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Old 06-11-2010, 02:29 AM   #25
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Re: 2018 Onward: Turning the Houston Texans Into a Winner

The glitch still exists, so to try to work through I have to cancel practices. Boy, that's just great for playbook knowledge. Preseason games will be important I guess.

I'll post a final roster if I can get through the preseason. I will say I had to cut Dunta Robinson to save cap. I also traded for Daniel Lawrence (A young CB on my Dolphins) for low picks, signed a former slot WR with the 49ers (Casper Greer) and still waiting for the chance to bring back Vernon Davis

Also, my schedule is brutal. On top of the rough division, NFC East and AFC East. Oh, and guess who my week 1 game is on the road?

Miami Dolphins. Oh, the irony!

1 at Miami
2 at Steelers
3 Redskins
4 at Colts
5 Eagles
6 Colts
7 at Jaguars
8 Bills
9 Bye
10 at Titans
11 Jaguars
12 at Giants
13 at Patriots
14 at Cowboys
15 Jets
16 Titans
17 Chiefs
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Old 06-13-2010, 12:02 AM   #26
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Final Roster

POS Name OVR Salary Yrs left Age Season Penalty Notes
QB Cody Withers 81 9.1 M 5 22 R 10.0 M Starting QB
QB Drew Thompson 79 5.1 M 2 31 8 2.0 M Backup QB
QB Carmelo Goldwire 71 600 K 1 26 4 None Developmental/Backup HB?
HB Tanard Mathis 89 8.8 M 1 28 7 1.3 M Starting HB
HB Dana Riggs 75 260 K 3 22 R None Backup HB
HB Wayne Snider 74 1.1 M 1 29 5 750 K Reserve HB
HB Mookie Hawkins 68 360 K 1 23 1 None Reserve HB
FB Ahmard Hall 85 1.0 M 1 36 13 None Starting FB
WR Bryant Holyfield 85 1.7 M 3 24 2 None Starting WR
WR Kendrell Kennison 77 900 K 1 30 9 None Starting WR
WR Casper Greer 71 720 K 1 30 7 None 4th String WR
WR Tyler McCray 72 290 K 1 23 R None Reserve WR
WR Greg Jennings 77 900 K 1 33 12 None Slot WR
TE Torrin Warrick 77 1.9 M 5 24 2 4.2 M Backup TE
TE Vernon Davis 77 900 K 1 33 12 None Starting TE
TE Brock Whitmore 70 650 K 1 26 2 None Reserve TE
T Kortlin King 95 5.2 M 3 25 2 None Starting LT
T Rondell Owens 90 5.6 M 5 29 9 5.0 M Starting RT
T Shane Olivea 82 1.0 M 1 34 14 None Primary Backup T
T Rick Coles 76 690 K 2 24 1 340 K Reserve T
G Rob Freelander 86 470 K 3 24 R None Starting LG
G Jeromey Clary 85 2.2 M 1 33 12 1.3 M Starting RG
G Emmanuel Gibson 81 1.6 M 5 24 1 4.2 M Primary Backup G
G Ray Abrams 69 250 K 1 25 1 None Roster Fill
C Twan Hastings 86 2.0 M 1 32 9 None Starting C









DE Bennie Quinn 84 3.6 M 3 25 2 4.5 M Starting DE
DE Mario Williams 91 7.2 M 4 32 12 14.7 M Starting DE
DE Jay Jay Easley 71 250 K 1 25 2 180 K Roster Fill
DE Will Dutton 78 290 K 1 23 R None Reserve DE
DE Eric Maples 84 290 K 1 23 R None Backup DE
DT Vontae Hall 87 6.8 M 4 23 1 14.4 M Starting DT
DT Donald Worthy 82 1.3 M 2 25 2 500 K #2 4-3 DT
DT Orien Williams 79 1.6 M 2 30 7 1.7 M Bad Contract/Reserve DT
OLB Nate Branch 87 4.1 M 2 26 3 3.0 M Starting OLB
OLB Jarius Curtis 80 1.9 M 4 28 5 3.3 M TERRIBLE contract
OLB Pat Kingston 72 280 K 1 25 2 180 K Roster Fill
OLB Dan Connor 83 870 K 1 32 10 None Starting OLB
MLB Eric Buckley 78 510 K 3 25 3 520 K Reserve LB
MLB Chase Beck 89 6.5 M 1 33 9 2.3 M Starting MLB
OLB Dimitrius Hibbert 81 200 K 3 23 R None Primary Backup LB
MLB Lamont Oden 80 1.0 M 5 30 6 1.0 M Starting ILB
CB Brandon Biggs 87 6.2 M 4 30 8 11.2 M Starting CB
CB Charles Knight 80 1.9 M 2 26 5 None Dime CB
CB Daniel Lawrence 84 260 K 1 24 2 None Starting CB
CB Lamar Ball 78 290 K 1 23 R None Reserve DB
CB/S Zack Bowman 79 2.9 M 4 32 10 3.7 M Backup S/Bad Contract
CB/S Ahmad Larkins 79 900 K 1 26 2 None Nickel CB
FS Marcus Lopez 81 900 K 1 31 8 None Starting FS
SS Sanrick Raines 86 4.6 M 3 32 9 6.5 M Starting SS
SS Tom Zbikowski 76 900 K 1 32 10 None Backup S









K Jason Duncan 84 240 K 3 23 R None
P Colton Randall 74 290 K 1 23 R None

Overall, not a bad team considering what I had to start with. Unfortunately, ALL of the power is in the AFC (Colts, Dolphins, Patriots, Ravens, Broncos, Raiders) so it's going to be a tough conference to win.

Ironically, my first opponent is the Dolphins. As mentioned on that thread, they basically have the same beast roster. Perhaps the biggest weakness exploitable is Gruden's Tampa 2, in the past I've had success against the Cover 2.

I'm not sure what I expect out of game 1. Should be interesting.
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Old 06-13-2010, 03:42 PM   #27
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Week 1: Return to Miami

It was a rainy day in Miami, like always. The Dolphins won the toss and elected to kick, meaning the Texans rookie QB Cody Withers would be tested immediately in his first game. The Texans started and slowly started moving down the field, getting around midfield. But the drive would end abruptly as Kendrell Kennison would fumble the ball, forced and recovered by Sweeley.

Off of that, it wouldn't take Miami long. 3 plays later, Andre Maxwell was uncovered and he would get a 26 yard touchdown from Scotland giving the Dolphins an early 7-0 lead.

But the Texans would respond with a great drive. A balanced attack led them 80 yards on 11 plays and the Texans would tie it up with a 2 yard TD pass from Withers to Vernon Davis. 7-7.

To the 2nd, Miami would be forced to punt twice, Houston once, and then the Texans started to drive again, making their way into the red zone. But that drive would also end abruptly. A mis-communication on a pass to Tanard Mathis led to the ball easily floating into the hands of DeMeco Ryans.

Two turnovers.

But Miami would do nothing and end up punting the ball, placing it at the 4 with 1:25 left. The Texans would punt, and Miami would get right on the edge of field goal range, but get sacked out of it, forcing a heave at the end of the half that didn't work. 7-7 at halftime.

Miami started with it and had to punt again, and the Texans, whose passing game had been solid, moved near the red zone. But Kendrell Kennison would fumble the ball again, forced and recovered by Ryans.

3 turnovers.

Miami would punt, Houston would have a 3 and out, and the game was still 7-7 going into the 4th.

Miami would quickly take the lead in the 4th quarter, however. On the second play of a drive, Skyler Cofield would make a catch one-on-one, and break the tackle, taking off for a 71 yard touchdown. 14-7 Dolphins.

The Texans would look good to start their next drive, getting to about the 30 yard line. But this time, Greg Jennings, who had replaced Kennison as the #2 WR, fumbled the ball, forced by Sweeley, recovered by Ryans.

4 turnovers.

But the Texans defense held strong, forcing a 6th punt of the day. With 8 minutes to go, the Texans led a drive down the field, and this time it was turnover free. 7 plays, 64 yards, ending in a 23 yard pass to Bryant Holyfield, and the Texans were tied with the Champs, 14-14.

Miami's next drive would be singlehandedly ruined by Justin Grooms, who was surprisingly the starting TE over Antonio Gates. A holding penalty and two drops forced Miami into punting, giving the Texans the ball with 4 minutes left.

And then disaster struck.

Withers, who had been excellent all game, forced a bad pass into double coverage, that bounced off the hands of Brodney Pool and into the hands of Jonathan James. James would take it 44 yards to the endzone, touchdown Dolphins, 21-14.

5 turnovers.

With about 3 minutes left, the game was still not out of reach. But the first play of the next drive, Withers would throw another ill-advised pass, intercepted by Arnez Soriano.

6 turnovers.

The Dolphins, who had been stuffed all game, tried 3 straight runs, and lost 6 yards, appearing to be knocked just out of field goal range.

Facemask, automatic first down.

The Dolphins would get their field goal, taking a 24-14 lead with 2 minutes to go.

With time running down, the Texans passed down the field, but the strategy of holding all 3 timeouts in case of a score would fail, as C Twan Hastings would get injured, forcing a timeout. (Hastings suffered a ruptured spleen, and is IR'd) By the time they got close, there was about 15 seconds left. And then for good measure, Withers threw one more interception. Jahmar Sweeley caught it, and ended the game with a 99 yard touchdown.

7 turnovers. Final score, 31-14.

Withers was 25-37, 406 yards, 2 TD, 4 INT. He had been great until those last few minutes. Run game sucked, Mathis only could get 51 on 20 carries. Holyfield had 158 on 6 with a TD, Davis had 110 on 9 and a TD. Lamont Oden and Chase Beck each had 2 sacks.

Scotland was 13-26, 260, 2 TD. Brewington was held to 26 yards on 18 carries. Cofield had 146 on 5 with a TD.

Obviously, when you turn the ball over 7 times, you are guaranteed to lose. But the game was much closer than the score would indicate. I didn't really expect to win this game, but it kills me that I hung with them until the last 4 minutes, despite the 3 earlier turnovers. I was RIGHT in that game.

Disappointing to say the least, but the team is talented, and hopefully can avoid mistakes.

As mentioned, Hastings is out of the year with a ruptured spleen. Because I don't like my backup options, I signed Dan Koppen in free agency to take over the starting center role. Also, FB Ahmard Hall got hurt, he may miss the next game against the Steelers.

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Old 06-13-2010, 04:21 PM   #28
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Week 2 is at Pittsburgh, who lost their first game. They are still coached by Mike Tomlin, despite the fact that in my 11 seasons, they have been largely irrelevant.

QB: Ben Rapistberger (Allegedly) (88)
HB: Earnest Graham (78)
FB: Ronnie Foster (73)
WR: Marshawn Yancey (84) James Jones (78)
TE: Zach Miller (82)
T: Jamaal Zimmerman (91) Zephaniah Smith (84)
G: Mike Buck (87) Shelton Boxer (81)
C: Darick Higgins (87)

DE: Roy Yardley (83) Byron Griffey (83)
NT: Mario Fletcher (87)
OLB: LaMarr Woodley (87) Kenrick Taylor (78)
MLB: Arnold Alexaner (82) Jamal Brickley (78)
CB: Jaleel Ambrose (85) Levell Bellamy (83)
S: Gerald Gleaton (81) Troy Polamalu (90)

Overall, a very average looking team. Ahmard Hall (FB) will miss the game due to injury, with no worthwhile replacement in free agency at FB, RT Shane Olivea will be FB for a day.
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Old 06-13-2010, 06:00 PM   #29
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Week 2 at Pittsburgh

Another rainy day, and this had a rough start. The first drive was a 3 and out, thanks to two dropped passes. After getting it back, a 13 play drive got to the 8 yard line, only for Duncan to shank the field goal. 0-0 after 1.

But the game quickly got lopsided. Pittsburgh had ZERO first downs in the 1st half. The Texans got a touchdown on a 7 play drive, ending in a short pass to TE Brock Whitmore. One play later, Sanrick Raines would get an INT, setting up a 15 yard TD pass to Kennison. After another punt, Duncan would make a 48 yarder (Go figure, he makes the difficult but not the easy) and then after ANOTHER punt, 5 play, 59 yard drive ending in a TD pass to Holyfield, 24-0 at the half.

The first play of the 3rd for the Steelers was intercepted by Brandon Biggs, who would take it 29 yards to the endzone to make it 31-0. The Steelers would then finally get a first down, and put together a 14 play drive down inside the 10, but they were stopped on 4th down. Steelers would throw two more INTs, both by Charles Knight, 34-0 was the final.

Withers would go 14-20, 173, 3 TD. Run game was alright, Mathis had 64 yards on 17 carries. Hawkins as the #2 isn't working, he was 4 yards on 5 carries. However, putting 3rd QB Carmelo Goldwire at HB netted 19 yards on 6 carries. Hmmmmm. Holyfield had 6 catches for 93 and a TD. Dan Connor led the D with 7 tackles, 3 sacks, Knight had 2 INT.

Ben ended up 16-27, 151 yards, 4 INT, sacked 6 times. Graham was 15 on 9 carries, Stallworth had 22 on 3.

Steelers were not a challenge at all, it's kinda funny how they suck on this game with Tomlin. Oh well. 1-1 now, up next is the 0-2 Redskins.
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Old 06-13-2010, 06:06 PM   #30
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The Redskins are led by first year coach Ron Rivera, looking at the playbook info, they run a pretty basic offense while running a cover 2 defense.

QB: Matt Rheem (87)
HB: Duvall Manningham (83)
FB: Aundre Kerry (74)
WR: Khevin Mosley (85) Darrien Crane (77)
TE: Ricardo Spivey (84)
T: Vernon Kennedy (92) Brent Burton (88)
G: Devin Tate (86) Trace Potter (93)
C: Jeremy Dahl (95)

DE: Deon Drumm (87) Luis Castillo (90)
DT: Montrae Evans (86) Allan Cherry (78)
LB: Grant Walker (77) Terry Bunning (84) Adam Warner (87)
CB: Fabian Mathis (84) Trevis Bush (80)
S: LaRon Landry (92) Dawan Landry (84) (Heh, pair of brothers at S)

On paper they appear slightly above average. I usually can do decently against Cover-2 teams, we'll see if that trend continues.
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Old 06-13-2010, 10:07 PM   #31
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Week 3, First Home game against the Redskins

Things started off well enough for the Texans, as the opening kickoff return by Washington would be fumbled, forced and recovered by Dimitrius Hibbert. However, Washington's D would force only a field goal, making it 3-0.

The Texan D would force a punt, and then the Texans would put together a great drive, 9 plays, 74 yards, ending in a 1 yard TD pass to Torrin Warrick, quickly 10-0 after one.

To start the second, the Redskins would drive into the red zone, but Rheem would let one get away, and Marcus Lopez would get an interception. After trading punts, the Texans would get it late and drive 6 plays, 39 yards, to score a touchdown with 10 seconds left, 5 yard TD pass to Vernon Davis.

But the Redskins would gain some momentum, as the kickoff at the end of the half would be returned by Reggie Bush 104 yards for a touchdown. 17-7 at the half.

The Texans would have a three and out, and then the Redskins would drive, the running game untouchable. They would go 10 plays, but get held to a field goal, 17-10. Off of that, going into the 4th, the Texans would drive into the redzone looking to put it away, but Withers would throw an INT to Grant Walker.

Once again, the Texan D struggled on another drive, unable to stop the run or get pressure. 8 plays in, the Redskins would try a pass, which would hit off of Biggs helmet and be intercepted by Raines. But the Texans next drive would only move backwards, forcing a punt with 5 minutes to go.

It would only take 3 plays, a 21 yard touchdown by Duvall Manningham, and the Redskins had tied the game at 17. The Texans would get the ball back, and Vernon Davis once again was awesome. Davis got open deep and took off for a 58 yard touchdown pass, giving the Texans back the lead 24-17 with 2:26 left.

The Redskins would get a quick first down, then found themselves on a third down with 2 minutes left. Then, the Texans would finally get pressure, the first sack of the game on a safety blitz by Raines. The hit forced a fumble, recovered by Larkins.

The Texans would add a field goal out of this to make it 27-17. The Redskins drove 80 yards on 7 plays to score a touchdown on the last play of the game, but they were out of time, as Houston moves to 2-1 with a
27-24 win.

Total tale of two halves, team looked great in the first but AWFUL in the second. Withers was 10-16, 212, 3 TD, 1 INT. Mathis had 76 on 27 carries, with almost all of the positive in the first half. Vernon Davis was 5-115-1. Raines was the defensive player of the week with 8 tackles, INT, sack, and FF.

Rheem was 14-21, 205, 1 TD, 2 INT. Manningham had 98 yards on 20 carries. Can't remember the last time I got run on quite like that.

A win is a win. The next task is rough, as I have to go to Indy to face the Colts. After them and the Eagles, it's the Colts again. So the division championship will probably be determined here. (Although they and the Jags are 2-1, Jags beat them this week)
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Old 06-13-2010, 10:55 PM   #32
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The Colts are 2-1 and still boast a very dangerous team. Tony Dungy is still the head coach. Last season, they went 15-1, only losing to my Dolphins, and I beat them again in the playoffs.

QB: Matt Ryan (89)
HB: Chester Taylor (79)
WR: Roddy White (87) Marvin Harrison (80, age 46...insane) Cedrick McGoey (81)
TE: Dayne Davis (80) Joshua Brandt (81)
T: Tony Ugoh (89) Ike McGwire (89)
G: Ryan Lilja (89) Jamaal Darcy (87)
C: Jimmie Singleton (85)

DE: Robert Mathis (82) Elvis Dumervil (80)
DT: Scooter Jackson (79) Jamal Scantlebury (89)
LB: Darius Dargan (85) Eric Gwaltney (84) Karon Livingston (84)
CB: Kelvin Hayden (82) Jabari Greer (80)
S: Sean Cody (77) Jamil Meyer (81)

On paper they don't seem scary, but they always put up a hell of a fight.

I'm 7-2 against the Colts. The first meeting was 2009 with the 49ers in week one, I beat them 20-14 in overtime. The 2nd meeting was in the 2012 Super Bowl, my final game with the 49ers (Peyton Manning's last game as well) 22-3.

With the Dolphins, I lost in the AFC Final in my first year in a tough one, 20-17. Beat them in the 2014 regular season 17-7, lost in the 2015 regular season 24-22, only to beat them 17-6 in the playoffs that same year. The next year, I beat them 31-17 in the AFC Final. My last season, last year, beat them 38-31 in the regular season, and won 38-14 in the AFC Final.

Should be fun.
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