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DeMeco Ryans Is Even Cooler Than We Imagined

As regular readers of BRB know, we highly recommend everything about the outstanding Texans blog over at Da Good, Da Bad, and DeMeco.  Matt is a terrific writer, and he drinks roughly as much Smithiak-flavored Kool Aid as we do.  

So it was with great interest that we read his account of DeMeco Ryans' attorney inquiring into the use of his client's name in the title of Matt's seemingly harmless blog.  After some back and forth, a compromise that satisfied everyone involved (and then some) was reached.  Best of all, a totally deserving charity got (a) money and (b) publicity out of the exchange.

We're awfully cynical around these parts, but it's things like this and the Jason Simmons/Ahman Green housing donation that make it ridiculously easy to be a fan of the Texans, even in the face of the nationwide scorn that such fandom brings.  And it'll make it all the more sweeter when the team finally begins winning games with a semblance of regularity (cough...this year...cough), because we'll know that the team is represented by guys that truly get it like DeMeco Ryans, Ahman Green, and Jason Simmons.

Thanks to Matt, the reigning NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year, and the reigning NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year's lawyer.  A tip of my Texans skull cap to all involved. And feel free to follow DeMeco's example by donating a dollar or two to StandUp For Kids too.

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Ahman ain't no Saint
OK I know this probably makes me a bad fan in some peoples' eyes, but wasn't Ahman Green prosecuted for domestic abuse against his wife? One accusation, maybe it's a misunderstanding, but three times? This reminds me of our glossing over Warren Moon's transgressions. I root for the Texans (including Ahman) as much as anybody, I know his multiple arrests are in the past and I do think Ahman should get a chance to rectify his mistakes. I also think guys like Okoye, Gado, Johnson, and DeMeco are geniunely good guys, at least from what I know of them. But let's not be like Falcons or SF Giants fans. Ahman isn't a saint, and I think we should remember that. Congrats Matt by the way on being a stand up guy AND getting your name heard in high places.

by Dan B on Aug 9, 2007 10:31 AM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Re: Ahman
Well said, Dan.  My bad.
Looking forward to a day when being a Texans fan doesn't mean that April is the highlight of my season...

by Tim on Aug 9, 2007 10:35 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Mmmm
Smithiak flavored Kool-Aid tastes like snozzberries.

And, by "snozzberries," I mean "Scarlett Johansson's underpants."

(Casserly-flavored Kool-Aid, on the other hand, tastes like burning.)

Thanks for the kind words. Love you guys!  hugs

by MDC on Aug 9, 2007 12:14 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Hugs?
Let's just go back to making inappropriate remarks about salami and people's wives.
Looking forward to a day when being a Texans fan doesn't mean that April is the highlight of my season...

by Tim on Aug 9, 2007 12:26 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

What?
I thought I heard someone call me.
We can be critical of the draft picks, but in the end we always support the new Texan.

by Shake on Aug 9, 2007 12:58 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

yep
Obviously, it'll be a group hug.

by bigfatdrunk on Aug 9, 2007 1:36 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

You misunderstand...
it was BFD's wife I was hugging there.  And Shake's.  Because that's how I roll.

by MDC on Aug 9, 2007 2:38 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

whoa
Hey, leave my wife out of it!

Though she could undoubtedly use a good lay...

by bigfatdrunk on Aug 9, 2007 5:16 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

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