The Texans have a very good white receiving tight end, a very good white starting wide receiver, and another white receiver who may see the field a lot in the slot. This is Caste System blasphemy, though it's compensated for by an all-black defense.
And David Anderson, the slot receiver who is currently third or fourth on the depth chart, could always be waived by Houston again, as occurred several times in 2006 and 2007. Anderson was a record-breaking receiver at Colorado State who is Wes Welker sized and is even better running after the catch than Welker though not quite as quick. He had but 1 reception for Houston in '06 and 12 last year. For the moment he is ahead of Jacoby Jones, last year's rookie who instantly enthralled the media and the drunk white fans but who turns out not to be very good (in Caste System-ese he's still "raw" and a "project"). But being black Jones is filled with potential while Anderson is a hard-working overachiever whose standing is always tentative, especially with the presence of Kevin Walter on the team.
Walter, to the embarrassment of white fans everywhere, held off Jones, Andre Davis and all other comers to earn the number two starting job at receiver in '07 and responded with 65/800/4. Before that he had been used almost exclusively as a White Special Teams Demon by the Bengals, and before that he was released by the Giants.
Walter is tall, runs great routes and knows how to get open when the quarterback is pressured, and has excellent hands. He can be used as a possession receiver and as a deep threat. After being routinely dissed last year, Walter is now being compared to Ed McCaffrey, quite a compliment even keeping in mind the ironclad racist rule that white receivers can only be compared to other white receivers.
Starting quarterback Matt Schaub, now in his fifth season after being drafted by Atlanta and sitting behind Michael Vick for three years, started for Houston in '07 and looked very good, though the Texans' eternally bad offensive line allowed Schaub to get pummeled and eventually injured. If he can stay healthy Schaub will be a solid producer for many years, possibly even an elite one.
Sage Rosenfels backs up Schaub. The 8 year veteran out of Iowa State looked very capable replacing an injured (and at times benched) Schaub last season.
Houston has a white troika at tight end, led by Owen Daniels. The former Wisconsin great kept improving his first two seasons in the league and is widely predicted to become among the best at his position at 2008 even though the Texans stumbled out of the gate in the season opener against Pittsburgh. Daniels has soft hands and knows how to run after the catch.
The backup TEs are ageless Mark Bruener and Joel Dreessen. Bruener, in his 14th season in the NFL, is perhaps the best blocker at his position in the league.
There are three white starters on the line -- Chris Myers out of Miami is the center; Mike Brisiel is the right guard; and Eric Winston, another former Hurricane, starts at right tackle.
Kasey Studdard is a backup guard.
There are only two white defensive players on the roster, both backups. Tackle Jeff Zgonina, like Mark Bruener, is another ageless wonder, entering his 16th NFL campaign. Houston is Zgonina's seventh team following stints with Pittsburgh, Carolina, St. Louis, Atlanta, Indianapolis, St. Louis again, and Miami.
Fourth year tackle Tim Bulman has been released several times by both Arizona and Houston without seeing much action.
NUMBER OF WHITE STARTERS: 6
APPROXIMATE NUMBER OF WHITE PLAYERS ON 53 MAN ROSTER: 16
GRADE: D-
And David Anderson, the slot receiver who is currently third or fourth on the depth chart, could always be waived by Houston again, as occurred several times in 2006 and 2007. Anderson was a record-breaking receiver at Colorado State who is Wes Welker sized and is even better running after the catch than Welker though not quite as quick. He had but 1 reception for Houston in '06 and 12 last year. For the moment he is ahead of Jacoby Jones, last year's rookie who instantly enthralled the media and the drunk white fans but who turns out not to be very good (in Caste System-ese he's still "raw" and a "project"). But being black Jones is filled with potential while Anderson is a hard-working overachiever whose standing is always tentative, especially with the presence of Kevin Walter on the team.
Walter, to the embarrassment of white fans everywhere, held off Jones, Andre Davis and all other comers to earn the number two starting job at receiver in '07 and responded with 65/800/4. Before that he had been used almost exclusively as a White Special Teams Demon by the Bengals, and before that he was released by the Giants.
Walter is tall, runs great routes and knows how to get open when the quarterback is pressured, and has excellent hands. He can be used as a possession receiver and as a deep threat. After being routinely dissed last year, Walter is now being compared to Ed McCaffrey, quite a compliment even keeping in mind the ironclad racist rule that white receivers can only be compared to other white receivers.
Starting quarterback Matt Schaub, now in his fifth season after being drafted by Atlanta and sitting behind Michael Vick for three years, started for Houston in '07 and looked very good, though the Texans' eternally bad offensive line allowed Schaub to get pummeled and eventually injured. If he can stay healthy Schaub will be a solid producer for many years, possibly even an elite one.
Sage Rosenfels backs up Schaub. The 8 year veteran out of Iowa State looked very capable replacing an injured (and at times benched) Schaub last season.
Houston has a white troika at tight end, led by Owen Daniels. The former Wisconsin great kept improving his first two seasons in the league and is widely predicted to become among the best at his position at 2008 even though the Texans stumbled out of the gate in the season opener against Pittsburgh. Daniels has soft hands and knows how to run after the catch.
The backup TEs are ageless Mark Bruener and Joel Dreessen. Bruener, in his 14th season in the NFL, is perhaps the best blocker at his position in the league.
There are three white starters on the line -- Chris Myers out of Miami is the center; Mike Brisiel is the right guard; and Eric Winston, another former Hurricane, starts at right tackle.
Kasey Studdard is a backup guard.
There are only two white defensive players on the roster, both backups. Tackle Jeff Zgonina, like Mark Bruener, is another ageless wonder, entering his 16th NFL campaign. Houston is Zgonina's seventh team following stints with Pittsburgh, Carolina, St. Louis, Atlanta, Indianapolis, St. Louis again, and Miami.
Fourth year tackle Tim Bulman has been released several times by both Arizona and Houston without seeing much action.
NUMBER OF WHITE STARTERS: 6
APPROXIMATE NUMBER OF WHITE PLAYERS ON 53 MAN ROSTER: 16
GRADE: D-
