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To'oTo'o A'go-go
Offense: D

CJ had a good first half, but a bad second half. He took unnecessary sacks and threw two bad INTS. The running game was a non-factor.

O-line pass blocked better. The combo Tunsil whiff/Howard strip sack was an orgy of incompetence. Receivers dropped way too many passes.

They left a lot of points on the board settling for FGs.

Defense: A-

They played a great game, got good pressure on Goff, and got 5 picks. They broke at the end, but that had more to do with the offense putting them back on the field again and again.

Special teams: B

Punts and coverage were excellent. Bad snap on the winning field goal attempt which KB missed. Not the time to screw up.

Coaching: C-

I would give the defensive coaching an A and the offensive coaching an F. The defense played great against a fantastic Lions offense.

The offense was a failure for yet another week and, once again, made no halftime adjustments to score points. Slowik's play calling often results in 3rd and long. If I never again see a 1st down run up the middle, a WR reverse, or a WR screen, I'll be grateful.
 
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Frustrating ending. If you look at just the score, you’d be ok with losing to the Lions knowing the Texans kept it close.

But just like the Packers game, where they were banged up and the underdog, they had every opportunity to win. Yet, despite winning the turnover battle, they still lose on a FG as time expires. Up 23-7 at the half. Shutout in the second half. Up 23-13 going into the 4th quarter. Opposing QB throws 5 INTS! You should not lose games like that!

The good: Reinforcements are coming. Edwards’ suspension ends this week. Nico is one week closer to playing. Maybe Will Anderson is a week closer to getting healthy?

The bad: Texans wont be able to prove they can beat an upper echelon team again until week 16 against KC. They have four games coming up they “should” win. But they aren’t changing anyone’s mind about them being a serious contender if they can’t beat the best teams in the league.
 
I can understand that Slowik went into the game thinking he would run the ball to shorten the game, win TOP and keep the Lions offense on the bench. However, at some point, he should have realized that he needed to pass to setup the run. Giving Mixon 25 carries to gain only 46 yards and average 1.8 YPC kept putting his offense in a hole and he just didn't adjust.

Stroud did not play well in the 2nd half. On the INT in the end zone, He threw the ball late and then underthrew Tank because he didn't set his feet and used all arm to throw that pass. Tank also didn't do him any favors. I know he's a small WR and jump balls are not his thing but as long as the ball was in the air, you would think he would have seen the DB and either come back to the ball or aggressively attack the ball and at least get in the way of the DB for a DPI.

What is the point of running so many two TE sets when both TEs are terrible blockers and Stover adds very little to the passing game?

Although the defense seems to generate pressure and made Goff uncomfortable, they didn't sack him once. Too often, either Hughes or Autry or whoever replaced Anderson was not setting the edge. That's why the Lions OC was able to counteract that pressure with the screen plays and rollouts to that side.

This is the 2nd game this season where the Texans have +3 TO margin and still lose the game.

For the bye week. They need to get Kubiak in the building to self-scout this offense. This 2nd half scoring drought is inexcusable.
 
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TheRealJoker V2 said:
Frustrating ending. If you look at just the score, you’d be ok with losing to the Lions knowing the Texans kept it close.

But just like the Packers game, where they were banged up and the underdog, they had every opportunity to win. Yet, despite winning the turnover battle, they still lose on a FG as time expires. Up 23-7 at the half. Shutout in the second half. Up 23-13 going into the 4th quarter. Opposing QB throws 5 INTS! You should not lose games like that!

The good: Reinforcements are coming. Edwards’ suspension ends this week. Nico is one week closer to playing. Maybe Will Anderson is a week closer to getting healthy?

The bad: Texans wont be able to prove they can beat an upper echelon team again until week 16 against KC. They have four games coming up they “should” win. But they aren’t changing anyone’s mind about them being a serious contender if they can’t beat the best teams in the league.
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This is a team that look's like they not used to being in the spotlight. They need to learn how to win these games (coaching and players), no doubt. However, I am still encouraged. Let's be honest, the vast majority of folks were predicting a blow-out loss. We were undermanned but still competitive. The offense stalled in the 2nd half and the defense struggled a bit as well (game injuries did not help). These lessons are hard but they seem (at least to me) to be making small improvements. I guess the ultimate goal is to improve into the playoffs (assuming we do make them).
 
Everyone assumes progress is linear. 10-7 last year…means we’re gonna be even better this year right? No, no it doesn’t. The road to success is not a straight arrow like that. We were ahead of schedule last year..this year we’re not sneaking up on anyone.

This team is 1 playmaker and a creative offensive mind away from making real noise. Whether that’s a TE of George Kittle or Travis Kelce’s ilk to give CJ a best friend or an another WR who can be a consistent threat and step up, that’s what we’re missing.
 
Mr teX said:
Everyone assumes progress is linear. 10-7 last year…means we’re gonna be even better this year right? No, no it doesn’t. The road to success is not a straight arrow like that. We were ahead of schedule last year..this year we’re not sneaking up on anyone.

This team is 1 playmaker and a creative offensive mind away from making real noise. Whether that’s a TE of George Kittle or Travis Kelce’s ilk to give CJ a best friend or an another WR who can be a consistent threat and step up, that’s what we’re missing.
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Is that playmaker Nico Collins? If he was at 90% last night, would we have won? He was not available nor was Will Anderson. However, I think optimism is the call for the rest of this season and going forward. Just don't give that call to slowick.
 
Earl34 said:
I can understand that Slowik went into the game thinking he would run the ball to shorten the game, win TOP and keep the Lions offense on the bench. However, at some point, he should have realized that he needed to pass to setup the run. Giving Mixon 25 carries to gain only 46 yards and average 1.8 YPC kept putting his offense in a hole and he just didn't adjust.

Stroud did not play well in the 2nd half. On the INT in the end zone, He threw the ball late and then underthrew Tank because he didn't set his feet and used all arm to throw that pass. Tank also didn't do him any favors. I know he's a small WR and jump balls are not his thing but as long as the ball was in the air, you would think he would have seen the DB and either come back to the ball or aggressively attack the ball and at least get in the way of the DB for a DPI.

What is the point of running so many two TE sets when both TEs are terrible blockers and Stover adds very little to the passing game?

Although the defense seems to generate pressure and made Goff uncomfortable, they didn't sack him once. Too often, either Hughes or Autry or whoever replaced Anderson was not setting the edge. That's why the Lions OC was able to counteract that pressure with the screen plays and rollouts to that side.

This is the 2nd game this season where the Texans have +3 TO margin and still lose the game.

For the bye week. They need to get Kubiak in the building to self-scout this offense. This 2nd half scoring drought is inexcusable.
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Agree with this.

But in the second half there were plays there to be made. The players didn't make them.

A better throw on the layup for Stroud and making a FG. This MB would be having a whole different discussion this morning.
 
JB said:
Everyone should read
www.espn.com

Stroud shoulders Texans' collapse: This is on me

A frustrated C.J. Stroud placed the blame on himself and the offense for the second-half woes that sunk the Texans in their loss to the Lions on Sunday night.
www.espn.com www.espn.com
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I’m good with CJ accepting the blame for this loss, but there was plenty of blame to go around. The statement that got my attention was Tunsil mentioning that the team is essentially coming out and playing safe in the 2nd half or taking their foot off the pedal. That’s the players slowly swinging their gaze of blame to Slowick….it started when CJ tossed his helmet in frustration a few games back and Then Mixon slamming his helmet to the ground last night. I believe it’s safe to say, Slowick has lost his offense, and that doesn’t bode well going forward.
 
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steelbtexan said:
Agree with this.

But in the second half there were plays there to be made. The players didn't make them.

A better throw on the layup for Stroud and making a FG. This MB would be having a whole different discussion this morning.
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The problem isn’t this one game though.

The problem is it is continuing theme.

You can say IF this play had gone different... but you can say that about every game... yet we have a consistent outcome when it comes to second halves.

Do players need to make plays? Yes.

Do players leave points on the field with mistakes? Absolutely.

Does CJ shoulder some blame for poor choices/bad play? Absolutely


But when you have all these different factors.....but the result looks exactly the same...
I dont see that as a sign that individual player mistakes are the biggest problem holding this team back.
 
steelbtexan said:
Agree with this.

But in the second half there were plays there to be made. The players didn't make them.

A better throw on the layup for Stroud and making a FG. This MB would be having a whole different discussion this morning.
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I agree that the Texans could've won if Stroud would've been better or Kai would have made a FG.....

But I'm not sure that the conversation would be a whole lot different....for me at least.

The run game would've still been a big topic of discussion. Mixon only had 46 yards on 25 carries.

The offense still would've left a lot to be desired. Maybe if they didn't settle for 3 field goals in the first when the defense was giving them short fields then Stroud can afford to make a mistake or three....Maybe Kai can miss a FG....

We lost to a team who turned the ball over 5 times. Their QB had a QBR of 29. He only completed 50% of his passes for 240 yards. And their run game barely cracked 100 for 3.3 ypc.

The game shouldn't have been that close to where those plays late in the game became so crucial.
 
badboy said:
Is that playmaker Nico Collins? If he was at 90% last night, would we have won? He was not available nor was Will Anderson. However, I think optimism is the call for the rest of this season and going forward. Just don't give that call to slowick.
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What I meant was someone opposite him or someone who can be a security blanket for CJ when our offense is stalling or when teams make a concerted effort to take Nico away..or in this case, when he’s out. A guy who can force the defense to change its scheme. A guy who week in and out is a mismatch in our favor. Nico is that when he’s healthy, but without him, we don’t have that guy and teams feel comfortable running their schemes against our other guys matching us 1v1 straight up.

Mixon can do it a little, Dell can do it a little but both have drawbacks not of their own making. Mixon’s is the o-line and Dell’s is his size and to a certain degree the o-line as well. So neither of those guys can be what we need them to be consistently. Schultz is too soft and just not at all reliable. Stover is a rookie, but I don’t foresee him being much more of a force offensively than he is now and he’s slow.
 
steelbtexan said:
Agree with this.

But in the second half there were plays there to be made. The players didn't make them.

A better throw on the layup for Stroud and making a FG. This MB would be having a whole different discussion this morning.
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You know what you sound like?

A broken record.

If they would’ve done this?

There were plays to be made!

Man we’ve said that in every game they have lost.

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1. The OL looked different with Patterson at the helm. Scruggs had his sucktitude moments, but didn’t look as bad as Green had looked. Both Patterson and Scruggs had to adjust to their new assignments and I believe they’ll be just fine if both stay healthy for the remainder of the season. I’m still not happy with the right side….at some point Broeker has to get some time at RG b/c Mason just doesn’t look like he has it. Fisher must replace Howard. Howard just hasn’t lived up to his draft position nor his current contract….he’s been a solid definition of a bust. Just demote him to Swing Tackle and get Fisher on the field. By the way, that holding call on Scruggs was a pretty crappy…..it’s almost like an OL can no longer pancake a defender and if it happens, it was b/c of a hold.

2. I’m not really all that worried about CJ and a sophmore slump. He’ll regain his confidence in the OL after a few more games under their belt. CJ will be better once Nico is back on the field.

3. Mixon didn’t have any holes to work with last night b/c the Lions LB’ers are fast and they came into the game fully prepared to remove Mixon from the game. The Lions executed their plan to the tee….Slowick failed to acknowledge what was happening and kept ramming Mixon into the line time after time while burying the offense into far too many 2nd / 3rd long situations.

4. Slowick just didn’t have an effective Gameplan B if the Lions stuffed Mixon in the run game. Anyone else notice that when the Lions ran screens or swing plays they always had 2 to 3 OL out front to help those plays succeed. Slowick’s screens and swing plays always seem to have WR’s and maybe a TE doing the blocking. That’s a damm good reason for the constant failure of these plays. I’m fairly certain that both Slowick and Ryans have been guilty of counting their wins too soon and playing the games not to lose…..how and why does this disease enter a coaches brain? If Ryans ever got truly tired of this way of coaching, he’d walk over to Slowick and let him know to get this offense back on track or I’ll have someone else take over the play calling….maybe he doesn’t b/c he was an active part in putting this offense in neutral while upping the pressure on his defense to save the win. While I’m at it….2nd half and Red Zone scoring have been abysmal.

5. The Texans defense has been pretty impressive considering they’re the only Texans taking the, “Next Man Up” mantra seriously. This defense is just waiting for the injured players to return to become a dominant defense. Hope everyone is back by the Bye Week so they can get a couple of games under their belt before the playoff kickoff. Ryans and Slowick need to help this defense by giving them more time on the sideline and a comfortable lead to play with.

6. ST’s remain a good unit. Wish Fairbairn hadn’t missed the FG’s he’s missed over the last 2 weeks. When this team has a phobia scoring TD’s….KF becomes the most vital piece in scoring.
 
JB said:
Everyone should read
www.espn.com

Stroud shoulders Texans' collapse: This is on me

A frustrated C.J. Stroud placed the blame on himself and the offense for the second-half woes that sunk the Texans in their loss to the Lions on Sunday night.
www.espn.com www.espn.com
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A good leader always takes the blame (he knows he'll be here long after Bobby is gone), but we have watched all season. This game proved they could've and should've made moves to that line a long time ago.. not week 10
 
I just really don't understand the 2nd half woes. 4 games in a row now they haven't scored a TD in the 2nd half and 6 of the 10 games they've played they've failed to score a TD after the break. How the hell does that happen and what's the reason?

How you trail for 0 seconds of a football game and still lose is just insane.
 
KA4Texan said:
The problem isn’t this one game though.

The problem is it is continuing theme.

You can say IF this play had gone different... but you can say that about every game... yet we have a consistent outcome when it comes to second halves.

Do players need to make plays? Yes.

Do players leave points on the field with mistakes? Absolutely.

Does CJ shoulder some blame for poor choices/bad play? Absolutely


But when you have all these different factors.....but the result looks exactly the same...
I dont see that as a sign that individual player mistakes are the biggest problem holding this team back.
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Lets get Nico back and let everybody settle into the roles they were meant to be in before passing judgement. I'm pleasantly surprised that Metchie looks like he can be the slot WR. When you are playing WR's 3-5 significant time it's going to look a lot like it has the past couple of games.
 
Mr teX said:
What I meant was someone opposite him or someone who can be a security blanket for CJ when our offense is stalling or when teams make a concerted effort to take Nico away..or in this case, when he’s out. A guy who can force the defense to change its scheme. A guy who week in and out is a mismatch in our favor. Nico is that when he’s healthy, but without him, we don’t have that guy and teams feel comfortable running their schemes against our other guys matching us 1v1 straight up.

Mixon can do it a little, Dell can do it a little but both have drawbacks not of their own making. Mixon’s is the o-line and Dell’s is his size and to a certain degree the o-line as well. So neither of those guys can be what we need them to be consistently. Schultz is too soft and just not at all reliable. Stover is a rookie, but I don’t foresee him being much more of a force offensively than he is now and he’s slow.
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That was Diggs pre-injury to him and Collins. Nick did his job with WRs; injuries happened. He do we replace Diggs is my question.
 
Texansballer74 said:
You know what you sound like?

A broken record.

If they would’ve done this?

There were plays to be made!

Man we’ve said that in every game they have lost.

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Difference between winning and losing is they made those plays in the close games they've won and didn't make them in the close games they lost. Injuries have been the main contributing factor in this IMHO. I mean they've lost the NFL's leading yardage receiver and another consistent 1,000 yd per season all pro level WR. You didn't expect there to be a drop off in points per game after losing Nico/Diggs?
 
steelbtexan said:
Lets get Nico back and let everybody settle into the roles they were meant to be in before passing judgement. I'm pleasantly surprised that Metchie looks like he can be the slot WR. When you are playing WR's 3-5 significant time it's going to look a lot like it has the past couple of games.
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Week 2 we only scored 3 points in the second half against the Bears

Week 3 against the Vikings we only scored 7 points for the entire game.

Week 4 we only scored 7 points in the second half against the Jaguars
Week 5 we’ve only scored 6 points in the second half against the Bills.

That’s even with Nico
 
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KA4Texan said:
The problem isn’t this one game though.

The problem is it is continuing theme.

You can say IF this play had gone different... but you can say that about every game... yet we have a consistent outcome when it comes to second halves.

Do players need to make plays? Yes.

Do players leave points on the field with mistakes? Absolutely.

Does CJ shoulder some blame for poor choices/bad play? Absolutely


But when you have all these different factors.....but the result looks exactly the same...
I dont see that as a sign that individual player mistakes are the biggest problem holding this team back.
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Just for discussion, if players are not making plays and leaving points on the board, and Stroud is not doing his best.. seems like it is those players game after game..

I have a huge problem with Slowik’s second half decisions almost every game. Having said that, if offensive line is not blocking in the run game and Dell and Schultz not catching passes that they should..
How is that Slowik?
 
xtruroyaltyx said:
I agree that the Texans could've won if Stroud would've been better or Kai would have made a FG.....

But I'm not sure that the conversation would be a whole lot different....for me at least.

The run game would've still been a big topic of discussion. Mixon only had 46 yards on 25 carries.

The offense still would've left a lot to be desired. Maybe if they didn't settle for 3 field goals in the first when the defense was giving them short fields then Stroud can afford to make a mistake or three....Maybe Kai can miss a FG....

We lost to a team who turned the ball over 5 times. Their QB had a QBR of 29. He only completed 50% of his passes for 240 yards. And their run game barely cracked 100 for 3.3 ypc.

The game shouldn't have been that close to where those plays late in the game became so crucial.
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With no deep threat to stretch the defense vertically the offense is going to be facing a lot of 8 man boxes and the running game has suffered because of this. I actually took some positives away from this game on the offensive side of the ball. 1. The pass protection was much better with Patterson making the OL calls. 2. It looks like Metchie is going to be fine as WR 3.
 
Tank Dell has shown us in his rookie year that he has the capability to be a deep threat receiver. He got behind the DB’s and CJ flat out under threw him.

So let’s not use the we don’t have a deep threat excuse. CJ’s internal clock is all jacked up. And he’s playing like crap. Bottom line
 
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steelbtexan said:
With no deep threat to stretch the defense vertically the offense is going to be facing a lot of 8 man boxes and the running game has suffered because of this. I actually took some positives away from this game on the offensive side of the ball. 1. The pass protection was much better with Patterson making the OL calls. 2. It looks like Metchie is going to be fine as WR 3.
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I want to see more passes to Hutchison also.
 
badboy said:
Just for discussion, if players are not making plays and leaving points on the board, and Stroud is not doing his best.. seems like it is those players game after game..

I have a huge problem with Slowik’s second half decisions almost every game. Having said that, if offensive line is not blocking in the run game and Dell and Schultz not catching passes that they should..
How is that Slowik?
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I didn't say that the players are blameless. Don't put words in my mouth.

They just aren't our biggest problem when the coaches are painfully predictable.

Players need good coaches, coacjes need good players and BOTH have to do their jobs. Players have their share of the blame... but when leadership is weak the entire system is weak.

Id say leadership is the bigger issue than missed player opportunities even though both play their part.
 
KA4Texan said:
I didn't say that the players are blameless. Don't put words in my mouth.

They just aren't our biggest problem when the coaches are painfully predictable.

Players need good coaches, coacjes need good players and BOTH have to do their jobs. Players have their share of the blame... but when leadership is weak the entire system is weak.

Id say leadership is the bigger issue than missed player opportunities even though both play their part.
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When players are missing because of injury then the biggest part of the equation is missing. I mean they are missing the NFL's yds receiving leader when he got hurt. You cant replace that with Hutch and say next man up. Talent like that doesn't fall off of trees. This just in unless Nico is healthy, when the Texans play good defenses the run game is going to suffer.
 
steelbtexan said:
When players are missing because of injury then the biggest part of the equation is missing. I mean they are missing the NFL's yds receiving leader when he got hurt. You cant replace that with Hutch and say next man up. Talent like that doesn't fall off of trees. This just in unless Nico is healthy, when the Texans play good defenses the run game is going to suffer.
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31 other teams go out there week in and week out with injuries to key players.

Yet they are still capable of scoring in the second half.
 
Texansballer74 said:
Week 2 we only scored 3 points in the second half against the Bears

Week 3 against the Vikings we only scored 7 points for the entire game.

Week 4 we only scored 7 points in the second half against the Jaguars
Week 5 we’ve only scored 6 points in the second half against the Bills.

That’s even with Nico
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That's also with Juice at C and Kenyon Green at LG.
 
KA4Texan said:
31 other teams go out there week in and week out with injuries to key players.

Yet they are still capable of scoring in the second half.
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Agreed, but losing the top WR in the NFL is a loss they're going to feel and it's probably worth 10 points per game when you take into account that they lost their WR1 and WR2. The biggest mistake they made was not keeping Noah Brown on the roster. He's a field stretcher. I wish after Diggs went down they would have brought in a field stretcher like Valdes Scantling. Look at the Chiefs, they only had Rice go down so they brought in JuJu. Then JuJu went down and they brought in Hopkins. The Texans lost both Nico and Diggs and they brought in nobody. Surely you can see the difference.
 
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They did target him 4 times for 6 yards and one missed PI call on the biggest play of the game. Hutch is a WR5 that struggles to separate. Let me put it to you this way, would you keep Hutch over Noah Brown? Ryans/Slowik did.
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Bingo. Noah Brown should have been on this roster. He was a low-cost and productive backup for Nico. Playing with a rookie QB, an argument can be made that he is still more productive than Metchie, Hutchinson, Woods and even Tank. With Nico's injury history and Tank coming off a shooting and injury, it didn't make any sense to cut quality, proven depth.

Speaking of Hutchinson. I watched him run a slant and he could barely separate from a safety. To make matters worse, he rounded off the slant and allowed the DB to come under and breakup the pass. He didn't even have enough wiggle to make the safety think he was running an out and gain leverage to use his frame to shield the ball.
 
KA4Texan said:
I didn't say that the players are blameless. Don't put words in my mouth.

They just aren't our biggest problem when the coaches are painfully predictable.

Players need good coaches, coacjes need good players and BOTH have to do their jobs. Players have their share of the blame... but when leadership is weak the entire system is weak.

Id say leadership is the bigger issue than missed player opportunities even though both play their part.
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Everyone knows it is on both coaching and
players but players have to make plays. If Slowik calls a good play and Stroud throws behind Wood or above Tank...

Calling run plays continuously that are not working while knowing our line DOESN"T run block is on Slowik. Mason going ass over head or Tytus Howard stripping ball from CJ is player.
 
steelbtexan said:
They did target him 4 times for 6 yards and one missed PI call on the biggest play of the game. Hutch is a WR5 that struggles to separate. Let me put it to you this way, would you keep Hutch over Noah Brown? Ryans/Slowik did.
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3 of 4 targets were successful and the missed penalty not his fault. Not making excuses but those 2 for three yards had nothing to do with separation but dumping by Stroud. WR can only go to where the called play sends him. On the non-flagged play, Hutchinson went where the play sent him. I am not going to choose Hutchinson over Noah as I wanted both on the roster.
 
This is the defense I was envisioning in the offseason!

Autry and Al-Shaair, Bullhawk and Lassiter, stinger and Hunter!

All without Junior playing!

Who’s that #5? lol


I don’t like how the offense comes so slowly to snap the ball, it’s like they are in slow motion then have to hurry to get the ball snapped, the cadence is so predictable most of the time.

That 2 minute drill in the first half was what this offense should always be!

Slowik needs an attitude adjustment.
 
Earl34 said:
Bingo. Noah Brown should have been on this roster. He was a low-cost and productive backup for Nico. Playing with a rookie QB, an argument can be made that he is still more productive than Metchie, Hutchinson, Woods and even Tank. With Nico's injury history and Tank coming off a shooting and injury, it didn't make any sense to cut quality, proven depth.

Speaking of Hutchinson. I watched him run a slant and he could barely separate from a safety. To make matters worse, he rounded off the slant and allowed the DB to come under and breakup the pass. He didn't even have enough wiggle to make the safety think he was running an out and gain leverage to use his frame to shield the ball.
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We ate $3 million of Browns $4 m contract for this year.
 
DBCooper said:
This is the defense I was envisioning in the offseason!

Autry and Al-Shaair, Bullhawk and Lassiter, stinger and Hunter!

All without Junior playing!

Who’s that #5? lol


I don’t like how the offense comes so slowly to snap the ball, it’s like they are in slow motion then have to hurry to get the ball snapped, the caof dence is so predictable most of the time.
That 2 minute drill in the first half was what this offense should always be!

Slowik needs an attitude adjustment.
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Reminds me of when Roman was running the Ravens offense. They'd get up to the LOS with three seconds left on the playclock, almost every single time. Very predictable cadence and very little second half adjustments.
 
OptimisticTexan said:
I’m good with CJ accepting the blame for this loss, but there was plenty of blame to go around. The statement that got my attention was Tunsil mentioning that the team is essentially coming out and playing safe in the 2nd half or taking their foot off the pedal. That’s the players slowly swinging their gaze of blame to Slowick….it started when CJ tossed his helmet in frustration a few games back and Then Mixon slamming his helmet to the ground last night. I believe it’s safe to say, Slowick has lost his offense, and that doesn’t bode well going forward.
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I read somewhere today that Mixon said he's tired of the offense playing not to lose instead of being aggressive. The offensive players feel like they're being held back and they're pissed.
 
Deadpool said:
Reminds me of when Roman was running the Ravens offense. They'd get up to the LOS with three seconds left on the playclock, almost every single time. Very predictable cadence and very little second half adjustments.
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Is Roman really Slowik? How do we find out?
 
BullRushTX said:
I read somewhere today that Mixon said he's tired of the offense playing not to lose instead of being aggressive. The offensive players feel like they're being held back and they're pissed.
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This next few weeks of soft scheduling should be a good time to try someone else calling plays.

I would let Johnson, Keenum and Caserio audition.
 
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