The Texans Schedule after Baltimore

[TexansForTheW]

Let's be positive for once.

At worst, this team loses 2 out of the next three. I think we win two though(Pittsburgh,Oakland).

We won't have a tougher game all year then the game we just had, and we were the better team for 3 quarters and some of the fourth. We blew it, but we could have had that game against a superbowl contender playing at home.

The Schedule after the Baltimore game is cupcake. We should be favored every game on out.

We play two against the jags(Their qb play is awful)
Tennessee just lost Kenny Britt, for the year it looks like. Two against them
Indy is without Peyton.
Tampa Bay is a good team, but no where near the Saints.
Atlanta will be tough but were playing a home game and I think by that time, we will be rolling along nicely.
Cincinatti is just not good.
Carolina who may win 4 games this year.

This team has a great opportunity this year. 10 games gets you a home game in the playoffs. It's very doable.

Prediction 11-5 cupcake schedule, sprinkled with two tough teams that will not be anywhere near as good as a Saints team playing at home(Tampa,Atlanta).

 

[m5kwatts]

Totally agree with the sentiment here.

In this divison the Titans are the only ones who pose any threat to the Texans winning the divison.

Besides the 2 vs. the Texans, the Titans have the following games left:

@Browns L
@Steelers L
Colts W
Bengals W
@Panthers W
@Falcons L
Bucs L
@Bills L
Saints L
@Colts W
Jags W

They're 2-1 already.

Just to be fair, lets say the home teams win, Texans-Titans split 1-1

I'm predicting they go 5-6 vs. everyone else.

Thats an 8-8 year for the Titans.

The Texans can win this divison at 9-7.

 

[Thorn]

It's been said for a while now, but this year it's for real. The Texans are in a perfect position to take this division and have a home game in the playoffs. They have a soft last half of the season schedule and three poor division opponents. If they can't win the division this year, they never will.

 

[Blake]

I was just looking at the remainder of the schedule this morning. We should end up losing only 5.

Losses come from @Saints, @Ravens, @Titans, @Bucs, Falcons.

 

[nero THE zero]

I think we'll get out of the first 6 games at 3-3 or 4-2 and only lose once or twice more for the remainder of the season.

It sets up quite well for us.

 

[DocBar]

Totally agree with the sentiment here.

In this divison the Titans are the only ones who pose any threat to the Texans winning the divison.

Besides the 2 vs. the Texans, the Titans have the following games left:

@Browns L
@Steelers L
Colts W
Bengals W
@Panthers W
@Falcons L
Bucs L
@Bills L
Saints L
@Colts W
Jags W

They're 2-1 already.

Just to be fair, lets say the home teams win, Texans-Titans split 1-1

I'm predicting they go 5-6 vs. everyone else.

Thats an 8-8 year for the Titans.

The Texans can win this divison at 9-7.

I wouldn't take the tAcks too lightly. They played a good football game yesterday and they've already beaten the Raven, handily, I might add. We're hoping we can beat them.

 

[TexansForTheW]

Many people are worried about redzone offense but look no further than Arian Foster. We go from one of the worst redzone teams to one of the best with him. If you don't believe me, look at 09 to 10. Don't get me wrong, Ben Tate is a more than adequate backup, but Foster is your guy. His vision is elite, and he gives Schuab more comfort back in the pocket knowing he has an excellent pocket protector as well as a dump off option who makes the first guy miss almost everytime. I have a hard time getting down on them after a game like yesterdays. It's Drew Brees, heck our defense shut him down for a half. I'd say that's pretty good.

 

[bckey]

I'd be real happy with 11-5 but I don't see it. The Texans being the Texans will probably win the division with a 9-7 or 8-8 record not beating their own best 9-7 record. And don't count out the Titans yet. Don't forget Kubiak is still the head coach.

 

[TexansForTheW]

I wouldn't take the tAcks too lightly. They played a good football game yesterday and they've already beaten the Raven, handily, I might add. We're hoping we can beat them.

I wouldn't take them lightly but it's reported that Kenny Britt tore his acl. That is by far their best playmaker.

 

[badboy]

i think posters above me are only considering which teams we can beat rest of season and that is ok. I and some others are looking at what went wrong and what can/will be done to fix it. I'm not going to call you names like polyannas or homers, etc but don't call me names either. Some fans can watch a game and enjoy the 3 hours and then it is basically gone from the mind. I just don't do that.

 

[Vinny]

Does anyone know Kubiak's record when you take away the first four and last four games of each season?

 

[DocBar]

I wouldn't take them lightly but it's reported that Kenny Britt tore his acl. That is by far their best playmaker.

Their D looks like it's been reborn with a nasty attitude.
It's odd to see someone not named CJ2K or Chris Johnson called the tAcks best playmaker. He's pretty much disappeared.

 

[b0ng]

Their D looks like it's been reborn with a nasty attitude.
It's odd to see someone not named CJ2K or Chris Johnson called the tAcks best playmaker. He's pretty much disappeared.

It'd be dumb not to try and account for him in practices and game plans though. If Britt is seriously out, it's him and hasselbeck that are their "play makers".

Their defense looks solid again. Must be something in the water there.

 

[TexansFanatic]

Does anyone know Kubiak's record when you take away the first four and last four games of each season?

3 and 5 in 2006
3 and 5 in 2007
5 and 3 in 2008
3 and 5 in 2009
2 and 6 in 2010

16 and 24 for his first 5 seasons.

 

[SaintRusty]

I was just looking at the remainder of the schedule this morning. We should end up losing only 5.

Losses come from @Saints, @Ravens, @Titans, @Bucs, Falcons.

I think you guys can take the Falcons and Bucs easy. Matt Ryan is choking this season away. If Vick didn't get hurt they're 0-3 right now. The Bucs will be the tougher of those two games but if y'all get out to an early lead (i.e. yesterday) they won't be able to mount a ridiculous comeback like the Saints.

As far as the Titans, ya'll have the better team, but it's divisional so ya never know. Maybe Andre will give innegan another beat down?

@Ravens will be rough, but not impossible. If Foster is back by then, chances improve drastically.

 

[DexmanC]

3 and 5 in 2006
3 and 5 in 2007
5 and 3 in 2008
3 and 5 in 2009
2 and 6 in 2010

16 and 24 for his first 5 seasons.

This is a new season. The past is NOT a viable indicator of
the present. LMAO

 

[RagingBull]

I think that everyone who is chalking a W against the Raiders may be in for a surprise. Darren McFadden is gonna run all over us if our run defense doesn't improve. We could be looking at 2-4 about 3 weeks from now.

 

[Thorn]

I think that everyone who is chalking a W against the Raiders may be in for a surprise. Darren McFadden is gonna run all over us if our run defense doesn't improve. We could be looking at 2-4 about 3 weeks from now.

2-4 or 4-2, neither should surprise any of us when it comes to the Texans.

 

[digitalswim]

I think that everyone who is chalking a W against the Raiders may be in for a surprise. Darren McFadden is gonna run all over us if our run defense doesn't improve. We could be looking at 2-4 about 3 weeks from now.

Took the words right out of my mouth. The Texans better bring the wood when they play the Raiders. They are going to surprise a lot of teams.

 

[TexansForTheW]

This is a new season. The past is NOT a viable indicator of
the present. LMAO

What happened to yesterday's rant? Someone feeling better today?

 

[TexCanada]

What happened to yesterday's rant? Someone feeling better today?

I think it was

 

[TexansForTheW]

Look at saints during their superbowl season and the year before it. Things change. We can't always be bad just because the year before we were. This season will be different.

 

[Lurvinator11]

We got baltimore next week and we all know how that will turn out.

Then Tennesse on the road. Tennesse will be looking to get some redemption for todays loss to the steelers.

Texans could be 3-4 after 2 weeks and giving the lead up in the AFC south again.

If only schaub would have run it in......

 

[TheMatrix31]

Tennessee is trash. I have all the confidence in the world we can beat them.

Baltimore will be tough.

 

[Norg]

Plzzz there is no way Stump would of got past that linebacker sadly

and 5-2 BELEIVE !!!!!!!!!!!! DRINK DAT KOOL AID

 

[ziggy29]

And the loss of AJ and Mario for a while might be the excuse that allows Kubiak to keep his job if the Texans miss the playoffs...

 

[Lurvinator11]

I was drinking the koolaid today but then I choked on it right around the time vickers dropped the ball!

 

[Lurvinator11]

And the loss of AJ and Mario for a while might be the excuse that allows Kubiak to keep his job if the Texans miss the playoffs...

Any word on how long mario is out yet?

 

[utahmark]

We got baltimore next week and we all know how that will turn out.

Then Tennesse on the road. Tennesse will be looking to get some redemption for todays loss to the steelers.

Texans could be 3-4 after 2 weeks and giving the lead up in the AFC south again.

If only schaub would have run it in......

Schaub was not getting in on that last play. I was wanting them to run a quick slant like the 1st td of the game that way we would of had time for two plays.

when there was that 15 yard facemask called on the last play I thought they should of put time back on the clock. Wasn't the clock running until we got back to the line of scrimage, almost ready to run the next play?

 

[ziggy29]

Schaub was not getting in on that last play. I was wanting them to run a quick slant like the 1st td of the game that way we would of had time for two plays.

Yep -- I think in that situation with 8 seconds left you should be thinking about TWO plays. Look for a quick slant or a TE in the end zone, and if it isn't there immediately, throw it out the back of the end zone and run another play. (And for God's sake, don't take a sack.)

 

[TheMatrix31]

And the loss of AJ and Mario for a while might be the excuse that allows Kubiak to keep his job if the Texans miss the playoffs...

Yeah, damn them for playing shitty when they're missing two of their top 4 players.

DAMN THEM!

 

[ziggy29]

Yeah, damn them for playing shitty when they're missing two of their top 4 players.

DAMN THEM!

The problem here, though, is that I think despite the loss of those two players they still had a chance, and easily could have won this game. I think the coaching tends to handcuff the offense in the second half and are setting Schaub and the rest of the cast up for failure. They make the opponent's job a lot easier.

 

[Spled]

Looks like another 8-8 season.

 

[TheMatrix31]

The problem here, though, is that I think despite the loss of those two players they still had a chance, and easily could have won this game. I think the coaching tends to handcuff the offense in the second half and are setting Schaub and the rest of the cast up for failure. They make the opponent's job a lot easier.

Well yeah, that's the difference those players make.

 

[Kimmy]

Yeah, damn them for playing shitty when they're missing two of their top 4 players.

DAMN THEM!

The Packers won the SB last year with half their team decimated. Good teams find a way to WIN, we find ways to lose. And we're not even creative about it. It's an interception.

 

[TheMatrix31]

The Packers won the SB last year with half their team decimated. Good teams find a way to WIN, we find ways to lose. And we're not even creative about it. It's an interception.

The Packers are much deeper than we could ever possibly hope to be.

 

[Kimmy]

The Packers are much deeper than we could ever possibly hope to be.

They have a GOOD quarterback ... that's the main difference ....

 

[Bull Pen 1]

Looks like another 8-8 season.

Beware of the games 4 game losing streak during games 5-8, It's happened the last 2 or 3 years.

 

[utahmark]

The problem here, though, is that I think despite the loss of those two players they still had a chance, and easily could have won this game. I think the coaching tends to handcuff the offense in the second half and are setting Schaub and the rest of the cast up for failure. They make the opponent's job a lot easier.

I'm not sure what plays you guys are wanting them to run. We couldn't run the ball against them. Our wr's were not getting open. Matt had no time to throw the ball. Jacoby sucks! Our only advantage were our te's against their lb's and our rb's out of the backfield. And thats where we attacked them, right where we had an advantage. So to all you saying our playcalling sucks, what plays would you of run? What mismatches would you of taken advantage of?

 

[brakos82]

The Pack also sneaked into the playoffs as a 6-seed.

 

[TheMatrix31]

They have a GOOD quarterback ... that's the main difference ....

Yeah, our quarterback is really crappy.

 

[HJam72]

We got baltimore next week and we all know how that will turn out.

Then Tennesse on the road. Tennesse will be looking to get some redemption for todays loss to the steelers.

Texans could be 3-4 after 2 weeks and giving the lead up in the AFC south again.

If only schaub would have run it in......

Schaub would have to be Michael Vick to run that in. He had a LB just waiting for him. It wasn't gonna happen.

Yes, things are looking bad right now with a couple of tough games coming up, but take a look at the last 9 games of the season and tell me we're not going to make a serious run...

We might win in Tennessee anyway; we ARE better than them and Pittsburgh proved it today. I just don't know if I can watch what's going to happen in Baltimore first.

 

[HJam72]

I'm not sure what plays you guys are wanting them to run. We couldn't run the ball against them. Our wr's were not getting open. Matt had not time to throw the ball. Jacoby sucks! Our only advantage were our te's against their lb's and our rb's out of the backfield. And thats where we attacked them, right where we had an advantage. So to all you saying our playcalling sucks what plays would you of run? What mismatches would you of taken advantage of?

Thank God for some common sense.

 

[cain78749]

Well yeah, that's the difference those players make.

No, that's the difference between a team led and coached by winners. We've got a double dose of excuse-generating losers at the two most important slots.

Schaub is Romo. Kubiag is Pardee. Finkel is Einhorn. Too bad it's too late to suck for Luck.

 

[buddyboy]

They have a GOOD quarterback ... that's the main difference ....

If Aaron Rodgers is the standard by which all QBs are judged to be "good" or not, there are mostly sh*tty QBs out there.

 

[ziggy29]

I'm not sure what plays you guys are wanting them to run. We couldn't run the ball against them. Our wr's were not getting open. Matt had not time to throw the ball.

Yeah, but I think this partly *because* the defense knows what to expect. Throw a wrinkle in there once in a while, a high risk/high return play instead of a predictable, conservative offensive game plan, and maybe you keep the defense honest?

Any time the defense can predict the play an offense will call, the advantage swings to the defense. At the level of the NFL, even if you have more talent, if the defense knows what's coming it can make the offense's attempt to execute a LOT harder (no excuse for the dropped passes, though). So when it looks like the players suck, I think perhaps the predictability of the offense scheme is setting them up for failure. I agree it's harder without AJ but the truth is that they show the same tendencies even when AJ is in the game.

 

[buddyboy]

No, that's the difference between a team led and coached by winners. We've got a double dose of excuse-generating losers at the two most important slots.

Schaub is Romo. Kubiag is Pardee. Finkel is Einhorn. Too bad it's too late to suck for Luck.

I'm curious, there's a lot of people who discount injuries and overall team ability, instead focusing on the coach. Let's say you take an all time great coach...say Parcells. Give him our team, but take away Andre, Foster, Mario, and Joseph. Do you guys really expect this "winning" coach to find a way to win regardless? I know it's a bit extreme, but the argument then becomes, at what point do injuries affect the way the coach can lead his team?

 

[Ckw]

And the loss of AJ and Mario for a while might be the excuse that allows Kubiak to keep his job if the Texans miss the playoffs...

Man, I hope not. I think I'll have an aneurysm if this team doesn't make the playoffs and McNair keeps Kubiak around.

 

[grinch1134]

Schaub would have to be Michael Vick to run that in. He had a LB just waiting for him. It wasn't gonna happen.

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Thank you. Even with the hesitation Schaub doesn't make it. Plus if he runs and gets stopped at the 1 time is out. If he throws a bad throw away from his receiver, like he did all game, he gets a second play. But screw that play oher teammates cost us this game.

As far as the original post goes we could be well under .500 or well over. To quote Ron Washington, That's just how football go.

 

[cain78749]

Schaub would have to be Michael Vick to run that in. He had a LB just waiting for him. It wasn't gonna happen.

Yes, things are looking bad right now with a couple of tough games coming up, but take a look at the last 9 games of the season and tell me we're not going to make a serious run...

We might win in Tennessee anyway; we ARE better than them and Pittsburgh proved it today. I just don't know if I can watch what's going to happen in Baltimore first.

I do think we finally make the playoffs, based on schedule. We should be this years KC. But a first round loss is this teams' ceiling with Schaub.