Brandon420tx
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Good, enough time for the Saints to march down again for a score
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hit juuuuuuuust a bit early, but that's alright refs
That's enough of that
[Erases game from DVR]
What game?
At least I know now that we're not making the playoffs. Not from this division, and not with this schedule.
I'm not totally ready to completely write us off for the season. As I said last week, this is one of two tests. Let's see what they do against the Cowgirls
...at home.
Last season, test #1 was the Saints. Their second string exposed our
inability to stuff the run. In test #2, the Vikings picked up where the
Saints left off, and gashed us again. The Texans gave up 190 yards
today on the ground.
I'll hold off to see what they do against the Cowpokes. The Texans
have yet to show us that their preseason will be ANY different than
how they start the regular season. They MUST show well next week,
because they don't have the experience of being better this time
of year to call it "just preseason."
We got beat by the Super Bowl champs. No big surprise there, but Texans better work on their tackling. Its all about the details and I'm sure practicing against the Saints all week was extremely beneficial for our guys.
We got beat by the Super Bowl champs. No big surprise there, but Texans better work on their tackling. Its all about the details and I'm sure practicing against the Saints all week was extremely beneficial for our guys.
Exactly right. The Texans got beaten by the super bowl champions in preseason. Shocker.
I don't care that we lost (it's preseason) but I do care how flat and uninspired we looked out there.
I know it is tough to get motivated for a practice game that doesn't count, but they have a history of not getting their act together until Game 5 or 6 in the regular season so that has me concerned. Other payoff teams seem to be able to walk through pre-season and then bring it when it counts but the Texans have never done that. This would be a good year to start.
"Beaten" is not the appropriate verb. The Texans were "taken-out-to-the-
woodshed" by the Super Bowl Champions in preaseason is more appropriate.
THAT was the shocker.
OK, so last night I watched what appeared to be a scrimmage. When does the actual Saints-Texans preseason game start?
What a train wreck that was. Absolute garbage.
I think what suprised me the most was the way they were able to run on our 1st team defense. Our first team defense is better than that. They were just sloppy and mentally unprepared for this pre-season game is my opinion.
If Dallas does this to our first team defense, then I'll be officially worried. I'm going to just wait and grumble about until then.
I think what suprised me the most was the way they were able to run on our 1st team defense. Our first team defense is better than that. They were just sloppy and mentally unprepared for this pre-season game is my opinion.
If Dallas does this to our first team defense, then I'll be officially worried. I'm going to just wait and grumble about until then.
Just about everything you needed to know about the Texans vs. Saints can be summed up by the Saints first drive of the game.
On their opening drive, the Saints cut through the Texans defense like a hot knife through butter with a combination of power, misdirection, traps, and cutbacks.
If you have the game DVR'd check out these plays (and then I recommend hitting the delete button):
13:11 of the first quarter, Saints 2nd and 6 from their own 43, If this is an example of the lighter, quicker Amobi Okoye, we are in deep trouble. Saints left guard Carl Nicks, who goes somewhere around 340, stood up (ate up) 290 lb. Amobi Okoye on a pass block that reminded me of the days when I tried to take on my older brother in the backyard.
12:55 Saints 3rd and 6 from their own 43 (the next play). Saints strong left, single setback (Bush). Texans in a nickel with Barwin, Smith, Okoye and Mario on the DL, Cushing and DeMeco at LB. Corners man up on the X, Y, and Z receivers and Wilson and Pollard in a cover-2. Cushing sets up 5 yds deep off the center and 59 is to his right over the TE. Barwin standing up - outside shoulder of RT, Smith playing the 1-tech (right shoulder of center). At the snap, Bush moves right to take a delayed handoff from Brees but Smith inexplicably crashes hard on the A-gap making him easy fodder for a guard trap (which is exactly what happened). Barwin bit on a 'pass block look' by Saints right tackle Zach Streif and took a hard outside rush - and in the process took himself completely out of the play, parting the Red Sea on the left side of the Texans defense. With Barwin out of the play, Streif was able to get downfield and block Brian Cushing. Pollard was deep (over the top help for Brice McCain who was man up on Marques Colston) and eventually came over to make the tackle but not after an 8 yard gain and a first down.
Another 3rd and 6 for the Saints at around the 11:00 minute mark gave the Texans another opportunity to get off the field. Texans show blitz and the Saints isolate Jeremy Shockey on Bernard Pollard. Pollard can't keep up with Shockey and as a result commits an ugly pass interference, extending the Saints drive.
On the ensuing 1st and 10, the Saints line up in an offset-I, lead back right, TE left, two WRs right. Antonio Smith is at RDE lined up at the 5-tech between the TE and LT. Earl Mitchell is head up on the LG. At the snap, the flow is to the right and Mitchell gets caught inside by Saints LT Jermon Bushrod, Smith gets a light chip from the TE and doesn't see Brees handoff to Pierre Thomas who starts right and then cuts back against the flow for another huge run.
After two more big gains helped by poor tackling by the Texans, the Saints lined up for a first and goal at the 9 yard line. Defensive tackle remains a major weakness on the Texans and this play was a good example why. Shaun Cody lined up at the 1-technique (center's left shoulder), and Amobi at the 3-tech ( RG's right shoulder). DeMeco was 5 yards deep over center. At the snap, the center takes Cody left and out of the play. The Saints RG lets Amobi come through clean (football instincts should kick in here) and he's easily trapped by the LG who fired over at the snap. Meanwhile, the Saints RG, Jahri Evans (all 318 lbs of him), makes a beeline for Ryans and takes him out of the play while Zach Streif takes out Brian Cushing.
The Texans offense scored four times in nine drives but their longest drive of the night was 3:53 and they lost the time-of-possession game by a whopping 40:00 to 20:00. The Texans had two lost fumbles (Foster and Holliday) and picked off the Saints one time (Clark).
The Texans were two for three in redzone efficiency but allowed the Saints to score four out of five times they visited the redzone
Kubiak (on rookie returner Trindon Holliday) "We are trying to find out if he can play with his thumb. We put him back there, and he practiced all week, but obviously it is a problem. If he can't hang on to the ball, we need to find somebody else to do it. He is obviously struggling with the thumb, in fairness to him."
(on the Texans' return game) "I was real impressed with Steve Slaton going back there. I was real impressed with (Sherrick) McManis, I thought he looked good. Jeremiah (Johnson) goes back at the end. I think we have some options there....
(on injuries to the Texans) "Danny Clark looks like the biggest one. He has some type of knee strain."
(on the severity of Danny Clark's injury) "No, I don't. I know he is the most significant of anybody that came out of the game. How bad? I don't know."
(Another area of game notes mentions :Clark "looks like he has some type of knee strain," per Kubiak)
Matt Schaub (on his reaction to the loss) "I don't think we have to panic. We still have two more preseason games to go and I feel we will be ready for the beginning of the season. I know a lot of us here in the locker room feel we could have had more intensity, but I'm not worried. We had a great week of practice. Now all we have to do is make sure we are ready once the real game begins."
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Texans were hoping to get back OLB Xavier Adibi but he's suffered setback with groin injury and won't be available.
"If we have the right guys, then they'll come back and play a lot better this week." - Coach Kubiak