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HoustonFrog

HoustonFrog

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I'm used to getting ripped for strong opinions and being a Dallas fan.

I'm not trying to be negative but I can't be happy about 9-7. Maybe I have a different mind set but when people were asked what to expect this year it seemed many said 10-6 or 11-5. Yet now the city seems giddy at 9-7. It seems like Groundhog Day of the "we finished strong, next year will rock" mentality. I mean it is great to hit a milestone but is it good enough? When Kubiak was hired, if someone told you the Texans would get to 9-7 after 4 years would you be happy? As I've said 50 times I think there needs to be a new standard in place. The new standard should be that of franchises like the Colts, Cowboys, Steelers, etc. Playoffs or bust. In the dance or disappointment. I still get concerned that with one game to make it the team didn't wake up until about 13 minutes left in the game. This has been a problem all year. Maybe it all gets fixed. I just don't like celebrating ok...which is 9-7

Don't get mad at me.....just the way I see it.
 
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HoustonFrog said:
I'm used to getting ripped for strong opinions and being a Dallas fan.

I'm not trying to be negative but I can't be happy about 9-7. Maybe I have a different mind set but when people were asked what to expect this year it seemed many said 10-6 or 11-5. Yet now the city seems giddy at 9-7. It seems like Groundhog Day of the "we finished strong, next year will rock" mentality. I mean it is great to hit a milestone but is it good enough? When Kubiak was hired, if someone told you would get to 9-7 after 4 years would you be happy? As I've said 50 times I think there needs to be a new standard in place. The new standard should be that of franchises like the Colts, Cowboys, Steelers, etc. Playoffs or bust. In the dance or disappointment. I still get concerned that with one game to make it the team didn't wake up until about 13 minutes left in the game. This has been a problem all year. Maybe it all gets fixed. I just don't like celebrating ok...which is 9-7

Don't get mad at me.....just the way I see it.
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100% agree, my biggest dissapointment this year besides our kicker has to be Mario, he needs to step it up big time next year. We need a pass rush BADLY..
 
Well, my predication at the beginning of the year was 9 - 7, but being right doesn't make me happy. So many opportunities wasted this year, and when this team should have stepped up, it fail on it's face. But I'm a masochist, being a fan of any team in Houston makes us that way. I'll keep my hopes alive for next year, and a dramatic turn-around :)
 
I've already made my feelings pretty clear these past few weeks. I'm happy for our first winning season, but unhappy on what could have been, if that makes sense.

We failed to take care of business coming off our bye week and it cost us a sure spot in the post season.

In the end, rather than going through another coaching change, I'm giving Kubiak one last shot. I like the guy and pray to the good Lord that he's the one that can make this team a consistent winner for Houston and it's fans.
 
HOU-TEX said:
I've already made my feelings pretty clear these past few weeks. I'm happy for our first winning season, but unhappy on what could have been, if that makes sense.

We failed to take care of business coming off our bye week and it cost us a sure spot in the post season.

In the end, rather than going through another coaching change, I'm giving Kubiak one last shot. I like the guy and pray to the good Lord that he's the one that can make this team a consistent winner for Houston and it's fans.
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Rep. I agree. 9-7 gives him a 5th year. But no excuses. The schedule sets up with some difficult games. The talk of expectations has to be real this year.
 
silvrhand said:
my biggest dissapointment this year besides our kicker has to be Mario, he needs to step it up big time next year. We need a pass rush BADLY..
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We should rename him Mari-O-Round, the guy 99% of the time takes the wide arc rush approach. I guess if we had pressure in the middle from Amobi and Cody, he would flush the QB into their arms. All I do know, getting behind the QB on just about every play shows you can apply pressure, but eventually you have to apply pressure intelligently.
 
I am not happy, but definitely not as upset had we lost yesterday. To think our offense is where its at... DESPITE having zero running game this year gives me very high hopes for our future. Especially with our D coming into form.

I predicted 9 wins this year, and we hit that mark. I never knew if it was going to be enough to get in or not. Regardless... 6 wins, 8 wins, 8 wins, and now 9 wins. The arrow is pointing up people.

Next year is definitely the year its playoffs or BUST.
 
Wow. I thought it was just me. Yesterday, out at the bar watching the afternoon games, I was happy and excited and celebrating with my friends, but, deep down, something was nagging at me.

It was nagging at me when I got home last night, and it nagged me as I was sleeping. And it nagged me this morning. I'm happy for the win, but, for some reason, something about the Texans season feels unsatisfactory to me. It's this dull, knawing feeling that I can't shake.

I'll take 9-7 and what that entails, but, something about this season has left me feeling cold.

Of course, I also have the season ticket issue hanging over my head like an anvil. I wonder how much McNair is going to raise prices AGAIN.
 
i'm not that happy with 9-7 either.........we could of ended up so much better.....but I am happy we had a shot
 
HoustonFrog said:
Rep. I agree. 9-7 gives him a 5th year. But no excuses. The schedule sets up with some difficult games. The talk of expectations has to be real this year.
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Heck, it was real to me this year. LOL. That's why I've been such a pessimist since that dadgum MNF game against the titans. I truly expected a shot in the playoffs this season, without having to rely on other teams.

Once again, our off-season has begun and it darn well better be a good one. I expect to be a shoe-in for the playoffs next season. We deserve it, dadgummit!!
 
HOU-TEX said:
Heck, it was real to me this year. LOL. That's why I've been such a pessimist since that dadgum MNF game against the titans. I truly expected a shot in the playoffs this season, without having to rely on other teams.

Once again, our off-season has begun and it darn well better be a good one. I expect to be a shoe-in for the playoffs next season. We deserve it, dadgummit!!
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Well that is one reason I wrote this. I remember people having this conversation before last season. "No more expansion, time to step up." Yet it didn't happen again. I also was disappointed to see McNair talk about how great it was because of "injuries, etc." I hate the excuses.
 
I basically laid off my bad attitude, yesterday, to not be a pain in the rear to everyohe else on this board.

I took my "Good little boy" pills and was as cheery as could be.

Once we missed two FGs and an extra point, then found ourselves down by 14, I completely banned myself from the board for the rest of the game. I still watched the game, but I never ONCE believed that we'd end up winning it. I figured someone would screw it up somehow.

And that's where I'm at on this very day for how I think 2010 will go: Somehow, there will be enough "suckage" for this team to still manage to lose enough games that we're hoping and praying on the last weekend of the season.

I just don't see the killer instinct in Kubiak, and I think head coaches in the NFL are solely responsible for that type of attitude. The great coaches have this demeanor about them that you KNOW they can ride through the gates of hell and come back clean as a whistle. Some of those do it in short bursts and are gone quickly (Dungy, for example), and some have long legacies of being great (Bilichick is a current example). Regardless of the window of time, there exists a great coach who had the right mix for the right team.

I just don't see it with Kubiak.

The abismal divisional record tells me he does not know how to overcome a known foe, even after having 24 shots at those teams. 6 divisional games a year, multiplied by 4 years, is 24 divisional games. This year's record against our KNOWN FOES was 1-6. There was no big, wide, sweeping changes made by any of those rivals.

Gary Kubiak is great at tinkering with things behind the scenes. I can't deny that he took a pretty stale offense and has really made it into a good one.

But I have zero confidence in his ability to actually find strategies that out-fox the opponent from week-to-week. And you know what? That's going to put the players in a tough situation.

Love this team, but the head coach is not good enough.
 
I know what you are saying, but sometimes it's the journey and not the destination that gives us the greatest satisfaction. We can be happy with progress, with incremental steps while lamenting all of the lost opportunities and issues that still exist. I don't see it as the either/or proposition that you seem to be pushing here. It seems you are proposing that those of us who are happy are satisifed. There is a difference. One can be happy at the first time accomplishments of the team - first winning record, best O, best D etc, while being ultimately dissatisifed by the wasted opportunities. This team could have had an 11-12 win season but for a few kicks and bounces... easily so, with not a stretch at all. You say your not happy with 9-7? What were your feelings with 4-12?
 
GP said:
I basically laid off my bad attitude, yesterday, to not be a pain in the rear to everyohe else on this board.

I took my "Good little boy" pills and was as cheery as could be.

Once we missed two FGs and an extra point, then found ourselves down by 14, I completely banned myself from the board for the rest of the game. I still watched the game, but I never ONCE believed that we'd end up winning it. I figured someone would screw it up somehow.

And that's where I'm at on this very day for how I think 2010 will go: Somehow, there will be enough "suckage" for this team to still manage to lose enough games that we're hoping and praying on the last weekend of the season.

I just don't see the killer instinct in Kubiak, and I think head coaches in the NFL are solely responsible for that type of attitude. The great coaches have this demeanor about them that you KNOW they can ride through the gates of hell and come back clean as a whistle. Some of those do it in short bursts and are gone quickly (Dungy, for example), and some have long legacies of being great (Bilichick is a current example). Regardless of the window of time, there exists a great coach who had the right mix for the right team.

I just don't see it with Kubiak.

The abismal divisional record tells me he does not know how to overcome a known foe, even after having 24 shots at those teams. 6 divisional games a year, multiplied by 4 years, is 24 divisional games. This year's record against our KNOWN FOES was 1-6. There was no big, wide, sweeping changes made by any of those rivals.

Gary Kubiak is great at tinkering with things behind the scenes. I can't deny that he took a pretty stale offense and has really made it into a good one.

But I have zero confidence in his ability to actually find strategies that out-fox the opponent from week-to-week. And you know what? That's going to put the players in a tough situation.

Love this team, but the head coach is not good enough.
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I agree. Yeah, I think it's the divisional performance that nags at me. We should know those teams backwards and forwards, yet we do not. Meanwhile, they certainly know us well.

I just don't understand how someone can do poorly on 90 percent of his job - the divisional games - and still be considered a good coach.

And, people are underestimating the potential schedule next year. It's going to be rough. Then again, that'll just set us up for the "but we had a tough schedule" excuse.
 
I think it is perfectly fine to not be happy because personally i feel the Texans played much better this year than a 9-7 team. The first winning season is a accomplishment but this team is better then that and choked in close games. This team couldve eaisly been 11-5 and the playoffs wouldnt have even been a question.
 
Porky said:
I know what you are saying, but sometimes it's the journey and not the destination that gives us the greatest satisfaction. We can be happy with progress, with incremental steps while lamenting all of the lost opportunities and issues that still exist. I don't see it as the either/or proposition that you seem to be pushing here. It seems you are proposing that those of us who are happy are satisifed. There is a difference. One can be happy at the first time accomplishments of the team - first winning record, best O, best D etc, while being ultimately dissatisifed by the wasted opportunities. This team could have had an 11-12 win season but for a few kicks and bounces... easily so, with not a stretch at all. You say your not happy with 9-7? What were your feelings with 4-12?
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I actually wasn't trying to make it an indictment on a faction here or certain posters. It was more what I heard city wide driving to work and yesterday. A contentment citywide that "one more year" will get it done. I heard it last year too. That is what bothers me. People have short memories on the feelings from past years. After awhile you are just piling up "one more years."
 
its a weird feeling this morning...im pumped we got our 1st winning season. Last year I would have been happy with this outcome, but after seeing all the wasted opportunities all i can think about today is what if. What if we started the season prepared, what if we won one more game (preferably in our division)....

overall i'm happy but ik i could have been happier
 
I can understand people wanting more. I just choose to see that we had a long way to go and while I assumed it was inevidable for us to progress, we could have just as easily wound up like the Lions the way we were going.

Indy fans are pissed right now because they didn't get a perfect season. They have every right.

Steeler fans are pissed because they didn't get back into the playyoffs after winning it all. They have every right.

As far as the Texans fans expectations go, I understand the dissappointment, but we had a lot of demons going into this season and while we didn't get past all of them, we did get past a couple of big ones.
 
euro-Texan said:
I can understand people wanting more. I just choose to see that we had a long way to go and while I assumed it was inevidable for us to progress, we could have just as easily wound up like the Lions the way we were going.

Indy fans are pissed right now because they didn't get a perfect season. They have every right.

Steeler fans are pissed because they didn't get back into the playyoffs after winning it all. They have every right.

As far as the Texans fans expectations go, I understand the dissappointment, but we had a lot of demons going into this season and while we didn't get past all of them, we did get past a couple of big ones.
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Very good points. Well said.

I am happy we hit 9-7. And, I hope and pray that Kubiak learns from his coaching mistakes. Something tells me he won't, but one can only hope.
 
HoustonFrog said:
Well that is one reason I wrote this. I remember people having this conversation before last season. "No more expansion, time to step up." Yet it didn't happen again. I also was disappointed to see McNair talk about how great it was because of "injuries, etc." I hate the excuses.
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You know we could all put on loin cloths sit in the ashes and feel sorry for ourselves like Job, but what good would it do?

What happened, happened. There will be no coaching change this year to much consternation of some posters. Could the Texans have closed out some winnable games? Sure, but they didn't and I for one will move on and look forward to next year.

I wonder how many coaches have ever been fired after going 9-7? Anyone know?
 
houstonspartan said:
Wow. I thought it was just me. Yesterday, out at the bar watching the afternoon games, I was happy and excited and celebrating with my friends, but, deep down, something was nagging at me.

It was nagging at me when I got home last night, and it nagged me as I was sleeping. And it nagged me this morning. I'm happy for the win, but, for some reason, something about the Texans season feels unsatisfactory to me. It's this dull, knawing feeling that I can't shake.

I'll take 9-7 and what that entails, but, something about this season has left me feeling cold.

Of course, I also have the season ticket issue hanging over my head like an anvil. I wonder how much McNair is going to raise prices AGAIN.
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You know my wife?
 
Texan_Bill said:
So much for the 'ol "we own the Jags" talk. We're 8-8 lifetime. :gun:
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Especially considering the Jags were mediocre at best this season. Oh, the Monday nighter against the titans was lovely too. That one about sent me into cardiac arrest.

Oh, what could have been. Bastages!
 
Pantherstang84 said:
You know we could all put on loin cloths sit in the ashes and feel sorry for ourselves like Job, but what good would it do?

What happened, happened. There will be no coaching change this year to much consternation of some posters. Could the Texans have closed out some winnable games? Sure, but they didn't and I for one will move on and look forward to next year.

I wonder how many coaches have ever been fired after going 9-7? Anyone know?
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I'm not advocating firing....right now...was earlier. But Schottenheimer got fired after 14-2. Wade Phillips probably saved his job at 11-5 and winning the division but he isn't safe. It depends on the standard. The Jets just made the playoffs with a new coach and a rookie QB. They weren't bad last year.(edit)....9-7. Just saying, it has happened.
 
Why is McNair being nailed for using injuries as an excuse? Think where we might be today if OD ALONE had not been injured. Our entire offense suffered due to injuries and that's a FACT, not an excuse! backups are called BACKUPs for a reason, they are not good enough to be STARTERS!! Moats and Foster stepped it up, but, it took some time, and we ran out of time.

Kubiak continuing to play CB is an excuse, or KB shanking easy kicks, that's an excuse, but, injuries are NOT excuses, they are a hard reality.

Am I happy? Of course not! I want MORE Texan football, and don't want to wait until Sept to get it. BUT, since I have my doubts our team is ready for a playoff run anyway, I would rather them be right where they are, healing old injuries, and getting ready for 2010. JMO
 
HoustonFrog said:
I'm not advocating firing....right now...was earlier. But Schottenheimer got fired after 14-2. Wade Phillips probably saved his job at 11-5 and winning the division but he isn't safe. It depends on the standard. The Jets just made the playoffs with a new coach and a rookie QB. They weren't bad last year.(edit)....9-7. Just saying, it has happened.
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And a couple of gift wrapped games. If Indy and Cincy had not laid down the last 2 weeks, would the Jets be in the playoffs? Not a strong argument you're making there.

Schott's problem was he couldn't win in the playoffs and that was a knee jerk firing IMO that stunned the league.
 
I don't think anything is wrong with not being happy but there would be something wrong with being upset over this record. If that makes any sense.

I see what you are saying about how Steelers, Cowboys etc.. football teams view their seasons. However if you are a fan of those teams you probably weren't there at their inception and you grew up with these teams winning Super Bowls. So yes, your perspective could be off based on circumstance. Those teams also had to learn how to be winners first though. The Steelers weren't exactly a team that was created and started winning championships.

I don't know about many of you but yesterday when I saw us win our 9th game of the season, I quickly thought of 150 sack season in 02, the not being able to win two in a row in 03, in 04 getting happy that our team was 7-8 week 15 with a chance to go 8-8 for the first time ever only to be let down by losing to an even worse Cleveland Browns team, 2-14 in 05, being the laughing stock of the league in 06 for not drafting Vince or Reggie, and then the two 8-8 seasons.

I thought about those seasons and realized that noone can say we suck anymore. Noone can say we are losers.

So yes if you grew up with your team winning Super Bowls and having winning seasons, yes you can be mad. But if you are truly a fan of the Texans from day 1, you know the journey it has been to get here and you can still be proud because the future still has light, and it's shining a bit brighter than it did in the middle of this season.

We ended the season on a 4 game win streak. The longest streak in franchise history.
 
who says all of the texans fans are happy iam sure most of the hardcore ones are disopinted on how this season went
 
meh.....sounds like more crying over spilt milk to me. What all of us wanted and what we got is, I'm sure, two different things. Time to move on.

Sadly, it's that time to start discussing next year again. And as repetitive and boring as that gets, it's all we got right now.
 
I'm not going to jump all over anyone about how they feel, happy, unhappy, whatever. For me, though 9-7 is warm and fuzzy, I'm very disappointed with the way the season turned out. Especially after a 5-3 start. So close after so long and now we're back to 0-0 and with an uncapped season coming up, there's no telling what to expect next year.

I'm just upset at what should have been, angry at our division play, disappointed that the great season Matt Schaub had will go virtually unnoticed and that Andre Johnson will not get to the big stage that is the playoffs, to showcase himself to the world.
 
HoustonFrog said:
I'm used to getting ripped for strong opinions and being a Dallas fan.

I'm not trying to be negative but I can't be happy about 9-7. Maybe I have a different mind set but when people were asked what to expect this year it seemed many said 10-6 or 11-5. Yet now the city seems giddy at 9-7. It seems like Groundhog Day of the "we finished strong, next year will rock" mentality. I mean it is great to hit a milestone but is it good enough? When Kubiak was hired, if someone told you the Texans would get to 9-7 after 4 years would you be happy? As I've said 50 times I think there needs to be a new standard in place. The new standard should be that of franchises like the Colts, Cowboys, Steelers, etc. Playoffs or bust. In the dance or disappointment. I still get concerned that with one game to make it the team didn't wake up until about 13 minutes left in the game. This has been a problem all year. Maybe it all gets fixed. I just don't like celebrating ok...which is 9-7

Don't get mad at me.....just the way I see it.
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Agree with everything here.
 
You know, this is just my opinion but I don't think it's ok to not be happy today. I think it's just fine to be not grinning ear to ear and dancing in the streets but I think everyone should be more or less "happy" today. No matter what you think is best for the Texans future you should be somewhere between relieved and happy about 9-7.

I'm as sarcastic and pessimistic as ever and yet today I'm not really mad about anything in particular. Winning cures everything they say and while we just did a tiny little bit of winning this year we did win more than we lost so I feel better than I did either of the last two years. I can't deny it.
 
THe Jets loss this year is just one that really bugs me more then anything this year for some reason
 
i'm happy about our first winning season but i'm far from content
all 9-7 does is up the ante for kubes and his crew
so i'll wait till next year but for me it's playoffs or pinkslip
 
I'm not entirely pleased with the Texans' success at snatching nine wins from an eleven win season.
 
My happiness does not rely on the Houston Texas, Thank God!
[SIZE=-1]"Happiness is nothing more than good health and a bad memory."[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-2]by Albert Schweitzer.[/SIZE]
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HoustonFrog said:
I'm used to getting ripped for strong opinions and being a Dallas fan.

I'm not trying to be negative but I can't be happy about 9-7. Maybe I have a different mind set but when people were asked what to expect this year it seemed many said 10-6 or 11-5. Yet now the city seems giddy at 9-7. It seems like Groundhog Day of the "we finished strong, next year will rock" mentality. I mean it is great to hit a milestone but is it good enough? When Kubiak was hired, if someone told you the Texans would get to 9-7 after 4 years would you be happy? As I've said 50 times I think there needs to be a new standard in place. The new standard should be that of franchises like the Colts, Cowboys, Steelers, etc. Playoffs or bust. In the dance or disappointment. I still get concerned that with one game to make it the team didn't wake up until about 13 minutes left in the game. This has been a problem all year. Maybe it all gets fixed. I just don't like celebrating ok...which is 9-7

Don't get mad at me.....just the way I see it.
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I can be happy about an awesome win to finish the season. It was very exciting Sunday. The crowd was great. We finally played 4 quarters. Made for exciting football watching (well, until Cinci).

However, I did not paint my face the last 2 games (in protest) because I am pretty ticked off about 1-5 in the division. 9-7 and almost playoffs means squat when you go 1-5. Period. That's horrible.

(though I did ask the trivia question worst division finish to make the playoffs a year or two ago, I bet we would have been the answer to that question if we made it this year)
 
FirstTexansFan said:
We should rename him Mari-O-Round, the guy 99% of the time takes the wide arc rush approach. I guess if we had pressure in the middle from Amobi and Cody, he would flush the QB into their arms. All I do know, getting behind the QB on just about every play shows you can apply pressure, but eventually you have to apply pressure intelligently.
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Mario needs to study some reggie white tapes of how to use outside speed and then go with the inside stiff arm and throw tackles off balance and go in for the sack..
 
Yankee_In_TX said:
I can be happy about an awesome win to finish the season. It was very exciting Sunday. The crowd was great. We finally played 4 quarters. Made for exciting football watching (well, until Cinci).

However, I did not paint my face the last 2 games (in protest) because I am pretty ticked off about 1-5 in the division. 9-7 and almost playoffs means squat when you go 1-5. Period. That's horrible.

(though I did ask the trivia question worst division finish to make the playoffs a year or two ago, I bet we would have been the answer to that question if we made it this year)
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I have to ask about this. I thought they played uninspired and sloppy for 3 quarters and with about 13 minutes left they woke up. I also thought, on TV, the crowd seemed to waiting for something bad to happen. Can you explain the 4 quarters part.
 
silvrhand said:
100% agree, my biggest dissapointment this year besides our kicker has to be Mario, he needs to step it up big time next year. We need a pass rush BADLY..
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Agreed.
Need a pass rush, and the ability to run the ball again.

All my good thoughts are hampered by the thought that we only needed one more win against a division foe. Just one! ....just one darnit.
 
silvrhand said:
100% agree, my biggest dissapointment this year besides our kicker has to be Mario, he needs to step it up big time next year. We need a pass rush BADLY..
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Mario has played with a bum shoulder for most of the season and has still managed to put up decent stats
 
HoustonFrog said:
I have to ask about this. I thought they played uninspired and sloppy for 3 quarters and with about 13 minutes left they woke up. I also thought, on TV, the crowd seemed to waiting for something bad to happen. Can you explain the 4 quarters part.
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Maybe sloppy, but not uninspired. Heck, the offense easily moved the ball on them all game.

1st quarter: We drove 76 yards for a TD. Went 3 and out.

2nd quarter: Went 3 and out. Drove 78 yards to NE 1 and turned it over on downs, but ended up a defensive TD by Pollard. Drove 32 yards with :45 left for Brown to miss a FG.

3rd quarter: Drove 64 yards to NE 15 for JJ's tip drill INT. Drove 53 yards for yet another missed FG by Brown.

4th quarter: Drove 69 yards for TD. Drove 66 yards for TD. Drove 28 yards for TD.

We had a chance for points on all but 2 possessions.

Defensively, I was unimpressed about half the game, primarily due to lack of a pass rush and coverage. It seemed as if we began dialing up blitzes in the later stages, but I might be mistaken.

BTW, this isn't meant to change your opinion of the game, just merely proving to myself, more or less.
 
Porky said:
I know what you are saying, but sometimes it's the journey and not the destination that gives us the greatest satisfaction. We can be happy with progress, with incremental steps while lamenting all of the lost opportunities and issues that still exist. I don't see it as the either/or proposition that you seem to be pushing here. It seems you are proposing that those of us who are happy are satisifed. There is a difference. One can be happy at the first time accomplishments of the team - first winning record, best O, best D etc, while being ultimately dissatisifed by the wasted opportunities. This team could have had an 11-12 win season but for a few kicks and bounces... easily so, with not a stretch at all. You say your not happy with 9-7? What were your feelings with 4-12?
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This is the post of the year or of any time since this franchise was born a mere seven seasons ago.

I too have been disappointed with certain games and game decisions this season and to be sooo close. But think of what our franchise has accomplished. I remember living in San Diego, watching that embarassing 42-7 beatdown by the Seattle Seahawks in 2005 on national TV.

Remember how we knew they had no chance? Remember those days of what it was like to watch our team?

Now, we know they at least they have a shot. What they did to Brady in CRUNCH time says a lot about where we're headed in the seasons to come. Yeah, playoffs would have been nice. But remember, it's HOW you respond to adversity that counts. A four game losing streak? Well, the Texans didn't fold the tents. They fought back and won their final four.

I see this Patriots game as a passing of the torch. One franchise is decline while the other is on the rise. It's a historical game for our team. A lot to be proud of.

Now, we've got a team with all sorts of offense...and a defense that's picked it up big time. This team has the foundation for success now. It's all about improving, making progress and moving forward. Learn from the mistakes but put them aside and put your best shoe forward.
 
Yankee_In_TX said:
I can be happy about an awesome win to finish the season. It was very exciting Sunday. The crowd was great. We finally played 4 quarters. Made for exciting football watching (well, until Cinci).

However, I did not paint my face the last 2 games (in protest) because I am pretty ticked off about 1-5 in the division. 9-7 and almost playoffs means squat when you go 1-5. Period. That's horrible.

(though I did ask the trivia question worst division finish to make the playoffs a year or two ago, I bet we would have been the answer to that question if we made it this year)
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Yeah, 1-5 in the division sucks. But it's done now. It's about reflecting and recognizing what the Texans have finally gathered on offense and defense...and moving on to next season. They've got a harder schedule and they've got to grow even more...as well as fine tune the roster at the sore spots.
 
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