ESPN article about our woeful defense

[wags]

Originally Posted by Number19

Payne weighs in at only 315 lbs, maybe 15 lbs lighter than ideal for a NT. We could maybe upgrade two positions by drafting a NT and shifting Payne to Walker's DLE position.

Name a NT we could draft that would be an upgrade over Payne. I don't think there are any. If we draft a NT it should be in the late rounds as a backup for now.

[STEEL BLUE TEXANS]

Haloti Ngata

[wags]

Originally Posted by STEEL BLUE TEXANS

Haloti Ngata

Ngata is coming off a major knee injury just like Payne.

[Jwwillis]

Originally Posted by Number19

You forget two points : (1) We have new players at three positions, and (2) We changed our blocking scheme.

Realistically, we started back at square one and it will take two full seasons and three training camps before they begin to really master the new blocking.

Mistake? Maybe. But it was a coaching decision we have to live with.

We have four picks in the first three rounds of this next draft. Two of these need to be a Center and a Guard. They probabably will not play much in '05 but may be ready by '06.

It better not take 2 fulls seasons to start getting Carr protection or someones out of a job. NFL teams make faster transitions than that. I havent forgotten any of the above and I stick to my guns. The Texans showed in the Jags game that the D is NOT the biggest concern with this team. Its the O-line. They bumbled the whole 3rd quarter away and almost the 4th too if not for the ....let me hear it.....D.

[Erratic Assassin]

Originally Posted by aj.

It could turn out to be a huge mistake. I thought it then and I think it even more now. He will have to play three more years at a higher level than he is now to meet the value of the contract IMO.

Houston teams (whether it be the Rockets, Astros, or Texans) have a bad habit of paying players based on their past value rather than their future value.

[Corrosion]

Opponents have failed to score a TD in the last 11 (ELEVEN) Quarters against the Texans woeful D .....3 of those quaters were against Indy .

So much for woeful ....

[TheOgre]

With Coleman and Foreman out of the lineup, our defense has actually gotten better. It could be a coincidence but is it?

[BornOrange]

Originally Posted by TheOgre

With Coleman and Foreman out of the lineup, our defense has actually gotten better. It could be a coincidence but is it?

Chicago without Rex Grossman at QB and Jacksonville without Fred Taylor at RB aren't exactly offensive juggernauts.

[Jwwillis]

Originally Posted by ArlingtonTexan

The O-line has at least had the nerve to be inconsistent. Teams have pretty much ran on our D-line all year and there has been no pass rush from the front 3.

How you feelin now?

[JacksonvilleJaguar4]

If the 3-4 dosen't work why don't you switch to another sceme? Like 4-3 or Cover 2, or have you guys already tried that?

[Texas_Heat]

The Defense has Carried this team all along all of their wins came from the defense.

[phan1]

I don't think that our Defensive coaches were ready for the new rule changes, which really has resulted in a change of the way the game is played. QBs have been breaking records all over the place this year, and that alone should tell you how the NFL has changed.

When you look at it, we've never been very good at rushing the QB. Even in our rookie season, we were just OK. But what we did have was good run coverage and good pass coverage. Now, pass coverage has gone out the window in today's NFL, and if you want to play good D, you really need to get pressure on the QB. Now, we need linebackers with lots of speed and with the ability to attack from lots of different angles. Peek is probably our quickest linebacker and has got to be in there. If he's bad at run coverage, than put him in the game and let him learn!

I expect Capers, a defensive guy, to get this D together and build some consistency. I've never seen us get burned on 3rd and long like we did this season.