Texans make Roster moves including releasing Okam

[nunusguy]

The Texans made four roster moves today when they returned to Methodist Training Center to begin preparation for Monday night’s game in Indianapolis.

Defensive tackle Frank Okam was placed on waivers. Replacing him is defensive tackle Damione Lewis, a 6-2, 301-pound native of Sulphur Springs who was released by the Patriots in the preseason. He played for the Panthers the previous four seasons.

The Texans also signed linebacker Stanford Keglar, who played two seasons for the Titans.

Defensive tackle Tim Jamison, who was with the Texans last season and was with the team in preseason, was signed to the practice squad.
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/...t/7262705.html

[painekiller]

Big Frank just never got it. He has the talent and the skills, he turned it on during training camp this year, but he never took the passion to the games.

My biggest complaint about these moves is they did not make them last Tuesday so these guys could get into the playbooks and try to and be a help this coming Monday.

[chuck]

Also, they're moving Cushing to the middle. No one among Houston's crack media members covering the Texans saw that coming.

I'll be fascinated to see if and how this experiment works. I was hoping to see Sharpton take over on the strong side but it looks like it'll be Bentley.

[Nconroe]

Does that leave them with one more roster spot to fill?

I thought Frank just couldn't get moving as quick as they were asking him to be quick. I wish Frank well in his future endeavors.

They certainly replace Okam with a smaller DT, Damione Lewis, has 10 years experience.
http://www.nfl.com/players/damionele...e?id=LEW129772

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damione_Lewis

Stanford Keglar, 25 yrs old, looks like special teams guy, we for sure need help there too.
http://www.nfl.com/players/stanfordk...e?id=KEG360877

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanford_Keglar

[nunusguy]

The Texans made several roster moves today when they returned to Methodist Training Center to begin preparation for Monday night’s game in Indianapolis.

Defensive tackle Frank Okam was placed on waivers. Replacing him is defensive tackle Damione Lewis, a 6-2, 301-pound native of Sulphur Springs who was released by the Patriots in the preseason. He played for the Panthers the previous four seasons.

The Texans also signed linebacker Stanford Keglar, who played two seasons for the Titans.

Defensive tackle Tim Jamison, who was with the Texans last season and was with the team in preseason, was signed to the practice squad.

The team also added rookie defensive tackle Malcolm Sheppard from the practice squad to the regular roster. http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/...t/7262705.html
Not sure if I left that last sentence off of the origional entry or John McClain
didn't get it into his origional entry into the Chron ?
No matter, it seems the roster moves also include a promotion for Arkansas rookie DT Malcolm Sheppard.

[painekiller]

Originally Posted by nunusguy

The team also added rookie defensive tackle Malcolm Sheppard from the practice squad to the regular roster. http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/...t/7262705.html
Not sure if I left that last sentence off of the origional entry or John McClain
didn't get it into his origional entry into the Chron ?
No matter, it seems the roster moves also include a promotion for Arkansas rookie DT Malcolm Sheppard.

McClain missed it in his early version of the article. I found out about Shepard from a tweet by Scurlock.

They have really gone small at the DT, but Lewis looks like a solid pickup, he has good experience. The LB is another Purdue guy.

[NBT]

At least the Texans are trying to patch up the defensive holes. Only problem is, they should have forseen this back in training camp. After all Okam had been hanging around for almost 3 years without really contributing squat. Anyway the coaches will be occupied with getting these new guys up to snuff on the playbook instead of getting their position people ready to play a very important game.