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pittbull

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OK OK OK!!! This is getting to be a recurrent theme, but we need to protect Carr. We need to lower the penalties. We need to get the ball to Johnson. We need a new this, we need a new that. Let's face it. We need to do alot of things better. This weeks game, believe it or not, will mean alot to the franchise. If this team goes to Chicago, and lays an egg, they tanked the remainder of the season. Over the past few games, we ran into a few wrecking balls of "playoff" caliber teams, and got it handed to us, and frankly that is what happens when your not very good. BUT, if we cannot beat the teams in the league, that we should, then this team has officially given up on the season. More Fire Palmer threads. More Carr to Johnson plays, that never happen, I'm out................Sorry, Rome flashback! Houston has more heart than to tank it! :hairpull:


Houston 27
Chicago 14
 
pittbull said:
BUT, if we cannot beat the teams in the league, that we should, then this team has officially given up on the season.
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They are saying the same thing in Chicago about us.
 
Every team and their fans feel like they 'should' beat the teams with bad records. Why wouldn't they?
 
They feel like they will win, and think they should, but this is not a game they "should" win and they know it. They feel they can win but they should also know that the Texans are a better team than they are. Like our game today. I felt the Texans could and should win it, but I also knew that we may very well lose because the Colty offense being so good and our defense not being so good. The Bears are bad and their fans know it. They think they will win but will not be at all surprised if they lose. From our standpoint, I think the Texans will win and I will be shocked (and embarassed) if Houston loses to such as bad a team as Chicago.
 
You guys should have no problems beating the Bears if they play like they did today. They have a huge weakness at Oline and Qb. So they cant run because of the oline and cant protect the QB. Decent D though.

Texans:24
Bears:13
 
We live in their NFL neighborhood though. If we can beat the Bears it will be the only team we beat in their division. We've been swept so far by Detroit, Green Bay and Minnesota.

Team W L T PCT PF PA
Chicago 5 8 0 .385 199 257
Houston 5 8 0 .385 250 312
 
I think we're going to lose this game. The Texans stink on the road and the game today was proof of how much better they've been doing at home. It's probably more common throughout the league than most people realize, but the Texans are getting really notorious for it.

They say to give the home team 3 points, but I say give them AT LEAST 7.

Oh, and, in the Texans' case, take away another 14 from the other team.
 
jags98 said:
You guys should have no problems beating the Bears if they play like they did today. They have a huge weakness at Oline and Qb. So they cant run because of the oline and cant protect the QB. Decent D though.
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Sounds like you are describing the Texans. :dontknowa
 
Well, that's calling your shot. I guess Capers needs to make sure the Texans beat the Bears.

I'll call my shot: Da Bears will be in a cover 2 all game.
 
i will call this...it will be a defensive game...the bear's defense will get 2 ints against us because we all know carr sucks on the road...azumah will get one and tillman the other...but our own robinson will get an int and so will earl...peek will get a pair of sacks and the team that wins will be the one that can protect their qb best...i'm sorry as bad as their o-line is ours isn't that much better...the game will be desided by 3 or less points
 
This team can't beat anyone right now. The Colts have the worst defense in the AFC and they scored 14 points. Aside from one 5-game stretch, this season has been a disaster. One gutless performance after another.
 
the wonger need food said:
The Colts have the worst defense in the AFC and they scored 14 points.
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After this game our defense is now ranked worse than the Colts. :dontknowa
 
I give us a slight edge in this game. I think we will likely lose at Jacksonville. The Browns have cashed it in.

I am guessing we go 7-9 at this point.
 
Urlacher is out again. Thier O-line is horrid!! We can take this one. Is anyone coming up for the game. bring a heavy coat. 19 degree wind chill this morning, get ready.
 
This is my Dad's old favorite team. He was an Illinois kid. I went to their old stadium before the space ship landed on it. I saw the great Walter Peyton run live. It's gonna be cold as heck.
 
Houston better win this one or I'll never hear the end of it from my LOUD, obnoxious, Chicago co-worker!!! Let's go Texans!!!!
 
:hmmm:

Is it heresy to suggest that one might, in the back of their mind, hope the Texans play well but lose out? Another top 10 pick would sure look good next year ...
 
chuckm said:
:hmmm:

Is it heresy to suggest that one might, in the back of their mind, hope the Texans play well but lose out? Another top 10 pick would sure look good next year ...
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You know I bet Bengal's fans had that same attitude from 1991-2002. Doesn't it make you proud to be compared to those Bengals?
 
TheOgre said:
You know I bet Bengal's fans had that same attitude from 1991-2002. Doesn't it make you proud to be compared to those Bengals?
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Ok fair enough .... remember you said that come April though ....
 
Besides, if there's someone you just got to have in the top 10 (or in the first round say for instance) you can always bundle the rest of your draft picks together and trade your way on up there.

Which IMO is saying that you go jump on someone in the top 10 because you're absolutely, positively certain that this kid is what you're missing. It's like signing a really, really expensive free agent. You go get him when that's the exact piece you're missing. Otherwise if you don't have to be in the top 10 then don't be. I'd much rather watch wins than the draft (though come draft day I'm so hard up for anything football related that the draft ain't bad)
 
chuckm said:
:hmmm:

Is it heresy to suggest that one might, in the back of their mind, hope the Texans play well but lose out? Another top 10 pick would sure look good next year ...
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Yup, cause we're past that point. We're not desperately needing one star player. Time to hit the draft with 8 wins by God!
 
Oilers/Texans said:
I like the qoute from the Jets coach, Herman Edwards..."You play to win the game PERIOD!!!!!!!"
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Herm Edwards is one of my favorite coaches. How can you not like that guy? He has a great attitude. He is the kind of coach that can motivate coaches to do just about anything.
 
Herm Edwards is also a coach, many wanted fired but management stuck to their guns with him and they have a winning ball club now.
 
I think that if a lot of people saw the Steelers offensive calling, without knowing it was the Steelers, they would say that they don't play to win, but the Steelers are 12-1. Also, Carr is a 3rd year QB, with really bad pass protection, who keeps audibling to the run, so they look even more conservative than they really are.
 
I am not sure he has any other thing to audible to besides a run. Haven't seen it. If he looks over and it looks like they are stacked for the pass he has called, then I suppose he just tries a run. I wonder if there is even a pass audible for when a run is called available to him.
 
We've discussed that in the past and I think the answer is no, if I'm not mistaken. Carr can only audible to runs, I believe. Apparently, they think that's all he's capable of right now. All I know is they see him practice and I don't, so I assume they are right. He'll get it one of these days and they'll start adding passing audibles. One of the reasons they think he's not ready to audible to pass plays may be because he might be audibling to run plays when it's not necessary at all. You can't let a QB like that start calling pass audibles and throwing INTs, when maybe the original play would've worked in the first place.

Lol, for now, maybe they should just stop letting him audible at all.
 
he will get better , the coaches just need to give him more freedom in the play calling. Have a little more faith in our O to do there job and maybe we could put some more points up on the board !!!!!
 
Personally I see the audible thing as kind of indicative of most of the issues that we have been talking about. We are soooo bolted down and afraid of a mistake that we wind up making mistakes by trying not to make a mistake. At some point you have to just go out and play football and stop worring. Let's start playing with abandon on both sides of the ball and see what happens. I suspect that we might see some players who are enjoying playing and doing very well at it. We might still lose, but it will be an enthusiatic loss.
 
Latest forecast is for 14-24 degree temp range and windy: wind-chill is gonna
be tough stuff. We got a Cal QB, Lou TB and top 2 receivers are from Fla.
Bears favored by 1 point with O/U @35-36. This will be much different than
playing in the cozy, warm confines of Reliant. Game is anything but a slam
dunk for us. I think I'm gonna be impressed if they can win it up there.
 
nunusguy said:
This will be much different than
playing in the cozy, warm confines of Reliant.
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Possible interpretation of this statement: The Texans will show up for the first quarter. :heh:


When we were getting set to watch the Jets game, some people around here hoped for a performance like we saw in Buffalo last year. I could go for that this weekend. Ugly wins are fine with me at this point!
 
Cold, windy and snowing. Looks like we had better hope the o-line shows up and opens holes for DD because it will probably be a tough day to pass. If they show, I think we can win. If the line gets stuffed, it will be a LONG cold day in hell and we lose.
 
chicagotexan said:
Urlacher is out again. Thier O-line is horrid!! We can take this one. Is anyone coming up for the game. bring a heavy coat. 19 degree wind chill this morning, get ready.
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Took me a couple of days to respond to this, but my family and myself will be making the trip up from Cincinnati for the game.
 
i belive it will be EXTREMELY tough for the texans to win here in chicago...i love the texans...but if our d-line shows up to play like they should, :heh: it will turn into a defensive struggle...cause our offense aint goin nowhere! :hairpull:
 
In these conditions DD could be in for another monster game and if the D keep the form that they showed against the Colts ,then a Texan victory is achievable.
 
hetero doxy said:
if they don't beat the bears then capers will be fired. mcnair understands benchmarks like that.
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I believe that Capers is safe at least through next year.
His co-ordinators may be on the hot seat though. I don't know if Capers would go to the wall for his co-ordinators or not. idonno:

BTW Do you watch the games. I can't recall you coming in after a game to comment on the execution, playcalling, gametime coaching decisions, ect. I for one would like to hear your take after the games are played. Maybe you have and I just missed it. :shrug:

cac :coffee:
 
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