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Old 03-07-2015, 11:03 AM
Arky Arky is offline
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I met Bill O'Brien last week.............
Good stuff, thanks for sharing....
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Old 03-07-2015, 01:51 PM
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Good stuff, Warren. Thanks.
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Old 03-09-2015, 07:31 PM
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Andre Johnson might go to Colts is a rumor. yikes.

And Brooks Reed to Atlanta is another rumor.

And Myers perhaps to Denver.

Anyways doubthful any of those guys will be back now that other teams can make offers to them.
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Old 03-31-2015, 09:39 AM
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The chronic had an article about Rick smith based on

Texans general manager Rick Smith often takes lots of heat from his team’s fans for his roster building over tohe years.

However, the numbers may indicate that Smith may be better than he appears to a lot of fans.

NFL Media’s Mike Huguenin recently rankedthe active NFL general managers with the best record of drafting Pro Bowl players and Smith checked in at No. 4. Here’s what Huguenin had to say about Smith’s work:

Some of this due to Texans have had many players selected to pro bowl.
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Old 03-31-2015, 11:09 AM
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The same article listed Jerry Jones as the "best" GM based on number of Pro Bowl draftees. Are you sure you want that as your benchmark?
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Old 03-31-2015, 11:57 AM
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The depth of a roster is where a GM truly shows his stuff. The Patriots are near the top of he league every year because they have 53 contributing roster spots. They have guys who have huge game plan specific performances that are not even active the following week because of a different game plan.

So Pro Bowl numbers are nice but not the determining factor in wins and losses. But I do think Smith gets overly trashed by fans. This team has been pretty good the last 5 years.
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Old 03-31-2015, 07:30 PM
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You have to look at the 2013 season as a hiccup (or a fainting spell to be more exact) where almost everything that could go wrong did go wrong. They've had the talent in place to be average to above average the past few years. What they've lacked, IMO, is a killer instinct to put games away. Hopefully, O'Brien is building that because they were above .500 without a real QB and put away several teams that they were not much better than.
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