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A tale of two halves. Again???
- Thread starter Texanmike02
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michaelm
vox nihili
Bite me... you're not a good texans fan anyway!
lol! You're crackin' me up, big guy! 
And of course I'm laughing because you're big enough to turn my frown upside down!
And of course I'm laughing because you're big enough to turn my frown upside down!
michaelm
vox nihili
lol! You're crackin' me up, big guy!
And of course I'm laughing because you're big enough to turn my frown upside down!
I've always known my friends are pretending when they laugh at my jokes... I'll take what I can get, though.
Hervoyel
BUENO!
I think this an excellent example of the kind of negativity that's taken root around here. I move that michaelm be banned.
All of them
hey, is it legal that all his voices can rep each other?I think this an excellent example of the kind of negativity that's taken root around here. I move that michaelm be banned.
All of them
michaelm
vox nihili
hey, is it legal that all his voices can rep each other?
I am thankful that my voices cannot rep each other. I'd be at about -10,000 if that was allowed.
GP
Go Texans!
Last thing you want is to so totally destroy your divisional opponent, in Game 1, that he loads up for bear and bushwhacks you in Game 2.
The Ravens, IMO, were DUMB for pulling the Fake Extra Point where the holder ran into the end zone for 2 points. DUMB. That's the sort of Remember The Alamo! stuff that the Steelers will be thinking about next time around.
I'm not saying that we purposefully held off in the 2nd half vs. the Colts. I'm saying that this idea that we might have problems in future games because we didn't hang a 50+ burger on the Colts is problematic, IMO.
That no Texans player suffered a major injury in Game 1 is a major improvement over last year's Game 1 (Barwin was out for the year). That we beat the Colts without Arian Foster is a statement. That our new 34 Defense under a new d-coord after a lockout, with new players in important positions were able to look polar opposite of last year's defense is nice.
I think revenge is fun, but if we're pissed off because we didn't totally obliterate the Colts and we're fearing a repeat of 2010...then maybe we need to slow down. Whomever said he wouldn't do handstands until after Week 4, I think it was Herv?, had a good idea. Good advice for both sides of this argument.
The Ravens, IMO, were DUMB for pulling the Fake Extra Point where the holder ran into the end zone for 2 points. DUMB. That's the sort of Remember The Alamo! stuff that the Steelers will be thinking about next time around.
I'm not saying that we purposefully held off in the 2nd half vs. the Colts. I'm saying that this idea that we might have problems in future games because we didn't hang a 50+ burger on the Colts is problematic, IMO.
That no Texans player suffered a major injury in Game 1 is a major improvement over last year's Game 1 (Barwin was out for the year). That we beat the Colts without Arian Foster is a statement. That our new 34 Defense under a new d-coord after a lockout, with new players in important positions were able to look polar opposite of last year's defense is nice.
I think revenge is fun, but if we're pissed off because we didn't totally obliterate the Colts and we're fearing a repeat of 2010...then maybe we need to slow down. Whomever said he wouldn't do handstands until after Week 4, I think it was Herv?, had a good idea. Good advice for both sides of this argument.
Carr Bombed
Hall of Fame
:vincepalm: Can someone explain this to me, because I really don't understand why so many people are bitching about not scoring points in the 2nd half?
It was obvious the game plan was changed, because the game was getting out of hand...yet people want to complain that the Texans didn't score points. Sorry, don't get the criticism at all. The Colts did not stop the Texans from scoring, the Texans stopped the Texans from scoring points.
It was obvious the game plan was changed, because the game was getting out of hand...yet people want to complain that the Texans didn't score points. Sorry, don't get the criticism at all. The Colts did not stop the Texans from scoring, the Texans stopped the Texans from scoring points.
Grams
Veteran
We won.
D looked really good.
O looked really good.
Nobody was injured - well almost no one. No one really important - IMO
Doesn't really matter to me that we did not score any points in the second half. - We got much more than we needed in the first.
Did we play perfect? NO. But these message boards would sure be dull if everyone played a perfect game.
D looked really good.
O looked really good.
Nobody was injured - well almost no one. No one really important - IMO
Doesn't really matter to me that we did not score any points in the second half. - We got much more than we needed in the first.
Did we play perfect? NO. But these message boards would sure be dull if everyone played a perfect game.
I can only speak for myself. I'm not concerned about the points as I fully expected Kubiak to give them a steady dose of our RB carosel in the second half. He always dials things back when we get the lead. He's not about rubbing the other team's face in the dirt.
I was concerned about the sloppy 2nd half play.
- No penalties in the first half, four in the second (although one of them was that B/S "defenseless WR call).
- An INT in the redzone, when there was no need to pass. It's the start of the 4th qtr. We're up 34-zip. The objective is to burn up the clock and get out with a win. So I ask you, Why pass AT ALL?? Run it up the gut 3 times and at least get the three pts. Frankly, I'm surprised the Pink Soapers aren't all over this. Cowher would have handed it to the Bus three times and called it a day. ...is there a truce I didn't hear about?
- Then there was Ben Tate's fumble. His whole job with that kind of lead is to chew up clock and protect the ball. He kinda forgot about that second part.
So it's not the points for me, it's the sloppy play and weird play calling in the red zone.
Carr Bombed
Hall of Fame
Houston mentally checked out of that game at halftime. While we can criticize them and beat them up for doing so.....it's human nature. Hell I mentally checked out of that game at halftime myself. There's whining and then there's this. Wake me up when they shut it down in a game that's still has something on the line.
How about that game in Dallas 5 years ago. We go into the half, leading 6-3, holding our own. The Cowboys march down the field & score a TD to start the 3rd QTr.
We then commit back to back to back turnovers & it's 24-6 by the end of the third Qtr.
Bull Pen 1
All Pro
Trust me when peyton was up by 30 points he stilled scored points, he has done it more than once against us. All I'm saying is, last year we played one half either the first or second half, and we did it again yesterday, in my eyes this is a concern.
The defense did play a great game, the whole game.
Bull Pen 1
All Pro
This is my point, the same as before.
Mr teX
Hall of Fame
You're missing the point really. I'm not saying i didn't want us to score points as sometimes you can't help but score them if your opponent truly is that bad & they can't stop u. What i'm saying is that what i saw sunday from them in the 2nd half & the ineptness that they showed in games all last year don't quite line up really.
Someone made the point earlier in this thread about how i feel about sunday's 2nd half; it's not that we were stymied by the opposition, it was just more of human nature kicking in (up 34 entering the 2nd half....this game is over) and the mercy rule being put into effect. that's all.
