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Week-07-Heh-ReportDaily Thread 10-29-2020
Very little news again. Something to watch is the opportunity rookie WR Isaiah Coulter might receive if a WR or two departs via trade. Coulter lands on the active roster while Scharping hits the COVID-19 reserved list.
When Could Newly Activated Rookie Make Texans Debut?
By Cody Stoots, SI.com
Excerpt: He plays primarily outside wide receiver and showcased plenty of talent at Rhode Island. Often described as raw by draft evaluators, Coulter impressed in limited opportunities against Power Five competition. He’s long and speedy with good body control.
“There’s definitely a chance he can contribute to this team,” wide receiver coach John Perry said. “His development has been outstanding. He’s got a lot of very valuable traits that we can use and utilize when he does get the opportunity.”
While he is active, the numbers game doesn’t favor Coulter being active on gameday just yet. Brandin Cooks, Will Fuller, and Kenny Stills handle the majority of the snaps outside. Randall Cobb has been the primary slot presence all season. Coulter has only recently started to practice with the team too.
A spot could free up for him soon should the team trade one of their veterans. It would allow Coulter to be active but ease into any reps the team had for him on gameday.
Daily Thread 10-28-2020
Texans news is hard to find this week. The trade deadline is probably the only thing to really look forward to with no Texans game to be played due to a bye. Chris Roling with BleacherReport has 5 “Blockbuster” deals in mind, and 2 of those involve Texans players.
Blockbuster Deals That Would Blow Up the 2020 NFL Trade Deadline
By Chris Roling, BleacherReport
Texans Trade Kenny Stills to Packers for 2021 Third-Round Pick
Excerpt: Stills is on the last year of his deal, so the Texans could always seek out a trade partner to get something in return for his likely departure as the wideout room undergoes massive change again. He’s 28 and still plenty capable, but been a non-factor with just 18 targets.
A team like the Green Bay Packers might have plenty of interest in a half-season rental considering its top two wideouts, Davante Adams and Allen Lazard, haven’t been able to stay on the field. Aaron Rodgers continues to feast regardless with his team at 5-1, but adding a guy who averages 15.7 yards per catch for his career and has 500-plus yards in six of his seven seasons would be a savvy win-now move.
Texans Trade J.J. Watt to Saints for 2021 Second-Round Pick
Excerpt: As mentioned already, the Texans figure to look toward the future.
That could mean trading 31-year-old J.J. Watt, who has a team-high $15.5 million cap hit (7.1 percent of the cap) this year that escalates to $17.5 million in 2021.
Granted, it would take a desperate team to take on Watt at this stage of his career, but the New Orleans Saints have shown time and again they’re all-in on winning now as the Drew Brees era nears an end, even if it means creatively shifting around some cap allocations to make a big addition work.
Watt is a major risk mostly because he’s played more than eight games in a season just once dating back to 2015. But putting him on a front seven with Cameron Jordan and others would make for one of the scariest units in the NFL.
The Saints are in an arms race with Tampa Bay in the NFC South after Antonio Brown landed there, and Houston is desperate to start cleaning up the mess left by a fired head coach and doesn’t pick earlier in the 2021 draft than the third round. It’s a stars-aligning moment that could make for a surprise blockbuster.
Daily Thread 10-27-2020
Browns have about $31m in 2020 cap space, so yeah they need a WR with OBJ out for the year. OH SNAPS! it’s a depressing look at Texans rookie snap counts. Look at 6 ways that the Chiefs scheme Kelce open, which is nice.
With Odell Beckham done for the year, could the Texans trade Will Fuller to the Browns?
By Mark Lane, TexansWire
Excerpt: Houston needs draft picks.
The former 2016 first-round pick from Notre Dame is in the final year of his contract. By sending Fuller to Cleveland for draft picks, it allows him to showcase what he can do for a team in contention and get a head start on free agency. It could also help the Texans stock the cupboard draft picks wise. Even if they get a third or lower for Fuller, they can combine that with their other picks to get back into the top-100 and start picking players who can really help the team.
With the trade deadline looming, the Texans need to be sellers and start looking at putting themselves in the best position to win 2021 as their current chances are probably shot.
Welcome to the NFL, rookie. By the way, you’re not going to play.
Real, actual plays schemed to get a man open. Is this…legal??
Daily Thread 10-26-2020
No sense in posting news about things that are no longer news: Horrid run game, horrid defense, and another loss. The only news as the Texans head into a bye week is this: The Trade Deadline. Cody Stoots says Watt should request a trade. Do you agree?
Column: ‘Angry’ Watt Should Request Texans Trade
By Cody Stoots
Excerpt: The weeks of frustration – wait, make that years – seem to be weighing heavily on Watt. He’s been short in his responses to questions in the postgame for the majority of the season. I’m not suggesting that he frequently uses the microphone in the form of a grand orator, a slick comedian or a master of ceremonies.
But forget being regaled with verbose statements; with a series of less-than-10-word answers Sunday, his message to me, however subliminal, was how much he did not want to be on that podium … how much he does not want to be 1-6. …
And maybe how much he should no longer be in Houston.
While he said last week his goal was to win a championship for the City of Houston – a typically fine statement from the icon he is – Watt, 31, did add the caveat “until the day I’m not a Houston Texan anymore” when he was asked about trades.
Not that he needs permission from me, or from any other long-time Texans watcher. But I say, as the Nov. 3 NFL trade deadline approaches, he should ask if that day could arrive this week.
Watt’s legendary accomplishments in Houston, on and off the field, will never be forgotten. He is at present adding little to his incredible resume while on this forgettable Texans team.
In a sense, Watt initiating the conversation would be doing Houston a favor, as asking for the trade makes easier a difficult conversation for the Texans front office.
Yes, interim general manager Jack Easterby will have to field calls and find the true value of Watt. No, Easterby has never done that before. Yes, the Texans would be trading the best player in franchise history. No, the return won’t be wondrous and I think is unlikely to include a pick in the first round.
Daily Thread 10-24-2020: Weekend Discussion
Saturday NCAAF broadcast lineups: https://506sports.com/ncaaf.php
This sketch was on The New Show, a short-lived sketch show on NBC. This appeared on January 13, 1984 and featured John Candy and Valerie Bromfeld, with appearances by Dave Thomas, Carrie Fisher, and Paul Simon.
Have a great Saturday, everyone.
Daily Thread 10-23-2020: The Heh Report
Happy Friday, and thanks again to BarryFromTexas for providing another Heh Report!
Week-06-Heh-ReportDaily Thread 10-22-2020
Duane Brown played vs. Seattle and was traded to Seattle the next week. JJ Watt will play vs. Packers and the trade deadline will be about a week after Sunday’s game. Cap space might be an issue for the Packers, though. Also, we’ll take a look at the Texans vs. Titans “Good, Bad, and Ugly” article by Jair Lopez.
Texans DE J.J. Watt mum on significance of playing the Packers, his childhood team
By Mark Lane, TexansWire
Excerpt: In 2019 when the Houston Texans held a joint practice with the Green Bay Packers at Lambeau Field, defensive end J.J. Watt bubbling over at the thought of practicing in a venue he spent many summers following the Packers.
“I stood outside of those fences and I watched practice through the fence, and I watched the bikes be ridden, and I stood over by the player’s parking lot and tried to get autographs,” Watt told reporters on Aug. 5, 2019. “So, it’s a pretty special thing. It’s pretty unique, it’s pretty cool. I literally dreamt about this as a kid, so to be able to practice on these fields that I watched Brett Favre practice on, there’s not going to be too many days like this in my career. I’m very thankful and grateful that I got to have it.”
Houston Texans Week 6 Recap: Good, Bad, Ugly Against Tennessee Titans
By Jair Lopez, TexansUnfiltered.com
THE GOOD
The Houston Texans had a near-perfect performance on offense against their AFC South rival, the Tennessee Titans. Deshaun Watson and company shut down any doubts that the Texans would be unable to replicate their production after their solid performance against the Jacksonville Jaguars.
Watson completed 28 of his 37 passes for 4 touchdowns, 335 yards, and 9.1 yards per pass attempted. The Titans’ worse third-down defense in the NFL had no answers for the Texans offense, accomplished a season-high 25 first downs, and had a 50 percent rate on third-down conversions.
The offense put up a season-high 36 points on a Titans defense that allowed an average of 22.5 games in their previous four games. The offensive line also played well after only allowing one sack for the second consecutive game.
Will Fuller continues to impress as the number one option for Houston and finished with 6 receptions for 123 yards and a touchdown reception. Fuller has three games with over 100 yards receiving and prolonged his streak of four games with at least one touchdown reception.
Daily Thread 10-21-2020
Interim HC Romeo Crennel doesn’t have new news on Texans CB Gareon Conley’s timeframe for a return to the active roster. Rivers McCown looked at the DVOA numbers for Watson/BoB and Watson/no BoB. I’m no math surgeon, but I think it’s clear, at least in the samples from previous seasons and the samples thus far this year, which combo is producing better results.
Texans CB Gareon Conley still not close to returning to the secondary
By Mark Lane, TexansWire
Excerpt: The former 2017 Oakland Raiders first-round pick has been recovering from offseason ankle surgery that has complicated his return to the playing field.
“He’s trying to get back but I don’t think that he’s where we need him to be right now,” interim coach Romeo Crennel said. “He’s had second opinions and they haven’t been able to pinpoint anything definite. We’ll have to see how he does and if he can get back.”
Conley provided Houston with 27 tackles and 11 pass breakups in eight games last season, starting in two of them. The Texans could really use his talents in Week 7 as cornerbacks Vernon Hargreaves and Lonnie Johnson are dealing with injuries following the Texans’ 42-36 overtime loss to the Tennessee Titans at Nissan Stadium.
For more info about what DVOA is, visit the DVOA field guide and go with the ultra short version, or the “short” version if you want to some heavier reading. Anyways, Rivers (I think) is saying that basically BoB’s preferred ways of doing things on offense wasn’t exactly working out according to the DVOA numbers.
The ultra short version of DVOA is this: DVOA measures a team’s efficiency by comparing success on every single play to a league average based on situation and opponent.
Daily Thread 10-20-2020
Texans add 6′ 3″ and 325 lbs. of hopefully run-stuffing beef to the DL via a former Texans player, Eli Ankou, who is now back after being claimed off waivers (Colts). Cowherd says Packers over Texans is his “bet of the year.” Texans Thoughts with a breakdown video of the Texans-Titans game.
Texans sign DT Eli Ankou off waivers from the Colts
By Mark Lane, TexansWire
Excerpt: Ankou has experience with the Texans. Houston signed the former UCLA Bruin as an undrafted free agent in 2017. The Texans waived Ankou at the end of that preseason, and he caught on with the Jacksonville Jaguars.
In Jacksonville, Ankou played 11 games, collecting 1.6 sacks, 19 tackles, a tackle for loss, and two quarterback hits through the 2018 season.
In 2019, Ankou played for the Cleveland Browns, starting in two games of his nine played. The 6-3, 325-pound defensive tackle recorded seven tackles and a tackle for loss.
Colin Cowherd says his “bet of the year” is Packers over Texans, saying that Houston will let the Packers do whatever the Packers want to do. In this video, he and others discuss how the Packers always match up well with teams who aren’t bullies (basically saying the Packers will out-finesse you if you get into that type of game with them).
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