Texans may move 2017 training camp to the Greenbrier Resort (West Virginia)

[barrett]

Any training camp news?

[HPF Bob]

I'm seeing a lot of quiet out of both Texan and Bronco fans - and for the same reason. They have a championship-caliber defense and some parts on offense but the quarterback is untested and the offensive line is a worry. So they aren't sure if they can get to the playoffs or not but they are guardedly optimistic. On paper, I don't think any team in the AFC South is better than Houston as long as we get decent play from the OL and the QB. Conversely, I could see the Broncos finishing last in the AFC West with a slightly better squad than Houston.

If we can get Watt, Clowney, Mercilus healthy at one time with all the Johnsons and Jacksons in the secondary, we could have one of the best-ever defenses. IF. The window will close quickly.

[Nconroe]

Originally Posted by barrett

Any training camp news?

I heard we have 90 super football All Stars, , great coaching, , super teamwork, but we can only keep 53 guys.

I'm hoping to drop by Greenbriar a day or two, some good friends and family in Virginia and PA.

[chuck]

Originally Posted by Nconroe

I heard we have 90 super football All Stars, , great coaching, , super teamwork, but we can only keep 53 guys.

You must have been listening to John Harris.

Arky, right this minute I'm hanging out in my balcony hammock here:

https://www.google.com/maps/@8.9900512,-79.525441,20z

I was walking around earlier and passed one of those police checkpoints I was talking about. They had some fairly affluent looking guy stopped and he was out of the car, furious, screaming at someone on the phone, They're going to take me to fng JAIL!

I don't know whether his registration was out of date or he didn't have valid insurance or what. I just found it remarkable that the local constabulary was able to detain and subdue such a dangerous criminal without resorting to gunplay. I mean, these guys were super nonchalant. They didn't even have their guns drawn and trained on the suspect or anything. Maybe they're just naive and don't realize the perilous danger of a routine traffic stop. Of course the scofflaw was white, so that probably had something to do with it.

[Arky]

Originally Posted by chuck

...must have been listening to John Harris.

....

Man, ain't that the truth. Harris never met a Houston Texan he didn't like.

So that's where all the not-a-necks live.

I can't speak Spanish very good at all. My neighbor doesn't speak English very good at all. The other day I was out repairing the chain link fence that separates our two yards. He walked up and offered to help. For the next 3 or 4 hours, we communicated with single words and hands motions. Finished a full day's job in probably half a day. ....

[chuck]

Well, it's where one not-a-neck, one colombiana and one pana-gringuito live. There's quite a mix in the building, and quite a mix in the city, which I like a lot. It's not New York or London or even Houston as far as diversity goes, but for Latin America it is an unusually diverse place. So nobody takes much notice of whatever I might be up to.

I prefer to live in my house on the beach but my son is in a sort of school here in the city that's doing him a lot of good and that's obviously the priority. There are more and more schools popping up out there as the expat community grows so who knows, maybe we'll end up back out there at some point.

Where is your neighbor from?

[Arky]

Not sure where my neighbor is from. I assume Mexico. Wife, several kids. He had chickens for a while (smelly). Then he had a horse for a while (not as smelly). I liked the horse. Now, just a few dogs.

I've seen pictures of your town and it seems modern. Due to location, it's not surprising it would be somewhat international.

Not a fan of Kevin Eschenfelder calling the Astro broadcasts. He's got the Jim Rome/Suzy Kulber kinda belligerent sports-guy voice delivery. Todd Kalas much better, IMO. Blummer (Geoff Blum) is OK. You get all the US sports and TV where you are?

[chuck]

Originally Posted by Arky

Not sure where my neighbor is from. I assume Mexico. Wife, several kids. He had chickens for a while (smelly). Then he had a horse for a while (not as smelly). I liked the horse. Now, just a few dogs.

I've seen pictures of your town and it seems modern. Due to location, it's not surprising it would be somewhat international.

Not a fan of Kevin Eschenfelder calling the Astro broadcasts. He's got the Jim Rome/Suzy Kulber kinda belligerent sports-guy voice delivery. Todd Kalas much better, IMO. Blummer (Geoff Blum) is OK. You get all the US sports and TV where you are?

I buy the mlb.tv package and the NFL Game Pass package. I get all the games and I avoid the commercials. A bargain at twice the price.

No tandem will ever compare to Brown - Deshaies, but I'm perfectly happy listening to Kalas and Blum. Eschenfelder isn't any good, but he's better than Stanton. I'd rather listen to Ashby than Stanton.

And I'd rather listen to a car alarm than Ashby.

The MLB product sort of sucks but it usually works. The NFL product is excellent and is a perfectly good illustration of the difference between the two leagues. One is run by morons who feel like they have a monopoly; the other is run by people who want to make money and are happy to make the effort in order to ensure that it happens.

The only other sports I care about are the national futbol team which I can obviously watch on TV if I'm not at the game in person and my own team whose games I almost always see if I'm in the country. We have a warm-up game tomorrow at 8 AM that I think I might miss. I'm pretty sure they'll carry on just fine without me.