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2011 Free Agent Watch: What Do We Know After Day Five?
This post will be more of a rapid-fire update than anything else. Without further ado... 1. Amobi Okoye and David Anderson are no longer Houston Texans. I'm sad to see DA go. Amobi gets his own post, hopefully within the next day or three. 2. Okoye wasn't out of work long, as he's already...
2011 Free Agent Watch: What Do We Know After Day Three?
"Quite a bit more than yesterday" would be an understatement. Let's get into it after the jump. 1. Your Houston Texans have signed their CB1. No, it's not Nnamdi Asomugha. It's Johnathan Joseph. While Joseph isn't coming cheap, that's the cost of adding a legitimate impact cornerback via...
Battle Red Bag, Vol. 9: Let Slip The Bags Of War
No need to mess around with some silly opening vignette today. On to the bag! This week, we ponder time-travel problems, advice for new college students, Madden rankings, parenting, murdering a stranger versus murder a friend, Amobi Okoye, free agency in the secondary, regional BBQ variations, my...
The Nose Tackle Game
Announcer Guy: From fabulous Reliant Stadium in sweltering Houston, Texas, this is "The Nose Tackle Game!" "The Nose Tackle Game" is brought to you by Clorox brand drinking bleach. Are you hosting a Houston Texans game watching party? Has the defense played like brain damaged sheep...again? ...
Top 10 Texans Draft Busts - #9: Amobi Okoye
Are You Smarter Than The Experts? Correctly predict the first 32 picks of the 2011 NFL Draft and you’ll win $10,000,000! BEST ROUND EVER IN PRIMETIME! Enter at facebook.com/BudLight! When he was drafted in 2007, Amobi Okoye was just 12 years old. Or so it seems. Even the Okoye apologists...
Will The Texans Sign A Free Agent Nose Tackle?
Last week, Rick Smith signed three players who were already on the roster of the Houston Texans to extensions. One of these players was Shaun Cody, who Gary Kubiak, Rick Smith and apparently Wade Phillips believe can play nose tackle in the new 3-4 defense. I made the hypothesis at the time that...
Bargument: Would Amobi Okoye Fetch More In Trade Now Than Travis Johnson Did In 2009?
Last night, Rivers and I grabbed a beer at 360. Good times were had by all. But you probably guessed that. As the discussion meandered along, the conversation turned to your Houston Texans, as it is wont to do. I'm not sure exactly when we started specifically talking about Amobi Okoye; I believe...
Post-Game Breakdown: Texans--Dare I Say It--Dominate Colts
A day and a half later, I'm still stunned. Your Houston Texans were in the driver's seat for nearly the entirety of their season opener against the Indianapolis Colts. The Colts, man! The team that had won 15 of the 16 games played! The team that features Peyton Manning at QB! The team coming...
Texans Five On Five: Colts--Part 1 Edition
For those of you who remember me before I Kaiser Soze’d out of the BRB realm, you may recall a weekly feature that I used to do named Texans Five on Five. In these posts I would cite what I considered the five most important matchups between the Houston Texans and their opponent that week. ...
Adventures In Idiocy: Team Zima Predicts The Future
After Rivers completed the Community Projections series, he thought it might be a good idea to have a post or two of predictions and projections solely from BRB staff. Unfortunately, he also thought it might be a good idea to let someone else handle compiling said prognostications, and I...
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