It’s not that easy being green
Jul 26, 2007 Amobi Okoye is 20, Batman, Charles Spencer, John Abbate likes to tackle, Offensive (punch)Line
Random updates, player notes, and assorted detritus.
In the interest of full disclosure, I should admit that I completely forgot about Jameel Cook’s injury when we were discussing moving Jon Abbate to FB in these comments. Now, I will grant you that Cook is not that good and that he made some really, REALLY stupid plays last year, but I did think that–if healthy–he would beat out a guy who hasn’t played FB since high school. Now, of course, we learn that not only is Cook not healthy, but that he will join Charles Spencer on the PUP list to start the season. So, it appears that Abbate is FB2, barring something strange happening. At 5′10″/230, he certainly has the build for it. (Click here for the video that will make you like Abbate unless you are a heartless turd.)
Still no word on Manchild. He wants to sign. The team wants to sign him. Kubiak is optimistic that he will get signed. Yet… nothing. Prediction: He signs some time late (like after 5) this afternoon. Alternate prediction: He doesn’t sign and I develop chronic heartburn.
Chester Pitts, in addition to going to Dubai and taking the time to tell us about it, has also pledged to be more energy efficient. I really have nothing to add to this.
Steph has a good piece at Fanhouse re: the battle at Center. In 20 words or fewer, I would sum up the situation thusly: Mike Flanagan good, Steve McKinney versatile but not as good, Drew Hodgdon mercifully moved to guard. Steph’s take differs ever-so-slightly. Read it.
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July 26th, 2007 at 2:24 pm
Oops. I guess I need to communicate better.
The sum up:
Flanagan favored.
Even though Flanagan favored, McKinney might be better but not enough data.
Hodgdon is thankfully not under center.
I suck at summing up.
I like what I wrote better about the secondary:
http://sports.aol.com/fanhouse/2007/07/23/of-primary-concern-the-texans-secondary/
Mostly because of the first picture.
Steph
P.S. Scattered thunderstorms forecast for this weekend.
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July 26th, 2007 at 2:58 pm
No, that was my fault. I was offering my own summation of the situation. Now that I read it, though, it does look like I was summing your article.
If it rains, I kill Petey.
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July 27th, 2007 at 9:54 am
Hmmm, why do you think Flanagan was good or at least better than McKinney?
A lot of times when I’m watching offense, I try to focus on the center of the line. In my eyes, MF didn’t look so good a lot of the time. Worse than McKinney sort of looking. The thing that makes this difficult to analyze is that the running backs playing when Flanagan was playing were all green. But still. Eek.