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I agree, I think Pitts did an excellent job at LT. In fact I always thought it was funny that everyone in the media was saying me needed a LT to protect Carr. To me our guard play was atrocious. Milford was a good run blocker but was horrible in pass protection. Once Weigart moved to RT we never could solitify the RG position.

I will say this though, when we draft Wand, Boselli was still on the team and he was frequently on the 610am morning show and Lance asked TB about Wand and he was VERY positive regarding Wand. TB did say it would take some time to develop because he was from a smaller school, but he thought Wand would end up being very good. Take it for what it is worth.

 

The fact that the new coaches are high on Wand, leads me to believe that he has the physical capacity.

Whether that translates into smarts is a different story.

Honestly, I thought that one of the draft picks would be a RT starter with McCrappy at LG and Pitss at LT. That leaves Weeg at RG with our new center.

If Wand turns out to be a positive, this line has pretty good depth.

 

He's always had the physical capacity...the question has been his technique, heart, and brains. He lacked proper coaching, so hopefully Sherman can turn this dude around.

 

Is anyone else beggining to realize that, in the schemes vs. talent debate, I think the (coaching) schemes had a lot to do with it. Granted, our talent level has increased almost ten-fold since the end of last year. But think about how many guys we had playing out of position. Think about how many times we couldn't get the play in on time, etc.


I'm really glad we've seemingly fixed the coaching problem. I think Sherman especially is a great hire. When you're a first time head coach, how great is it to have a guy who's led a team to the playoffs and coached under some truly great names in his career as your right hand man? How much better a coach is he than Pendry? I mean, it's a laughable question!

 

Also, I think it is important to note that with all the coaching changes that have taken place this off season I do not think either Pendry or Fangio were offered jobs.

 

Neither was Chris Palmer. It's sad how much Palmer has fallen. From Head Coach to Offensive Coordinator to the Bread Line.

 

Didn't Palmer go to Dallas?

 

He's the OC there.

 

I thought he was like, OC of passing offense or something? Didn't he get some weird position created for him there?

 

So he went to Dallas I see. Well, I still stand by my statement. Being the offensive coordinator of the Pansies equates to hitting the bread line

 

from espn.com:

Palmer, who agreed to a two-year contract, will be the team's quarterbacks coach. Ostensibly, he replaces assistant head coach/passing game coordinator Sean Payton, who left Dallas two weeks ago to become the New Orleans Saints head coach. It is expected that Palmer will have major input into the passing game but anticipated that coach Bill Parcells likely will resume play-calling duty.

 

Fangio was fired (tarred, feathered and run out of town) from the Colts when Capers hired him. I remember wondering why the Houston media didn't make an issue of it because he failed so miserably in Indy it was a shame. It's one of the reasons I never gave Dom Capers a honeymoon.

 

Could you elaborate on this?

You are a 2006 CF member which doesn't provide much to work with.

I'm interested, honestly.

 

Maybe so. Although from what I remember the Texans sacks numbers weren't too bad the year he started the full season. I never understood why they demoted him in the first place.

 

Some of the things that I am really looking forward to seeing this year is Carr having more poise in the pocket and throwing the ball away at the right time and completing a couple of passes to an improved receiving corp.

I'm also looking forward to seeing some pass rush and pressure on the opposing QB. Adding Weaver and Williams as DE's and letting Smith and Johnson move to 4-3 tackles should help them tremendously. With Babin, Peek and Payne thats a good amount of depth for the D-line.

I'm really excited for the season to get here and see the improved play of the Texans, so I can forget the abysmal play of last year.

 

Found this on HPF.com, McNair should invite both Smith and Jones to Houston for mini camp.

 

I was hoping to see some videos of the Texans on their site. But it's down right now, and the NFL.com videos aren't working and there is on of Carr on Texans Cam.