NAME
 POSITION
 HT.
 WT.
 COLLEGE

 Jon Abbate
 FB
 5-11
 245
 Wake Forest

 Shane Boyd
 QB
 6-1
 232
 Kentucky

 Alex Brink
 QB
 6-2
 208
 Washington St.

 Kevis Coley
 LB
 6-1
 228
 Southern Miss.

 Rosevelt Colvin
 DE
 6-3
 250
 Purdue

 Glenn Earl
 S
 6-1
 215
 Notre Dame

 Greg Eslinger
 C
 6-3
 292
 Minnesota

 Jamar Fletcher
 CB
 5-10
 180
 Wisconsin

 Darnell Jenkins
 WR
 5-10
 188
 Miami (Fla.)

 Ryan Krause
 TE
 6-3
 244
 Neb. – Omaha

 Gabe Long
 DT
 6-3
 290
 Utah

 Anthony Maddox
 DT
 6-1
 305
 Delta St.

 LeRon McCoy
 WR
 6-1
 219
 Indiana (Pa.)

 Ben Moffitt
 LB
 6-2
 245
 South Florida

 Jesse Nading
 DE
 6-5
 258
 Colorado St.

 Derrick Roberson
 CB
 5-10
 185
 Rutgers

 Marcel Shipp
 RB
 5-11
 224
 Massachusetts

 Mark Simmons
 WR
 5-10
 187
 Kansas

 Torrin Tucker
 T
 6-6
 315
 Southern Miss.

 Darius Walker
 RB
 5-11
 205
 Notre Dame

 Dexter Wynn
 CB
 5-9
 175
 Colorado St.

 
Looking at the list, my initial reaction was not to elaborate. I noticed that Tim Bulman and Frank Okam pushed ahead of Anthony Maddox, who was cut after having a sack and an interception in Thursday’s game. Also, the release of Roosevelt Colvin was a suprise. He was a fairly meaningful off season addition and I fully expect to see Colvin be signed by another [...]

…the player who could eventually be the Texans‘ starting running back–Steve Slaton.

Well, the Houston Texans came out strong in their first game of 2008. Who cares if it was only the preseason- for Houston, a “W” is a “W”. In last night’s 19-16 win over the Broncos, I made a few comments to myself and the people sitting around me, here are a few points of interest that I noticed:

Tim Carter should not make this roster. I know the odds are already stacked up against him, but after being on an NFL roster for the past 6 seasons, you can’t drop wide open passes.
On a happier note at wide receiver, David Anderson [...]

In a recent article from the August 11th Sports Illustrated Magazine, they ranked the Texans offensive line as the number one unit in their “coming on strong” section. Here is what they had to say:
1. Houston. The most porous line in football not long ago, the Texans have found a way to stop the pass rush: Their 22 sacks allowed in 2007 were less than a third of their ‘ 05 tally (68). This year the run blocking will catch up, thanks to the hiring of zone-blocking guru Alex Gibbs, who worked with Texans coach Gary Kubiak when they were [...]