dalemurphy
Hall of Fame
Okay, so clearly there were some colossal mistakes and some ugly defense by the Texans... but, I am encouraged by some things. For one, the aggressive style and the sloppiness did allow the Texans' offense 13 posessions, which they turned into 34 points.
* The defense had 9 tackles for a loss in addition to its 2 turnovers... that's 11 negative plays, not counting a few penalties that the pressure created.
* The defense had 7 posessions of 4 plays or less that ended in a punt or a turnover (not counting the short scoring drives)
* The Texans gave up 10 points on the Titans final 10 posessions of the games.
Clearly, the busted assignments and 3rd and long conversions have to be cleaned up before we start actually talking about the defense being good but clearly the defense has shown these first two weeks that it can make plays and has some serious potential. The good news is that Barber and Ferguson have been taken off the field and hopefully Okoye will be next.
by the way, Antonio Smith was very disruptive yesterday.
* The defense had 9 tackles for a loss in addition to its 2 turnovers... that's 11 negative plays, not counting a few penalties that the pressure created.
* The defense had 7 posessions of 4 plays or less that ended in a punt or a turnover (not counting the short scoring drives)
* The Texans gave up 10 points on the Titans final 10 posessions of the games.
Clearly, the busted assignments and 3rd and long conversions have to be cleaned up before we start actually talking about the defense being good but clearly the defense has shown these first two weeks that it can make plays and has some serious potential. The good news is that Barber and Ferguson have been taken off the field and hopefully Okoye will be next.
by the way, Antonio Smith was very disruptive yesterday.