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High Five: What Is The Best Transaction In Texans History?
We had our corresponding poll of awfulness, but now, with Tim showing us the optimism that we will surely come into the season with before the Texans ruin our dreams again the glorious 16-0 season we are about to embark on, it's time to check out the opposite side of things. The best transactions...
Grading The Houston Texans' 2010 Draft Class: Sort Of, But Not Really
You've probably read a lot of different pieces grading the Texans' and/or other teams' draft(s). Consider this to be my contribution to the "grading process," which by its very nature is absurdly premature for players who haven't even played a snap of professional football. With that in mind,...
Comcast Presents: A Look Back At Houston's 2009 First-Round Draft Pick
As announced previously in this space, Comcast has generously agreed to support the best NFL community around--us. As part of that effort, between now and the end of the 2010 NFL season, Comcast will be sponsoring a variety of special editorial and interactive features on our site. They begin...
Gary Kubiak: What To Do?
The 2009 NFL season was supposed to be the breakout year for the Houston Texans. After two 8-8 seasons, they seemed primed for the franchise's first playoff season. Now, sitting at 5-7, the playoffs are not a possibility and the focus has shifted to embattled head coach Gary Kubiak. Gary Kubiak...
Playing The Expectations Game
Over the years, I've had the pleasure of working for some of the most grossly inept and incompetent managers in known history. A couple of them would make the Pointy Haired Boss absolutely brilliant by comparison. Recent games have reminded me of a conversation I had with one of those rocket...
Joel Dreessen Gets Three Year Contract; Owen Daniels Watches
Zuh? Joel Dreessen is awarded a three (3) year contract, yet Owen Daniels continues to wait for his multiyear deal. I like Dreessen; he's a fine backup and a special teams stalwart, so I'm glad he's coming back. Still...Rick Smith? Can we turn our attention to locking up one of the best tight...
Should Texans Fans Watch The Combine?
Its mid February and the 2009 NFL Scouting Combine is almost upon us. As I have stated before, I personally am not a huge fan of the Combine because I believe too much emphasis is placed on the drills that the players perform. That’s not to say that you shouldn’t know how fast a guy...
Petey Faggins Rides Again
You know your season's not going the way you hoped when the player who was (in)arguably the worst on the entire team last year is returning to the starting lineup. Not because someone's injured, mind you; Petey's starting again because he's allegedly outperformed Fred Bennett, last year's rookie...
Eric Winston's Putting Down Roots In H-Town
On the eve of his team taking Heinz Field to begin the 2008 season, Matt Schaub is definitely flashing that goofy smile today, because he knows that Smithiak just made his life a whole lot easier for the next few years by giving him the protection he needs every snap. How, you ask? By locking up...
BREAKING NEWS: Texans Get To 53 By Placing Chris Brown On Injured Reserve
In a move that may have been designed to clearly demonstrate that yours truly has zero personnel veto power when it comes to your Houston Texans, the team placed their other injury-plagued RB on the injured reserve list this afternoon. Seems like a perfectly reasonable way to waste another nearly...
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