Change in Houston-The Coaching Career of Michael Smith

[Mike3207]

2011 Draft-Rest of Draft

It's getting to the point I may well put an end to trading down in my dynasty unless it's absolutely necessary. There is a point at which you simply run out of roster room.Trades first, then the remainder of my picks.

Trades:

2-64-to Bills for 3-82 and 114

3-68-Texans trade up to Steelers giving up LG David Hale, 6-164 and 2012 6th.

3-82- to Jets for their 4-97 and 5-155.

6-161- to Eagles for 7-221 and 2012 6th.


CU-GM gets Pot Eval OL 4

2011 Draft-Rest of Draft
Pick	Player	College	Pos	Ht	Wt
2-34	Tellis McDonald	Oklahoma State	CB
2-36	Marcus Mercer	New Mexico state	HB	6'0	210
3-68	Brian Spitz	USC	C	6'3	315
4-97	Dante Drayton	Oregon State	K	6'2	200
4-114	Angelo Boyd	Walla Walla	LE	6'4	261
5-155	Gilbert Kirby	Bowling Green	QB	6'6	201
6-192	Warren Sanders	VMI	MLB	6'1	233
7-221	Ivan Sosa	Wheaton	TE	6'6	255
7-224	James Russell	Wisconsin	CB	6'1	184

[Mike3207]

2011 Training Camp

Initial Rookie Contracts:

SS Demetrius Ponder-5 years, 12.3 million
CB Tellis McDonald-4 years, 3.9 million, 500K SB
HB Marcus Mercer-4 years, 4.1 million, 500K SB

Trades:

Texans trade SS Craig Steltz to 49ers for 2013 4th and 5th
Texans trade K Tim Keeler to Colts for 2012 4th and 2013 7th
Texans trade RT Paul Abbamonte to Vikings for 2013 1st
Texans trade C Jeremy Dahl to Dolphins for 2012 3rd and 2013 6th

Season Goals:

Sign LT Enoka Oshinowo
Sign C Brian Spitz
Trade HB Darren McFadden
Increase Demetrius Pnder's PK to 25%
Increase Gino King's PK to 30%
Increase Angelo Boyd's PK to 25%
Add 10 New Plays

Signed LT Enoka Oshinowo-5 years, 43.7 million, 8 million SB.

INJ- QB Gilbert Kirby-strained hamstring-3 weeks.

Season Goals:

Play Enoka 50 downs
Play Ponder 50 downs
Play Gino King 50 downs

We're just before the 1st preseason game vs. the Cowboys.

[TheShizNo1]

Why do they want you to trade McFadden?

[Mike3207]

Quote: Originally Posted by TheShizNo1

Why do they want you to trade McFadden?

Contract reasons, most likely. I drafted Mercer with a 91 Balanced potential and they just look at Mercer being able to do the same thing for a lot less. I'm carrying a lot of cap penalties this year, so that plays a factor too. No offers yet; I may just hold onto him unless I see a really good offer.

I'll keep McFadden for at least another year, Mercer simply won't know the playbook well enough this year.

[Mike3207]

Preseason 2011

We went 4-0 in the preseason, but both the Browns and Patriots gave us good games.

Preseason Game 1- Texans 56, Cowboys 14

Payne 8 pass TDs, 510 pass yds
Binger 69 rec yds
Beck 2 sacks, Finley INT

CU-DC-Offseason Seminar, DBC-Phys Dev DB 4, DLC-Speed Training.

Preseason Game 2-Texans 47, Broncos 19

Payne 361 pass yds
King 2 sacks, INT

CU-HC-Disciplined Routine, OC-Int Dev RB 4, GM-Rookie Scout K 4

Preseason Game 3-Texans 27, Browns 21

Rivers INT

CU-WRC-Int Dev WR 4

Preseason Game 4- Texans 31, Patriots 28

McDonald INT


Preseason Promise-Make it to playoffs



Season Goals:


Win 3/4 games
Beat Titans-Week 6
Re-sign RT Joe Staley
Re-sign P Daniel Sepulveda
Re-sign LE Calais Campbell
Re-sign K Alexis Serna
Win defensive ROY
Win Offensive ROY
Hire a College Coach
Win Coach of the Year
Finish #1 in Total offense
Finish #1 in Total Defense

[Mike3207]

2011 Depth Chart and Cap Information

Overall and Potential included with depth chart. Cap Information first, then the depth chart.


Cap Information

NFL Cap-124.31 Million
Team Cap- 73.71 million
Cap Room-28.57 million
Penalties This Year-23.01 Million
Incentives-0
Penalties Next Year-2.80 Million

Houston Texans Depth Chart - 2011
Regular Offense
	STARTER	2ND	3RD	4TH
WR	Andre Johnson- 93/93	Aundray Bender- 81/93	Jay Warren- 70/85
TE	Joshua Brandt- 70/87	Craig Stills- 77/89	Ivan Sosa- 76/84
LT	Enoka Oshinowo- 90/98	Myron Randolph- 81/82
LG	Tyler Fordham- 92/93	Heath Bunning- 85/88
C	Brian Spitz- 85/91	Steve Justice- 82/83
RG	Rondell Owens- 89/92	Sean Fogarty- 80/88
RT	Joe Staley- 90/92	Doug Free- 83/85
WR	Jamal Binger- 79/92	Bret Murphy- 79/88
QB	Darrien Payne- 89/93	Gilbert Kirby- 76/89	Charles Sosa- 78/84
FB	Carl Stewart- 79/82	Bill Mays- 80/84
HB	Darren McFadden- 92/93	Marcus Mercer- 81/91	Noel Clayton- 78/90
Base 4-3 Defense
	STARTER	2ND	3RD	4TH
LDE	Calais Campbell- 88/89	Nayal Holliday- 85/90
LDT	Amobi Okoye- 89/90	Marlon Dendy- 77/86
RDT	Duane Russell- 85/92
RDE	Angelo Boyd- 84/90	Martin Beets- 80/84
WLB	Chase Beck- 86/91	Desean Fletcher- 77/81
MLB	Gino King- 85/91	Tom Foster- 82/86	Warren Sanders- 79/86
SLB	Keith Rivers- 92/94	David Vobora- 82/82
CB	Ray McClover- 84/89	Pete Finley- 80/85	Zack Elliot- 74/83
SS	Demetrius Ponder- 86/93	Jerome Bartell- 84/89	Chris Harris- 73/74
FS	Sanrick Raines- 83/91	Tyler Blair- 71/77
CB	Tellis McDonald- 81/86	Zack Bowman- 79/83
Special Teams
	STARTER	2ND	3RD	4TH
K	Alexis Serna- 86/91	Dante Drayton- 79/94
P	Daniel Sepulveda- 87/91

[Mike3207]

2011 Season-Game 1-Texans 58, Colts 3

Well-this was a bit of a statement game. Not just to beat the Colts, but to steamroll them. They've lost a lot of talent the last couple years, and their coaching staff is no longer what it was. I expect a much improved effort from Dungy next time though.

CU-DC-Regualr Season Seminar.

INJ-WR Andre Johnson-seperated shoulder-5 weeks.

DPOW-LE Calais Campbell-7 tackles, 4 sacks, FF.

NFL note-Jets WR Lavernues Coles-10,000 rec yds.

Houston Texans at Indianapolis Colts
Sep 1, 2011	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
Houston Texans (1-0)	7	14	6	31	58
Indianapolis Colts (0-1)	3	0	0	0	3

Team Stats Comparison
	HOU	IND
Total Offense	523	261
Rushing Yards	123	21
Passing Yards	400	240
First Downs	20	16
Punt Return Yards	4	8
Kick Return Yards	50	0
Total Yards	577	269
Turnovers	0	2
3rd Down Converstion	7-11	7-17
4th Down Conversion	0-0	0-1
2-Point Conversion	0-0	0-0
Red Zone Touchdowns/Field Goals	3/2	0/1
Penalties	3-27	2-15
Posession Time	27:58	32:00

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER SCORING		HOU	IND
10:58	(HOU) Touchdown-4 yd rush by D. McFadden	7	0
1:17	(IND) T. Keeler-28 yd FG good	7	3
SECOND QUARTER SCORING		HOU	IND
13:01	(HOU) D. Payne to A. Johnson for 7 yd TD	14	3
1:41	(HOU) Touchdown-1 yd rush by M. Mercer	21	3
THIRD QUARTER SCORING		HOU	IND
7:36	(HOU) A. Serna-22 yd FG good	24	3
4:31	(HOU) A. Serna-47 yd FG good	27	3
FOURTH QUARTER SCORING		HOU	IND
9:01	(HOU) D. Payne to B. Murphy for 32 yd TD	34	3
5:12	(HOU) D. Payne to J. Binger for 23 yd TD	41	3
4:41	(HOU) Interception-P. Manning pass INT'd by R. McClover-td result	48	3
3:03	(HOU) A. Serna-28 yd FG good	51	3
2:26	(HOU) D. Payne to B. Murphy for 56 yd TD	58	3

Houston Texans PASSING C/A YDS TD INT D. Payne 22/39 404 4 0 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD M. Mercer 14 112 8.0 1 D. McFaddden 3 14 4.6 1 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD B. Murphy 4 125 31.2 2 A. Johnson 7 121 17.2 1 J. Binger 5 97 19.4 1 BLOCKING PANCAKE SACK T. Fordham 1 0 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD C. Campbell 7 4 0 0 G. King 7 2 0 0 K. Rivers 7 1 0 0 D. Ponder 5 0 1 0 R. McClover 5 0 1 0 KICKING FG XP PTS LONG A. Serna 3/3 7/7 13 47 PUNTING NO YDS AVG IN20 D. Sepulveda 1 41 41.0 0 KICK RETURN RET YDS AVG TD J. Brandt 1 30 30.0 0 N. Clayton 1 20 20.0 0 PUNT RETURN RET YDS AVG TD N. Clayton 1 4 4.0 0

Indianapolis Colts PASSING C/A YDS TD INT P. Manning 26/47 280 0 2 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD D. Rhodes 11 25 2.2 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD R. Wayne 5 86 17.2 0 A. Gonzalez 8 71 8.8 0 D. Terry 4 59 14.7 0 BLOCKING PANCAKE SACK T. Ugoh 1 0 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD R. Brock 3 1 0 0 KICKING FG XP PTS LONG T. Keeler 1/2 0/0 3 28 PUNTING NO YDS AVG IN20 E. Wayne 7 253 36.1 2 PUNT RETURN RET YDS AVG TD M. Donaldson 1 8 8.0 0

[Mike3207]

2011 Season-Game 2-Texans 44, Browns 28

Ugh-the pass defense in this game was enough to make me cry-especially vs. the deep pass. Nearly 500 yds passing for the Browns-the one saving grace for my DBs was the 4 INTs. There really were 5(Ponder had 2), but the game doesn't seem to credit you with a INT if you get a penalty on the play.

I'll look at the sliders again after this game. No way I should do that bad with my coaching staff.

CU-OC-Int Dev WR 4, RBC-Perf 4, DBC-Improved Press.

DPOW-FS Sanrick Raines- 4 tackles, 3 INTs.

Cleveland Browns at Houston Texans
Sep 11, 2012	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
Cleveland Browns (0-2)	7	0	7	14	28
Houston Texans (2-0)	7	17	13	7	44

Team Stats Comparison
	CLE	HOU
Total Offense	500	415
Rushing Yards	33	97
Passing Yards	467	318
First Downs	16	20
Punt Return Yards	0	15
Kick Return Yards	0	131
Total Yards	500	561
Turnovers	6	1
3rd Down Converstion	4-7	3-10
4th Down Conversion	0-0	1-1
2-Point Conversion	1-2	0-0
Red Zone Touchdowns/Field Goals	1/0	3/3
Penalties	1-20	5-45
Posession Time	21:37	38:19

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER SCORING		CLE	HOU
2:36	(HOU) Touchdown-3 yd rush by D. McFadden	0	7
1:37	(CLE) D. Anderson pass to B. Edwards for 60 yd TD	7	7
SECOND QUARTER SCORING		CLE	HOU
12:20	(HOU) D. Payne to A. Bender for 16 yd TD	7	14
1:56	(HOU) A. Serna-21 yd FG good	7	17
:52	(HOU) Interception-D. Anderson pass INT'd by D. Ponder for TD	7	24
THIRD QUARTER SCORING		CLE	HOU
14:53	(HOU) D. Payne to B. Murphy for 20 yd TD	7	31
13:56	(CLE) D. Anderson pass to B. Edwards for 81 yd TD	14	31
8:50	(HOU) A. Serna-35 yd FG good	14	34
3:03	(HOU) A. Serna-30 yd FG good	14	37
FOURTH QUARTER SCORING		CLE	HOU
12:31	(CLE) Touchdown-4 yd rush by T. Mathis	22	37
6:10	(CLE) D. Anderson pass to J. Jones for 62 yd TD	28	37
1:13	(HOU) Interception-D. Anderson pass INT'd by S. Raines for TD	28	44

Cleveland Browns PASSING C/A YDS TD INT D. Anderson 22/32 482 3 4 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD T. Mathis 17 38 2.1 1 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD B. Edwards 8 236 29.5 2 J. Jones 5 135 27.0 1 T. Mathis 5 64 12.8 0 BLOCKING PANCAKE SACK E. Steinbach 1 0 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD K. Wimbley 6 1 0 0 S. Jones 9 0 1 0 KICKING FG XP PTS LONG P. Dawson 0/1 2/2 2 0 PUNTING NO YDS AVG IN20 D. Zastudil 1 39 39.0 0

Houston Texans PASSING C/A YDS TD INT D. Payne 22/36 325 2 1 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD D. McFadden 20 106 5.3 1 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD J. Binger 5 71 14.2 0 A. Bender 6 71 11.8 1 J. Brandt 2 57 28.5 0 BLOCKING PANCAKE SACK J. Staley 1 0 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD C. Campbell 3 3 0 0 S. Raines 4 0 3 1 D. Ponder 8 0 1 1 KICKING FG XP PTS LONG A. Serna 3/5 5/5 14 36 PUNTING NO YDS AVG IN20 D. Sepulveda 1 22 22.0 1 KICK RETURN RET YDS AVG TD J. Brandt 3 77 25.6 0 N. Clayton 2 54 27.0 0 PUNT RETURN RET YDS AVG TD N. Clayton 1 15 15.0 0