For some reason its easier for me to tolerate the Houston heat when I'm watching the Texans workout in it. You can't help but feel like a whimp if you whine about how hot it is, while these guys are running up and down the field. Of course, their level of compensation more than covers the hot and humidity issues. But even so, the players will do whatever it takes to stay as cool as possible and beat the heat.

Take wide receiver David Anderson, who's entering his 3rd N.F.L. season out of Colorado State. Anderson has been a jack of all trades with the Texans. He's been a kickoff returner, a punt returner , and a possession receiver. The guy has many talents , but being a barber is not one of them. In an attempt to make the heat a little more bearable, Anderson gave himself a haircut. Keep in mind there is a reason why surgeons don't operate on themselves. Anderson shaved the sides nice and tight but he left his curley locks in full bloom on top. Picture a roster in a Texans uniform running routes. "It was getting long so I just trimmed it around the ears, and it turned out like this ," said Anderson. "I'm slowly going to weed it down so I can have a one inch mohawk by the end of camp." When I asked him if he did it himself the response was , "its sad to say but yes, I don't think its even and the clippers fell off one side, it was really short, so I decided to take it all off." There is a silver lining however, in the world of pop culture David fits right. As a parting shot he said, "hey I got the coolest hair on the team." No one would argue with
that except for maybe Ahman Green, who had his blown out into a Ben Wallace styled afro.

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