Name That Texans’ Player: Volume 3
After much success. we bring back ”Name that Texan!” We bring back 7 Texans players from the vault to see if you know who your past Texans were. Trust me, if you can recognize the past players we are fully impressed. The answers are at the bottom of the post. Let us know how you do! Good Luck. The Photo Lineup 2002 Team This defensive end showed up in Houston after a trade for quarterback Danny Wuerffel with the Washington Redskins. He held down the starting defensive end position where he started 16 games and had 24 total…
The Emergence of Ben Tate
Ben Tate was taken in the second round (58th overall) of the 2010 NFL Draft and was Gary Kubiak’s hand-picked running back in that class. The Texans were looking for a running back after Steve Slaton’s disappointing sophomore (2009) campaign that was marred with fumbles and injuries, and the offense even turned to the likes of a rookie by the name of Arian Foster, Ryan Moats and (gulp!) Chris Brown. The Texans addressed one of their draft needs the following year, by taking Tate from Auburn University, but it was all for not. Tate was injured in the 2010 preseason…
