BRIAN CUSHING RUMORS
Kubiak on Cushing: “Looks like he’s ready to go”
Texans head coach Gary Kubiak told HoustonTexans.com that linebacker Brian Cushing looks healthy and ready to go after tearing his ACL in 2012.
“I’m watching him today, he sure looks like he’s ready to go,” Texans coach Gary Kubiak said Monday. “I know that it’s not time to turn him loose yet, but he’s come a long way. What’d he miss, 11 games last year plus two playoff...
Gary Kubiak: Brian Cushing ‘looks ready to go’
Houston Texans head coach Gary Kubiak thinks linebacker Brian Cushing looks “ready to go.” Cushing, the Texans’ 2011 MVP and defensive captain, is recovering from a torn ACL, which he suffered on Oct. 8 in Week 5 against the New York Jets.
Slauson wants to apologize to Cushing
The offensive lineman who ended Brian Cushing's season and inspired a new NFL rule would like Cushing to know he's sorry.
Matt Slauson of the New York Jets hit Cushing, an inside linebacker for the Houston Texans, low and from behind in a game early last season, tearing Cushing's ACL. The NFL this offseason banned blocks like the one Slauson made on Cushing, and Slauson...
Via Fox Sports Southwest
March 30, 2013
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NFL Bans Low Chop Blocks From Behind
I’m not sure if it will be title the Cushing rule, but Houston Texans linebacker Brian Cushing got his wish. Pro Football Talk is reporting that the NFL today banned the low chop block from behind that ended Cushing’s season in October.
The rule change will go into effect this coming 2013 season. The rule will be consistent everywhere on the field, and block from behind...
Cushing injury leads to NFL rule change
So maybe some good has come out of Brian Cushing's shredded left knee.
The NFL on Tuesday voted to eliminate "chop" or "peel-back" blocks like the one that ended Cushing's season (and may have in turn shifted the course of the AFC) last October. Against the New York Jets, guard Matt Slauson blindsided Cushing, who was chasing a running back. Slauson...
Via Fox Sports Southwest
March 19, 2013
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Texans’ Brian Cushing Wants NFL To Ban Chop Blocks
Houston Texans star linebacker Brian Cushing is in the midst of a courageous rehab from ACL surgery and trying to be ready for the Texans opener in September. Cushing has a little free time and he’s using that to politic to the NFL and rules committee to ban the chop block that ended his season [...]
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Brian Cushing Wants NFL To Ban Chop Blocks
Houston Texans star linebacker Brian Cushing is in the midst of a courageous rehab from ACL surgery and trying to be ready for the Texans opener in September.
Cushing has a little free time and he’s using that to politic to the NFL and rules committee to ban the chop block that ended his season early in October after Jets lineman Matt Slauson hit Cushing with a chop block that...
Curse of the Houston Texans: Watt Next?
There are a number of famous curses that pertain to sports. We have heard of the Madden curse and the curse of the Bambino, but most have probably never heard of the Buffalo Sports Curse and the Cardinals Football Curse (look them up). There is one curse though that has never been talked about, but deserves some consideration when it comes to sports and the unexplained. I’m talking...
With or without me: Cushing believes Texans will win Super Bowl
Brian Cushing, may be out for the rest of the season but that doesn’t mean he is any less spirited.The hit from Jets guard Matt Slauson on Texans linebacker Brian Cushing has launched plenty of stories, here and elsewhere.Was it legal? Was it clean? Will the NFL change the rules to make it not legal?We’ve yet to hear from the guy who received the hit. And in his first...
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October 11, 2012
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Brian Cushing Mic’d Up vs Browns is scary (VIDEO)
Cushing MAAAAAD!!! (Photo: Imgur.com)
Texans LB Brian Cushing has a reputation as a bit of a loose cannon on the field, and this mic’d up segment from NFL Films’ Sound FX gives us a bit more insight as to exactly why he’s earned that rep. Watch as Cushing offers to step in at QB, admires his guns on the big screen, says he “likes his odds” going 11-on-1 against the Browns...
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