I really liked Devontae Booker and I liked the kid from LA Tech that the Ravens took (Dixon.) However, a couple of things have made me ok with this over either: 1) Mayock said there are serious concerns about Booker's football IQ. He apparently struggled to pick up the offense in college and teams were worried about that in the pros. That doesn't sound like a good fit for OBrien. 2) The Texans offensive scheme is not going to value a 3 down back. Everything I'm reading and hearing from the coaching staff makes it sound like we are about to see a totally different offense. Similar to the Patriots with added wrinkles. We don't really need a guy who we can lineup on every play and have the threat of the run. Probably a lot of shotgun running, screens to the running back and then unusual offensive sets. They probably (gulp) see Blue as the guy they will use when they want someone to just run up the middle.
I was worried about this.. I dont know who I wanted for this at RB, but we have Miller and Hunt, I wanted a Blount type person for when we have SEVEN FIRST AND GOALS in one drive and don't score....
Some of that is on the offensive line though as well. We've had a real issue with our offensive line not moving the line of scrimmage. Seth Payne has talked about this a lot. Ben Jones and Brandon Brooks were both overrated here for that reason alone. They could be good players (Brooks for than Jones) but they never pushed the pile forward in those short yardage moments. Jeff Allen is notorious for being nasty in short yardage plays, so that should help.
Thats good.. what about Bergstrom or Martin? If we could get a guarenteed 2 yards when it was needed that would be amazing.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">talked w Bill O'Brien <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HOU?src=hash">#HOU</a><br>Using new concept "Edge Position"<br>Miller & Ervin are candidates, both can handle 3+ roles<a href="https://t.co/Shu2OoZOZa">https://t.co/Shu2OoZOZa</a></p>— Pat Kirwan (@PatKirwanCBS) <a href="https://twitter.com/PatKirwanCBS/status/727317036205019136">May 3, 2016</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> http://www.battleredblog.com/2016/5...ns-will-fuller-braxton-miller-deandre-hopkins
And not just different overall, but potentially week-to-week. Belicheck is famous for exploiting a team's weakness; I think that's going to be BOB's philosophy. If you can't stop the run, prepare to see Miller carry the ball 50 times. If you're slow, prepare to see Miller and Fuller running wind sprints all day, etc., etc. That's why they never even considered Doctson or Treadwell - they don't want redundancy on offense; they want to be capable of re-configuring their attack on a weekly basis to attack teams - and you can't do that if you don't have multi-faceted weapons. Going to be fun to watch these guys try and figure it out.
I just want to clarify that my comment was referring to the football plays and not the changed underwear. I know how y'all be tripping
http://espn.go.com/blog/houston-tex...-number-is-no-longer-arian-fosters-old-number From Tania Ganguli Things have changed. While Ervin initially selected Arian Foster's old number, he asked for a change to No. 34, I'm told, in the interest of creating his own legacy. He might switch again after final cuts are made.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The way Tyler Ervin catches the football you would think he is a wide receiver. Catches it with ease. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Texans?src=hash">#Texans</a></p>— PDS (@PatDStat) <a href="https://twitter.com/PatDStat/status/729047683407581184">May 7, 2016</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
I love the idea of Ervin, Braxton, and Fuller on the field at the same time...There will be a huge mismatch with one of these guys, if not two. This is where QB play is absolutely critical...we have the pieces to create nightmarish match ups against any defense, it just comes down to whether or not the QB can recognize and read the situations properly, and get the ball out timely.
Do we have the fastest group of skill position players in the league? Fuller Brax Strong Miller Ervin Williams That's 6 players 4.4 or better not to mention a TE that runs a low 4.6 (Anderson).
Man the more film I watch on this guy, the more I get excited. He has a quick stutter step while he hesitates through holes while never stopping going forward. I mentioned it earlier in this thread but he is Jamaal Charles to me.
I think I'm becoming more and more excited about this dude with each passing day...I think what he can bring to the table for OB's offense is pretty underrated. He's a burner that can create a bunch of different match up issues for a defense, similar to what Braxton can bring to the table. Plus, the way he hits his holes when he runs behind his OLine... I remind myself how slow Blue was to hit the holes, and that's why Im looking forward to seeing someone burst through when given an opening.
It's gonna be ****ing awesome to be able to run legitimate bubble screens and misdirection plays behind the LOS, and give Osweiler some breathing room. We have guys that can actually outrun safeties, instead of getting run down after a 10 yard head start.
^ I see what you did there, I would post the video but I try to actively avoid watching it ever again,
I know this was the one pick almost everyone didnt get or like, but now it seems a lot of the writers and analysts are really liking him. Has anybody had their mind changed at all or not buying it?
