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  • stevekstevek Posts: 29,048 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Drafting Bush #1 was obvious then, and it's more obvious now. Just a huge mistake by the Texans - a blind man could see this mistake a mile away.
  • stownstown Posts: 11,321 ✭✭✭
    Oh well... What are you going to do? Whine and complain about it all day or accept that hindsight is 20/20 and move on?

    Congrats to Reggie for getting his 1st NFL touchdown last week on special teams image
    So basically my kid won't be able to go to college, but at least I'll have a set where the three most expensive cards are of a player I despise ~ CDsNuts
  • ConnecticoinConnecticoin Posts: 12,872 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Drafting Mario Williams was about as brilliant as the Jail-Blazers drafting Sam Bowie.
  • AxtellAxtell Posts: 10,037 ✭✭


    << <i>Oh well... What are you going to do? Whine and complain about it all day or accept that hindsight is 20/20 and move on? >>



    No one's whining or complaining...but for you to sit there and continue to deny that williams was a bad choice is poor form.

    There's no 'hindsight' needed to see Bush was the obvious #1 pick. Only the texans and their perpetual bad decisions think that mario was a better pick.



    << <i>Congrats to Reggie for getting his 1st NFL touchdown last week on special teams image >>



    Congrats to mario for getting his first nfl sack against a pathetically immobile QB who was sacked 20 other times in 4 weeks.

    Bitter, much?

    Looks like the overwhelming pick here is Bush in the poll.


  • AxtellAxtell Posts: 10,037 ✭✭
    Bush running away with the poll...12-1 over mario.
  • joestalinjoestalin Posts: 12,473 ✭✭
    Personally I think there were bigger steals in the draft than either of these guys. Keep in mind Houston picked Mario not because
    he was the best player, but because Bush was being a jerk as far as contract talks. Houston wanted no part of that. Could they
    have done better than Mario...yes.

    Want to talk steals..Maurice Drew taken 60th overall, with more TD's than Bush and Young combined! Jennings taken 52nd, easiest
    the best WR so far in the draft and don't forget Marony and the 20 teams that passed him up. I also think Leon Washington will
    be a good pickup at the 117 spot.

    JS
  • AxtellAxtell Posts: 10,037 ✭✭
    The question wasn't steal of the draft, it was just asking for input on the miserable texans making yet another misstep (in a long and storied line of mistakes).

    There are always steals to be had - Tom Brady being drafted in the 6th round, for example.

  • Reggie, Vince and Mario..........bad investments! Too much money for a single player. Overhyped in my opinion. The media picks a few guys and they get paid millions of dollars and aren't that much better than the average player. Michael Vick is a great example. Most people never even heard of him a year before he entered the NFL draft. He was hyped as the best QB in NFL history before he even played. I don't know how many times I heard the statement...."all he does is win." Well, if that's all he does, how come the Falcons finished 8-8 and out of the playoffs last season?

    The guy runs around like crazy only because he can't complete a pass to his receivers. He either overthrows or throws at the ground. He only completes about 50% of his passes and he has about the same amount of fumbles or interceptions as he does touchdowns. According to the Atlanta media, he is still "learning" the offense.

    That is just an example of what's going to happen with Reggie, Vince and Mario. I agree with the guy who mentioned Maroney. He kicked butt in Minnesota, but didn't get the exposure because the Gophers sucked. Jennings in Green Bay is Favre's favorite target and doing awesome. If I had to pick, I would have gone with Mario Williams too. Defense wins championships! Not much playing time yet, but Jerious Norwood in Atlanta lights up the defense each time he touches the ball. He'll be a star!
  • reggie for the simple fact he would've sold a lot of tickets/apperal and got the team pub...
  • stevekstevek Posts: 29,048 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Reggie, Vince and Mario..........bad investments! Too much money for a single player. Overhyped in my opinion. The media picks a few guys and they get paid millions of dollars and aren't that much better than the average player. Michael Vick is a great example. Most people never even heard of him a year before he entered the NFL draft. He was hyped as the best QB in NFL history before he even played. I don't know how many times I heard the statement...."all he does is win." Well, if that's all he does, how come the Falcons finished 8-8 and out of the playoffs last season?

    The guy runs around like crazy only because he can't complete a pass to his receivers. He either overthrows or throws at the ground. He only completes about 50% of his passes and he has about the same amount of fumbles or interceptions as he does touchdowns. According to the Atlanta media, he is still "learning" the offense.

    That is just an example of what's going to happen with Reggie, Vince and Mario. I agree with the guy who mentioned Maroney. He kicked butt in Minnesota, but didn't get the exposure because the Gophers sucked. Jennings in Green Bay is Favre's favorite target and doing awesome. If I had to pick, I would have gone with Mario Williams too. Defense wins championships! Not much playing time yet, but Jerious Norwood in Atlanta lights up the defense each time he touches the ball. He'll be a star! >>




    I think the NFL large salaries given to rookies in the minds of the owners is sort of like a "payoff" for not having the huge expense of a "farm system" and minor leagues. If the owners didn't want to pay these large salaries, then it wouldn't be done - no matter what is the union contract.

    The NFL pays the large rookie salaries and it helps keep NCAA college football "salary free" - everybody basically wins except the student athletes who were naive in thinking that they would become professional athletes and don't make it, and didn't take advantage of the opportunity to gain a college education and don't graduate, thereby basically wasting years of their life as far as preparing for a future career is concerned.

    So technically were these "bad investments"? - Yes from an individual NFL team standpoint but not as far as an overall NFL standpoint which in the end game is really what the league is all about - it's about businesses working together, and despite the perception, it's still good business for the NFL to payout these high rookie salaries.


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  • AxtellAxtell Posts: 10,037 ✭✭
    Not sure how they can be considered across the board bad investments. Yes, their salary doesn't always live up to their performance, but, did you know that the Saints sold out of season tickets for the first time in league history? Throw in the incredible revenue in merchandise, and you have a player who will more than pay the franchise back.

    Oh, 18-2 now in favor of Bush over mario.
  • yawie99yawie99 Posts: 2,575 ✭✭✭
    How can one possibly defend the choice of Williams over Bush, stown? Reggie Bush may never be as great as the hype, but look at the excitement he's injected into a franchise that may very well have been on life support following Hurricane Katrina. I realize that the selection wasn't strictly based on probable on-field performance, but picking Williams first was a horrible decision by a horrible franchise.
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  • A761506A761506 Posts: 1,309 ✭✭✭
    Imagine how bad the Lions would be if they hadn't taken Ernie Sims to shore up their defense? image


    Oh... forgot... they're 0-5 image


    Way to go Matt Millen image and the Ford Family image
  • AxtellAxtell Posts: 10,037 ✭✭
    I agree on the contract point...#1 picks are always difficult.

    And how silly did the texans look in not drafting Bush than when Davis went down? Bush is an ideal situation now, with Deuce shouldering a lot of the load, as Bush gets acclimated to the grind of an NFL season. I saw first hand how Caddy was unable to sustain it over an entire season - it's a whole new ballgame fatigue-wise from college to the pros. Letting Bush split carries with Deuce is ideal.

    20-2, now, in favor of Bush of williams.
  • The stupidity of it all is that the Texans didn't trade away their #1. The Texans could have easily gotten Mario Williams at #10 through #15 or even lower.

    So if they were smart, and they truly did not want BUsh, then they should have traded their #1 pick. Then they would have had Williams plus a handfull of other picks to improve their team.
  • 1420sports1420sports Posts: 3,473 ✭✭✭
    The stupidity of it all is that the Texans didn't trade away their #1. The Texans could have easily gotten Mario Williams at #10 through #15 or even lower.

    completely agree .... I think that was the only move they should have considered.

    I think Carr will be a good QB (pretty good now) but he needs an awful lot of protection. I don't think Mario would have lasted more than 10 picks, but I also thought Drew was too small. I liked Maroney however, and the Pats getting him was a bargain.

    Leinart was the steal of the draft.
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  • stownstown Posts: 11,321 ✭✭✭
    Let me first clear up some misconceptions.

    1) We tried to trade the #1 pick but no one wanted it. The Jets tried to trade with NO but it was a flip-flop of 1s and their #3 or 4 (I don't remeber). Not much of a trade offer if you ask me.

    2) The Texans have sold out EVERY SINGLE GAME. You can say what you want about attendance and putting fannies in the seats, but every single ticket has been sold. While there may be some no-shows, that empty seat has been purchased.

    3) Keep talking about Bowie over Jordan but you neglect to mention another player drafted ahead of him. Akeem Olajuwon image

    4) DD was not ruled out for the season before Draft Day. He was expected to come back and not miss any time what-so-ever. We also had Pro-Bowler Mathis returning kickoffs, who ended up getting injured as well (due to his own stupidity).

    Now onto the Mario v Bush debate (for probably the 5th time here). First off, it's waaaaaaay too early to judge anyone from this year's draft. Talk all the smack you want about Mario being a bust, but it goes both ways. Reggie is averaging only 3 yards on the ground and 7 in the air with only 1 td in 5 games (which came on special teams). I hate to break the news but those numbers are not anything special. His longest carry has been 18 yards, which doesn't say much about his break-away speed. In the last 2 games, he carried the ball 20 times for a whopping 46 yards.

    And what does hype actually accomplish? Had Bush played for a smaller school, do you think the hype would have been nearly as much? I seriously doubt it.... Hype doesn't win ball games, all it does is focus attention on one player and the last time I looked, football was a team sport. Selling jerseys? Uh, okay. McNair is the 242nd richest man in America and the Texans rank 3rd on the Forbes list. Does getting publicity make any difference in the win column? Nope and to be honest, I like playing the role of underdog better image

    The draft was Coach Kubiak's call. Reggie or Mairo? Kubes went with Mario and I think he knows a thing or two about running backs. If anyone here has previous NFL experience either playing or coaching, your opinions carry significant weight. Otherwise, it means absoultely nothing other than just talking sports.

    I wish nothing but the best for Bush and hope he thrives in NO. The region was devistated; they deserve hope and something special.

    However.

    If Mario turns out to be what Kubes is anticipating, a lot of you will be eating crow in the coming years image

    We can go back and forth on this till the cows come home. Tinkerbell can spend hours disecting this post and attempt to rebut every single word. Frankly, I don't care and probably won't participate in it. "Your team is stupid", "once in a generation player", etc means squat in my book. Ignore the hype and discuss what they have done on the field. At the end of the year, you can evaluate how the rookies performed and later down the road, how their careers shaped up. Untill then, it's just pure speculation.

    I'm sure Ki-Jana Carter, Curtis Enis, Lawrence Phillips, Tyrone Wheatley, Rashaan Salaam, Blair Thomas, etc would have something to say about that image
    So basically my kid won't be able to go to college, but at least I'll have a set where the three most expensive cards are of a player I despise ~ CDsNuts
  • kcballboykcballboy Posts: 1,405 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Let me first clear up some misconceptions.

    1) We tried to trade the #1 pick but no one wanted it. The Jets tried to trade with NO but it was a flip-flop of 1s and their #3 or 4 (I don't remeber). Not much of a trade offer if you ask me.

    2) The Texans have sold out EVERY SINGLE GAME. You can say what you want about attendance and putting fannies in the seats, but every single ticket has been sold. While there may be some no-shows, that empty seat has been purchased.

    3) Keep talking about Bowie over Jordan but you neglect to mention another player drafted ahead of him. Akeem Olajuwon image

    4) DD was not ruled out for the season before Draft Day. He was expected to come back and not miss any time what-so-ever. We also had Pro-Bowler Mathis returning kickoffs, who ended up getting injured as well (due to his own stupidity).

    Now onto the Mario v Bush debate (for probably the 5th time here). First off, it's waaaaaaay too early to judge anyone from this year's draft. Talk all the smack you want about Mario being a bust, but it goes both ways. Reggie is averaging only 3 yards on the ground and 7 in the air with only 1 td in 5 games (which came on special teams). I hate to break the news but those numbers are not anything special. His longest carry has been 18 yards, which doesn't say much about his break-away speed. In the last 2 games, he carried the ball 20 times for a whopping 46 yards.

    And what does hype actually accomplish? Had Bush played for a smaller school, do you think the hype would have been nearly as much? I seriously doubt it.... Hype doesn't win ball games, all it does is focus attention on one player and the last time I looked, football was a team sport. Selling jerseys? Uh, okay. McNair is the 242nd richest man in America and the Texans rank 3rd on the Forbes list. Does getting publicity make any difference in the win column? Nope and to be honest, I like playing the role of underdog better image

    The draft was Coach Kubiak's call. Reggie or Mairo? Kubes went with Mario and I think he knows a thing or two about running backs. If anyone here has previous NFL experience either playing or coaching, your opinions carry significant weight. Otherwise, it means absoultely nothing other than just talking sports.

    I wish nothing but the best for Bush and hope he thrives in NO. The region was devistated; they deserve hope and something special.

    However.

    If Mario turns out to be what Kubes is anticipating, a lot of you will be eating crow in the coming years image

    We can go back and forth on this till the cows come home. Tinkerbell can spend hours disecting this post and attempt to rebut every single word. Frankly, I don't care and probably won't participate in it. "Your team is stupid", "once in a generation player", etc means squat in my book. Ignore the hype and discuss what they have done on the field. At the end of the year, you can evaluate how the rookies performed and later down the road, how their careers shaped up. Untill then, it's just pure speculation.

    I'm sure Ki-Jana Carter, Curtis Enis, Lawrence Phillips, Tyrone Wheatley, Rashaan Salaam, Blair Thomas, etc would have something to say about that image >>



    What the hell is wrong with you?

    How dare you list draft flops and not include Mr. Leaf. He is deservice of far more than an 'etc.' listing.

    And you call yourself a football fan. image
    Travis
  • stownstown Posts: 11,321 ✭✭✭


    << <i>What the hell is wrong with you?

    How dare you list draft flops and not include Mr. Leaf. He is deservice of far more than an 'etc.' listing.

    And you call yourself a football fan. image >>



    I limited it only to RBs and can assure you that had I included all busts, Ryan would have been near the top image
    So basically my kid won't be able to go to college, but at least I'll have a set where the three most expensive cards are of a player I despise ~ CDsNuts
  • kcballboykcballboy Posts: 1,405 ✭✭✭
    I guess that makes me look real dumb not picking up that they were all RB's.

    And I call myself a football fan.image
    Travis
  • 1420sports1420sports Posts: 3,473 ✭✭✭
    I'll admit it ...

    I thought Ryan Leaf was a lock for greatness. image
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  • AxtellAxtell Posts: 10,037 ✭✭
    21-3 in favor of Bush over mario.

    So it's apparent while the owner of the texans may be a great businessman, he absolutely stinks as a team owner. How else can you explain a .281 win percentage over the first four years?
  • Nobody wanted the #1 pick???

    Hahahaha that's delusional thinking.

  • stownstown Posts: 11,321 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Nobody wanted the #1 pick???

    Hahahaha that's delusional thinking. >>



    Oh really? Did you hear differently or something? Show me any rumor, other than one made up in your head, that said there was an interest. You are going to looking for a long time because it's not there.

    If you want to debate this, that's fine. Just please bring something to the table other than accusing me of being "delusional".

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    So basically my kid won't be able to go to college, but at least I'll have a set where the three most expensive cards are of a player I despise ~ CDsNuts
  • AxtellAxtell Posts: 10,037 ✭✭
    23-3!

    go go go mario!

  • AxtellAxtell Posts: 10,037 ✭✭
    stownie runs his mouth about the bucs and my camera phone, yet doesn't defend his team?

    How telling what a 'fan' he is (or isn't)!!!
  • stownstown Posts: 11,321 ✭✭✭


    << <i>stownie runs his mouth about the bucs and my camera phone, yet doesn't defend his team?

    How telling what a 'fan' he is (or isn't)!!! >>



    Sorry for the repost from this morning but obviously Tinkerbell is blind image

    Let me first clear up some misconceptions.

    1) We tried to trade the #1 pick but no one wanted it. The Jets tried to trade with NO but it was a flip-flop of 1s and their #3 or 4 (I don't remeber). Not much of a trade offer if you ask me.

    2) The Texans have sold out EVERY SINGLE GAME. You can say what you want about attendance and putting fannies in the seats, but every single ticket has been sold. While there may be some no-shows, that empty seat has been purchased.

    3) Keep talking about Bowie over Jordan but you neglect to mention another player drafted ahead of him. Akeem Olajuwon image

    4) DD was not ruled out for the season before Draft Day. He was expected to come back and not miss any time what-so-ever. We also had Pro-Bowler Mathis returning kickoffs, who ended up getting injured as well (due to his own stupidity).

    Now onto the Mario v Bush debate (for probably the 5th time here). First off, it's waaaaaaay too early to judge anyone from this year's draft. Talk all the smack you want about Mario being a bust, but it goes both ways. Reggie is averaging only 3 yards on the ground and 7 in the air with only 1 td in 5 games (which came on special teams). I hate to break the news but those numbers are not anything special. His longest carry has been 18 yards, which doesn't say much about his break-away speed. In the last 2 games, he carried the ball 20 times for a whopping 46 yards.

    And what does hype actually accomplish? Had Bush played for a smaller school, do you think the hype would have been nearly as much? I seriously doubt it.... Hype doesn't win ball games, all it does is focus attention on one player and the last time I looked, football was a team sport. Selling jerseys? Uh, okay. McNair is the 242nd richest man in America and the Texans rank 3rd on the Forbes list. Does getting publicity make any difference in the win column? Nope and to be honest, I like playing the role of underdog better image

    The draft was Coach Kubiak's call. Reggie or Mairo? Kubes went with Mario and I think he knows a thing or two about running backs. If anyone here has previous NFL experience either playing or coaching, your opinions carry significant weight. Otherwise, it means absoultely nothing other than just talking sports.

    I wish nothing but the best for Bush and hope he thrives in NO. The region was devistated; they deserve hope and something special.

    However.

    If Mario turns out to be what Kubes is anticipating, a lot of you will be eating crow in the coming years image

    We can go back and forth on this till the cows come home. Tinkerbell can spend hours disecting this post and attempt to rebut every single word. Frankly, I don't care and probably won't participate in it. "Your team is stupid", "once in a generation player", etc means squat in my book. Ignore the hype and discuss what they have done on the field. At the end of the year, you can evaluate how the rookies performed and later down the road, how their careers shaped up. Untill then, it's just pure speculation.

    I'm sure Ki-Jana Carter, Curtis Enis, Lawrence Phillips, Tyrone Wheatley, Rashaan Salaam, Blair Thomas, etc would have something to say about that image
    So basically my kid won't be able to go to college, but at least I'll have a set where the three most expensive cards are of a player I despise ~ CDsNuts
  • AxtellAxtell Posts: 10,037 ✭✭
    23-3!

    You're a dope...just admit that the texans screwed up and should have drafted Bush...you'll save a lot of face.

    As it is, you appear to be absolutely and positively ignorant and have NO idea WTF you're talking about.
  • stownstown Posts: 11,321 ✭✭✭


    << <i>23-3!

    You're a dope...just admit that the texans screwed up and should have drafted Bush...you'll save a lot of face.

    As it is, you appear to be absolutely and positively ignorant and have NO idea WTF you're talking about. >>



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    Congrats on having a better football mind than Coach Kubiak. I strongly suggest that you go apply to become an NFL head coach post haste!

    Dope.

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    So basically my kid won't be able to go to college, but at least I'll have a set where the three most expensive cards are of a player I despise ~ CDsNuts
  • AxtellAxtell Posts: 10,037 ✭✭
    It has nothing to do with having a better 'football' mind than anyone, clown.

    It has to do with texan management wanting to be foolish and not actually work to sign a guy. They knew mario would be thrilled to be taken #1 and wouldn't have tough negotiations with him.

    Still 23-3! You better run and sign up more alt IDs, your boy is getting his ass handed to him!!!
  • stownstown Posts: 11,321 ✭✭✭
    Did you even read what I posted, Tinkerbell?

    Let me put this in simple terms so maybe, just maybe, you will understand.

    McNair: "We can sign Mario or Reggie, it's your call."

    Kubes: "I want Mario."

    End of story.
    So basically my kid won't be able to go to college, but at least I'll have a set where the three most expensive cards are of a player I despise ~ CDsNuts
  • AxtellAxtell Posts: 10,037 ✭✭
    And I will post again:

    You have yet to admit that your team made a bad call in drafting mario...your continued refusal to do so tells everyone you think mario was a better #1 pick than Reggie Bush.

    End of story.
  • stownstown Posts: 11,321 ✭✭✭


    << <i>And I will post again:

    You have yet to admit that your team made a bad call in drafting mario...your continued refusal to do so tells everyone you think mario was a better #1 pick than Reggie Bush.

    End of story. >>



    Keep putting words in my mouth and spin as much as possible, Tinkerbell image

    And as I said, since you know better than Coach Kubiak, I strongly suggest you apply for a head coaching position post haste!

    Actually, I'll take it one step further.

    Since you can see into the future and know how a player is going to perform, you should become a GM! Perhaps you achieved that power through your wizard D&D skillz image
    So basically my kid won't be able to go to college, but at least I'll have a set where the three most expensive cards are of a player I despise ~ CDsNuts
  • AxtellAxtell Posts: 10,037 ✭✭
    And again you want to put words in my mouth.

    I said I didn't know more than the coach, just said its apparent that mario's going to be a world class flop for a world class flop of an organization.

    Beat it, troll. The streetlights are on, shouldn't you be in bed?
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    We all need to be aware of each other's existence as intelligent, feeling, human beings, even if some of us are voluble, blockish sandbaggers. Would we, as thinking people, believe wheeler-dealers who tried to tell us we're all incompetent? I say "no."

    The Houston Texans Front Office periodically puts up a facade of reform. However, underneath the pretty surface, it's always business as usual. I have a T-shirt emblazoned with the following inscription: "The Houston Texans Front Office wants to censor by caricature and preempt discussion by stereotype, even though, for most people, this desire is neither necessary nor instinctive." I like to wear that T-shirt to make a point about how it has managed to elude any direct ties to specific acts of negligence -- no small feat considering its history. From this anecdotal evidence, I would argue that I, not being one of the many scurrilous, stuck-up morons of this world, indeed dislike The Houston Texans Front Office. Likes or dislikes, however, are irrelevant to observed facts, such as that just the other day, some of The Houston Texans Front Office's mutinous, balmy intimates forced a prospectus into my hands as I walked past. The prospectus described The Houston Texans Front Office's blueprint for a world in which grotesque segregationists are free to concentrate all the wealth of the world into The Houston Texans Front Office's own hands. As I dropped the prospectus onto an overflowing wastebasket, I reflected upon the way that The Houston Texans Front Office seems to have recently added the word "chlamydobacteriaceae" to its otherwise simplistic vocabulary. I suppose it intends to use big words like that to obscure the fact that if it were paying attention -- which it would seem it is not, as I've already gone over this -- it'd see that if this letter did nothing else but serve as a beacon of truth, it would be worthy of reading by all right-thinking people. However, this letter's role is much greater than just to fight the warped, distorted, misshapen, unwholesome monstrosity that its "compromises" have become. Never mind that The Houston Texans Front Office's codices have a distinctly doctrinaire tone. What's really important is that The Houston Texans Front Office really shouldn't exhibit a deep disdain for all people who are not brown-nosing philosophasters. That's just plain common sense. Of course, the people who appreciate its nostrums are those who eagerly root up common sense, prominently hold it out, and decry it as poison with astonishing alacrity.

    If The Houston Texans Front Office had even a shred of intellectual integrity, it'd admit that the law is not just a moral stance. It is the consensus of society on our minimum standards of behavior. Amoral hooligans generally believe that The Houston Texans Front Office has no intention to make widespread accusations and insinuations without having the facts to back them up, but The Houston Texans Front Office's often-quoted treatises belie this notion. The Houston Texans Front Office, you are welcome to get off my back this time and stay off. Our country is being destroyed by frightful, heartless yobbos, which is another way of saying that The Houston Texans Front Office's thesis is that it knows the "right" way to read Plato, Maimonides, and Machiavelli. That's thoroughly crafty, you say? Good; that means you're finally catching on. The next step is to observe that I have a scientist's respect for objective truth. That's why I'm telling you that for The Houston Texans Front Office's stubborn plans to succeed, it needs to "dumb down" our society. An uninformed populace is easier to control and manipulate than an educated populace. One of these days, schoolchildren will stop being required to learn the meanings of words like "parasympathomimetic" and "disdenominationalize". They will be incapable of comprehending that I'm not writing this letter for your entertainment. I'm not even writing it for your education. I'm writing it for our very survival.

    It's obviously a tragedy that The Houston Texans Front Office's goal in life is apparently to transform our little community into a global crucible of terror and gore. Here, I use the word "tragedy" as the philosopher Whitehead used it. Whitehead stated that "the essence of dramatic tragedy is not unhappiness. It resides in the solemnity of the remorseless working of things," which I interpret as saying that ever since The Houston Texans Front Office decided to view countries and the people that live in them either as economic targets to be exploited or as military targets to be defeated, its consistent, unvarying line has been that mediocrity is a worthwhile goal. The Houston Texans Front Office is right about one thing, namely that fear is what motivates us. Fear of what it means when naive spouters marginalize and eventually even outlaw responsible critics of reckless losers. Fear of what it says about our society when we teach our children that The Houston Texans Front Office's the best thing to come along since the invention of sliced bread. And fear of raucous energumens like The Houston Texans Front Office who address what is, in the end, a nonexistent problem. To state it in stark and simple terms, The Houston Texans Front Office always demands instant gratification. That's all that is of concern to it; nothing else matters -- except maybe to cause (or at least contribute to) a variety of social ills. I tell you this because there is a simple answer to the question of what to do about The Houston Texans Front Office's squibs. The difficult part is in implementing the answer. The answer is that we must lead the way to the future, not to the past.

    The Houston Texans Front Office's emissaries have learned their scripts well and the rhetoric comes gushing forth with little provocation. Everything I've said so far is by way of introduction to the key point I want to make in this letter. My key point is that it's easy to tell if The Houston Texans Front Office's lying. If its lips are moving, it's lying. While The Houston Texans Front Office puts on a good dog and pony show, one does not have to interfere with a person's work performance, bodily security, physical movement, and privacy rights in order to take up the all-encompassing challenge of freedom, justice, equality, and the pursuit of life with full dignity. It is a lame-brained person who believes otherwise. Here's an eye-opener for you: The Houston Texans Front Office would have us believe that children should belong to the state. Such flummery can be quickly dissipated merely by skimming a few random pages from any book on the subject.

    The Houston Texans Front Office's intent is to prevent us from asking questions. It doesn't want the details checked. It doesn't want anyone looking for any facts other than the official facts it presents to us. I wonder if this is because most of its "facts" are false. Ignorance is bliss. This may be why The Houston Texans Front Office's collaborators are generally all smiles.

    The Houston Texans Front Office is completely primitive. We all are, to some extent, but it sets the curve. I, for one, have the following to say to the assertion that The Houston Texans Front Office's blessing is the equivalent of a papal imprimatur: Baloney! The Houston Texans Front Office has, on a number of occasions, expressed a desire to put a satanic spin on important issues. On all of these occasions, I submitted to the advice of my friends, who assured me that statements like, "It is literally the case that it is so dead wrong on the issue of pharisaism that nothing else it says or does can possibly compensate for its views on that issue" accurately express the feelings of most of us here. It's time for The Houston Texans Front Office to get back on the reality bus. The mere mention of that fact guarantees that this letter will never get published in any mass-circulation periodical that The Houston Texans Front Office has any control over. But that's inconsequential, because The Houston Texans Front Office is not just insolent. It is unbelievably, astronomically insolent. (Yes, The Houston Texans Front Office doesn't understand politics or simply doesn't care, but that's an entirely different story.) And now, to end with a clever bit of doggerel: United we stand. Divided we fall. The Houston Texans Front Office's nefarious paroxysms will destroy us all.

  • Oh by the way, no team in their right mind would want a #1 pick. Really I am being serious. LOL
  • stownstown Posts: 11,321 ✭✭✭
    Yeah, that was already done in the sports talk forum. Brilliant originality you got there.

    Still waiting for any rumors, other than the ones you personally made up. Let me guess, you searched high and low to no avail, huh?

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    Oh and Tinkerbell:



    << <i>just said its apparent that mario's going to be a world class flop >>



    Again, you are saying that you know better than Coach Kubiak, since it was his call to draft Mario image
    So basically my kid won't be able to go to college, but at least I'll have a set where the three most expensive cards are of a player I despise ~ CDsNuts
  • WabittwaxWabittwax Posts: 1,984 ✭✭✭
    Fifthscaleracer, that was way too many big words. I gave up reading after the first paragraph.

    I think Leinart will prove to be the steal of the draft but it's too early to say for sure. Bush should have went #1 but I don't think he will be the best NFL player of that draft. I think it will be one of the quarterbacks.
  • AxtellAxtell Posts: 10,037 ✭✭


    << <i>
    Again, you are saying that you know better than Coach Kubiak, since it was his call to draft Mario image >>



    Well, looking at his coaching record, I wouldn't say he knows too much.

    1-4 & your #1 pick has one sack.

  • stownstown Posts: 11,321 ✭✭✭


    << <i>If Mario turns out to be what Kubes is anticipating, a lot of you will be eating crow in the coming years image >>



    And how would y'all like that crow served?

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    So basically my kid won't be able to go to college, but at least I'll have a set where the three most expensive cards are of a player I despise ~ CDsNuts
  • baseballfanbaseballfan Posts: 5,458 ✭✭✭
    he's playing well and bush is a part-time slash type player

    seemed to have worked out so far
    Fred

    collecting RAW Topps baseball cards 1952 Highs to 1972. looking for collector grade (somewhere between psa 4-7 condition). let me know what you have, I'll take it, I want to finish sets, I must have something you can use for trade.

    looking for Topps 71-72 hi's-62-53-54-55-59, I have these sets started

  • perkdogperkdog Posts: 30,689 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>he's playing well and bush is a part-time slash type player

    seemed to have worked out so far >>




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  • stownstown Posts: 11,321 ✭✭✭
    How does that crow taste?

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    So basically my kid won't be able to go to college, but at least I'll have a set where the three most expensive cards are of a player I despise ~ CDsNuts
  • stevekstevek Posts: 29,048 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>How does that crow taste?

    image >>




    Pass the Worcestershire sauce please.
  • joestalinjoestalin Posts: 12,473 ✭✭
    Are the Saints ready to call Bush a bust yet? Lets compare his pre-injury stats shall we?

    Its way to early to be serving crow!

    JS
  • stevekstevek Posts: 29,048 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Are the Saints ready to call Bush a bust yet? Lets compare his pre-injury stats shall we?

    Its way to early to be serving crow!

    JS >>



    I totally disagree with that. Running back is the easiest position for a rookie to learn in the NFL and rookie running backs can do well and are expected to do well right away in the pros, although sometimes it takes a year or two for them to fully develop. But Williams is almost sorta just getting started with his prime for a DE. Stalin - you should already know all that.

    This case is closed.

    More Worcestershire sauce please.
  • MorgothMorgoth Posts: 3,950 ✭✭✭
    Face it Bush is too small and fragile to be an every day back. Pierre Thomas has already had a better season as a part time starter than Busch has had his entire career. Think of all the rookie RBs this season that have had better years than Bush has at any time, Forte, Stewart, Johnson, Smith and Slaton. Bush was supposed to be better than all of these guys but who would you rather have right now to build a team around Bush or Forte, Stewart, Johnson, Smith or Slaton?
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