Archives for November 2012

‘”It is the simple fact of everybody looks at it like you just up and left,” he said. “You do not know the fact of basically being told, ‘We are not giving you anything as far as an offer or anything like that.’ Your hands are tied in that aspect. Everybody else looks at it like that you just went into free agency and left.”‘

‘Texans 28, Bills 14.’

‘This team hasn’t had a signature win on the road that defines the team since Jim Kelly retired. So the time has come. No more, “We aren’t in out gaps” or “We played the wrong technique”. It has to be fixed now and what better places to go get your signature win as Houston which is 6-1 or New England which leads the AFC East, two games ahead of Buffalo.’

‘”It’s the people that look at numbers that really don’t know football to be honest,” the second-year player said. “People that really know football, then you turn the film on. Just go turn it on. You watch us, we play lights out on defense play in and play out and then we give up an 80-yard run. It’s very rare that a team can line up and move the ball on us 80 yards in a drive. I mean it happened, it’s happened. It happened against San Francisco. It’s happened. We’re not just this immovable object. We’re playing defense, it’s just the consistency and on the consistent basis that we do [need to] play.”‘

‘Gailey was asked about if that was a groin injury when it was first done and Gailey said, “I think so, hip, groin, I don’t know what it is, you got me, I don’t know that.”‘

‘”The only new thing that’s come up is Erik Pears has been struggling with that hip that he had the procedure on this offseason,” said head coach Chan Gailey. “He went to see a specialist today. So he’ll be back tomorrow and we’ll know more.”‘

‘”I think we’ve had a great plan all along, the problem was in the beginning of the year Fred goes down and then C.J. went down and there was some injury stuff,” said Ryan Fitzpatrick. “Now with them both healthy obviously those are two guys we need to get them their touches during a game. Sometimes it’s going to be handing it off, sometimes it’s going to be the screen game and sometimes empty sets in the pass game and stuff like that. That’s obviously a very important part of our offense. Now we can rely on both of them, and in the game we can do some of the stuff we set out to do all along.”‘

‘This is as close to an impossible matchup as can be for the Bills as they are double digit underdogs on the road against one of the top teams in the league. This could get ugly early and will likely be another blowout loss: Texans 41, Bills 17.’

‘”I’m very excited to go back and play … glad to be a part of it and have an opportunity to get on the field,” he said. “It’s going to be great to see old teammates and old friends … that’s the biggest thing. Whenever you play with somebody for so long, you get the bond and the brothership that you have there. It is going to be great to go back, see the guys and play against them."’

‘”He’s played very well. You could see this coming, I think, in the playoffs last year. The two playoff games he was exceptional,” Texans coach Gary Kubiak said. “I think this all started at the end of last year and has continued, and the guys around him have played well. [Defensive coordinator] Wade [Phillips] does a great job of getting him in position to be successful. We’re very proud of his effort, and obviously, he’s becoming a hell of a player.”‘

‘So run the ball on Sunday, and run it some more. Control the clock, which will accomplish two things: Limit Foster’s opportunities against what is shaping up as one of the worst run defenses in NFL history, and keep defensive end J.J. Watt from terrorizing Ryan Fitzpatrick.’

‘”Everybody looks at it as you just up and leave,” Williams said, making it a point to straighten out what he views as misconceptions about his departure. “But you don’t know the fact of basically being told, ‘We’re not giving you anything as far as an offer or anything like that.’ So your hands are tied in that aspect. Everybody else looks at it like you just went in free agency and left. Obviously, there was plenty of time for things done that wasn’t done.”‘

‘”It’s going to be great to see old teammates and old friends,” he said. “Whenever you play with somebody for so long, you get that bond and brotherhood. It’ll be great to see the guys and get on the field and play against them.”‘

‘”Everybody else looks at it like that you just went into free agency and left,” he said. “Obviously, there was plenty of time for things to be done, and it was not. I just wish everybody else that runs their mouth, says this and that, knew the whole story about it before making a decision about me just abandoning the fans, the team and everything else like that because that is not my role. I am not that type of guy.”‘

Williams: Had no choice but to leave Texans (Houston Chronicle)

Texans tackle Newton draws task of stopping Mario (Houston Chronicle)

NFL teams usually lose gamble when top talent exits via free agency (Houston Chronicle)

Tate, Cody miss practice; Texans release Alexander, claim Grimes off waivers (Houston Chronicle)

Texans sign RB Grimes, waive LB Alexander (AP)

Mario Williams still has issues with the way he left the Texans (KRIV-TV)

Mario Williams critical of Texans front office (KHOU-TV)

Week 9: Buffalo Bills At Houston Texans (KILT-AM)

Ben Tate, Shaun Cody sit out with injuries (HoustonTexans.com)

Texans claim RB Jonathan Grimes off waivers (HoustonTexans.com)

J.J. Watt makes SI cover, attends Justin Bieber concert (HoustonTexans.com)

Quotes: Wednesday practice (HoustonTexans.com)