Notes on Sunday's Training Camp, Now With 100% More Andre Johnson!

Block quote fail.

DeMeco’s still a half step slow but he’s getting there.

I haven’t noticed him thus far, not that that’s necessarily a bad thing.

Harris has done pretty well the last couple of days. McManis had a couple of nice moments today, but really, Joseph is the man as far as CBs go (obviously).

Dorin made a good catch today. Maehl and Townsel have really impressed me with some of their skills. I’ve yet to see Tolliver make a catch. Don’t know if that’s because I missed it or they simply haven’t passed to him, but I’ve not seen much of him to give a good answer. Jean, like I said, had the best catch of the day with that spinning reception.

The thoughtless bastard.

He could develop into a nice QB down the line

Yates we’re pretty much committed to, I think. Despite that, he’s making the typical rookie mistakes but, like I said, he did make that pretty pass to Lester Jean today.

Doesn’t mean he’s playing badly though. He’s in the middle right now.

As for Yates, I really like him. He should develop into a solid backup QB.

Kevin Walter’s routes are still very good, as are his hands.

The OLine has been somewhat inconsistent, especially on running plays. I see too much penetration, particularly from Damione Lewis and J.J. Watt. Eric Winston and Duane Brown have been consistently good, though Mario got past both of them a few times. Mike Brisiel has actually looked pretty poor. His footwork is solid, but his hand placement is poor. When you don’t get the hand placement right, you get bull rushed easily, and he has been. Hopefully he’ll turn it around.

As far as TEs, Joel Dreesen and OD look good. Haven’t seen much of Casey, but I’m sure he’s playing well. Garrett Graham has been running some nice routes, but there’s no room for him on this team, with a very good #2 TE in Dreesen and an All-Pro caliber TE in OD.

I think the guy whose being a leader on defense and has stepped up is Darryl Sharpton. He moves well, and is a great tackler. He’s been taking reps on the 1st team defense as the MO, and he’s been playing very well.

Hope this helped.

do it!

It brought a tear to my eye to see a Texans CB do that. Harris had some good coverage today, I thought and he looked great yesterday.

I haven’t seen Toliver do much of anything so far. I’m really underwhelmed by him at the moment.

As for Mitchell, you’ll read about that in tomorrow’s post.

He’s very physical with his hands, but he’s not physical enough to get flagged for it. CBs who can do that are the elite ones. It’s what makes Revis such a fantastic CB to along with all of his other attributes. Joseph’s also got good closing speed. He should be a good #1 corner for us.

Brandon Harris has impressed me a lot. His footwork his solid, his eyes are good, and he stays with his man. He’s been beaten a couple of times, but he’s a rookie. The thing that I like his that he’s always puts himself in a position to make a play. He does gamble quite a bit, and that concerns me, especially if he does that in man coverage. I like that he’s aggressive, but at times he’s reckless in his decision making. But, overall, he’s impressed me the most out of the CBs outside of JJo.

Toliver has looked good, for the most part. His routes are solid, and his size is impressive. He’s gotta work on a few areas, but he looks good for an UDFA.

Mitchell has gotten some good penetration throughout camp, but the one play I may not forget is when I was specifically watching Mitchell on the play, and Kasey Studdard absolutely kicked his ass. That can’t happen to NTs on running plays. It was just one play though. The fact that it was Studdard is embarrassing.

I ran into LedTexan out there today.

Barwin looks like hes put on some muscle

in one of the previous camp posts someone said Reed was struggling with his footwork because he’s not used to the technique yet. I’m sure that’ll improve with time and coaching but I wouldn’t expect to see him with the first team any time soon. Barwin has that locked up assuming he stays healthy.

His footwork and technique have to be worked out before he plays consistently.

As for Maehl, it’s hard to say. Toliver and Jean have impressed with their size and athleticism, but Maehl is the best route runner of the 3. I’m not quite sure where he fits in.

I really should. But as things are, I don’t have anything going on on Friday.

can be found here near the bottom

http://www.battleredblog.com/2011/8/2/2339775/training-camp-day-2