There was something that struck me this morning while listening to another argument about the pick. One caller mentioned that Reggie can do it all, including returning punts and kicks. So, I decided to look up his stats from last season... Punt Returns - 18 returns, 179 yds, 9.94 yds/ret avg, 1 TD...38th in the country (for the UT fans...Aaron Ross 34-500 yds, 14.7 avg, 2 tds...10th in the nation) Kick Returns - 28 returns, 493 yds, 17.6 yds/ret avg...not sure of the rank other than it is well out of the top 100. (Ramonce Taylor - 15-441 yds, 29.4 avg) I think we need to take the returning skills out of the argument.
Not so tiny anymore... Looks like 110 people at the moment think it wasn't a bad choice. I'm happy with the pick. It would have been cool to have a face for the franchise like Bush, but Mario was one of the best players in the draft. And he plays D which we badly need. LIke all the other supporters said, I'm content and trust the coaching staff. Here's to the upcoming season. Go Texans.
Uh...did you read the post that I was responding to, or just take my post out of context? Didn't you notice just a wee bit o' tongue-in-cheek (having fun with some silly logic)? I've already stated that I wish the best for Mario and I have nothing against him personally. I look for to the newly created suspense and drama to what has been a number of rather boring NFL seasons for me.
Must we qualify everything? Great, ok.. 'a relatively tiny minority on the planet Earth... I think it's more that he has the physical skills to make many people believe that he plays the D which we so badly need. (I hope he works out, but kinda sounds like what was said about EG early on, eh?) Sure. And what has this organization done to deserve so much confidence?
After Vince breaks his own ankles with a Sportscenter juke, Mario will stand over him in celebration of a bonus coin. Flawless victory
Notice I mentioned that those players that are 'flashy, sexy, sizzle' have not been represented much because they're very rare. In fact, Vince is the first QB in a longtime that fits that definition for me. And I never claimed that it takes a flashy superstar that to win, but to claim the opposite, that not having one is better, is ridiculous. And there is something else to be said for Superstars... Will people remember Tom Brady in 20 years? I remember Montana like yesterday and that was 20 years ago. I still think of the 49ers in Montana terms. I remember Namath...40 years...and same with the Jets. Superbowls are great, but Legends are eternal. And by themselves, they can give their Team an identity for decades.
Absolutely. That's great. You apparently want to remember the players. From this post, I take it you'd rather have Barry Sanders memories than be a Tampa Bay Buccaneers fan with a Super Bowl memory (and how in the world can a Super Bowl win not be eternal?). That's your perogative, but don't expect football teams to base their decisions on that. Where did I say it was better not to have one? My point was that not having one isn't the end of the world like many are proclaiming.
No way. You seen a bunch of kids wearing Brady jerseys like what happens w/ the likes of a Montana? So should a team pass on a Montana to get a really good DE? I never proclaimed that, but you made your argument when you supported someone else who argued that the flashy Superstars don't win championships. You should carefully read what people are responding to before you chime in. It is questionnable...they were ranked 31 of 32 in yard allowed. So that's a big deal to determine their first pick? Why? Because they ranked so much better on Offense? ...which was 30th
One nit, picked: Most of the planet Earth couldn't care less whom the Texans selected in the draft, nor could they care that there *was* a draft. In fact, possbily as much as half of the *tiny minority* of Earth-dwellers who do give a rat's bum about the draft *still* didn't care about the Texans pick!
I know the question weren't addressed to me, but yes. Yes, I have. No, but Bush, Young, et. al. are not and (I predict) will not be Montana. That's a fair point. But with the FA signings already made, do you think defense may have been the biggest need by this point in the offseason?
And to nit pick back, the statement was still correct. It is still a tiny minority of Earthdwellers, regardless of who cares about football.
yes i'm tired of opposing 2nd and 3rd strings looking like dan marino or brett favre. j.p losman looked great in his first start but bombed out the rest of the season. Ryan Fitzpatrick, a 3rd stringer from HARVARD, threw about 375 yds and 2 tds at least. PATHETIC, i tell you. i'm tired of peyton manning and byron leftwich just pick away the texans defense for a bunch of pts and for the lack of pass rush not taking them down. i'm disgusted for the texans being embrassed in front of national tv by larry johnson and shaun alexander, both of whom got about 200 yds each on the ground alone. Reggie Bush is a great player and i'll admit he would be great for our offense. But, if you try to go fire to fire with the texans offense against peyton's crew, texans will be burned easily. Just go see Kansas City vs Colts a couple of years ago. Chiefs had Priest, Morton, Kennison, Gonzalez, and the great offensive line, yet they couldn't beat the colts with their swiss cheese defense. Truthfully, defense does win championships in some ways but well-rounded teams win championships.
So that means that you are old enough to remember all the kids wearing Montana jerseys 20 years ago? Maybe your memory is failing then... Would you be surprised to know that Brady's jersey ranked 26th going into Super Bowl XXXIX? http://www.spectramarketing.com/news/p_2005_superbowl.jsp
I remember. And no, I wouldn't be surprised. Marketing 20 years ago wasn't *nearly* what it is today. There are a lot more players in the market. And no, Brady isn't and will never be Montana in terms of greatness or name recognition, but *yes*, I have seen his jersey on kids (and adults), and quite often.
Are we talking about kids wearing jerseys or who will be remembered? If you're going to argue that people won't remember Tom Brady in 20 years, that's laughable. The guy has won three Super Bowls already and he's still relatively young. And using a four year old top player jersey stat doesn't really help your arugment. Do you think Jeff Garcia will be remembered in 20 years? Of course, you have no way of knowing if any of these QBs will be as good as Montana. In fact, chances are, they won't be one of the greatest QBs of all-time. And despite the collective national and local fellatio of Reggie Bush, chances are he won't be the greatest RB of all-time. My point was that you don't necessarily have to have superstars (or what your notion of superstars is) to win champsionships, as evidenced by the last few Super Bowl winners. You clearly value the player over the team. Like I said, that's your perogative, but you can't expect people to build a football team that way. Read this. They were terrible in pass rush and in forcing turnovers. There is absolutely no arguing this. And they did absolutely nothing to address the offense, did they? They didn't add a very legitimate #2 reciever, an ex-Pro Bowl lineman (letting our previous center move to his more natural position), nor a legitimate receiving TE threat, did they? Nor did they add any OL talent in the draft itself. Not to mention the offense show flashes when not hampered by the coaching (see the Cardinals game when we scored 20 some odd points when David Carr called the plays).
i think marketing is a pretty weak argument, who cares about jerseys as long as your team is winning. i certainly don't care how much jersey revenue the texans make
