Un-Inspired, Un-Motivated, Heartless Paper Champs of the AFC South

[qqert]

Originally Posted by Textan

Giants also have Eli. Texans have Sloth.

and we have turtle for head coach!

[BullNation4Life]

Originally Posted by TheMatrix31

Not really. If they win next week, they'll be the #1 seed. Right there, your first sentence is inaccurate.

So if the Colts don't play anybody next week and Texans backdoor their way into a #1 seed, that is the definition of a championship caliber team?

you must be looking at different dictionary than the rest of us...

[Hervoyel]

Originally Posted by DX-TEX

Colts game next week will be meaningless for the Colts. They win in KC and their spot is secured.

Wrong.

They play next week with Pagano on the sidelines. They'll be flying around like they're in a Super Bowl and this Texans team will be stumbling around in another confused daze because the opponent in front of them wants it more.

The Colts are going to beat our asses Sunday in Indianapolis. They're going to win it for their coach. Not a doubt in my mind.

The Texans are going to for their coach.

[Thorn]

Before the season started, everyone would have been ecstatic about being 12-3 with one game left.

But now we are doomed to failure. LOL

I'm as pissed about this game as anyone, but come on guys, let's have a little perspective about here. The Texans had a bad day, all good teams have bad days. Sheesh.

[TheMatrix31]

Originally Posted by BullNation4Life

So if the Colts don't play anybody next week and Texans backdoor their way into a #1 seed, that is the definition of a championship caliber team?

you must be looking at different dictionary than the rest of us...

The first sentence of your original post said:

Blast me if you will, this team is DEFIANTLY not a #1 seed for the playoffs.

If the Texans win next week, they'll be the #1 seed regardless if it's "defiantly" or "definitely", because I'm not sure which one you meant.

Either way, if the Texans win next week, they'll be the #1 seed and your first sentence would be rendered inaccurate.

Stop moving the goalposts on your thoughts. You mentioned absolutely nothing about "back door"-ing.

What's the problem here?

[ziggy29]

Originally Posted by Thorn

Before the season started, everyone would have been ecstatic about being 12-3 with one game left.

But now we are doomed to failure. LOL

I'm as pissed about this game as anyone, but come on guys, let's have a little perspective about here. The Texans had a bad day, all good teams have bad days. Sheesh.

But let's look at the last 6 games:

W 43-37 -- OT at home against 2-13 JAX

W 34-31 -- OT @ 4-11 DET

W 24-10 -- @ 5-10 TEN, game was closer than the score for much of the second half

L 14-42 -- pounded @ playoff-caliber team (NE)

W 29-17 -- vs. IND, closer for most of the second half, only win against a decent team in this stretch

L 23-6 -- at HOME versus possible playoff team (MIN), offense AWOL

It's not just "one bad day". What in this suggests a team that's one of even the 10 best teams in the NFL *right now*, let alone 12-3?

I'm not giving up on this team and not saying we have no chance in the playoffs.... but nothing in the last 6 weeks looks inspires much confidence unless they can find the stride they hit in the first 9 games of the season.

And really -- if you told me that they'd hold AP to 86 yards and they'd lose by 17? Wow.

[TheMatrix31]

Only decent win? We were down 34-20 and battled back against Detroit. And I'm pretty sure we came back to beat Jacksonville too.

You don't have to be ahead the entire game for it to be a "decent win", because there are different ways to win games.

[cuppacoffee]

Originally Posted by Thorn

Before the season started, everyone would have been ecstatic about being 12-3 with one game left.

But now we are doomed to failure. LOL

I'm as pissed about this game as anyone, but come on guys, let's have a little perspective about here. The Texans had a bad day, all good teams have bad days. Sheesh.

Its all about failed expectations Thorn.

We (Texan fans) thought we had Liz Taylor at her peak and then the Vikings undressed us and we discovered we had Nancy Pelosi instead.

Something is missing in your team when you are at home playing for HFA throughout the playoffs and you get the game we had today.

[ziggy29]

Originally Posted by TheMatrix31

Only decent win? We were down 34-20 and battled back against Detroit. And I'm pretty sure we came back to beat Jacksonville too.

You don't have to be ahead the entire game for it to be a "decent win", because there are different ways to win games.

Yes, the OT wins showed some heart which was good to see, but these aren't good teams. (Anyway, I changed it to read "only win against a decent team" since that was more of what I meant to say.)

[arb729]

Just going to play Devil's Advocate..

Originally Posted by ziggy29

But let's look at the last 6 games:

W 43-37 -- OT at home against 2-13 JAX

Jax played well today vs the Pats and beat the Colts early this year, maybe they just get up for better teams?

W 34-31 -- OT @ 4-11 DET

not many excuses for that game i guess

W 24-10 -- @ 5-10 TEN, game was closer than the score for much of the second half

disagree, they won this game through and through

L 14-42 -- pounded @ playoff-caliber team (NE)

ugh.

W 29-17 -- vs. IND, closer for most of the second half, only decent win in this 6 game run

disagree in full. they lead start to finish against a strong team. that's a great win.

L 23-6 -- at HOME versus possible playoff team (MIN), offense AWOL

laid an egg. plain and simple.

[TheMatrix31]

A win's a win. I don't give a **** anymore.

[IlliniJen]

Where do people acquire the mind-boggling attitude of: everything is either going great or it's the apocalypse?

People be trippin'.

[ziggy29]

Originally Posted by IlliniJen

Where do people acquire the mind-boggling attitude of: everything is either going great or it's the apocalypse?

It's not the apocalypse. (That was supposed to be 2 days ago.)

It's just that people are saying "12-3" all over the place as if their current record makes them one of the best teams in the NFL *right now*. Looking at their resume for the last weeks, I don't think they have been. Now I get the "any given Sunday" stuff but this has looked *nothing* like a 12-3 team in the last 6 weeks. That's all I'm saying. I'm still hoping they can regain their stride but they haven't really had it recently -- and it just feels like the wrong time to go into a (relative) funk.

If they smash the Colts in the mouth next week and secure HFA, I'll feel better.

[Wolf]

Originally Posted by BullNation4Life

So if the Colts don't play anybody next week and Texans backdoor their way into a #1 seed, that is the definition of a championship caliber team?

you must be looking at different dictionary than the rest of us...

WTF. Posting just to be posting?

[Wolf]

Originally Posted by IlliniJen

Where do people acquire the mind-boggling attitude of: everything is either going great or it's the apocalypse?

People be trippin'.

Maddenizing of our society.

[BullNation4Life]

Originally Posted by Wolf

WTF. Posting just to be posting?

connect the dots, Colts sit Luck and their starters, Texans play their starters, Texans win, get #1 seed = back dooring into the #1 seed ie: Colts basically gave it to you....Last I checked, a #1 seed earned it by winning it outright, wasn't handed to them because the other team had nothing to play for...

clear enough for you?

[Wolf]

Originally Posted by BullNation4Life

connect the dots, Colts sit Luck and their starters, Texans play their starters, Texans win, get #1 seed = back dooring into the #1 seed ie: Colts basically gave it to you....

clear enough for you?

Thanks for the laugh

[ziggy29]

Originally Posted by BullNation4Life

connect the dots, Colts sit Luck and their starters, Texans play their starters, Texans win, get #1 seed = back dooring into the #1 seed ie: Colts basically gave it to you....

clear enough for you?

I don't want to call that "backing in", but yeah -- the Colts have no chance for a first round bye and they have clinched the playoffs -- so they have relatively little to play for compared to the Texans, who can either get the #1 seed and HFA or go down to #3 and not get a first-round bye depending on what happens next week.

[nut]

After our showing today and against the Pack & the Patsys, I don't care how we get the bye. I'll take a "backdoor" bye if that is what it takes. We need a good seed or we will probably be toast.

[Texecutioner]

Originally Posted by BullNation4Life

connect the dots, Colts sit Luck and their starters, Texans play their starters, Texans win, get #1 seed = back dooring into the #1 seed ie: Colts basically gave it to you....Last I checked, a #1 seed earned it by winning it outright, wasn't handed to them because the other team had nothing to play for...

clear enough for you?

How the hell do you back into the #1 or #2 seed of the AFC? Lol!! That's some prolific exxaggerating if I've ever seen any before.