SplitPersonality1
09-17-2004, 01:47 PM
The Past
2003 - David Carr & Stacey Mack led the Texans to a 6-10 in the inaugural year of the eNFL. The Texans were probably closer to a .500 team as several of those losses came in either overtime or last second plays in the fourth quarter.
2004 - The surprise non-signing of Mack and several trades for picks gave the Houston franchise a much younger look as they build toward the future. Unfortunately, the bottom dropped out when several key players, including Carr sat on the bench for most of the season. Veteran Tony Banks took the team about as far as they could go and the Texans only managed 5 wins.
2005 Year 3 in the eNFL saw the Texans revamp their roster. They were very busy during the off-season with 13 free agent signings, 3 resigned players and 11 renegotiated contracts. All of this combined with 9 draft picks had many Texan fans scrambling to study the team yearbook in order to figure out who is on the field.
David Carr had many targets to throw to including Jabbar Gaffney and David Patten at wide receiver, and a trio of excellent tight ends in Billy Miller, Anthony Brecht & Bennie Joppru. Duce Staley & Tony Hollings platooned at running back and the Texan offense became a force to be reckoned with. The Texan scoring machine went on to an 11-5 record and won the AFC Sourth for the first time in team history. They also earned a bye week for the playoffs.
The teams major weakness was defense, especially against the run. That weakness was exploited by division rival Indianapolis in week 17 and again in the teams first playoff game. Neither contest was close; Indy managed to shut down Carr & the Texans. It was a sobering experience.
At the end of the season, things looked fairly bright as there were less than a dozen players with contracts that were ending and most of these were marginal players. The core of the team would remain intact. GM SplitPersonality1 could pretty much stand pat; maybe make a few minor changes in the off-season; and the Texans would be all set to defend their division crown.
Yeah. Right.
Next up: Trades and Free Agency
2003 - David Carr & Stacey Mack led the Texans to a 6-10 in the inaugural year of the eNFL. The Texans were probably closer to a .500 team as several of those losses came in either overtime or last second plays in the fourth quarter.
2004 - The surprise non-signing of Mack and several trades for picks gave the Houston franchise a much younger look as they build toward the future. Unfortunately, the bottom dropped out when several key players, including Carr sat on the bench for most of the season. Veteran Tony Banks took the team about as far as they could go and the Texans only managed 5 wins.
2005 Year 3 in the eNFL saw the Texans revamp their roster. They were very busy during the off-season with 13 free agent signings, 3 resigned players and 11 renegotiated contracts. All of this combined with 9 draft picks had many Texan fans scrambling to study the team yearbook in order to figure out who is on the field.
David Carr had many targets to throw to including Jabbar Gaffney and David Patten at wide receiver, and a trio of excellent tight ends in Billy Miller, Anthony Brecht & Bennie Joppru. Duce Staley & Tony Hollings platooned at running back and the Texan offense became a force to be reckoned with. The Texan scoring machine went on to an 11-5 record and won the AFC Sourth for the first time in team history. They also earned a bye week for the playoffs.
The teams major weakness was defense, especially against the run. That weakness was exploited by division rival Indianapolis in week 17 and again in the teams first playoff game. Neither contest was close; Indy managed to shut down Carr & the Texans. It was a sobering experience.
At the end of the season, things looked fairly bright as there were less than a dozen players with contracts that were ending and most of these were marginal players. The core of the team would remain intact. GM SplitPersonality1 could pretty much stand pat; maybe make a few minor changes in the off-season; and the Texans would be all set to defend their division crown.
Yeah. Right.
Next up: Trades and Free Agency