SB Nation User Blog: curtisdisco

Texans Cut 3 Players

curtisdisco — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 12:33:56 -0000

Well so much for that #3 QB competition as Alex Brink was released by the team. Also released were T Doug Dedrick and P Justin Brantly. Looks like Sexy Rexy is safe for now but Kubes hasn't been holding three quarter backs on the active roster since he got here. Maybe with The Schaub going down to injury the last couple of years he wants to be a little more cautious? Unlike many on the board I actually like having Rex on the roster. He may not be a guy who can come in and play every down all 16 weeks of the season but is much better than most back-ups (not to mention #3 QB's) in the league.

Adibi Bulks Up For Starting Gig

curtisdisco — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 19:38:19 -0000

Check out a good piece on the ESPN AFC SOUTH blog about Xavier Adibi. Looks like dude wants to play real bad. Love to see that in the young kid. We'll see if he can beat out Cato June and Zach Diles for the last spot. Our linebacking corps is STACKED this year! SB Champs 09-10

http://myespn.go.com/blogs/afcsouth/0-10-100/Bulked-up-Adibi-fighting-for-third-linebacker-spot.html

What we want to hear out of Frank Bush

curtisdisco — Wed, 20 May 2009 20:43:07 -0000

Now this is what I like to hear out of the man in charge of the Houston Texans Defense!

If you're too lazy to click the link here's a little snip bit that you'll want to read:

"The message basically was: Hey, we're not going to offer any excuses or any explanations. We're just going to try to go out, do our jobs, do them as best as we can do them, be disciplined in our approach and just try to be more aggressive in our approach. Let's just put ourselves in position to compete every week. We don't want to go into games with any excuses for not being successful; we just want to play the games. Hopefully they'll take something from it."

Casualties and UDFAs

curtisdisco — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 01:14:55 -0000

Chris Perry and Gary Russell have been let go by the Bengals. Russell could be the type of guy we're looking for and was an SB winner with the Steelers next year. At worst he can compete with C. Brown and Foster. Perry is injury prone but is a former 1st round pick and could be worth a gamble as he is very versatile which is the theme of this off-season. The Bengals also cut Mike Doss and he could be a good risk.

Who else do you think will be cut that we can go with?

Kubes Wants A Big Back

curtisdisco — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 01:08:08 -0000

Gary Kubiak has been spilling the beans to ESPN lately and this time he says he wants a big back to compliment Super Steve Slaton.

This article talks about possibilities if we go with an RB in round 2. Andre Brown, Rashad Jennings, and Shonn Greene are listed as possibilities. I personally like Greene, but would prefer to take a LB and CB in the first two rounds and go RB in round 3 or 4.

Kubiak Gives Some Input

curtisdisco — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 19:03:19 -0000

Gary Kubiak gave his input to ESPN.com about what they are looking for in the #15 overall pick, Amobi Okoye, and Duane Brown.

Kubes said they will not go with a receiver or running back in the first round, so you might as well cross off Beanie Wells from your first round mocks. I would guess we won't go with either of those two positions in round two unless there is a can't miss (Beanie or Knowshon drop). My guess is round 3 or one of the round 4 picks will be used to address RB and we might see a later round receiver as well.

Also gathered from this article it seems LB or DB is the pick in round 1. You can say the odd man out is round 2. It seems Smith and Cody have filled voids for the DL and we might go there in round 3.

Lions Going with Sanchez

curtisdisco — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 01:23:12 -0000

A report of PFT has the Lions being interested in Mark Sanchez, not Matt Stafford. It doesn't say whether Sanchez would be the Lions' #1 or #20 selection, but if they take an OL or Curry with their first pick, it could bode well for the Texans if the Lions want to trade up and get Sanchez. If they take Sanchez first, Stafford could slide and also help the Texans with a trade down situation. The report comes after an earlier PFT report that said the Lions were commencing negotiations with their #1 pick, so either Detroit is negotiating with one of the lineman or Sanchez actually is their #1 guy.

Earl Cochran's Tender Offer Taken Away

curtisdisco — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 15:24:12 -0000

Earl Cochran's tendered offer has been taken off the table. Cochran is now a free agent, can sign with any team, and the Texans will not get any compensation. I like Cochran and feel this move is not great considering he showed some promise last year. Maybe we can still work something out, but to me I think he's gone and we take a DE in the draft (2nd or 3rd round?).

What do you guys think? Is this a good move? Does it suggest we'll be taking a DE in Round 2 or 3?