Caste Football Looks at the 2010 Houston Texans
The Texans look much like they have in recent seasons since Gary Kubiak became head coach, being one of the relatively more "white friendly" teams in a league in which no team has had a majority White roster or a majority of White starters in nearly 30 years.
The Texans had 7 White starters on offense last season, but the number has dropped by one this year due to just 2 Whites starting on the line. Chris Myers, a sixth year man out of Miami, is the starting center, while another Miami grad, Eric Winston, ably holds down the right tackle spot.
Mike Brisiel backs up at both center and guard. Kasey Studdard is a backup guard.
Starting QB Matt Schaub has overcome some injury concerns earlier in his career to become one of the best at his position, leading the NFL in passing yardage in 2009 with 4,770, the 6th most in league history, and adding 29 TD throws.
Schaub is backed up by Dan Orlovsky, and Matt Leinart, who was signed after being run out of Arizona after what can best be described as a hate campaign against him orchestrated by the Caste media after it was learned that Ken Whisenhunt was unhappy with his performance in training camp. Leinartwas the recipient of non-stop one-sided vitriol describing him as a "bust" -- even though the former first round draft pick and Heisman Trophy winner who led USC to two national championships had hardly played in the regular season since his rookie year, and had hardly thrown an incompletion during 2010 preseason games. This is an ongoing phenomenon that takes place against White NFL players at all positions but never black ones. Another prime example during the 2010 preseason was Colt McCoy, who was the object of rumors that the Browns were going to cut him during his rookie training camp despite his being a third round draft pick (after being projected as a possible first rounder) and a brilliant collegiate career at Texas.
Kevin Walter is one of the Texans' starting wide receivers for a fourth season after being signed away from White Special Teams Demon obscurity in Cincinnati (and before that with the Giants). Walter is one of the best number two receivers in the NFL, smart, good size and speed, excellent hands and route running ability, and a reliable blocker. He has put up very nice receiving numbers for the past three years in spite of Andre Johnson being the focus of the passing game, averaging 59 receptions, 770 yards, and 5 TDs per season. Every year he has to fight off Jacoby Jones, who has good speed but who also has the all-too-common characteristics of black receivers of bad hands, wildly erratic play, and lack of concentration and savvy. But Jones is always clamored for by the media and White fans, and during the 2010 preseason Kubiak proclaimed Walter and Jones as "even."
WR David Anderson has carved out a nice career as the team's third receiver, but between Andre Johnson, Kevin Walter and the very talented TE Owen Daniels, there aren't many targets left for Anderson each season.
Daniels is attempting to come back from a blown out knee suffered halfway through the '09 season, when he was playing as well as any TE in the league, his third torn MCL going back to his college days at Wisconsin. If Daniels takes a while to round into shape, Houston is still very solid at the position with super-athletic James Casey, in his second season out of Rice, and promising rookie Garrett Graham, another Wisconsin alum. Fifth year man Joel Dreessen is always steady and reliable.
On defense, the Texans have already lost linemen Tim Bulman and Connor Barwin to season ending injuries. Barwin, a second round draft pick last year out of Cincinnati, is a great athlete who did very well in limited playing time as a rookie, registering 4.5 sacks. He projects toreach double digits in sacks annually when healthy and given the chance to play full time.
Starting LOLB Brian Cushing was the NFL Defensive Rookie Player of the Year in 2009, accumulating an amazing 133 tackles -- an astounding total not just for a rookie but for an outside backer as middle linebackers traditionally have the highest tackle totals. Cushing was one of a trio of White linebackers who were drafted high in 2009 and became instant stars; Clay Matthews and James Laurainitis were the other two. Just as with every other position in football, there is plenty of White talent all across the United States ready to step in and play at the highest level; the problem remains opportunity, as the big college programs and the NFL continue to adhere to an increasingly obvious and farcial program of extreme affirmative action when it comes to recruiting and developing football talent.
Shaun Cody, who is half Irish and half Mexican, starts at one of the tackle spots. Second year man Jesse Nading out of Colorado State is a backup end.
Just eight out of the organization's 14 assistant coaches are White.
NUMBER OF WHITE STARTERS: 6 (7 including Cody)
NUMBER OF WHITE PLAYERS ON 53 MAN ROSTER: 20
GRADE: D+Edited by: Don Wassall
