Sage Rosenfels threw four interceptions.
There is no way that the defense can deal with that.
I didn't see any quitting. I saw a lot of hard effort. I just saw a lot of cluelessness.
I'm not sure how much better cluelessness is than being big quitters.
But I will say this. Depending on a running game, even when it isn't being particularly effective, is not putting training wheels on an offense. It is sound, pragmatic, strategic football.
At the end of 2006, Kubiak took the keys to the offense away from Carr after Carr got brained so badly during the Oakland game, and depended on Ron Dayne train to finish the season and try to get wins. They were able to beat the Colts that way the season the Colts won the Super Bowl.
I'm not saying they need to be a run first team. But how about a little more balance?
Everybody and their dogs know that the Texans defense is awful. So the best way to deal with that is to keep their asses off the field, and running the ball can help with that. It helps the offensive line too because pass blocking the whole game against guys who are significantly bigger and more athletic than they are can't be terribly fun.
i love ya TC but sorry, i'm not buying that.
We were facing a top rush defense & can barely run the ball on middle of the pack defenses.... How are we supposed to achieve balance if we can't run the ball effectively enough for teams to respect it? we also don't have a thumper like ron dayne in the backfield. That's not a knock on SS, but we pretty much knew that he wasn't going to be able to shoulder the load & he wasn't expect to to begin with...yet all we've heard from the head coach is that he wants to run the ball.....As with most things in life, you get back what you put in......that is unless you're part of our d-line. Our running game at this point looks about on par with a 3rd rounder sprinkled with a couple of journeymen & a has been.
It's funny b/c early in the season, everyone was saying we need to pass to set up the run since we couldn't run to set up the pass. Now all of a sudden we really can't do it that way either. i'm more inclined to say that we just can't run the ball effectively period...
2nd....we were in the game at half time & had committed only 1 TO up to that point without really running the ball....that is until Sage remembered who he was & realized he was behind on his quota for ints.
& defensively, there's no excuse for letting a rookie Qb sling the ball all over the field on you as a defense. none. Our personnel on defense isn't
that bad. Call me crazy, but aren't rookie qbs usually turnover prone & confused out there? That's mainly b/c most d-coordinators blitz them to death & sort of make them make bad decisions. But no...not the genius that runs our defense...he's gonna let him sit back there & throw the ball in rhythm; fearing this guy like he was manning or brady.
yeah they were on the field more than they should've been but the reality of it is most defensive units get at least 1-2 TO's a game so it balances out in the end. Look at how many we got Sunday & how many we usually get. Pressure goes a long way to create those & If you can't get pressure consistently with your front four you might need to think about bringing more people....especially against a rookie Qb.
Bottom line as far as Kubiak & Smith....1 doesn't know what he's doing & the other doesn't know what he wants to do....Wouldn't be upset at all if McNair decided to clean house after this year.
