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Ryan Mallett

good start. allowed our offense to do somethings we haven't done all year. we arian coming back to look forward as well. looks like andre is was pepped up too knowing he'll actually have someone who can force him the ball.

mallet is making me forget about clowney for the moment which is a good thing.
 
I'm not expecting him to be perfect, and nobody else should either.

Joe Flacco has a strong arm, not very mobile. If, over the next few games, he starts to remind me of Joe Flacco, then I'm good with him, as far as im concerned.
 
DocBar said:
Can't wait to watch the game tomorrow night. I had to listen to it on Sirius. Sounded like he had a lot drops. It also seemed like OB went all Kubiak with the running game and Blue delivered.

None of the announcers mentioned Mallet having accuracy problems, but I was listening to the Texans broadcast. They mentioned his rocket laser arm plenty of times.
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He had plenty of throws that were dropped. Probably 2-3 that were definitely drops by the receiver and 1-2 that could have been caught but weren't great throws.

Mallett looked really good and most importantly got the ball out faster than any QB we've seen in a Texans uniform.
 
More importantly, because he got the ball out faster, the OL looked better (though they themselves played better anyhow) and we used passes to open up the run game.
 
DocBar said:
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None of the announcers mentioned Mallet having accuracy problems, but I was listening to the Texans broadcast. They mentioned his rocket laser arm plenty of times.
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I don't know if it's an accuracy issue or not just yet. Maybe just needing to get the timing down with his receivers. The INT to Hop in the endzone, should have been further ahead. The drop by Andre early in the game, should have been further ahead & to the outside. He hit Gram on his back shoulder on the second TE catch... room for improvement, but not exactly sure if it's an accuracy thing yet.
 
Honoring Earl 34 said:
He's got the arm and swag . He's Got a grasp of the tempo . Lets see what happens when teams adapt .
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Not much goes into adapting to a prototypical pocket passer with a quick release, kind of like teams never adapted to Brady, Manning, Rogers etc. Teams adapted to Keenum because if you kept him in the pocket he couldn't beat you, It appears Mallett can beat you both ways.
 
LikeMike said:
While I totally agree - there is a decisive difference: Keenum is lacking some things that you can't teach. Mallet has prototypical size and one of the strongest arms in the NFL.

He had great pocket presence and got rid of the ball quickly finding lots of different receivers. That's encouraging. He is throwing bullets but we knew that already. He wasn't really accurate though - I guess this (and him taking chances) could be the main thing holding him back.

But so far I like what I am seeing!
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The biggest thing to me was his movement in the pocket and how quickly he got the ball out. Both of those were things that were said to be positives and they looked true to form. He only took 2 hits all game and didn't get sacked. He also got zero balls batted down although I think he did get one deflected.

The issue wasn't so much his accuracy as his ball placement. That was one of his issues coming out of college and something he needed to improve. The deep ball to Hopkins was a perfect example. The ball was on time and accurate (in the sense that it was catchable) but if he puts that ball toward the sideline then it's likely a TD.
 
hradhak said:
He only had 1 bad play that I remember. Got the ball out very quickly, handled the blitz well and made throws. Seems like his receivers aren't used to catching balls thrown this hard. Hopefully the drops get better going forward.
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I didn't notice any tips at the LOS. That itself is worth two or three more catches.
 
I was really skeptical about the Browns actually being a good team this year. Like us, they live & die by the turnovers. If you don't help them win by giving up the ball, they're dead in the water. The Bengals will be a better test.

It upset me that we weren't able to push the score early in the first half, waiting till the Browns tied the game before we scored our second TD. Had he lead Hopkins a little bit & we go up by two scores there... different game.

That's something we've got to get better at as a team. Running that score up helps the defense. Increases our chances of winning.
 
Marcus said:
I am, too!

But, I got excited how Kennum looked after his first game, too. So, I'm going keep that in perspective, and see how he performs after teams get some film on him.
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I was excited with Keenum too, and a big reason for that was he was doing it without a running game. Still, Mallet possess some things, like his arm strength and height, that is just natural talent. He stood tall in the pocket also. My only gripe today was Mallet not scrambling for ten yards when he had wide open green in front of him. He can't be that slow.
 
Lucky said:
The Bengals have more talent. But their weakness is the offensive line. If the Texans win the LOS, everything else will take care of itself.
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Their missing some key talent on defense, but the key is which Dalton shows up... the one in NOLA today would give us lots of trouble
 
thunderkyss said:
I was really skeptical about the Browns actually being a good team this year. Like us, they live & die by the turnovers. If you don't help them win by giving up the ball, they're dead in the water. The Bengals will be a better test.

It upset me that we weren't able to push the score early in the first half, waiting till the Browns tied the game before we scored our second TD. Had he lead Hopkins a little bit & we go up by two scores there... different game.

That's something we've got to get better at as a team. Running that score up helps the defense. Increases our chances of winning.
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There are two ways of looking at this:

1. Pessimism because we left at least 14 points out there.
2. Optimism because we left at least 14 points out there and still won by 16.

Put me in camp 2.
 
TexansBull said:
Mallet reminds me of Phillip Rivers regarding his cockiness and confidence.
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Did you see Rivers going off on Keenan Allen today? Looked ridiculous & childish. Dudes talented, but I think his leadership skills are the main reason he hasn't won a Super Bowl.
 
GuerillaBlack said:
My only gripe today was Mallet not scrambling for ten yards when he had wide open green in front of him. He can't be that slow.
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When I go back to watch the game, I'll have to look for that. To me, it depends on the situation. Did we "really" need it? I'm old school, I don't ever want to see my QB pass the LOS.

That QB sneak, with that long 1.... butthole tightened up so much on that one.
 
I just saw a snippet of his post game press conference... Dude came out in a suit. Looked sharp & professional, I like it.
 
thunderkyss said:
Did you see Rivers going off on Keenan Allen today? Looked ridiculous & childish. Dudes talented, but I think his leadership skills are the main reason he hasn't won a Super Bowl.
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No I didn't see it. I meant when Rivers is having a good day. The smiling chatting high fiving Rivers.


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I wonder if Mallett was the reason they were able to talk AJ in to coming back. I wonder if OB sold AJ on Mallett. That would restore my faith in OB, if he knew all along Mallett would start and be solid and was passionate about it.

The offense sure seemed executed much more crisply and effectively. Even though Mallett only threw for 211 yards it was all that was needed because of the run game, I think this is one of those the pass set up the runs deals.

There was no need to have Mallett throw in the 4th quarter, but probably would have been fun to watch since the Browns were stacking the box. (Well at least I think they were, had to watch on my iPhone today)
 
thunderkyss said:
I don't know if it's an accuracy issue or not just yet. Maybe just needing to get the timing down with his receivers. The INT to Hop in the endzone, should have been further ahead. The drop by Andre early in the game, should have been further ahead & to the outside. He hit Gram on his back shoulder on the second TE catch... room for improvement, but not exactly sure if it's an accuracy thing yet.
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Andre slipped on that. If he'd kept his footing, he'd have had that easy. So I don't blame either of them for that.

But no QB is perfect. Brady had some bad throws today, some throws much stupider than anything Mallett put up. Peyton didn't look great.

Yes, there were some throws that could have gone bad for Mallett (including the Graham TD -- thank you, refs) and things could have turned out different. Yes, Mallett has things to work on and things he can improve.

But he just seriously upgraded our QB position. That makes us a dangerous team.
 
The Pencil Neck said:
Yes, there were some throws that could have gone bad for Mallett (including the Graham TD -- thank you, refs)
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I don't know how much the ref helped there. that ball was humming, the LBs hand may have been a second late, or an inch too high when the ball went past him.

I'm glad the ref was there & it wasn't even close... just saying


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Man, y'all, I wouldn't go anointing Mallet just yet. Let's see a little body of work first.
Great job today.

Call me hesitant. Call me a Houston sports fan.
 
I think my favorite attribute is velocity.
When he needs it, Mallet has a pretty good fastball. That velocity will be the diff between a mere deflection and a possible INT.

Good beginning for the young'un.
but enough missed opportunities for O'Brien to make corrections
 
ObsiWan said:
I think my favorite attribute is velocity.
When he needs it, Mallet has a pretty good fastball. That velocity will be the diff between a mere deflection and a possible INT.

Good beginning for the young'un.
but enough missed opportunities for O'Brien to make corrections
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yep, long way to go, but it sure did look promising
 
JB said:
yep, long way to go, but it sure did look promising
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I agree, the Browns don't have the best run game defense but you can't tell me after the long ball to Andre and the 2 to Hopkins that the defensive coordinator wasn't saying WHOA, we never seen that on a Texans film before. Haden an all pro made an all pro play on the Hopkins pick in the end zone or that's a TD whether it was the greatest throw or not.

After watching Schaub, Keenum and Fitzpatrick the past 2 seasons, Mallett was a breadth of fresh air right out of the gate yesterday. I'm buying in for the moment anyway and we'll see if he can live up to the hype or not but looking at his teammates reaction during and after the game, it appears they've bought in already.
 
nytexan said:
I agree, the Browns don't have the best run game defense but you can't tell me after the long ball to Andre and the 2 to Hopkins that the defensive coordinator wasn't saying WHOA, we never seen that on a Texans film before. Haden an all pro made an all pro play on the Hopkins pick in the end zone or that's a TD whether it was the greatest throw or not.

After watching Schaub, Keenum and Fitzpatrick the past 2 seasons, Mallett was a breadth of fresh air right out of the gate yesterday. I'm buying in for the moment anyway and we'll see if he can live up to the hype or not but looking at his teammates reaction during and after the game, it appears they've bought in already.
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It was certainly nice to see the long ball yesterday. Very nice.
 
He played well. Didn't take any sacks (Browns didnt really blitz him a lot either), his interception was a tipped ball (ball placement can be debated but it wasn't outwardly terrible), and he was able to get a couple TD's. Hopefully he keeps it up.
 
For those who say that teams hadn't seen film on Mallet, you're right. It will begin to show "tendencies." But Mallet's play will now open up the ENTIRE field and playbook.......widely distribute a threat which until now was ridiculously narrow. Play calling will now have so many threats.........running, passing short and midfield and long down field, and play action..........teams will be able to study Mallet on film all they want and, with some good game planning on the part of O'brien, still have only an insignificant inkling of what they have waiting for them.:tiphat:
 
b0ng said:
He played well. Didn't take any sacks (Browns didnt really blitz him a lot either), his interception was a tipped ball (ball placement can be debated but it wasn't outwardly terrible), and he was able to get a couple TD's. Hopefully he keeps it up.
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That's a good point. The ball hit the WR in the hands, at the point it's not on the QB IMO. Plus Haden made a helluva play on it. It wasn't an easy INT by any means.
 
I liked the tempo in which he ran the O. He took the reins and pushed them to get moving. There were a couple mistakes, but decent outing overall. We'll see what he does with this momentum

The problem I had at times was with play calling. Mallett had the up tempo going and we were running the ball down their throats. A Brown gets hurt, slows us down and we come out throwing afterwards?

Two early series we had 3rd and medium and we run the ball both times? Once I'm good with, but back to back series? We weren't gashing them with the run that early in the game.

Oh well, we won and the O actually showed signs of being entertaining. We'll see
 
I wish we had started Ryan Mallett way back when. As early as the Cowboys game. We may have beaten the Cowboys and Colts with his canon arm. If we had just beaten the Colts we'd be in first place in the AFC South right now. As it stands now we're only one game back with a 5-5 record. We probably should be 7-3 if we had went to Mallett sooner.

But oh well, like J.J. Watt said in his post-game conference last night. "one game at a time. Let's go beat the Bengals now and pick up another win." If we can just finish strong and let's say we win all six games left, including a franchise changing victory at Indianapolis for the first time ever, we may win the AFC South at 11-5. I think the Colts could realistically end up 10-6 or 9-7. They may lose two or three more games.
 
The jury is still out, but a promising start for sure.
To me, the most encouraging sign was that Mallett seemed very much in control of the offense.
He did quite a bit of re-positioning guys after his pre-snap reads. Moving WR and TE to widen or narrow their splits, moving RB from one side to the other to adjust protections. He seemed to have a very good idea of what he wanted on virtually ever play.
I'm not sure how he will progress, but I am confident of one thing. If he doesn't succeed as an NFL QB, it won't be for lack of knowing the offense, or lacking the confidence to run it.
 
Bulls on Parade said:
I wish we had started Ryan Mallett way back when.
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I'm sure OB will be asked a few times today. I'm curious to see what his answer is. He can't, I think, say that Mallet wasn't ready. There was such a night & day difference between the way the offense was ran... the tempo was huge & OB's been saying we need to get that tempo going. Just a little bit of that would have helped tremendously just three games ago & the team would be gelling a lot better now.
 
HOU-TEX said:
I liked the tempo in which he ran the O. He took the reins and pushed them to get moving. There were a couple mistakes, but decent outing overall. We'll see what he does with this momentum

The problem I had at times was with play calling. Mallett had the up tempo going and we were running the ball down their throats. A Brown gets hurt, slows us down and we come out throwing afterwards?

Two early series we had 3rd and medium and we run the ball both times? Once I'm good with, but back to back series? We weren't gashing them with the run that early in the game.

Oh well, we won and the O actually showed signs of being entertaining. We'll see
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I also like seeing Blue have a solid game.
 
michaelm said:
The jury is still out, but a promising start for sure.
To me, the most encouraging sign was that Mallett seemed very much in control of the offense.
He did quite a bit of re-positioning guys after his pre-snap reads. Moving WR and TE to widen or narrow their splits, moving RB from one side to the other to adjust protections. He seemed to have a very good idea of what he wanted on virtually ever play.
I'm not sure how he will progress, but I am confident of one thing. If he doesn't succeed as an NFL QB, it won't be for lack of knowing the offense, or lacking the confidence to run it.
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This is how I feel. I'm not sure how Mallett will pan out. Heck, I've even been critical of him. I do know this, this offense ran as smooth and clean as it has all season. It was an offense that actually entertained me a few times throughout the game, which hadn't happened all year.

Was it Mallett? Oline gelling during the bye? I don't know, but hopefully it'll continue to grow
 
b0ng said:
He played well. Didn't take any sacks (Browns didnt really blitz him a lot either), his interception was a tipped ball (ball placement can be debated but it wasn't outwardly terrible), and he was able to get a couple TD's. Hopefully he keeps it up.
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I think they tried to at first, but Mallett knew where to throw the ball that they couldn't blitz him as much as they wanted to.
In the beginning of the game, the Browns were stacking the box, but when Mallett was throwing the long ball, they went away with that plan and that opened up the running game for Blue.
 
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