Kickoff
Jun 11, 2008 2008 Season, Barbaro is dead, Colvin, Kickoff, Posts that list too many players
Another busy day IRL, so off to the races.
Papabear > BFD: Well, which isn’t much of a surprise to my wife. Placing a player on the Physically Unable to Perform (PUP) list does *not* excuse said player from the 80-man roster heading into training camp. So, this could be the end-game for Barbaro Spencer as a Texan. There’s always the possibility we re-sign him after other cuts during camp, but teams with a more shallow depth pool would almost certainly be interested. There are some lessons to be learned here, one of which is that knee injuries, even with all the science and technology, are still not always curable. Dunta, ear-muffs.
Colvin: Not much new on the Rosy Colvin front. It’s nice that Rick Smith has a relationship with Colvin and his lawyer. And Smith did give Andre Davis, who shares lawyers with Colvin, that nice big shiny contract. And those strippers I hired to dance for Rosy should help. But, all that said, if the battle is between the Texans and the Dolts, the best thing we can do is sell how competitive we’ll be.
Chris Taylor still gets you stoned: Following up last week’s warm and fuzzy article about Tim Bulman, the latest entry is about Chris Taylor by Brooke Bentley. I realize I’m kind of an asshole when it comes to stories like this, and I think it’s more a matter of me, ummmmm, being an asshole rather than the work itself. And, you know, Brooke isn’t bad.
These are the human interest stories that warm the deepest cockles of my heart. I spent a lot of time around athletes during school doing interviews and stories just like this. The fact is, there are a lot of hard-working, great guys who just don’t cut it. RIght now, in my glass is completely empty mind-set, it…well, it makes me sad. I was never really able to callous myself against watching athletes fall short of their dreams. /cathartic moment
Even in the article, Taylor is mentioned as the #5 running back. I think, again sadly, he missed a huge chance last year. Unless Chris Brown or Ahman Green fall apart (I think we’re only missing Lorenzo White, Lu Blue, and Pink in our backfield), which is possible, Taylor’s best chance is to beat out Darius Walker for that fourth spot. Of course, now we can expect a warm and fuzzy about Walker to make me want to root for him!
Bulman: Excellent article by Chris at HoustonDiehards about the Bulman situation. And, no, I don’t think Bulman will make the team for the reasons broken down by Chris. As Chris mentions, if it comes down to one of “Tim Bulman, N.D. Kalu, Earl Cochran, or Anthony Maddox,” I think Bulman would rank last on the list. If we sign Colvin, it’ll muddy that picture even more. Still, this is a must read article by Chris.
Oh, and for the bet? A pitcher and nachos on the loser. I don’t mean pour a pitcher of beer on the loser - that would be alcohol abuse.
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June 11th, 2008 at 9:37 am
A story to think of as it relates to Chris Taylor. Terrell Davis almost didn’t make the Broncos–it’s amazing to hear him tell the story on the America’s Game series of videos. His first season, he came into came as the 6th string running back. He got the team’s attention due to his play on special teams. He played well in preseason and eventually became the starter.
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I am not saying Terrell Davis = Chris Taylor but rather saying that with a Denver style running game, the running back situation can be very fluid. Kubiak doesn’t care how you were acquired–if you are preparing properly and show good things on the field, you will get playing time. Given the injury history of both Green and Brown, you just never know.
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June 11th, 2008 at 10:08 am
O/T (I love these “snipets” from HT.com)
Did You Know?
WR Andre Johnson led the NFL in receptions in 2006 with 103. More than half (55) of those receptions resulted in first downs.
88Days till the first game….
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June 11th, 2008 at 10:28 am
Outside of the intro page, which annoys me to no end (cmon, Texans, it’s poor web design!), it’s a solid site. I don’t go to other teams’ sites to often, but I like what the Texans are doing. And, again, a little love for the Texans writers, too. Not bad at all.
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June 11th, 2008 at 11:34 am
First Scott, then Matt. The blogosphere is littered with the corpses of bloggers who flew too close to the sun before fleeing away, postless. (I tease, i tease. It’s just that bigfatdrunk’s posting schedule is awesome.)
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June 11th, 2008 at 11:40 am
@BFD - I concur. Bentley and Scurfield do and excellent job of covering the team. We always hear about the Chron staff and what they write about (good or bad), but those two definitely deserve more run for the good work they do.