brian-cushing-might-be-crazy Stories - Battle Red Blog
Thank You, Brian Cushing
Rivers' exquisitely crafted note of gratitude to Wade Phillips gave us an idea. For the next several days, we'll periodically be posting entries thanking various people who had a hand in making the Texans' 2011 season as enjoyable as it was. The season's over, which blows, but there's a lot to...
Brian Cushing Named Texans' MVP; J.J. Watt Named Texans' Rookie Of The Year
Nick Scurfield enlightens us: Inside linebacker Brian Cushing has been voted the Texans’ 2011 Most Valuable Player by a vote of his teammates. Cushing, who was named an alternate for the Pro Bowl, led Houston’s No. 2-ranked defense with 114 tackles. He had almost as many solo tackles (76) as...
Wade Phillips: Brian Cushing Is "A Holy Phenom"
After practice today, Wade Phillips had a few choice words about a Pro Bowl that won't feature Brian Cushing: "They don’t see how many plays he makes that are unseen, unless you put the camera on it, slow it down and go in slow motion," he said. "He’s there – boom – making...
Three And Out: Useless Predictions For Texans-Buccaneers
Disclaimer: There doesn't appear to be a whole lot of psychic power in this week's edition of "Three and Out." That's not to say my well-documented abilities are fake, or waning, or absent. The gift that makes me the Miss Cleo of the NFL is still very much a figment of my imagination alarmingly...
Samsung Game Ball Of The Week: Brian Cushing
If you go back and look at the archived posts on BRB from the 2009 draft season, you might notice a bit of a theme leading up to, during, and immediately after the 2009 NFL Draft. That theme may have been best exemplified by this post, in which I, in my typically understated manner, reacted to the...
Mini Coupe Power Play: The Backbreaker
It was exceedingly difficult to select the Mini Coupe Power Play this week. Part of that stemmed from the fact that there wasn't any single play that you could point to and say, "That was the play that cost us the game!" Mainly, though, it was the simple notion that looking back at the game...







