Jim Rome gives his take . . .

[Double Barrel]

'eh, Rome has a point. An obvious point, of course, but still a valid point.

Defenses win championships most of the time. We will be facing teams that have QB leaders who are experienced in the post-season, many who have won championships. Our coverage is our Achilles heel. Manning and Brady could have field days if we cannot get consistent pressure on them.

Another factor: I dig Schaub, but let's face it, he's a playoff virgin right now. We just don't know how he will perform until he actually does it. I've got faith in the man, but it's blind faith simply because we have never seen him play in January.

I'm as hopeful as anyone about the Texans, but I'm also pragmatic and a cynic about Houston football teams in the playoffs. We have NEVER had a great playoff team in this city, so please excuse my nature in that regard.

11-1 has us high as kites. But come January, 12 teams start a new season at 0-0. Regular season is a means to an end, and certainly having home-field throughout is a valid goal. But that, in and of itself, does not win games.

At least we have last season for some experience. Just hope Schaub continues to shine and our defense can hide it's injury warts.

GO TEXANS!

[thunderkyss]

Originally Posted by Corrosion

The fact that they have continued to post W's despite all those injuries does lead me to believe that Rome's opinion is wrong .... tho if they dont get some of these guy's back by playoff time and the quality of opponent improves .... we might be lookin for excuses again.


The Texans beat Denver when they were relatively healthy .... we're a long way from that now.

I think the Ws just tells you how good our coaches are. Across the board. I don't think Rome is necessarily wrong, he calls it like he sees it. Like you said, this is not the same team that beat the Broncos & those aren't the same Broncos we beat. We were the veteran team then. We were the team with continuity & team veterans. Now, it's completely flopped. They're perfecting their schemes & packages they've been installing since September.

We're still trying to figure out who is going to start next 6 days.

We've got time now, to close that gap by the time we have to see them in the play-offs. If we see them in the play-offs and it's going to be a whole new game.

[ArlingtonTexan]

Originally Posted by paycheck71

I stopped caring about what this guy thinks around the time this classic ********* beatdown aired.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...UKTwgqeY#t=42s

Ah the fresh 1994 video, that somebody posts literally everytime somebody mentions Jim Rome.

Anyway, never convinced that there was not some pro wrestling fraud to this. i mean dude didn't actually become 'famous' until after this thing happened.

[Big Lou]

He's a talk show host, thats about it.

He can say all he wants, so we had two rough games defensively, so what, guess what Jim, we WE STILL WON.....

San Fran, one of his quote unquote contenders:
Lost and tied a 5-6-1 Rams
Lost to a 6-6 Vikings
Lost to a solid GB, and NY
So what makes them a solid contender compared to us.

Denver
Lost to Prentender #1: Houston
Lost to Prentender #2: New England
Lost to a "Contender": Atlanta
In all honesty, Denver scares me, but we still beat them, and matched up well against them, and match ups result in records, and records are what matter, not douche bag hosts.


In what universe do contenders get beat by prentenders and still get to be considered better?

Guys a loser, Houston isn't perfect, but guess what they aren't a prentender, hard to get to 11-1 as a pretender. Only Prentender is this is Jim Rome, so suck it Rome.

[EllisUnit]

His reason we are pretenders is because Henne had a good game against us . This dude is a dumb ass.

We are tied for the best record in the NFL, Went to Detroit, Chicago, NY, DENVER and won. Are undefeated on the road. This guy is the bigges sprotscaster joke i have ever seen.

[Showtime100]

Originally Posted by Big Lou

He's a talk show host, thats about it.

He can say all he wants, so we had two rough games defensively, so what, guess what Jim, we WE STILL WON.....

San Fran, one of his quote unquote contenders:
Lost and tied a 5-6-1 Rams
Lost to a 6-6 Vikings
Lost to a solid GB, and NY
So what makes them a solid contender compared to us.

Denver
Lost to Prentender #1: Houston
Lost to Prentender #2: New England
Lost to a "Contender": Atlanta
In all honesty, Denver scares me, but we still beat them, and matched up well against them, and match ups result in records, and records are what matter, not douche bag hosts.


In what universe do contenders get beat by prentenders and still get to be considered better?

Guys a loser, Houston isn't perfect, but guess what they aren't a prentender, hard to get to 11-1 as a pretender. Only Prentender is this is Jim Rome, so suck it Rome.

San Francisco beat Green Bay, just pointing that out.

[Big Lou]

Originally Posted by Showtime100

San Francisco beat Green Bay, just pointing that out.

Oops, I didn't mean to type GB, I was double checking them on NFL.com, and mixed them up with the Vikes, even though I listed them as well.

[NastyNate]

[Corrosion]

Originally Posted by EllisUnit

His reason we are pretenders is because Henne had a good game against us . This dude is a dumb ass.

We are tied for the best record in the NFL, Went to Detroit, Chicago, NY, DENVER and won. Are undefeated on the road. This guy is the bigges sprotscaster joke i have ever seen.

His reason the Texans are pretenders is all the injuries on the defense.

CB 1 , 3 , 4 out.
OLB 2 out.
ILB 1 , 2 , 3 out.

Thats a lot of injuries for a team to sustain on one side of the ball and still win against elite competition.

Yes , they beat Denver and Chicago on the road .... but at the time they were healthy.

(I hate Rome , think he's a jackass)

[EllisUnit]

Originally Posted by Corrosion

His reason the Texans are pretenders is all the injuries on the defense.

CB 1 , 3 , 4 out.
OLB 2 out.
ILB 1 , 2 , 3 out.

Thats a lot of injuries for a team to sustain on one side of the ball and still win against elite competition.

Yes , they beat Denver and Chicago on the road .... but at the time they were healthy.

(I hate Rome , think he's a jackass)

considering all starters on D besides cushing will be back by the play-offs should not be reason enough to make us pretenders. Hell look at what we did last year with all the season ending injuries

[Double Barrel]

Originally Posted by TEXANRED

Jim Rome is probably still pissed cus his show was dropped in Houston.

I think he's back on Houston airwaves in January. We have another sports radio station coming, iirc.

Originally Posted by Corrosion

His reason the Texans are pretenders is all the injuries on the defense.

CB 1 , 3 , 4 out.
OLB 2 out.
ILB 1 , 2 , 3 out.

Thats a lot of injuries for a team to sustain on one side of the ball and still win against elite competition.

Yes , they beat Denver and Chicago on the road .... but at the time they were healthy.

(I hate Rome , think he's a jackass)

Exactly. I do not understand the butthurt for a professional sports entertainer doing his job. It's strange to see so many emotional replies because it rocks the boat. Do folks really think the Texans are perfect in every way? We've got flaws, no doubt about it, and Rome is just being Captain Obvious here.

I'm sure the Texans coaches are looking at these problems and trying to figure out ways to strengthen an obvious weakness. Coaches don't have time to be emotional about it.

[Texan_Bill]

Originally Posted by TEXANRED

Jim Rome is probably still pissed cus his show was dropped in Houston.

Originally Posted by Whats In A Name

this

Both of these. I knew he would rue the day he fired Travis Rodgers.... Especially in what was basically Rome's first major market...

[Ryan]

Peter King's post was even funnier about the Broncos/Pats AFC championship game. Those two teams will likely play each other in the divisional round, and one of those teams is likely going to have to come through Reliant Stadium. Yeah good luck with that.

[Marcus]

Originally Posted by Corrosion

His reason the Texans are pretenders is all the injuries on the defense.

That's exactly the reason. And like someone else said, the Texans team that beat the Broncos earlier . . . neither one of them is the same team now.

You have to be both lucky (injuries) and good to make it all the way to the Super Bowl. Yeah, we're good enough, but the luck is showing signs that it is about to run out.

[TexanSam]

Originally Posted by Marcus

That's exactly the reason. And like someone else said, the Texans team that beat the Broncos earlier . . . neither one of them is the same team now.

You have to be both lucky (injuries) and good to make it all the way to the Super Bowl. Yeah, we're good enough, but the luck is showing signs that it is about to run out.

Besides Cushing and now McCain though, none of the injuries we've suffered have been major. Yeah, guys have missed a game or two but by the time the postseason rolls most of the guys who have been out should be ready to go. Hopefully that final game doesn't mean anything either giving us more time to rest our starters.

[Marcus]

Originally Posted by TexanSam

Besides Cushing and now McCain though, none of the injuries we've suffered have been major. Yeah, guys have missed a game or two but by the time the postseason rolls most of the guys who have been out should be ready to go. Hopefully that final game doesn't mean anything either giving us more time to rest our starters.

I just wish I could wave that proverbial magic wand to keep any more injuries from taking place but I can't.

[thunderkyss]

Originally Posted by EllisUnit

His reason we are pretenders is because Henne had a good game against us . This dude is a dumb ass.

We are tied for the best record in the NFL, Went to Detroit, Chicago, NY, DENVER and won. Are undefeated on the road. This guy is the bigges sprotscaster joke i have ever seen.

Anybody got Atlanta as a favorite to be in the Super Bowl?

Anybody?

Anybody?



It's the same thing, except they are playing better now than they did at the beginning of the year.

You know. It would be pretty funny to watch the Falcons win the Super Bowl in the Super Dome. That'll teach them Katrina fans.

[thunderkyss]

Originally Posted by EllisUnit

considering all starters on D besides cushing will be back by the play-offs should not be reason enough to make us pretenders. Hell look at what we did last year with all the season ending injuries

The best thing for us, is for no one to believe. That's the team that wins. Always. It's always the team that nobody believed in.

[silentassassin]

Originally Posted by EllisUnit

His reason we are pretenders is because Henne had a good game against us . This dude is a dumb ass.

We are tied for the best record in the NFL, Went to Detroit, Chicago, NY, DENVER and won. Are undefeated on the road. This guy is the bigges sprotscaster joke i have ever seen.

Can't take most of these guys seriously. They're paid to entertain more than they are to actually analyze and give thoroughly informed opinions.

[TheDream34]

So we have the same record as the Falcons and he calls them a contender and us a pretender, despite the fact that we've looked more impressive then they have. Ok Jim lol.