Cushing weighs 262!

[nunusguy]

Originally Posted by painekiller

My reason for posting this was is Cushing going to be able to cover the pass? Is he going to be a 2 down player? He already is not the best cover LB, will the slower speed due to the higher than average playing weight hurt him. IIRC he did not blow me away with his forty time at the lighter weight. Did our team get dooped by a work out?

And yes I was not in favor of our drafting of Cushing at the time of draft.

Me neither. I think McClin would have been a better value at 15 and I would have favored taking him even though WR was already a stronger position for the Texans than LB. But I preferred Cushing over either of the other 2 USC backers. Still, I think we could have gotten a solid 2-down SAM in later rounds and not be left in the postion to be concerned about "making" Cushing a 3-down LB since we used such a high pick for him.
But he's now our first-round pick, out top pick in the '09 Draft so I'm gonna try to keep a positive attitude about him.