’s basically a 4-3 and teams will be able to key on Mario regardless if he’s standing up. He gave no credit to the Joseph and Manning signings, saying they’re “not superman”. He said we can blame last year’s secondary all we want but teams ran all over us (even though we ranked 13th in the run defense) and we’re soft. He also doesn’t think Cushing will be much of an impact player because he appears to be 10 lbs lighter than he was last year.
Seriously, he pissed all over us for the entire piece, even when what’s her face joked with him about offending the fans. Of course he said he’ll be the first to change his mind if we’re actually able to turn it around.
I'm a man!! I'm forty!!
Round 2
They went back live to our camp again to continue discussion. What’s-her-face (don’t know who the blonde ground reporter is) said there has been a lot of chatter on 610 this morning about Lombardi’s comments and the fans are pissed! So they bring him back on and he back tracked just slightly by saying “look, my comments are all predicated on what the team did last year. It’s a new year……blah, blah, blah.”
Oh yeah, and what’s her face called our boy “Quin Glover”
I'm a man!! I'm forty!!
Round 3
What’s her face interviewed AJ. I think he made her knees weak when he talked about his dislocated finger in that Barry White voice of his…..“I just popped it right back in.”
She asked him about Lombardi’s comments and he was as cool as ever. “When we go out there and prove it on the field we’ll see what they have to say.”
Now we go to Rex Ryan and the Jets for the millionth time!
I'm a man!! I'm forty!!
Round 4
More on Andre’s awesomeness (guess you can’t be soft when you put your own dislocated finger back in, huh?)
Brief comments on Wade Phillips installing his new defense. Nothing specific.
They finally acknowledge that we answered our FB issue by signing Vickers.
And more buzz on Lombardi calling us soft. It seems the players aren’t happy with it also.
I'm a man!! I'm forty!!
This may work in our favor
I would put Lomdouche’s Pic up on the wall in the locker room
And the quote “You’re Soft”
"All our lives, we’re taught to get in line. The ones who conform never discover."-Arian Foster
ɔıןןıɹʎɔ ʇou sı ǝdʎʇ uʍop ǝpısdn
by Barryfromtexas on Aug 4, 2011 11:32 AM CDT up reply actions
No shit!
Better yet. Let him go to training camp and ride the blocking sled in front of Winston.
I'm a man!! I'm forty!!
He's a joke
Not a damn bit of what he said made sense. It’s pure comedy…almost like a very bad trolling job.
He’ll be grabbing his ankles and taking it from a battle red broomstick by the end of the season.
Spurs/Texans/Horns...everyone else to the back of the bus.
Round 5: Texans 2011 Outlook
Round table discussion in the NFLN studio. All of the socket puppets think Mario will struggle with the mental aspect of playing OLB. They believe he’ll have to think too much and it will be easy for teams to scheme against him.
Lombardi calls 59 “Demarco Ryans”………un-fucking-believable. And more about not being physical. He seems surprised that his Twitter is being blown up with negative comments. Well what does he expect when he doesn’t even know the name of a Pro Bowl defensive captain. Seriously, this guy is biggest tool on TV.
And guess what immediately followed this piece? ANOTHER JETS UPDATE!
I'm a man!! I'm forty!!
I got beef with Willie McGinest as well
Evrey time the Texans are discussed all he does is slam us and this goes back as long as I remember him being at NFL network. So fuck him and Lombardi ther both bitches in my book.
That would be an excellent idea for a book...
“People who I think are bitches!”
by MeSoLongHorny on Aug 4, 2011 1:57 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Nancy Grace?
or wait she is a dick.
We are all important to each other, and because of this we have a purpose. - Daniel Black (Yes, that's me)
...and exactly why would she be holding her mouth that way....again?
there u go timmy. crisis deverted. can i call u timmy?? - FTJ
by chuckiepoo on Aug 4, 2011 6:00 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Also...
Lombardi while Lambasting, called Cody “Shane Cody” and called Demeco “Demarcus Ryans”.
If your going to Rip guys aleast have the respect to get their names right…
by Frank Castle 22 on Aug 4, 2011 12:09 PM CDT up reply actions
Who does the Lumbardo guy think he is?
"All our lives, we’re taught to get in line. The ones who conform never discover."-Arian Foster
ɔıןןıɹʎɔ ʇou sı ǝdʎʇ uʍop ǝpısdn
by Barryfromtexas on Aug 4, 2011 12:33 PM CDT up reply actions
The best reply to that?
Show him! Get up on teams early! Put them away! Don’t be soft!
I don’t see this as much a comment about if the team can be tough. I see it as a comment about the coach and how he plays to just keep it close. I don’t like it any more than you do, hearing it, but the only answer to that is DO IT!
I didn't do anything wrong!.... and, I won't do it again.
I gotta agree with you
That shit pisses me off to no end but in a sense he has a point. We just need to turn all this into motivation come out of the gate a crack some fucking skulls. Then we can sit back and listen to evreybody backtrack and jump on the bandwagon.
Too much effort.
I’m just going to try and set him on fire using only the power of my mind.
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by UprootedTexan on Aug 4, 2011 10:39 AM CDT up reply actions
Live stream right now of practice...
the mothership
My attitude is like a virgin......I dont give a fuck!
yeah im watching it
mario and watt were going 1 on 1 earlier…it was pretty cool…
by Samarth Sulhan on Aug 4, 2011 10:21 AM CDT up reply actions
A graduate of the Jonathan Joseph Public Speaking Seminar
"All our lives, we’re taught to get in line. The ones who conform never discover."-Arian Foster
ɔıןןıɹʎɔ ʇou sı ǝdʎʇ uʍop ǝpısdn
by Barryfromtexas on Aug 4, 2011 11:34 AM CDT up reply actions
Glad to hear my boy Toliver impressing in camp.
Don’t make my bold prediction that you’ll be a really good #2 in the near future blow up in my face man.
Prediction: 11-5 AFC South champions.
Day 4 Update:
Second-year linebacker Darryl Sharpton filled in for Ryans, and coach Gary Kubiak gave him praise for performing well.
• During practice, veteran cornerback Jason Allen intercepted a Matt Schaub pass.
• Running back Steve Slaton fumbled the football during a rep against the defense.
• Cornerback Kareem Jackson was burned on two long plays by receivers Kevin Walter and Paul Williams, who was injured on the play. Williams was helped off the field with a lower leg injury.
•Tight end Owen Daniels and defensive tackle Earl Mitchell both practiced extremely well and made big plays Thursday morning.
Did KJax fall down on Williams leg or something?
by MeSoLongHorny on Aug 4, 2011 12:01 PM CDT up reply actions
But then again, they probably carted Williams off the field
before K-Jax was even close enough to fall down on him. Grab the bleach!!
I liked this tweet
Brandon Harris
When times get tough and days get long I think about everyone who would love to have this opportunity and I push on!
It is even poetic
"All our lives, we’re taught to get in line. The ones who conform never discover."-Arian Foster
ɔıןןıɹʎɔ ʇou sı ǝdʎʇ uʍop ǝpısdn
In non-related, but rather hilarious news...
When Dolphins fans chanted "We want Orton" at training camp, coach Tony Sporano said it made him sick.
Dolphins quarterback Chad Henne said it made him sad.
Henne acknowledged today that it hurt his feelings that Dolphins fans would rather see the team trade for Broncos quarterback Kyle Orton than support the quarterback they have.
"I’m human," Henne said of the Orton chants, per Omar Kelly of the Sun-Sentinel. "Deep down inside it does hurt."
Spurs/Texans/Horns...everyone else to the back of the bus.
I admit I didn't watch very many Dolphins games
But I don’t remember Henne being that bad. Maybe I’m wrong but we’ve seen a lot worse QB play here in Houston. Once upon a time we would’ve killed for a Chad Henne.
I'm a man!! I'm forty!!
I haven't either
I just think its funny that he’s channeling his inner VY in response to the fans.
Spurs/Texans/Horns...everyone else to the back of the bus.
by benefactor on Aug 4, 2011 2:32 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
He's pretty bad.
I caught a couple Dolphins games last year, he was pretty awful.
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and now there's even Farve rumors from Sporano...holy crap, melt down crisis in Miami, news at 11!!!!
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