Would you play Houston this week?

[TecnoGenius]

In his first stop Houston was often criticized for going for the interception too often, I can remember some huge passes given up because he tried to jump the ball and missed instead of going for the easy tackle.  If he plays a bit more conservatively he should do ok.

Ya, but my memory is telling me he tapered that off closer to the end of his time here?  He became more of a team guy than a "get the INT stat" guy?  I could be wrong.  I consider Ford more of a showboater than Houston was.  Am I remembering wrong?

Houston certainly wasn't a showboater INT machine in CGY!!

Or maybe it's just something that comes with the territory of being a corner! 

[TecnoGenius]

The jobs in the secondary have become more complex, not simply man to man or zone, but more combo and switching receivers in flight, which relies on experience and great communication. With the release of Bridges the endless stock of DB's familiar with the system has dried up, thus the painful process of introducing rookies to the system in season has led to some obvious mistakes. 

I have a feeling Lawson will play well today, he knows he's on the bubble and is going to be hyper-vigilant about not letting anyone sneak behind him.  If he does well he may live to fight another day, if not it could be the last time we see him on the field.

Ya, then we're seeing the same picture.  Younger seems more focused on the DB schemes than the front 7 stuff.  Strange, because wasn't Younger the DL coach and not the DB coach before?

Lawson: your prediction came true.  I don't think he screwed up much today, and they really weren't picking on him at all.

[TecnoGenius]

The moment Houston is physically ready to play, he's on the AR.

They do not pick him up if there is a question about his character or fitting in.  Hall, Younger, MOS and Walters were all involved in the decision, I have no doubt.

There's no question of FIFO.  He's already earned that.

The delay is merely the "MOS way" and time to learn the Younger book.

My guess is we do see Houston in for BB, but I wouldn't be surprised if he's not.  And I wouldn't be too upset, either.  Both corners did well today, though it's like 200-yard-Harris was testing anybody much.  The one big failure was right in the middle!  And strangely enough a lot of the out routes had Nichols there, meaning they were probably bringing SBs inside out.

I find it weird Nichols was the main target tonight.  Is there something we don't know?  I don't think I saw even one pass to Holm's area.  I didn't see him all game.  Very bizarre.

[dd]

Harris is smart, he ain't messing with Evan Holmes!! He's by far the best defensive player we have

[Waffler]

Ya, but my memory is telling me he tapered that off closer to the end of his time here?  He became more of a team guy than a "get the INT stat" guy?  I could be wrong.  I consider Ford more of a showboater than Houston was.  Am I remembering wrong?

Houston certainly wasn't a showboater INT machine in CGY!!

Or maybe it's just something that comes with the territory of being a corner! 

What I remember was lots of conversation over Houston putting personal stats over team goals. The reason being he wanted to get paid and interception stats is how a db does that. Well, he put up big numbers (7 int) and got paid (2 yr $275,000). In Calgary I thought he eased off and gambled less, not sure if he felt he didn't need to anymore because he had his big contract or he just matured and played smarter.

[The Zipp]

Still no Houston in the lineup...

[Jesse]

Still no Houston in the lineup...

I'm a little disappointed; but to be clear, I'm disappointed that he hasn't prove himself to be an improvement over what we have to coaches.

Much like with Mitchell, it really seems like they didn't come in performing like we hoped/expected.

[Waffler]

Much like with Mitchell, it really seems like they didn't come in performing like we hoped/expected.

It seems different than Mitchell. Mitchell was demoted on day 1 and didn't get back to first team for three months roughly. Houston has had reps with the first team on both corners last week and this week. Not sure what the issue is exactly though. I thought for sure this would be his week to play.

[TecnoGenius]

It could be the DB scheme is SO complex that Houston hasn't gotten it yet.

It could also be that there is no real DB panic anymore.  They did great vs Trevor last week.  The brain aspect might override the talent aspect until Houston is fully up to speed.

P.S. Did they just swap sides for Lawson/Vaval?  That's a bit odd?  Or maybe they are getting prepared for the Houston return.  Wasn't Houston boundary side before?  And if so, that would hint that Lawson will keep his starting spot whilst Vaval does return-only or goes PR?