We drafted Gurode to play center. He then had to play guard due to the obscene amount of injuries in '02. Parcells kept him there until '05. I like Parcells and all, but he really didn't straighten Gurode out, he just got him playing the position that we drafted for anyway and it took awhile and he still wanted to start Al Johnson over Gurode.
Hudson Houck's track record with O-Linemen is about as good as it gets. If he tells me he likes Doug Free, than I'm confident that Free is going to be a solid starter. If he tells me that he really likes Brewster (which he seemed to do so before he got hurt and putting him on the PUP list further indicates this), then I'm confident Brewster will be a good player for us.
Stuff happens and in Brewster's case, you don't know how he's going to handle injuries, but the reality of 'past history' is that Houck is arguably the greatest O-Line coach that ever lived and has had a fantastic history of drafting O-Linemen, particularly WITH DALLAS back in the 90's.
YAKUZA
