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At least we're not the Dolphnis...
Doesn't it though.
I'm passed being mad & upset. Now I'm trying to understand what happened ?
Or more precisely, what happened to the offense, because the D has played admirably but probably is nearly defensless now from physical fatigue.
Maybe Kubiak & Smith (or whoever is running the team next year?), will finally do something about the OLine in the Draft. And I don't mean use a late second pick on tfhe son of an old friend.
AJs injury is old news by now. Besides, we've been getting good play from the other wide receivers even though AJ is irreplaceable.I'm going to tell you the MAIN thing that happened...Andre Johnson got hurt.
Now defenses don't have to double a WR, guys have to catch balls covered, and even when they do catch it they gain no YAC. Also the defense is suffering because the Offense can't keep them off the field without Andre.
Andre would FORCE teams to double him, leaving other guys open, that is why you saw Schaub playing the way he did. Guys were open because of Andre.
AJs injury is old news by now. Besides, we've been getting good play from the other wide receivers even though AJ is irreplaceable.
BTW, the Titans lost someone who is arguably more valuable to their offense than AJ is to ours, and they seem to be doing OK today.
What we've had this afternoon is a total collapse of the offense comparable to the kind of efforts we had from the offense in the first year or 2 of the franchise.
AJ is our MVP. What have the other WRs done? NONE of them have become a threat worthy of double coverage. They are mainly singled and catch balls in tight coverage.
I keep hearing guys act like AJ has little to no impact on this team. He would have less of a impact if the running game was doing something but...no its not because he and OD has been our ONLY weapons on offense all year.
The problem is AJ didn't protect Schaub's blindside or frontside. He also didn't get any push for the RB. Oh and he didn't carry the ball 25+ times a game.
Now I'm trying to understand what happened ?
as a resident Dolphins fan, lemme tell ya something, you guys have it worse, because you actually had high hopes, and the expectations after the 2-0 start makes now much MUCH worse than what Miami is going through. we have the hope for the future with our young talent on offense and potential to draft high and really help out the team.
Kas,
I disagree. Your offense has some young potential, but your defense is just getting old without much depth (if any). The Porter pickup was a horrendous move...
Ginn is awesome, Welker was traded, essentially, for Samson Satele, which is looking great right now, Chambers was never that good, John Beck is looking good for the future, and the offensive line is AWESOME. really really good. Houston fans should know this, they had their best game as a unit against the Texans.
Ginn is awesome, Welker was traded, essentially, for Samson Satele, which is looking great right now, Chambers was never that good, John Beck is looking good for the future, and the offensive line is AWESOME. really really good. Houston fans should know this, they had their best game as a unit against the Texans.
We hear the "build from the trenches" theory all of the time, but then the Texans rely on skill position players to make the o-line better. They tried to make the o-line look better with Schaub, and that was successful. He definitely makes them look better than the joker they had before.
Look better.
Even Schaub can't avoid all of the unblocked or lightly blocked players coming through the line in recent games
Now we have threads that we need better RBs to make the line look better.
We also have the excuse that our best offesnive palyer - a receiver - went down, so now they can't run the ball.
The Texans don't build from the trenches; they try to cover up the trenches with flashy players. It works, too - every off-season in the fans' minds and every pre-season on the field.
Couple that with the fact that the Texans cut better players to keep Salaam and Flanagan on the roster to:
I'm really not surprised.
- be good locker room guys or because they are familiar with the offense
- to provide Kubiak and Sherman with the comfort of familiar faces