Archives for November 1, 2012

‘”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)

‘The Bills have allowed an NFL-worst 1,238 yards rushing so far this season.’

‘”I’ve got a lot of respect for Mario,” Kubiak said. “I think a lot of him as a person and a player. He’s a hell of a player. You got to pay a great deal of attention to him. We got to play good to beat their football team and Mario is a big part of that.”‘

‘”Everybody looks at it as that you just up and leave, but you don’t know the fact of being told, ‘We’re not giving you anything’ as far as an offer so you’re hands are tied in that aspect and everybody else looks at it like he just went to free agency and left. There was plenty of time for things to be done and it wasn’t and that’s fine with me, I just wish everybody that runs their mouth and says this or that and doesn’t know the whole story about it before making a decision about me just abandoning the fans, the team and everything else because that’s not me, I’m not that type of guy.”‘

‘”Basically [I’m] just playing it by ear seeing what they’re going to do and how they’re gonna go about this,” Brooks said. “But, everything is really out of my control. It’s just, sit back and see what the coaches want to do.”‘

‘With head coach Chan Gailey saying on Wednesday that chances of their high-priced defensive end being ready to play against the Houston Texans were “in the 90s,” the seventh-year player getting back to work is a big step in that direction.’

‘Gailey said Terrence McGee will give it a try and that Mark Anderson won’t decide on practice until Thursday, but it’s not looking good.’