SB Nation User Blog: bennprince

Houston Texans Artwork

bennprince — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 16:03:40 -0000

Guys, I recently had this artwork done and would be willing to sell prints to anyone who is interested. The prints are 11x17 on quality paper. The detail on this is amazing and it will make a great showpiece on your wall. The players in the piece are Steve Slaton, DeMeco Ryans, Andre Johnson, Owen Daniels and Mario Williams. Thanks for looking.

You can reach me at benny.prince@gmail.com.

via farm4.static.flickr.com

Rotoworld Goof makes this fan almost

bennprince — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 19:14:13 -0000

RotoWorld Goofs on Texans

Texans placed S Brandon Harrison on injured reserve with a severe hamstring pull, ending his season. The team acquired Michael Boulware on Saturday to bolster depth at worst. Harrison, a rookie from Stanford, had not been challenging to start.

Considering that Boulware is on Minnesota's IR, it would make this move highly unlikely.

Someone that's not banned from the houstontexans.com message board needs to help them out before one of them has a heart attack...

Brandon Harrison thread

Nice article on Kyle Shanahan and whatever happened to our Fantasy Football League???

bennprince — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 18:26:16 -0000

Here's a nice little article on young Shanny...

Shanahan on Fast Track Like His Father

Obligatory article snippet to help reach the 75 word limit... "Asked which Shanahan should be expected to hold the mental edge in such head-to-head scenarios, Kyle says, “I like to think I’ve been in his head since I was born.”

And finally, whatever happened to the BRB Fantasy Football League??? The start of the season is only 2 days away....

Slaton Impresses

bennprince — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 13:46:48 -0000

Here's a good preseason analysis of Steve Slaton from Football Outsiders.

Steve Slaton’s Second-Quarter Drive

Last Friday, Cosell told Adam Caplan of SIRIUS NFL Radio that Slaton has impressed him through the preseason. While running backs in spread offenses are indeed difficult to evaluate, the consensus is that Slaton runs with more of a physical presence than expected, but with enough quickness to avoid hit after hit. With Ahman Green and Chris Brown looking like serious injury risks, Slaton’s a good back to keep in mind.

Jameel Cook Arrested

bennprince — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 18:25:03 -0000

EDIT BY TIM: Had to promote Ben's FanPost to the main page. Cook was probably gone anyway, but this bump in the road should be enough to seal his fate. Guess this makes Chris Taylor the official backup FB...

Texans Player Arrested

Goodbye Jameel Cook, and thanks for the memories. Sure, you lost two games for us in 2006 with fumbles. You weren't much of a blocker, but could be counted on to gain a yard or two whenever Wali Lundy or Ron Dayne or Echemandu went down with injuries. Your efforts to insert yourself (unsuccessfully) as a team leader were admirable. But the bottom line is that you were basically just another free agent bust. Now hurry back down to Miami to see if Ricky Williams will let you stay at his place for a while.

Mario Featured on Sporting News Site

bennprince — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 15:05:09 -0000

Mario is featured on sportingnews.com today. There's a nice little Q&A.

Get To Know Mario

Highlights from the interview...

SN: How many sacks for you this year? Are you going for 20? Going for Michael Strahan's record (22 1/2)?

WILLIAMS: Oh, yeah. Every year that I play, I want to lead the league. That's the goal, to go for that. Hopefully, one day my name will be up there. I want the career record (Bruce Smith, 200 sacks). My whole thing is if anybody stays healthy, anybody can achieve anything.

SN: Have you shaken that feeling that you have something extra to prove because you were picked first?

WILLIAMS: I don't have to prove anything to anybody.

SN: Who are you, in a nutshell?

WILLIAMS: I'm very self-kept and quiet. I don't like going out and being the center of attention. I'm not one of those guys trying to be in the spotlight, in the middle of a club. I try and lay low

Poll

Will Mario get 20 sacks this season?

Yes

21 votes

No

13 votes

34 votes | Poll has closed

Carr Catches on in the Big Apple

bennprince — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 19:09:11 -0000

So it looks like Mittens has duped another set of fans into believing that he is an NFL-calibur quarterback. These guys sound just like we did for a while... and just like Carolina fan before last season. As expected, they're blaming everyone from Houston's offensive line to spicy Mexican food for Carr's failures. It's doubtful, but we may be able to help them salvage some pride because undoubtedly these same people will be cussing him before the preseason is over.

http://boards.giants.com/forums/thread/898830.aspx

Seattle Texans Dominate Vikes

bennprince — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 19:55:21 -0000

Let me be the first to say 'I told you so' about 3 guys that formerly donned the Battle Red, Liberty White and Deep Steel Blue.

Last year when our Texans traded Jason Babin for Michael Boulware I protested. Here we are a year later with no pass rush and there is Babin causing havoc on the Minnesota QB's and ball handlers, racking up 5 tackles, a fumble recovery and a sack. Since us Texans fans have not seen one of these in over 6 months, it means to tackle, a quarterback attempting to pass the ball, behind the line of scrimmage. We know that Coach Kubiak, man, don't really like the whole tatoo thing, but this guy is obviously a player.

Then there's Jeb Putzier lighting up the scoreboard while our TE's were missing blocks and not getting open in the secondary. I protested when the organization simply let him walk in the offseason while paying him $1 million to just go away and now he's on pace to grab 20 TD's for the season. I guess we're the ones that got Putziered this time around.

As if it couldn't get any worse, there was a former Texans favorite... Howard Green. Yes, that same Howard Green out of LSU whom Houston used their 10th overall draft pick in franchise history on and subsequently cut before giving him a single snap in the NFL. Green's line on the night... 2 sacks, 5 tackles, 1 interception, 1 forced fumble. An outstanding game for a DT on any level.

So please forgive me if I'm slightly bitter after watching the Seattle Texans dominate Brooks Bollinger, Mo Hicks, Bobby Wade and the rest of Minnesota's Super Bowl contending roster. I knew it could happen, if only the brain trust over at Reliant Park had half the foresight....

Seattle v. Minnesota Box Score

Spencer Released by Panthers

bennprince — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 14:59:02 -0000

Panthers give up on Big Nasty

Offensive tackle Charles Spencer, cut not long ago by the Houston Texans despite being a third-round draft pick in 2006, has now been released by the Carolina Panthers.

Not a big surprise here, but this should alleviate any concerns that people had about how the Texans handled Charles Spencer. Carolina is saying he was released due to conditioning, but it's much more likely that he will never be the same player due to the knee injury. He is likely done in the NFL.

More Chron Blunders

bennprince — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 14:50:58 -0000

I'm starting to wonder if the writers over the at Chron put any effort into covering the Texans. From today's entry from Dale Robertson:

Rosenfels Article

If Rosenfels, who re-signed with the Texans in the offseason assuming he’d get a reasonably fair shot, feels misled about his predetermined place in the pecking order, he won’t verbalize it.

Really... Rosenfels re-signed with the Texans? Was this an extension to the 4-year deal he signed in 2006?

But the 30-year-old Rosenfels enters his seventh preseason as a backup with his head up and mouth zipped, determined to show himself worthy of the job even if Texans coach Gary Kubiak has officially decreed it’s not open to him.

Did he spend a season out of the league? Since he entered the league in 2001 wouldn't that make this his 8th preseason? Is there some sort of goofy 'sports journalist' math that we don't know about?

That’s why the Texans were hugely relieved to retain Rosenfels, who perhaps eschewed opportunity elsewhere because he sees opportunity hidden around the next bend in Houston.

The Texans were hugely relieved that what... Sage didn't go overseas to play in Japan? He is under contract through 2009, he didn't have any other options.