Subject: Owen Daniels

• Texans Better. Mario, Not So Much.

  August 21, 2007

• Long Snaps with Bryan Pittman: God, Elephantitis and Those Damn Dirty Patriots

  September 27, 2007

• Texans-Titans: Houston Looking a Little Better, But Not Good Enough

  September 21, 2008

• Texans-Jaguars: The Moral of the Tale

  September 29, 2008

• Texans Better Watch Out for Purple Jesus

  October 31, 2008

• Tuesday Morning Quarterbacking: Texans Settle Into Mediocrity

  Okay, so the Texans beat the Chicago Bears on Sunday to finish their second straight season at 8-8. That's two seasons in a row of mediocrity. Can I have a YAY TEAM! Over at the Chron, Richard Justice thinks the team is heading in the right direction and has turned the corner. He likes how Gary Kubiak gets the team mentally into the next game. Just like he got the team mentally into those games with Pittsburgh, Oakland, Baltimore, and Minnesota. (Never mind what Justice wrote earlier

  December 30, 2008

• Tuesday Morning Quarterbacking: Texans Settle Into Mediocrity

  Okay, so the Texans beat the Chicago Bears on Sunday to finish their second straight season at 8-8. That's two seasons in a row of mediocrity. Can I have a YAY TEAM! Over at the Chron, Richard Justice thinks the team is heading in the right direction and has turned the corner. He likes how Gary Kubiak gets the team mentally into the next game. Just like he got the team mentally into those games with Pittsburgh, Oakland, Baltimore, and Minnesota. (Never mind what Justice wrote earlier

  December 30, 2008

• The Texans' Owen Daniels, Conducting His Contract Holdout Via Facebook

  You might have heard the news today that Houston Texans tight end Owen Daniels has decided to join Texans defensive back Dunta Robinson by not reporting for "voluntary" off-season training activities today. And both are holding out for a better contract offer from the Texans.But Daniels took his hold-out that extra step today when he decided to use his Facebook page to vent his anger. Now I'm not one of Daniels' Facebook friends, so I don't have actual access to his Facebook page. Luckily for us

  June 9, 2009

• Never Depend On A QB Named "The Sex Cannon"

  I stumbled over to the Texans website the other day, and after looking through things for a bit, I guess that I should buy my Super Bowl tickets because, if you listen to Texans employee Marc Vandermeer, this is an outstanding team at every position on the field. I especially like how he calls the signing of Rex "The Sex Cannon" Grossman an outstanding addition to the team.But as a friend of mine who is big into fantasy football told me, the mere thought of Grossman taking a single snap as the T

  July 2, 2009

• Remembering Steve McNair, Once An Oiler

  Steve McNair was going to be the next savior of the Houston Oilers. Bud Adams decided he didn't want to stick around in Houston, however, and McNair ended up becoming the first savior of the Tennessee Titans. Nicknamed "Air Mcnair," he was the Oilers' number-one pick in the 1995 draft who came from an obscure college who some thought couldn't quarterback a legitimate NFL offense.  McNair ended up lasting 13 seasons in the NFL, leading the Titans to the Super Bowl in January of 2000, and

  July 6, 2009

• 25 Key Things To Watch For In The Texans' Pre-Season Opener

  ​With the Houston Texans kicking off pre-season play tomorrow night, I thought I would throw out a list of 25 things to watch or listen for during the game.1. Does Matt Schaub make it through two series of plays without any type of injury?2. What kind of stupid catchphrase is radio voice Marc Vandermeer going to trot out this season?3. Spencer Tillman will find some way to refer to some fourth-stringer who will be among the first to be cut after the game as "great."4. Given enough time during

  August 14, 2009

• Some (Few) Good Things Emerge From Texans' Monday-Night Loss

  ​It's never truly Texans season until there's the first Matt Schaub injury scare. This year, it came before the season even started -- when the Texans' QB ran out of bounds and turned his left ankle in Monday night's 17-10 preseason loss to the Vikings.But Schaub recovered, and so did the Texans, who despite a disastrous start finally showed a few glimpses -- emphasis on "few" -- of the winning team so many expected them to be in 2009.Adrian Peterson's 75-yard romp through the Texans defense o

  September 1, 2009

• At Long Last, Texans Play According to Plan

  ​For a franchise that has spent its entire existence searching for signs of turning a corner, the Texans on Sunday showed as many as they ever have. On the field, the Texans did what they never seem to do - win big in a game they're supposed to, routing the hapless Raiders 29-6 at Reliant Stadium. It was in stark contrast to their performance late last season against this same team, when they came out flat in Oakland and choked away a chance at the club's first winning season. But perh

  October 5, 2009

• Game Time: Inside The Mind Of The Houston Texans Fan

  ​Pretty much every social instinct I employ comes from George Costanza of Seinfeld fame.  (... and yes, the fact that it's been 11-plus years since the Seinfeld finale means I officially have to remind people who George Costanza was.)*"Whatever your instincts tell you to do, do the opposite.""It's not a lie, if you believe it."But my favorite Costanza-ism of all time is George's parting shot in any relationship on which he has soured ... "It's not you, it's me." You see, despite the fact

  October 26, 2009

• Game Time: Friday Broken Glass

  ​Just cleaning up some random broken glass in my "Blog" folder on a Friday ... Can You Guess This Team? Channeling my inner Cosmo Kramer... WHO WANTS TO HAVE SOME FUN?! Ok, well, I'm going to describe a fairly well known football team to many of you, and after I'm finished describing them, see if you can guess what team it is! The answer is below. (Sorry, other than recommending you go print my NBA Preview post and spend a couple hours on the crapper, this is the best I can do to distrac

  October 30, 2009

• Why The Texans Losing Owen Daniels Isn't As Bad As You Think

  Photo courtesy of Brit_2​For most teams, a season-ending injury to arguably the NFL's best receiving tight end would be considered a devastating loss. But to the Texans, the absence of Owen Daniels may not be all that significant. Sure, Sunday's come-from-behind, 31-10 romp over Buffalo was tempered with news of Daniels' apparent torn ACL. Yet, at the same time, it's hard to overlook how the Texans (5-3) still managed to post a 21-point road victory - all without Daniels and after handin

  November 2, 2009

• Game Time: Weekend Review

  ​I hope everyone had a great weekend, and that you were all able to enjoy the nice weather by moving your television and recliner into your driveway to watch football on TV.  I'd like to start off by welcoming the Texans to this new thing for them called "November".  Boys, I know in the past this has typically been the month where you start making hotel reservations for your first post season golf trip (or if you're a wide receiver, this is the month you hope and pray that Andre

  November 2, 2009

• Game Time: The Horrible Turn Of The Texans' Owen Daniels

  ​(I want you all to watch in amazement while I introduce you to the literary technique known as the "shplegue". This stands for "shameless plug that turns into a segue." Watch and learn...)I'm not sure how many of you have seen the web-based tragicomedy Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog, but this coming Monday at the River Oaks Theater is the world premiere of the unofficial prequel Horrible Turn, starring yours truly as Police Commissioner Tommy O'Chimina (and by "starring", I mean I'm in the m

  November 3, 2009

• Game Time: Larusso Vs. Skywalker, The Death Match

  ​I'm not afraid to admit it, I'm a huge fan of The Karate Kid. And I'm not just talking "guilty pleasure" fan.No sir, not only do I actually own all three DVD's in the Karate Kid trilogy, but my Karate Kid III DVD actually has some scenes that skip because of wear and tear. Yeah, you heard me, the Karate Kid movie whose central storyline involved a Wall Street tycoon spending every waking moment of his day trying to figure out a way to mentally and physically destroy a skinny teenage kid fro

  November 4, 2009

• Game Time: Kick In The Junk...Wide Left

  ​I woke up Sunday morning thinking that things had to get better. After a week that started off with a right cross from Kobe, a left hook from the Yankees, and a sucker punch in the junk from Notre Dame, I thought surely these events were just karmic balance for what was going to be the biggest win in the history of the Texans franchise.If the price I had to pay for the Texans announcing with authority their presence in Relevantville was enduring Kobe's ridiculous underbite sneer, living in a

  November 9, 2009