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Originally Posted by painekiller
Pitts was on 610am.
The other night I was watching the Texas v Rice game. It had a new meaning for me. I wanted to watch Thor, and was I surprised when he line up at QB in the goal line offense. And he also seemed to be Rice's goal line RB.
I wonder if the team will give him some shots at the RB position. If so then we can let a guy like Brown go. I am also wondering if he gets a shot at long snapping.
Another spot for him maybe the up back on punting teams, then a direct snap for a fake?
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Casey could have been the starting QB if he had stayed at Rice for another year. He was used more as a FB than a RB in college. I don't think Casey will have any bearing on whether Brown stays or goes in any way. Even if Casey ligns up as a RB/FB it will more likely be in specific sets. I hate to use the term gadget play...but it would be a gadget play. From everything the Texans and Casey have said they just want him to focus on being a TE right now. I've seen several quotes from Casey about how difficult learning the playbook is. I heard him on the radio the other day and that was all he talked about....how much he was struggling with the playbook. You would think it wouldn't be a problem for a Rice guy....but it made me wonder just a little.
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Pitts had a lot of nice things to say about Cushing and how the other teams are going to have to run to the weak side because of his ability to play at the line of scrimmage.
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Great to hear Chester rave about Cushing. He sounded sincere in the interview...even talked about how you could just see a difference between him and a guy like Babin on the practice field.
I'm not sure teams are going to change their whole game plan to run away from Cush, but Mario seemed to be a little undisciplined at times against the run last year. With Cush and Smith on the opposite side he could get more stuff his direction....I'm not worried though. It will just lead to more Jamaal Lewis like rag dolls.