I didn’t think Dick Vermeil had it in him. Between fits on crying today, Vermail managed to get in a nice little shot at backup RB Larry Johnson, saying that if he was going to play this week, he needed to “take the diapers off.” Ouch.

That was Dick Vermeil breaking that one off, not Bill Parcells. I just can’t imagine how soft Larry Johnson must be. If Dick Vermeil is making cracks about you being a baby, then… it might be a lost cause. Vermeil’s preferred approach is to take a guy aside, tell him he loves him, cry his eyes out, and share a warm embrace. But he skipped all that this time, and went straight to the low blow.

And Larry Johnson’s going to be paying for it for the rest of his career. If he ever gets a starting job, or advances his career to the point where someone might care about him, you know there are going to be diaper cracks coming from everyone in the world. And that kind of thing doesn’t go away… thanks a lot, coach Dick. If I’m the Texans mascot, I’m putting in a diaper this weekend when Larry Johnson’s in the game.