Went to the open practice on Saturday morning. We sat in the VIP tent right on the 50-yard line and had front row seats. Several players were so close we could reach out and touch them. Took lots of pics with my phone. I want to post them but I have NO IDEA how to do it. I put them on my Facebook page…maybe I can copy the url and post them that way, but Facebook is blocked at work. So is imageshack. Maybe I’ll try tonight. Anyway, just some observations: We missed most of the players coming to the field. Most of them took the golf carts and avoided the fans. JJ Watt, however, went through and was very nice. Signed a bunch of autographs and high-fived all the kids. Seemed like he came out early just so he'd have time to do it I hate to say it, but Kareem still looks pretty lost out there. I wouldn't be surprised if McCain was the #2 CB. Jacoby Jones, for all his faults, looked pretty good. I noticed him taking all the young WR's under his wing. He was giving lots of pointers to Toliver, Maul, and Dickerson. However, at one point, he was looking at me and talking to Toliver. Then Toliver turned around and looked at me. We were so close, I got scared that maybe I pissed them off and I was about to get my ass kicked. Kevin Walter is my new favorite Texan. He came up to my nephew during a water break and introduced himself. He was very nice and my nephew was PUMPED to talk to him. He said he would give him his glove after practice, but we ended up leaving early. 100% class, that Kevin Walter. Got a great pic. Hopefully I can post it tonight. Eric Winston was also very nice. He came up and got some water, then looked at my nephew and said "want some water?" He gave him a little squirt in the mouth and laughed. Very nice guy. Very large guy, too. Matt Leinart looked very sharp. Seems to be taking camp very seriously. Ben Tate looked good too. I was surprised how big he was. He also came and high-fived my nephew after getting pushed out of bounds. Um....Duane Brown is HUGE. Scary huge. Also very quick on his feet. An amazing specimen. When Mario was on the field, not once did I see him drop into coverage. Pass rushing on every single pass play. Kubiak got in one of the UDFA WR's faces. I think it was Maehl, the kid from Oregon. Not good when you're trying to make the team. Kubs seemed really angry with him. There was a raffle in our tent and my lucky nephew won 4 tickets to the jets game next Monday. Man, that kid was our lucky charm for the day!
I can't wait to go on the 13th. I hope the weather doesn't suck. Fan appreciation day should mean lots of goodies :grin:
Damn, four tickets? I can't wait till the 13 either. Ready for some real goodies. I got some coozies and a six pack cooler on Saturday.
I went last year. It kind of sucks. Hot as hell, and you have to sit in these uncomfortable bleacher seats that kill your back. Practice isn't that exciting to watch but it is free.
It was funny, they gave away 4 items. 1st was an autographed picture of Andre Johnson (awesome). 2nd was a "Football is Back" t-shirt (lame). 3rd was a Texans hat (lame). Then they did the tickets kind of out of nowhere. Couldn't believe we won, just wish they were for a regular season game instead of preseason. But beggers can't be choosers, I suppose. I bought a cheerleader calendar just so my nephew could get it signed by one of the cheerleaders, but he chickened out. I didn't want to be the creepy 40-year old waiting in line to get an autograph from a cheerleader, so now I have this calendar (which is pretty tame compared to other NFL cheerleader calendars...) that I'm not sure what to do with.
yeah, I feel like a dork taking photos with RPD's sometime. Anyone else going tomorrow? I doubt I'll wake up at 6:30 and arrive by 7:30.
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Okay, let me see if I'm smart enough to figure out how to post some pics from Saturday. Kevin Walter talking to my nephew: Spoiler Big Duane Brown: Wade coaching it up: Spoiler Vickers: Spoiler Ben Tate taking a break: Spoiler Kubiak and Schaub: Spoiler Jacoby taking a break: Spoiler Defensive backs: Spoiler
http://www.houstontexans.com/tv-med...df68#?id=3f9bb511-02ed-4301-98da-6d64751edf68 Kyle Lowry at Todays practice. Would have been nice if I went.
