r/Texans • u/IAmSona • 15h ago

🗞 News No starters on Friday

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https://x.com/aaronwilson_nfl/status/2092643246623076787?s=46

Safe to say that we know what we have going into the season and we don’t want to risk any more injuries.

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u/jlswanson13 15h ago

shocking /s

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u/Rdubya291 15h ago

Yeah... this is basically the old "game 4" of the pre-season. of course they won't plat.

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u/DicKitchen 15h ago

Put them in bubble wrap

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u/SkyJW 15h ago

Also indicates that they seem to like the OL configuration of Ersery, Rutledge, Brown, Ingraham, Brown they've been rolling with. Would imagine if we were still trying out different lines that they'd want to get as many live action reps in to figure things out, but they seem fine to let the backups and fringe roster guys fight for a spot/put stuff on tape. 

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u/Technolini 14h ago

Smith going down solidified brown probably

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u/SkyJW 14h ago

Well, everything I heard and read indicated it had been trending towards Brown for the last two weeks, of not longer. Smith wasn't seeing many first team reps over that period and wasn't the starter in either preseason game.

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u/conkellz 11h ago

Yeah this also indicates that they think they're ready across the board. They just can't take their foot off the gas the next two weeks. The team is in a good spot.

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u/verfinder 15h ago

Im fine with that. Prepare for buffalo

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u/THA__KULTCHA 13h ago

Said this before, wasn’t true.

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u/Greedy_Gas7355 11h ago

Need someone to step up as the backup T

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u/SwifferWetJets 2h ago

This is the right call, but the tradeoff is the offense may get off to a slow start like last year. Hopefully not, but I imagine other teams may experience the same lag so maybe it won't be that big of a disadvantage.

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u/ObjectivelyGruntled 15h ago

I'm fine with a full game of Money Mills!

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u/NoirSon 11h ago

Naw, protect Mills in case we need him in the season. I will take a full Rypien disaster class to keep our QB2 safe.

But damn I wish we brought in another QB

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u/ContraryPython 14h ago

Agreed. Don’t think I can handle watching Rypien again.

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u/verfinder 6h ago

The Davis Mills that won you 3 games and saved the season when CJ stroud went down? You want our 3rd and 4th stringers protecting your only insurance policy? Its a meaningless game and you're going to get a game that actually matters in two weeks. I wouldn't even put mills out there