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  1. 16 hours ago, jimmyjazz said:

    I think you're our pioneer here.  The big question will be how much smoke gets into the chili and is that too much?  I love leftover brisket or pork chili, but you're in new territory as far as I know.

    I have done the "drip chili" or whatever it is before in my WSM. You basically smoke your grind in large chunks over your pot which catches the drippings. Once it's almost fully cooked you add it to the pot with all of your liquids and seasonings and veggies or whatever and break it up, then cook. You can leave the lid off for a bit and some smoke will get in. Personally, it was more smoke than I'd prefer in my chili.

    Now, SOMETIMES when I make a chili that is half-grind half-chunks, or a beef stew, I'll part my roast I use for the chunks into 3-4"-ish chunks and cool-smoke them for a little bit before cutting them up and browning on the stove. That gets just a hint of smoke into your chili or stew that is perfect. 

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  2. 5 minutes ago, Hiphopopotamos said:

    I'm not talking about an NFL TE.  I'm talking about an effective starting college TE.  Someone who doesn't get embarrassed by a 5'6" DB.  A 5 second 40 is fine for a college TE.  Epps problem wasn't that he just wasn't athletic enough - his problem was that he couldn't or wouldn't put in the work in the weight room and didn't play with any effort on the field.

    A lot of decent college TEs who run around the 4.8 or lower. 

  3. 9 minutes ago, Wulaw Horn said:

    McNair?  Yeah- that was the deal with Easterbee- he was the team Chaplin in New England and that’s how he got his foot in the door in Houston. And McNairs the worst kind as I’m pretty sure it’s a combination prosperity  gospel/snake handlers. 
    The entire Texans organization is over the top Christian fundamentalism nonsense. And I’m a pretty conservative believer and attend regularly so this isn’t like some sort of unhinged rant against Christianity from a militant atheist.  

    Easterby was brought in as your regular ole team chaplain/character coach guy, which wasn't too odd. But he was in the building at the time of Bob McNair's health problems and eventual passing, so rumor is that Cal and the McNairs personally leaned on him a lot, and that it took the relationship to a different level which ended in the Easterby gaining a little bit too much power. 

    So yes, not the greatest judge of things, Cal. I really do wonder his deep down, personal feelings about Texas football, and how connected he feels to it. Just doesn't seem to be as big as I'd have hoped. 

  4. 7 minutes ago, kevwun said:

    I'm sure it was just a coincidence that most of their new players loved Jesus and were very vocal about it on social media.  I'm not even a Texans fan, but the Easterby saga was so strange that when I first heard about what was going on, I had to read more about it.

    McCown, also a Jesus guy, was one of Easterby's biggest bro's, who he wanted to bring in as HC (luckily Nick seemed to stand up against that one). 

    As for drafting players because they're Christian or whatever, I don't really see that. It's not like Davis Mills is leading prayer outside of NRG every day. Now on the free agent side, there was a lot of talk of "The right guys," but a lot of players around the NFL are "really wanna thank god" types and such, so I'm not sure how much of that was going on. 

    But yes, Easterby had no business being in the position he was in, and that's a direct reflection of the McNairs. 

    Maybe telling Cal that Texas is God's team will help. 

  5. 4 minutes ago, Pam Cummings said:

    How to get Cal's money into Texas NIL coffers:

    1. Somebody on here go convince him that they'd make a great executive and get hired

    2. Be incompetent and a dick in general(two things i and a lot of others are most definitely good at)

    3. Get fired/bought out after a year

    4. Use the money on NIL

     

    That's where i was going with all that. Totally on-topic.

    The dude probably sits around and plays video games all day. Maybe there's an opening there. 

  6. 2 minutes ago, Pam Cummings said:

    I legit don't think Davis Mills is that bad of a QB, and they just have him no chance at all to succeed. Other people see how you treated that guy, why would they ever believe in you or your process?

    What do you mean no chance at all to succeed? They kept Tunsil. Extended Brandin Cooks. Went out and got him some TEs. Drafted him an OL in the first round. Drafted him a WR in the second round (who is diagnosed with leukemia during training camp). Drafted him a stud RB who is in the argument for RotY (which he won't get probably).

    And you don't want to point out the defensive picks that seem to have gone decent so far? 

    Anyway, not gunna discuss it any further on this thread, but holy hell you've overlooked a lot. 

  7. 6 minutes ago, Pam Cummings said:

    I think it's absolutely insane that someone would hire a coach with the intention for them to lose, but hey, not my money to burn.

    Again, there weren't a lot of serious candidates lined up to take the position, because the roster wasn't good, and freak boy QB wanted a trade. That's just the facts. You were going to have to pay someone, and they were probably going to lose. 

     

  8. 1 minute ago, kevwun said:

    It works if you have someone in charge who knows what they are doing.  The Texans don't so everything they try is going to fail.

    I dunno, they're about to have 1.1, , on top of what the Browns give them, and then basically pick 32, so it seems to have worked perfectly. 

     

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