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Te XAN S<br />
Height: 6-4<br />
Weight: 293<br />
College: Miami (FL)<br />
<strong>Home</strong>town: Miami, Florida<br />
4th NFL season<br />
1st with <strong>Texans</strong><br />
Age as of Kickoff Weekend 2008: 26<br />
Acquired: T-2008 (Denver)<br />
2007 GP/GS: 16/16<br />
Career GP/GS: 41/16<br />
Teams: Denver, 2005-07<br />
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CHRIS MYERS<br />
CENTER<br />
TRANSACTIONS: Selected by Denver Broncos<br />
in sixth round (200th pick overall) of 2005 NFL<br />
Draft…Signed by Broncos on July 28, 2005…<br />
Waived by Broncos on September 3, 2005…<br />
Re-signed by Broncos to practice squad on<br />
September 4, 2005…Activated on October 4,<br />
2005…Traded by Broncos to <strong>Houston</strong> <strong>Texans</strong><br />
for a sixth round draft pick on March 17, 2008.<br />
PRO: Versatile young lineman who joined<br />
the <strong>Texans</strong> in a trade with Denver…brings a<br />
familiarity with the blocking scheme employed<br />
by <strong>Texans</strong> head coach Gary Kubiak, who was<br />
Denver’s offensive coordinator during his rookie<br />
season in 2005…has played in 41 games with<br />
16 starts in three NFL seasons…started all 16<br />
games for Denver in 2007, five at left guard and<br />
11 at center.<br />
2007 (Denver 16/16): Moved into the starting<br />
lineup for the first time and started all 16<br />
games…opened the first five contests at left<br />
guard before sliding inside to center for the<br />
last 11 games…part of a line that paved the<br />
way for a ground attack that averaged 4.6<br />
yards per carry, ranking fifth-best in the NFL,<br />
and yielded only 32 sacks…one of only three<br />
Denver players (CB Champ Bailey and LB D.J.<br />
Williams) to be whistled for only one penalty all<br />
year…made his first pro start and helped pave<br />
the way for 171 rushing yards on 32 carries, a<br />
5.3-yard average, while allowing only one sack<br />
in the season opener at Buffalo (9/9)…helped<br />
RB Travis Henry rush for 128 yards vs. Oakland<br />
(9/16)…contributed to an offensive line that<br />
allowed only one sack vs. Jacksonville (9/23)…<br />
blocked for a rushing attack that amassed 223<br />
rushing yards at Indianapolis (9/30)…helped<br />
open holes for a rushing attack that amassed<br />
141 rushing yards while allowing just one sack<br />
at Kansas City (11/11)…cleared the way for the<br />
ground game to average 6.4 yards per carry<br />
and yielded just one sack on Monday Night<br />
Football vs. Tennessee (11/19)…centered a line<br />
that produced a 6.3-yard rushing average while<br />
allowing just one sack vs. Kansas City (12/9)….<br />
centered a line that averaged 4.7 yards per<br />
carry against the NFL’s top-rated run defense in<br />
the season finale vs. Minnesota (12/30).<br />
2006 (Denver 16/0): Saw action on special teams<br />
in all 16 games in his second pro season.<br />
2005 (Denver 9/0): Saw action in nine games<br />
as a rookie, playing on special teams…<br />
also contributed in both Denver postseason<br />
contests…spent the first four weeks of the<br />
season on the Broncos practice squad before<br />
being signed to the 53-man roster (10/4)…<br />
inactive for three games before he made his<br />
NFL debut on special teams vs. Philadelphia<br />
(10/30)…played in the AFC Divisional Playoff<br />
Game vs. New England (1/14/06) and the AFC<br />
Championship Game vs. Pittsburgh (1/21/06) on<br />
special teams.<br />
veterans<br />
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