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It looks worse and worse for Green so I am wondering about long term possibility at RB for HOU. Dayne is a solid backup but I don't see him getting a chance to be the starter next year or they would have given him a chance this year. Here is what Kubiac said in his press conference after this week's game:
(on the team’s running back situation) “Well, first off I’ll start with Ahman (Green). He’s better today. Of course not playing this weekend, the rest, he gets better. Is he ready to all of a sudden go back and play this week, I don’t think I can sit here and say that. It’s going to be a day-to-day thing and it’s something that we’ve got to take a hard, hard look at here over the course of this next week and probably, probably about one more week and see if he’s going to be able to step up and help us again. It’s really all dependent on him and how he feels and how much he can work through, and we’re trying to be as patient as we can and give him opportunity to do that and we’ll just kind of see what happens day to day.
“We know Ronnie (Dayne)’s going to be there, he’s going to be there week in and week out for us. He’s always done that. Joe (Adimchinobi Echemandu), of course he has one carry yesterday and put the ball on the ground. We can’t do that. He’s got to protect the football. But it is time to give the other kid (Darius Walker) a chance. Now how far we go with that – is he active this week – how far we progress with Darius, I can’t really say right now. But we are definitely going to get him involved. He’ll be working with the offense this week and then we’ll make a decision as far as activating him, but I think Ronnie’s the constant and from there we’ve just got to give those other kids a chance.”
(on the decision involving RB Darius Walker) “I think Darius, I’ve already seen him practice and I think he deserves an opportunity to help the team. He’s practiced really, really well. We give out a scout team player of the week award; he’s won it a couple times. He’s practicing well. He’s growing up. He’s doing better. So he deserves a chance from that standpoint, and how much a chance he gets probably has a lot to do with Ahman (Green) and what happens here over the course of the next week or two, so we’ll see.”
(on if RB Ahman Green could possibly be placed on injured reserve) “That’s the only possibility in this league if you’ve got a guy who can’t play and can’t get well, but with him right now, I don’t see that right now as I talk to you today. We’re sure hoping that he can help this football team. Unfortunately, it’s hard to have patience when you’ve got problems in other areas, because you’re taking a roster spot. We’ve got issues in the secondary and of course issues at running back, but we’re trying to be as patient as we can and make sure that we give him every opportunity to feel like he can fight through this and help us before we would make a decision of that nature. So we’re going to continue to try to have as much patience as we can, and hopefully he makes progress.”
http://www.houstontexans.com/news/Story.asp?story_id=3926
My thoughts:
1) Dayne isn't going anywhere and they like his reliability; he is worth a roster spot in deep leauges because of what he did this year. No matter who is the starter next year I wouldn't be surprised if Dayne is RB2. On the other hand, they want to look at "the young guys" and I don't see him being the featured back next year any more than he was this year.
2) Kubiac is down on Eche; since that one good game he hasn't done much and he put the ball ont he turf. Kubiac hasn't completely given up on him but it is not good.
3) Darius Walker is going to get some looks.
4) None of these guys may be the starter next year as the team may draft a RB or get another guy in free agency; but at least the two young guys will have a chance depending upon what they do down the stretch.
Questions:
1) Any one know much about Walker? Seen him play in college?
2) If you only have room to take a chance on one of these guys, which one do you roster?
(on the team’s running back situation) “Well, first off I’ll start with Ahman (Green). He’s better today. Of course not playing this weekend, the rest, he gets better. Is he ready to all of a sudden go back and play this week, I don’t think I can sit here and say that. It’s going to be a day-to-day thing and it’s something that we’ve got to take a hard, hard look at here over the course of this next week and probably, probably about one more week and see if he’s going to be able to step up and help us again. It’s really all dependent on him and how he feels and how much he can work through, and we’re trying to be as patient as we can and give him opportunity to do that and we’ll just kind of see what happens day to day.
“We know Ronnie (Dayne)’s going to be there, he’s going to be there week in and week out for us. He’s always done that. Joe (Adimchinobi Echemandu), of course he has one carry yesterday and put the ball on the ground. We can’t do that. He’s got to protect the football. But it is time to give the other kid (Darius Walker) a chance. Now how far we go with that – is he active this week – how far we progress with Darius, I can’t really say right now. But we are definitely going to get him involved. He’ll be working with the offense this week and then we’ll make a decision as far as activating him, but I think Ronnie’s the constant and from there we’ve just got to give those other kids a chance.”
(on the decision involving RB Darius Walker) “I think Darius, I’ve already seen him practice and I think he deserves an opportunity to help the team. He’s practiced really, really well. We give out a scout team player of the week award; he’s won it a couple times. He’s practicing well. He’s growing up. He’s doing better. So he deserves a chance from that standpoint, and how much a chance he gets probably has a lot to do with Ahman (Green) and what happens here over the course of the next week or two, so we’ll see.”
(on if RB Ahman Green could possibly be placed on injured reserve) “That’s the only possibility in this league if you’ve got a guy who can’t play and can’t get well, but with him right now, I don’t see that right now as I talk to you today. We’re sure hoping that he can help this football team. Unfortunately, it’s hard to have patience when you’ve got problems in other areas, because you’re taking a roster spot. We’ve got issues in the secondary and of course issues at running back, but we’re trying to be as patient as we can and make sure that we give him every opportunity to feel like he can fight through this and help us before we would make a decision of that nature. So we’re going to continue to try to have as much patience as we can, and hopefully he makes progress.”
http://www.houstontexans.com/news/Story.asp?story_id=3926
My thoughts:
1) Dayne isn't going anywhere and they like his reliability; he is worth a roster spot in deep leauges because of what he did this year. No matter who is the starter next year I wouldn't be surprised if Dayne is RB2. On the other hand, they want to look at "the young guys" and I don't see him being the featured back next year any more than he was this year.
2) Kubiac is down on Eche; since that one good game he hasn't done much and he put the ball ont he turf. Kubiac hasn't completely given up on him but it is not good.
3) Darius Walker is going to get some looks.
4) None of these guys may be the starter next year as the team may draft a RB or get another guy in free agency; but at least the two young guys will have a chance depending upon what they do down the stretch.
Questions:
1) Any one know much about Walker? Seen him play in college?
2) If you only have room to take a chance on one of these guys, which one do you roster?
