Our rushing was totally fine today. You can't run the ball 30 times a game when you are down 21-7 at half time. You pass to get the lead, run to preserve it. Running the ball when you are down late is not a good gameplan.
That's only 14 points.... IF we could establish our run game to start the third Qtr, and get some defensive stops, we could & probably should've ran the ball more to control & win the game.
Third Quarter
Washington Redskins at 15:00
J.Hall kicks 69 yards from WAS 30 to HST 1. P.Buchanon to HST 29 for 28 yards (K.Campbell).
PENALTY on HST-T.Evans, Offensive Holding, 10 yards, enforced at HST 29. Penalty on HST-C.Anderson, Offensive Holding, declined.
Houston Texans at 14:53
1-10-HOU19 (14:53) R.Dayne right guard to HST 21 for 2 yards (L.Marshall, W.Holdman).
2-8-HOU21 (14:26) D.Carr pass incomplete short right to J.Putzier (C.Griffin).
3-8-HOU21 (14:21) D.Carr pass incomplete short left to A.Johnson.
4-8-HOU21 (14:15) C.Stanley punts 49 yards to WAS 30, Center-B.Pittman, downed by HST-D.Polk. (Punt hang time 5.6 seconds.)
This in no way helped our cause.
Then Washington taking us down the field for 8.5 minutes, and scoring a touchdown, took the run game out of our offensive plans.
we used to have good run blocking...
Well, we used to run a variation of the ZBS..... evidently, we don't have the players to run that system........ even though they are the same people from last year(from LG to RT & TE) and our LT is familiar with the ZBS.
I guess our avg at best runningback was a little more talented than we gave him credit for
Now we seem to prefer lineman that can play multiple positions to having the best player available at each single position. This saves one roster spot for 0-lineman. 9 instead of 10.
What stellar player are we keeping on the roster in place of this 10th lineman? Is he worth the cost to our running and passing game?
If Kubiak is taking responsibility and therefore looking for things to change in his approach, he may want to look at this philosophy and see if there is room for improvement.
How many Sacks did Hogdon give up?? How many sacks did Salaam give up??
How many sacks did we give up against Washington?? HOw many did we give up to Indy?? to Philly??
I agree about our rushing being OK. We are averaging over 4 YPC. That's not the problem. We don't have the ball enough to get into an offensive rythm and we don't get the other team's offense off of the field, EVER.
1st Qtr: 3 & out
4-1-WAS23 (12:54) D.Frost punts 52 yards to HST 25, Center-E.Albright. P.Buchanon to HST 34 for 9 yards (K.Campbell).
2nd Qtr 3 & out
Washington Redskins at 11:20
4-2-WAS18 (9:18) D.Frost punts 60 yards to HST 22, Center-E.Albright. P.Buchanon ran ob at HST 29 for 7 yards (J.Thrash). (Punt hang time 4.7 seconds.)
4th Qtr: hold to FG
4-9-HOU28 (14:55) J.Hall 46 yard field goal is GOOD, Center-E.Albright, Holder-D.Frost.
WAS 31 HOU 7, Plays: 6 Yards: 33 Possession: 1:59.
Your definition of EVER must be different from mine.
Right on Right on Right on! We can run the football, the Defense needs to get some 3 and outs and get us on the field.
I believe we had less then 40 snaps on Offense yesterday? I cant remeber if that is right but I believe it is.
40 snaps on Offense and we gave up 500 yards on Defense, I think I know what the problem is.
See above... yes we have defensive problems, but we got the ball back twice & our offense did nothing with their 40 snaps. Fumbling the ball & getting snaps on offensive possessions don't help your defense win games.
I agree with you about the holes being there and Dayne not getting to them on time. He's a power back that can pound it.
It's not that he didn't get to the hole on time..... he just didn't see it till it was too late. One cut here, one juke there..... he'd have been gone for sure.
& while he can break some tackles, and can run with power, it's not his strong suite.
4.1 rushing average is pretty good, but number of carries is down bc the defense couldnt stop anything.
Wrong.........
Houston Texans at 14:53
1-10-HOU19 (14:53) R.Dayne right guard to HST 21 for 2 yards (L.Marshall, W.Holdman).
2-8-HOU21 (14:26) D.Carr pass incomplete short right to J.Putzier (C.Griffin).
3-8-HOU21 (14:21) D.Carr pass incomplete short left to A.Johnson.
4-8-HOU21 (14:15) C.Stanley punts 49 yards to WAS 30, Center-B.Pittman, downed by HST-D.Polk. (Punt hang time 5.6 seconds.)
We started the third Qtr down by 14. A bad throw to Putz(IIRC) & a dropped ball by AJ stopped our drive..... not a poor run game.
Not when you don't rush much. 1 big gain can make the whole stat look misleading. This was suppose to be a "any rb can run" offense and it's not. If everytime we got the ball in the 1st quarter, we ran it like we owned it, the defense would not have been on the field. We are NOT getting those long time consuming runs we are suppose to. The running game is broke, period. But this is all just my opinion.
Along with the whole defense scheme currently in play...
1st possesion...... 2 carries 11 rushing yards..... 2 reception 55 yards.... Touchdown.
Houston 7 Washington 0
2nd possesion.... 2 carries 14 rushing yards.... 1 reception 7 yards.... 1 QB fumble...... punt.
Houston 7 Washington 7
3rd possesion..... we are now down 14-7
David Carr fumble... pass incomplete...... pass incomplet.... we get a first down on a penalty... Pass incomplete.... Ron Dayne 7 yards.... Ron Dayne 4 yards..... False start go back 5 yards...... Ron Dayne 7 yards.... pass incomplete..... punt.
4th possesion.. our defense got us a 3 & out.. .. we are still down 14-7
Houston Texans at 09:04
1-10-HOU29 (9:04) R.Dayne right guard to HST 34 for 5 yards (D.Evans).
2-5-HOU34 (8:29) D.Carr pass short left to E.Moulds to HST 40 for 6 yards (C.Rogers).
1-10-HOU40 (7:56) R.Dayne right tackle to HST 40 for no gain (C.Griffin; M.Washington).
2-10-HOU40 (7:25) D.Carr pass incomplete short right to O.Daniels (A.Archuleta).
3-10-HOU40 (7:18) D.Carr pass to A.Johnson pushed ob at 50 for 10 yards (C.Rogers).
1-10-50 (6:50) PENALTY on HST-Z.Wiegert, Offensive Holding, 10 yards, enforced at 50 - No Play.
1-20-HOU40 (6:18) D.Carr pass short left to J.Putzier to WAS 48 for 12 yards (L.Marshall, C.Rogers).
2-8-WAS48 (5:45) S.Gado left guard to WAS 48 for no gain (W.Holdman).
3-8-WAS48 (5:07) D.Carr pass incomplete to E.Moulds (M.Washington). WAS-A.Carter was injured during the play.
4-8-WAS48 (5:02) C.Stanley punts 34 yards to WAS 14, Center-B.Pittman. A.Randle El pushed ob at WAS 18 for 4 yards (J.Simmons). (Punt hang time 4.4 seconds.)
5th possesion..... down 21-7
Houston Texans at 14:53
1-10-HOU19 (14:53) R.Dayne right guard to HST 21 for 2 yards (L.Marshall, W.Holdman).
2-8-HOU21 (14:26) D.Carr pass incomplete short right to J.Putzier (C.Griffin).
3-8-HOU21 (14:21) D.Carr pass incomplete short left to A.Johnson.
4-8-HOU21 (14:15) C.Stanley punts 49 yards to WAS 30, Center-B.Pittman, downed by HST-D.Polk. (Punt hang time 5.6 seconds.)
One small run...... two incomplete passes.
6th possession... down 28-7 with 5:25 left in the third.
Houston Texans at 05:29
1-10-HOU18 (5:29) D.Carr pass short middle to A.Johnson to HST 21 for 3 yards (K.Wright).
2-7-HOU21 (5:29) PENALTY on HST-J.Putzier, False Start, 5 yards, enforced at HST 21 - No Play.
2-12-HOU16 (4:56) D.Carr pass short left to A.Johnson pushed ob at HST 29 for 13 yards (S.Taylor).
1-10-HOU29 (4:29) D.Carr pass short middle to E.Moulds to HST 38 for 9 yards (W.Holdman, C.Rogers).
2-1-HOU38 (4:00) R.Dayne right tackle to HST 38 for no gain (P.Daniels, C.Griffin).
3-1-HOU38 (3:29) R.Dayne up the middle to HST 40 for 2 yards (P.Daniels).
1-10-HOU40 (2:55) D.Carr pass short right to A.Johnson to HST 47 for 7 yards (S.Taylor, W.Holdman).
2-3-HOU47 (2:23) D.Carr pass short left to E.Moulds pushed ob at WAS 46 for 7 yards (A.Archuleta).
1-10-WAS46 (1:58) D.Carr scrambles to WAS 43 for 3 yards (A.Montgomery). FUMBLES (A.Montgomery), RECOVERED by WAS-K.Golston at WAS 39. K.Golston to WAS 39 for no gain (M.Bruener).
Our next possesion ended in a touchdown..... & 2 point conversion. we are down 31-15.
Our defense
Forces a Fumblefor a touchdown which is negated by a
penalty
with 5 minutes left in the Qtr...... Eric Moulds is on the bench.. 3 straight passes to Andre who doesn't get out of bounds on any of them. Andre is tired, he goes to the bench....... & who do they put in?? our 3rd & 4th string WRs.... & David underthrows Walter in the endzone......
Classic.
