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TejasTom said:
Can we work out an offensive coordinator?
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Here's a fresh idea, O'Brien's already punched his ticket for the unemployment line so he might as well hand the play-calling duties over to Watson. Just let Watson call the plays from here on out. Could it be any worse than O'Brien's efforts? Anyhow, O'Brien can work on his ability to throw challenge flags and call timeouts. Clock management will be handled by Watson as well.
 
OptimisticTexan said:
Here's a fresh idea, O'Brien's already punched his ticket for the unemployment line so he might as well hand the play-calling duties over to Watson. Just let Watson call the plays from here on out. Could it be any worse than O'Brien's efforts? Anyhow, O'Brien can work on his ability to throw challenge flags and call timeouts. Clock management will be handled by Watson as well.
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CloakNNNdagger said:
Glad to hear that:tiphat:, because it seems that some here are convinced that Watson could succeed if only he could be allowed to have total control and call his own plays.
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no, but I am in favor of turning the play calling over to someone new if it continues to be a problem. Why not try Sean Ryan at some point if the season is a waste? You have to see what you have in him at some point before he walks
 
The Ringer

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https://twitter.com/ringer/status/1044939408523370496

For the #NFL teams that have stumbled out of the gate, the first step toward righting the ship is to identify the biggest problems.@DannyBKelly: http://therin.gr/hATzjTT

8:19 AM - Sep 26, 2018


To make matters worse, the offensive line keeps picking up drive-killing penalties, putting Watson in endless tough down-and-distance situations. In the Texans’ 27-22 loss to the Giants on Sunday, the offensive line not only surrendered an absurd 19 pressures, per PFF, but committed an additional six penalties. It’s just tough to win when the line is constantly pushing you backward.

Of course, a sieve-like offensive line is nothing new for Watson, who endured a 47.7 percent pressure rate in the seven games he played in 2017, per PFF. This year, though, his relative lack of mobility (as he continues to recover from ACL surgery) makes him slightly less dangerous as a scrambler and escape artist, and the Texans’ new, more traditional dropback scheme on offense has struggled to mitigate all the issues that pressure creates. The read option, so effective at slowing the rush last year, hasn’t been a big part of the game plan in 2018, and play-caller and head coach Bill O’Brien’s gone away from the heavy doses of play-action we saw in 2017, too.

Shotgun play fakes were Watson’s bread and butter last year: In the seven games Watson played, he threw off play-action on an NFL-high 30.3 percent of dropbacks, racking up 683 yards (first among all teams during that stretch) at 10.0 yards per attempt (sixth) with 11 touchdowns (first) and a 121.5 passer rating (fifth). This year, it’s gone the other direction. Watson’s thrown off play-action on just 16.9 percent of his dropbacks (23rd of 34 qualifying passers), with 202 yards (12th), no touchdowns, and two interceptions for a passer rating of 54.6 (dead last). That part of his game—the foundation on which he based his electric breakout rookie campaign—has gone conspicuously quiet.

Still, a few mental mistakes and three untimely end zone interceptions have marred what’s otherwise been a steady performance for Watson this year in the face of near-constant pressure. Through three weeks, he’s graded out 10th among quarterbacks, per PFF, with 871 yards passing, five touchdowns, three picks, and an 89.8 passer rating at a respectable 8.2 yards per attempt. His connection with receiver Will Fuller remains undeniably strong, and he’s still delivering the ball to DeAndre Hopkins downfield.

The Texans offense, despite all its shortcomings thus far, doesn’t feel too far off. But O’Brien and the team’s offensive brain trust have to find more ways to work around an offensive line that’s not likely to get much better. Read-option run plays and the triple-option may be off the menu in order to protect Watson’s knee, but the team can resurrect the deadly play-action passing attack we saw last year and keep the pass rush at bay by finding more ways to get the ball out quickly. If they don’t, the Texans could be in for a long season.
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Great news for Texans today, and it will make no impact on this season but still FANTASTIC to hear.

Andre Hal's cancer is in remission

Edit: Apparently Hal opted not to do chemo because he wanted to get back on the field THIS year. He went with a different treatment, and never stopped working out during his time away. Texans trainer said it's possible to see him return this year
 
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Former Texans punter Shane Lechler broke his silence, expressing hard feelings about being released by the AFC South franchise.

Speaking on the podcast of former NFL punter Pat McAfee, Lechler sounded off about being replaced by undrafted rookie punter Trevor Daniel.

When McAfee asked Lechler if he felt disrespected, the seven-time Pro Bowl punter replied: "Oh, yeah."

The Texans are 0-2 and have lost 14 of their past 18 games, and Lechler was critical of coach Bill O'Brien's reaction to the mounting losses.


"Driving in every morning and I'm like, '[Crap], what is he going to say today,'" Lechler said. "I'm tired of hearing we are so close. No, we aren't, we're 2-10."

"I just talked to Shane two nights ago, so I don't know what to tell you," O'Brien said. "I have great respect for Shane. It's hard. It's very hard decision that you have to make.

"Shane's one of the best punters to ever punt. I've said that time and time again. I consider Shane a friend, so I don't know what to say other than that."


https://m.chron.com/sports/texans/a...-Shane-Lechler-felt-disrespected-13242270.php
 
No way we should even be thinking about trying to get Bell unless it is straight up for Clowney and even that maybe not unless we could tur around and get more for Bell than we could Clowney
An older running back, don't think so
texan279 said:
Former Texans punter Shane Lechler broke his silence, expressing hard feelings about being released by the AFC South franchise.

Speaking on the podcast of former NFL punter Pat McAfee, Lechler sounded off about being replaced by undrafted rookie punter Trevor Daniel.

When McAfee asked Lechler if he felt disrespected, the seven-time Pro Bowl punter replied: "Oh, yeah."

The Texans are 0-2 and have lost 14 of their past 18 games, and Lechler was critical of coach Bill O'Brien's reaction to the mounting losses.


"Driving in every morning and I'm like, '[Crap], what is he going to say today,'" Lechler said. "I'm tired of hearing we are so close. No, we aren't, we're 2-10."

"I just talked to Shane two nights ago, so I don't know what to tell you," O'Brien said. "I have great respect for Shane. It's hard. It's very hard decision that you have to make.

"Shane's one of the best punters to ever punt. I've said that time and time again. I consider Shane a friend, so I don't know what to say other than that."


https://m.chron.com/sports/texans/a...-Shane-Lechler-felt-disrespected-13242270.php
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I think Shane might have been let go because of incident last year. Didn't Shane suggest something about a time out or something like that during game that made Big O Brain look like he had no idea what was going on.
 
I said this somewhere else but it’s probably a bit of both; Shane is salty and BOb’s spiel has worn out. We’re not a very good football team. We have some nice pieces but we’re nowhere near where true contenders are.
 
PapaL said:
I said this somewhere else but it’s probably a bit of both; Shane is salty and BOb’s spiel has worn out. We’re not a very good football team. We have some nice pieces but we’re nowhere near where true contenders are.
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Team looks to be in rebuilding mode right when they are in their championship window with franchise QB on rookie contract and still having big 3 pass rushers on team...
 
Pretty interesting stats....

https://www.si.com/nfl/2018/09/26/deshaun-watson-houston-texans-bill-obrien

The Texans have scaled back from protection first just a bit this year, with the number of snaps involving six pass-blockers dropping to 12.5% and seven blockers dropping to 7.4%. But chip-blocks are up to 36.8%, showing that O’Brien—wisely—is not putting his offensive tackles on an island.
O’Brien and his staff masterfully built these misdirection tactics for Watson on the fly last season, but this year, the Texans have used presnap motion on just 5.1% of snaps—a decrease from 16.2% last year— and play-action snaps are down from 38.6% to 27.9%. Most telling, snaps with designed pocket movement, which really suits Watson, are down from 11.6% to 3.7%.

My apologies to @Uncle Rico , I didn't see he had posted the same link already.
 
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austins23 said:
Pretty interesting stats....

https://www.si.com/nfl/2018/09/26/deshaun-watson-houston-texans-bill-obrien

The Texans have scaled back from protection first just a bit this year, with the number of snaps involving six pass-blockers dropping to 12.5% and seven blockers dropping to 7.4%. But chip-blocks are up to 36.8%, showing that O’Brien—wisely—is not putting his offensive tackles on an island.
O’Brien and his staff masterfully built these misdirection tactics for Watson on the fly last season, but this year, the Texans have used presnap motion on just 5.1% of snaps—a decrease from 16.2% last year— and play-action snaps are down from 38.6% to 27.9%. Most telling, snaps with designed pocket movement, which really suits Watson, are down from 11.6% to 3.7%.
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Seth Payne kind of had a theory on it our lack of play action, and lack of pocket movement and it is basically this offense is very poorly coached on all levels. I don't have the all 22 to watch, so i can't back up his claims, but what he said is on play fakes no player on any level is executing the fake part to fool the defense. Not the line, not the receivers, not the backs, and not the QB. This is a sign of a poorly coached team, they are going to run it live how they are asked to practice it, there seems to be no attention to details in our play fakes unlike when Kubiak was here and he was maniacal when it came to the details of this stuff.
 
Johnny Kinsley@Brickwallblitz
https://twitter.com/Brickwallblitz/status/1045180577576615936

Deshaun Watson is essentially playing the same as he was in his rookie season regardless of his stats regressing, but now that his TD% and passer rating are way down people think he's playing worse.

12:17 AM - Sep 27, 2018

Johnny Kinsley@Brickwallblitz

1. Watson's TD% from his rookie season was never going to be sustainable because it's rare for any QB to do that.

2. BOB moved from the PA/RPO heavy offense last year to one that puts more emphasis on receivers creating separation and Watson throwing open.

12:18 AM - Sep 27, 2018
 
infantrycak said:
OB coaching away from strength. WTF!?!? Watson had one of the best play fakes around last season.
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So when I saw this off-season the idea that they were changing the offense to better suit Watson, I assumed that the idea was to use BETTER DESIGNED play action and MORE pocket movement, not only to protect Watson, but to "hide" the OL in some way by not giving the defense a consistent target.

Guess I should not have assumed that one strengthen the strength as a way of becoming more productive.
 
Houston Texans Ownership Backs Bill O’Brien Despite a Poor Start to the 2018 Season
Wednesday, September 26, 2018


The Houston Texans are currently sitting at 0-3 and since the 2017 season, they are boasting a 4-15 record in regular-season games under coach Bill O’Brien. There have already been questions on if the slow start would affect O’Brien’s job status in the near future and this is even after signing a 4-year extension this past off-season. The Texans have struggled in many areas through three weeks and the confidence in O’Brien is waning from fans on the outside.

“There’s no magic dust, there’s no magic wand we can just say, ‘Hey, wave this magic wand and everything’s going to be OK.’” O’Brien said of his team who is searching for its first win of 2018. “It’s hard work, it’s trying to figure out what we do best, do it better, and the things we’re not doing well, either stop doing them or figure out how to improve them.”

The Texans have to find a way to pull themselves out of this hole and discussions with ownership take place with O’Brien to keep them in the loop regarding the team. O’Brien made it clear that the line of communication is open with both Bob and Cal McNair on a daily basis.

“We talk all the time,” O’Brien said of his relationship with Texans ownership. ”Almost every day, I would say. We’ve got to get better. Bottom-line business. We have to win. We all understand that. Bob (McNair) has made it very clear to me that we need to improve.”

With the lack of success, the Texans ownership has been quiet on all fronts until Texans Chairman and COO Cal McNair gave O’Brien a vote of confidence at the start of the week.

“We got a lot of season left, we got to play better but it is really one game at a time, McNair said at a Texans event supporting the March of Dimes. “We will be fine, Coach (Bill) O’Brien is going to be our coach, he will claw us back into this thing like he does. He is a great coach and we will get back into it one game at a time.”
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CloakNNNdagger said:
Houston Texans Ownership Backs Bill O’Brien Despite a Poor Start to the 2018 Season
Wednesday, September 26, 2018


The Houston Texans are currently sitting at 0-3 and since the 2017 season, they are boasting a 4-15 record in regular-season games under coach Bill O’Brien. There have already been questions on if the slow start would affect O’Brien’s job status in the near future and this is even after signing a 4-year extension this past off-season. The Texans have struggled in many areas through three weeks and the confidence in O’Brien is waning from fans on the outside.

“There’s no magic dust, there’s no magic wand we can just say, ‘Hey, wave this magic wand and everything’s going to be OK.’” O’Brien said of his team who is searching for its first win of 2018. “It’s hard work, it’s trying to figure out what we do best, do it better, and the things we’re not doing well, either stop doing them or figure out how to improve them.”

The Texans have to find a way to pull themselves out of this hole and discussions with ownership take place with O’Brien to keep them in the loop regarding the team. O’Brien made it clear that the line of communication is open with both Bob and Cal McNair on a daily basis.

“We talk all the time,” O’Brien said of his relationship with Texans ownership. ”Almost every day, I would say. We’ve got to get better. Bottom-line business. We have to win. We all understand that. Bob (McNair) has made it very clear to me that we need to improve.”

With the lack of success, the Texans ownership has been quiet on all fronts until Texans Chairman and COO Cal McNair gave O’Brien a vote of confidence at the start of the week.

“We got a lot of season left, we got to play better but it is really one game at a time, McNair said at a Texans event supporting the March of Dimes. “We will be fine, Coach (Bill) O’Brien is going to be our coach, he will claw us back into this thing like he does. He is a great coach and we will get back into it one game at a time.”
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Right before the axe...
 
Hmmm Clowney said he was 100% ready to go at the start of camp, and it was the organization holding him out. I wonder why that would be?
 
BOBdaFRAUD said:
We are the worst team in NFL. Yes we are, the new Browns.

Poor management, poor coaching and now with lazy players.
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I don't think we're the absolute worst, but I do think we're in the bottom five simply because we could have the worst coach in the NFL.
 
Man did y'all see the creativity and awareness from Sean McVay last night? That is the embodiment of the current offense. He was calling plays like Coach Klein after getting over his fear!

Those little shallow drags in front of the linebackers into a go route are brilliant. Both teams were using them to great effect.

Hopefully Billy was taking notes. A friend of mine said that we would be better off with the buttchin itself calling plays and O'Brien's mouth staying closed! Lol
 
Uncle Rico said:
Man did y'all see the creativity and awareness from Sean McVay last night? That is the embodiment of the current offense. He was calling plays like Coach Klein after getting over his fear!

Those little shallow drags in front of the linebackers into a go route are brilliant. Both teams were using them to great effect.

Hopefully Billy was taking notes. A friend of mine said that we would be better off with the buttchin itself calling plays and O'Brien's mouth staying closed! Lol
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Bill probably didn't but Reich was not only taking notes, he was recording the game as well.
 
Uncle Rico said:
Man did y'all see the creativity and awareness from Sean McVay last night? That is the embodiment of the current offense. He was calling plays like Coach Klein after getting over his fear!

Those little shallow drags in front of the linebackers into a go route are brilliant. Both teams were using them to great effect.

Hopefully Billy was taking notes. A friend of mine said that we would be better off with the buttchin itself calling plays and O'Brien's mouth staying closed! Lol
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I'm keeping my eye on the OC on the other side of that game this year. I thought DeFilippo called a great game as well
 
Shishkabob said:
Hmmm Clowney said he was 100% ready to go at the start of camp, and it was the organization holding him out. I wonder why that would be?
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How many times have we heard that from players coming back from injuries/surgeries? Only one of many examples......Cushing. You hardly see players demanding that they cannot play when the organization says that they should be able to. On the contrary, these players commonly exaggerate their "health status" to the positive so that they can return to the field.
 
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