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- Thread starter EllisUnit
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Yes, I want to win in my fantasy leagues but a Texans win means more to me
Perki-Perk
DieHard Texan!
Off my recollection, I fear this may be revisionist history, but I could be wrong. I don't seem to remember us just marching up and down the field on offense at will. That be the case, I would have imagined Patriots like scoring. However, Kubiak, unlike Bellicek does play to win, imo. He does not blow his opponents out. Even the Titans game last year was more them being not so great and us clicking on all cylinders even though we weren't necessarily trying to blow them out. Same with the Bucs.
Obsiwan, I also have Shaub and AJ, but additionally, I have Foster and Tate. Score, dangit, score! lol. I'm good with the W as long as we clean up our messy play along the way.
I think, and this may be me being optimistic, we will see a different offense against true contenders. We know we have an offense that can, if vitally necessary if we fall behind, that can put point on the board. Who knows, maybe AJ was playing possum the couple weeks before GB. One can only hope right?
To credit Cromartie, he played at the top of his game last night. He had AJ locked down all night which is why AJ was invisible. I always thought Cromartie was extremely over rated but last night showed that he actually had some talent...other than parenting 10+ kids.
CloakNNNdagger
Hall of Fame
If you've watched AJ carefully this year, he has basically run straight line routes or routes with gently angles. You haven't seen his signature sharp curl back or acute cut angle routes. In this last game, he was ahead of his defender going down the sideline and Schaub threw short. AJ was looking back (as was the defender) and was fully aware that it was falling short right into the hands of the defender. Yet he made no attempt to stop acutely to go back for the ball to break up a potential interception.........an over the back move that he has always been known for in the past. And this is only one of many examples. All of these observations go to the question of knee stability, something that I voiced concern over following his injuries last year, specifically with the decision made to surgically clip the partially torn semitendinosus hamstring muscle (a small muscle shown to contribute to knee stability and explosiveness), in order to be able to get him back on the field for the playoffs. He appears to be avoiding maneuvers that require heavy side-to-side stresses on his knees. It seems like game planning for AJ is being designed to exactly use only certain types of routes.......again to avoid exposing his knee instability problem and its limitations, at the same time trying to protect him from major re-injury.
After 5 weeks, FootballOutsiders has him at only 28th in WR ranking, with Walter right there with him at 29th. (No other Texans receivers are ranked in the top 93) http://www.footballoutsiders.com/stats/wr
amazing80
Hall of Fame
If his leg has not fully regained strength by now, how can it get better while he continues to play on it? Not only is he risking further damage, but he cannot be getting it stronger while working it so hard during the week and gameday. So is this the best his leg can be?
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Andre is either injured, or has lost his mojo. Andre's not above being called out.
Weren't he and J.Jo held out of practice a couple-three weeks ago due to nagging injuries. I thought they were both groin-related; I'm pretty sure J.Jo's was, not as sure about A.J.'s.
GP
Go Texans!
The Jets game was as ugly as a lot of our Jacksonville games are.
Owen Daniels and others are on record as to saying it is really difficult to play the Jags because the stadium noise is like that of a workout at camp. Owen said it was creepy, hard to get into the game or some such stuff.
You have to admit, that can be weird to try and play "up" when the environment feels pedestrian at best.
Plus, credit the Jets with busting their ass, and Cushing's ACL, to give a genuine effort on MNF. They never quit trying like they had fine one week prior vs. 49ers.
Owen Daniels and others are on record as to saying it is really difficult to play the Jags because the stadium noise is like that of a workout at camp. Owen said it was creepy, hard to get into the game or some such stuff.
You have to admit, that can be weird to try and play "up" when the environment feels pedestrian at best.
Plus, credit the Jets with busting their ass, and Cushing's ACL, to give a genuine effort on MNF. They never quit trying like they had fine one week prior vs. 49ers.
EllisUnit
Vote RED!!!
Like i said, our passing game concerns me.
fiasco west
All Pro
Our defense sucked tonight.
Passing game was pretty good, it was far better than our running game.
But when the other team scores 40+ points you have to play phenomenal offense just to keep up...and our team is not used to that. We are used to our defense actually getting stops and helping out the offense.
Passing game was pretty good, it was far better than our running game.
But when the other team scores 40+ points you have to play phenomenal offense just to keep up...and our team is not used to that. We are used to our defense actually getting stops and helping out the offense.
EllisUnit
Vote RED!!!
thats my point, if we fall behind we cant throw to keep up.
fiasco west
All Pro
I don't think this team is used to playing like that though. That year our defense sucked they were used to having these wild shootouts...I mean they just can't flick the switch and go to that mid-game.
The points they scored so far have usually been enough to win games. I am more concerned about defense than offense right now.
EllisUnit
Vote RED!!!
i have been concerend with the offense all season. The running game minus the jets has been horrible all season. The only game our passing game has looked good is in denver. Other than that it has been our defense that has been winning us games.
Norg
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Scahub and Andre are getting old that all i really have to say
These young pass rushers are out speeding Matt
and AJ cant run has fast anymore has he used to
add thoes two issues together and well this is what u get
some guy add the game today said something shocking i thought at the time he said "next year we need to trade Andre hes just to slow now " and u know what that kinda makes sense SHocking but makes sense
These young pass rushers are out speeding Matt
and AJ cant run has fast anymore has he used to
add thoes two issues together and well this is what u get
some guy add the game today said something shocking i thought at the time he said "next year we need to trade Andre hes just to slow now " and u know what that kinda makes sense SHocking but makes sense
fiasco west
All Pro
Offense isn't what it used to be sure. That's mainly because of our Oline taking a step back.
Andre did just fine tonight. If you want to call him Slow @Norg tonight wasn't the night to call him that. He showed up.
But I agree that Offense isn't elite...it's good! It used to be elite (then our defense sucked)
Right now the TExans have won games by just being balanced. Defense came out and sucked though.
Andre did just fine tonight. If you want to call him Slow @Norg tonight wasn't the night to call him that. He showed up.
But I agree that Offense isn't elite...it's good! It used to be elite (then our defense sucked)
Right now the TExans have won games by just being balanced. Defense came out and sucked though.
Outs, slants, crossing routes..... what's not to like? It doesn't matter that we don't have a QB that can stretch the field, because right now we don't have a WR that can stretch the field.
We're probably up there with plays over 20 yards, but don't let that fool ya, that's YAC. Which is good in it's own way, but not the same as having a true deep threat, which stretches the field.