Mario Williams for Asante Samuel?

[barrett]

Originally Posted by nunusguy

Everything you say may be true, but I wonder what happens if Wade decides that the Texans would have a more effective defense with Barwin & Reed as the starting OLBs and a frontline of Mario & Antonio at DE with JJ at nose ? Since some of us already have reached that conclusion, maybe Phillips has to but that certainly dosen't make it any easier for him & Kubiak to explain and convince Mario about that ? In other words would the big guy take one for the team ?
But I defintely disagree with you about there being a big difference between the 4-3 & 3-4 DE positions, because they are both based upon one-gap schemes as opposed to the traditional 2-gap, containment type of DE most people (including Mario) associate with the 3-4.
And I would hope the Texans just kinda winked at that no-contact-or-discussion-with-other-teams rule supposedly was in place during the Lockout like say the Eagles almost certainly did when it came to discussions about trading QB Kolb ?

You really think that there is no difference between 34 DE and 43 DE? No matter the 34 scheme it is different. Ours may be a one gap scheme with more penetration than most 34s, but it is still a whole different position. 34 DE is as close to 43 DT as it is to DE.

And no way do I move a guy who is playing great (Watt), in order to put a guy who is struggling in another new postition. I rotate and play all of the guys I have in the exact way I have been and I hope mario gets more comfortable as he goes.