EC34 Posted May 1 Report Share Posted May 1 QB - Levis, Rudolph, Wilson - Better'ish - Levis in year 2. Addition by subtraction? RB - Spears, Pollard, Chestnut, Johnson - Uncertain, though as with QB, possibly addition by subtraction? OL - Latham, Skoronski, Cushenbery, Brunskill, Petit-Frere, Radunz, Watson, Duncan , Charles- Better TE - Okonkwo, Whyle, ? - Uncertain WR - Ridley, Hopkins, Burks, Phillips, Westbrook, Jackson - Better Holes still to be plugged - run blocking tight end and OT (whichever one Latham doesn't play) Difference Maker - Brian Callahan Will fail if - Levis can't step forward or gets hurt. DL: Simmons, Sweat, Joseph, Coburn, Bohanna, Weaver, Harrel - Better against run, worse in pass rush - uncertain in general ILB: Gray, Murray, Gibbens, Reese - uncertain EDGE: Landry, Key, Campbell, Williams - worse (No Autry) CB: Awuzie, Sneed, Molden, McReary, Brownlee - Better (by miles) S: Hooker, Molden, Brown, ? - Same K/P/KR - Folk, Stonehouse, Jackson - Better Holes still to be plugged: Safety Difference Maker - Sneed Will fail if - Sweat can't be a 3 down player who is able to keep the heat off Simmons, Gray and Murray If the season started tomorrow, I would guess 5 - 7 wins. That said, its inarguable that the roster has improved significantly on the OL and in the CB room. LIke it or hate it, the most exciting change is in the coaching staff. The Texans are on another level - but the rest of the division is in my mind very beatable. Should be fun season to experience a more open offense and a defense that has the potential to take the ball away. SleepingTitan 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
charleytolar Posted May 2 Report Share Posted May 2 I, for one, have renewed my Sunday Ticket. japan, and Number9 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SleepingTitan Posted May 2 Report Share Posted May 2 I hope Sweat makes me look like a fool. I did see a video of him and all the Texas draftees working out at Texas together to get their conditioning up Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post BudsOilers Posted May 2 Popular Post Report Share Posted May 2 18 hours ago, SleepingTitan said: I hope Sweat makes me look like a fool. I did see a video of him and all the Texas draftees working out at Texas together to get their conditioning up You don't need his help.....You're good. IowaOiler, TheBukafax, Bink, and 5 others 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
freakingeek Posted May 3 Report Share Posted May 3 The critical areas that needed most improvement was the offensive line, WR, and CB and I thought we killed it there. With some improvement at the QB position I think we win 8-9 games. Still some holes to fill on the Dline but I think we had a solid draft/offseason. ChemEngr79, Pragidealist, and titanruss 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kgsTitan Posted May 3 Report Share Posted May 3 (edited) The only positions I know for certain have been improved are C, WR, and CB, in that order. Everything else is a total question mark. I won't be shocked at all if the OL overall is still worst in the league and handicaps the team again this season, just as it has the past two. If so, nothing else really matters. Personally, I don't think near enough has been done at OL to get us out of the cellar. We'll see if the big CB additions improve the defense overall, but on paper it's about the same or slightly worse. Key and Landry will have to be way better than last year, and Murray will have to be an upgrade over Al-Shaiir or we're fucked. I expect us to be better against the pass and worse against the run. Edited May 3 by kgsTitan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ctm Posted May 4 Report Share Posted May 4 (edited) LT will be dramatically improved. The second ILB spot will be improved. Offensive play calling will be better. Edited May 4 by ctm Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
No1TitansFan Posted May 5 Report Share Posted May 5 (edited) Some of these OL drafted high previously have to show some growth and with Bill C on board, I'm cautiously optimistic they will. Rad in particular is getting near contract time and there's a huge difference between what a backup vs. an established starter gets on their 2nd contract. Edited May 5 by No1TitansFan DCTitan 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Callidus Posted May 5 Report Share Posted May 5 5 minutes ago, No1TitansFan said: Some of these OL drafted high previously have to show some growth and with Bill C on board, I'm cautiously optimistic they will. Rad in particular is getting near contract time and there's a huge difference between what a backup vs. an established starter gets on their 2nd contract. I was thinking about that. Him having an OK but not great season. Enough to get a decent 3-4 year deal and keep growing with some stability and real coaching could get us a relatively cheap solid starter. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Number9 Posted May 5 Report Share Posted May 5 On 5/1/2024 at 5:02 PM, EC34 said: RB - Spears, Pollard, Chestnut, Johnson - Uncertain, though as with QB, possibly addition by subtraction? Damn! Callidus 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Number9 Posted May 5 Report Share Posted May 5 I hope the officials stay neutral. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bongo59 Posted May 5 Report Share Posted May 5 On 5/1/2024 at 5:02 PM, EC34 said: QB - Levis, Rudolph, Wilson - Better'ish - Levis in year 2. Addition by subtraction? RB - Spears, Pollard, Chestnut, Johnson - Uncertain, though as with QB, possibly addition by subtraction? OL - Latham, Skoronski, Cushenbery, Brunskill, Petit-Frere, Radunz, Watson, Duncan , Charles- Better TE - Okonkwo, Whyle, ? - Uncertain WR - Ridley, Hopkins, Burks, Phillips, Westbrook, Jackson - Better Holes still to be plugged - run blocking tight end and OT (whichever one Latham doesn't play) Difference Maker - Brian Callahan Will fail if - Levis can't step forward or gets hurt. DL: Simmons, Sweat, Joseph, Coburn, Bohanna, Weaver, Harrel - Better against run, worse in pass rush - uncertain in general ILB: Gray, Murray, Gibbens, Reese - uncertain EDGE: Landry, Key, Campbell, Williams - worse (No Autry) CB: Awuzie, Sneed, Molden, McReary, Brownlee - Better (by miles) S: Hooker, Molden, Brown, ? - Same K/P/KR - Folk, Stonehouse, Jackson - Better Holes still to be plugged: Safety Difference Maker - Sneed Will fail if - Sweat can't be a 3 down player who is able to keep the heat off Simmons, Gray and Murray If the season started tomorrow, I would guess 5 - 7 wins. That said, its inarguable that the roster has improved significantly on the OL and in the CB room. LIke it or hate it, the most exciting change is in the coaching staff. The Texans are on another level - but the rest of the division is in my mind very beatable. Should be fun season to experience a more open offense and a defense that has the potential to take the ball away. So with a terrible roster Vrabel got 6 wins. If BC only gets 5-7 with this roster firing Vrabel was a huge mistake. This team better win 8-10 or BC/RC team is on the hot seat right away. DCTitan, Supernope, and IsntLifeFunny 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Number9 Posted May 5 Report Share Posted May 5 1 hour ago, Bongo59 said: So with a terrible roster Vrabel got 6 wins. If BC only gets 5-7 with this roster firing Vrabel was a huge mistake. This team better win 8-10 or BC/RC team is on the hot seat right away. freakingeek 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WG53 Posted May 5 Report Share Posted May 5 2 hours ago, Bongo59 said: So with a terrible roster Vrabel got 6 wins. If BC only gets 5-7 with this roster firing Vrabel was a huge mistake. This team better win 8-10 or BC/RC team is on the hot seat right away. IsntLifeFunny, Callidus, Supernope, and 1 other 2 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nash Posted May 7 Report Share Posted May 7 I'm anxious to see the battle at right guard and tackle.. assuming right guard is between Radunz, Charles, Rupcich, and Brunskill, then Right tackle is between NPF, Watson, Duncan, and Ojukwo.. of course the runner up could be a swing tackle.. I also wonder if Bailey Zappe might be available to be the #3 quarterback, since Joe Milton was drafted by the Patriots.. titanruss, smokeater, and titanskick8851 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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