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Texans vs Chiefs: First Impressions

Hervoyel

Hervoyel

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Ok here's what I think right now without pausing to consider any of it. Anyone else got any "off the top of your head" thoughts on this game and what you saw?

Sage Rosenfels looks like a better QB than David Carr based on this one evening in August. So did Porter IMO. Hopefully that's just David trying too hard.

Antowain Smith probably doesn't make it to opening day. Davis, Morency, Lundy, and Taylor can get this job done without him.

Wali Lundy looks like he understands the concept.

Chris Taylor is not a beast... but he doesn't suck either. He's better than Antowain Smith and Jonathan Wells for what that's worth.

Our first string defense did not impress me. Mario did not impress me.

DeMeco got my attention though. Cochran did too.

Seth Payne looks like he's not going to lose his roster spot without a fight. Nice to see Seth getting it done again.

Seth Wand will start the season at LT and he should. Spencer did not seem to me to be all that much of a threat at this time. By mid-season that will probably change though if Wand doesn't continue to improve at the same rate Spencer does.

325 yards of net offense is a good thing to see. 21 first downs looks nice too. We had 173 yards rushing tonight.
 
I agree on that our Defense didn't look great, but with a good 1st string O-line in KC and serious need of help in our LB's. I can understand why, I was dissappointed with how much our line was driven back on the running plays *Mostly our DTs*

I have to disagree with you on Carr. He was going up against the 1st string D that had Tye Law and Surtain (Sp?) there was a major drop-off for KC when the second string came out.The 2 plays he's receiving the most flack for, one would have been a touchdown if it had not been a spectacular effort by that defensive player who deflected the ball, and the other everyone says was a bad decision, but AJ was a whole step in front of Surtain, and the 2 KC players were playing top *But I think Johnson was on a cross under route* Carr threw it to AJ's back shoulder and Johnson had to step up and play defense. Now, Carr still deserves criticism on that play, I believe another reciever was open, but it would have been 8+ yards completion had Carr thrown it in front of AJ instead of at the shoulder. Sage looked great in the second quarter, but looked to make a few bad throws in the third, I noticed he was bailed out by Schifino (Sp?) when he threw a particulary low ball. All in all, I'm very confident in our QBs. We could lose one (or 2 for that matter) to injury and not have a major drop-off in production (Poor KC). Porter looked good... really good, but it was 3rd string... but he looked good.
 
I was expecting more from the defense, which is stupid. They are much younger than the offense, which has for the most part, been playing together for awhile now. It will take the D longer to click. On the other hand, all the worries from OTAs and camp about the D running over the O looks to have not been as tell-tale as originally thought. The offense held their own.

The cut blocks looked pretty good. I was wondering how that would come together. I suspect the Texans offensive linemen didn't do too many, if any, of those cut blocks as aggressively as they did today.

First impression was pretty good.
 
Brandon420tx said:
I agree on that our Defense didn't look great, but with a good 1st string O-line in KC and serious need of help in our LB's. I can understand why, I was dissappointed with how much our line was driven back on the running plays *Mostly our DTs*

I have to disagree with you on Carr. He was going up against the 1st string D that had Tye Law and Surtain (Sp?) there was a major drop-off for KC when the second string came out.The 2 plays he's receiving the most flack for, one would have been a touchdown if it had not been a spectacular effort by that defensive player who deflected the ball, and the other everyone says was a bad decision, but AJ was a whole step in front of Surtain, and the 2 KC players were playing top but Johnson *But I think Johnson was on a cross under route* Carr threw it to AJ's back shoulder and Johnson had to step up and play defense. Now, Carr still deserves criticism on that play, I believe another reciever was open, but it would have been 8+ yards completion had Carr thrown it in front of AJ instead of at the shoulder. Sage looked great in the second quarter, but looked to make a few bad throws in the third, I noticed he was bailed out by Schifino (Sp?) when he threw a particulary low ball. All in all, I'm very confident in our QBs. We could lose one (or 2 for that matter) to injury and not have a major drop-off in production (Poor KC). Porter looked good... really good, but it was 3rd string... but he looked good.
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As I watched the second string play, I kept trying to remind myself that they were playing second stringers. The competition is not as stiff...
 
Hervoyel said:
Ok here's what I think right now without pausing to consider any of it. Anyone else got any "off the top of your head" thoughts on this game and what you saw?

Sage Rosenfels looks like a better QB than David Carr based on this one evening in August. So did Porter IMO. Hopefully that's just David trying too hard.

Antowain Smith probably doesn't make it to opening day. Davis, Morency, Lundy, and Taylor can get this job done without him.

Wali Lundy looks like he understands the concept.

Chris Taylor is not a beast... but he doesn't suck either. He's better than Antowain Smith and Jonathan Wells for what that's worth.

Our first string defense did not impress me. Mario did not impress me.

DeMeco got my attention though. Cochran did too.

Seth Payne looks like he's not going to lose his roster spot without a fight. Nice to see Seth getting it done again.

Seth Wand will start the season at LT and he should. Spencer did not seem to me to be all that much of a threat at this time. By mid-season that will probably change though if Wand doesn't continue to improve at the same rate Spencer does.

325 yards of net offense is a good thing to see. 21 first downs looks nice too. We had 173 yards rushing tonight.
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Agreed I dont see Smith making the final roster if Lundy, Taylor can get it done.. And I am going to wonder if Rhodes can beat our Morency.. The longer Morency stays hurt this would give Rhodes a chance..

So I also agree Carr was up against a stronger defense than Rosenfels was. But it is nice to see that we have a nice stable quarterback behind Carr.. *At least he isnt an aging quarterback to the end of his prime*.

I loved the balance we had tonight with rushing and passing.. I think eventually we will get stronger as the players start picking up Kubiaks game. This is their first ever game under Kubiak's system. And once they get the hang of it - they will only get better.
 
The offense (particularly the QB's) seemed to have grasped the new system like they've been in it for years.

For someone so excited to be playing in a 4-3, Travis Johnson looks like he's still in a two-gap system, and even appears to take plays off. If he approached every snap like his almost-sack, he would be starting.

Speaking of someone who should be starting, Seth Payne is really showing his stuff.

Quinton Porter is unusually accurate for a 3rd-stringer...

Antowain Smith probably won't make the final roster, especially if DD heals up.
 
Chiefs oline without willie roaf still looks good. Either that, or our Dline wasn't as dominating as what people are saying in TC.

Antowain Smith looked like Jonathan Wells. Good thing we went on that 4th down or we would of had a sour taste to this victory.

Basically Carr didn't impress. M. Williams didn't impress. Those are the two guys everyone has there eye on.
 
Hervoyel said:
Ok here's what I think right now without pausing to consider any of it. Anyone else got any "off the top of your head" thoughts on this game and what you saw?

Sage Rosenfels looks like a better QB than David Carr based on this one evening in August. So did Porter IMO. Hopefully that's just David trying too hard.

Antowain Smith probably doesn't make it to opening day. Davis, Morency, Lundy, and Taylor can get this job done without him.

Wali Lundy looks like he understands the concept.

Chris Taylor is not a beast... but he doesn't suck either. He's better than Antowain Smith and Jonathan Wells for what that's worth.

Our first string defense did not impress me. Mario did not impress me.

DeMeco got my attention though. Cochran did too.

Seth Payne looks like he's not going to lose his roster spot without a fight. Nice to see Seth getting it done again.

Seth Wand will start the season at LT and he should. Spencer did not seem to me to be all that much of a threat at this time. By mid-season that will probably change though if Wand doesn't continue to improve at the same rate Spencer does.

325 yards of net offense is a good thing to see. 21 first downs looks nice too. We had 173 yards rushing tonight.
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Carr looked nervous and made some poor plays, he also made some good plays. Rosenfels was hot off the bench but not so hot in the 3rd. They both scored 7 pts. in one quarter so that was even. Porter looked great....against the practice team. I mostly agree with everything else you said but I don't feel like anyone was necessarily bad. It was one game and it was so much better than anything last year that I'm just stoked with the whole affair.
 
I dont know what formation they were running, it looked like a cover 2 man, but we left the middle low wide open and gave up 2 good runs a pass across and a qb scramble. we use that defense alot this year and teams will rack up some bad yards on us, anyone else notice that?
 
I was thrilled myself. This is the best preseason game they have ever played, and they had played 16 of them coming in. While they didn't play a perfect game, I don't understand how anyone could have anything negative to say unless you just like to nitpick.

Carr looked okay to me, not great. The next two were excellent. Clearly, I underestimated Rosenfels. He is hands down better than Banks. Porter suprised the hell out of me. He looked great for a first time out. Having said that, you have to remember Carr was in against their #1's, and the other guys were in vs. the 2nd and 3rd teams.

Couple of quick things that stick out. The offense showed more imagination in this preseason game, than any regular season game in 4 years. Rollouts, mis-direction, reverses, slants, ins, posts, WOW. If you noticed, the receivers were generally on the move much more often than under Capers regime.

Second thing - Pass protection was superb! Best in the 4 yrs I have been watching imho. Not sure what herv was watching, as I thought Spencer was outstanding. I remember one play where he literally buried his man into the ground and sat on him. Wand did well, Spencer did better imho (again we have to factor 2nd team D)

Mario - Nothing special. Hopefully, he will get better. He has to be more of a factor than he was tonight.

The 2nd and 3rd team D was more impressive than the 1st....but Printers was pretty bad, and LJ has left the game, so let's take that with a grain of salt.

All in all, I am pumped! Houston, we have a REAL NFL team! :francis:
 
Brandon420tx said:
I agree on that our Defense didn't look great, but with a good 1st string O-line in KC and serious need of help in our LB's. I can understand why, I was dissappointed with how much our line was driven back on the running plays *Mostly our DTs*

I have to disagree with you on Carr. He was going up against the 1st string D that had Tye Law and Surtain (Sp?) there was a major drop-off for KC when the second string came out.The 2 plays he's receiving the most flack for, one would have been a touchdown if it had not been a spectacular effort by that defensive player who deflected the ball, and the other everyone says was a bad decision, but AJ was a whole step in front of Surtain, and the 2 KC players were playing top *But I think Johnson was on a cross under route* Carr threw it to AJ's back shoulder and Johnson had to step up and play defense. Now, Carr still deserves criticism on that play, I believe another reciever was open, but it would have been 8+ yards completion had Carr thrown it in front of AJ instead of at the shoulder. Sage looked great in the second quarter, but looked to make a few bad throws in the third, I noticed he was bailed out by Schifino (Sp?) when he threw a particulary low ball. All in all, I'm very confident in our QBs. We could lose one (or 2 for that matter) to injury and not have a major drop-off in production (Poor KC). Porter looked good... really good, but it was 3rd string... but he looked good.
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I wasn't impressed with the run defense, either. I'm kinda glad it was like that, though...because I wanta see how Kubes and company respond.
 
Hervoyel said:
Sage Rosenfels looks like a better QB than David Carr based on this one evening in August. So did Porter IMO. Hopefully that's just David trying too hard.
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He did look better, but he played against the Chiefs 2nd and 3rd string defense. I think if Carr had played in Rosenfels place, he would have looked impressive.

Antowain Smith probably doesn't make it to opening day. Davis, Morency, Lundy, and Taylor can get this job done without him.
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I think there's a chance he may get cut, but I think he'll make the team. I don't think Morency will make it but that's just a gut feeling. Morency better get healed and he better not dance around in the backfield if he wants to stay a Texan though.

Wali Lundy looks like he understands the concept.
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Agreed. Very impressive, especially when he was going against the Chiefs first team defense. Looks like a capable starter if DD can't play.
 
Hervoyel said:
Chris Taylor is not a beast... but he doesn't suck either. He's better than Antowain Smith and Jonathan Wells for what that's worth.
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Looks like I'll have to change my avatar lol :hides:
 
DefLord said:
Agreed I dont see Smith making the final roster if Lundy, Taylor can get it done.. And I am going to wonder if Rhodes can beat our Morency.. The longer Morency stays hurt this would give Rhodes a chance..

So I also agree Carr was up against a stronger defense than Rosenfels was. But it is nice to see that we have a nice stable quarterback behind Carr.. *At least he isnt an aging quarterback to the end of his prime*.

I loved the balance we had tonight with rushing and passing.. I think eventually we will get stronger as the players start picking up Kubiaks game. This is their first ever game under Kubiak's system. And once they get the hang of it - they will only get better.
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speaking of Smith, it's possible Kubes put him in first tonight because he wanted to look at him in a game to compare it to what he's seen in practice. He might not be Kubes 1st choice of backs. Lundy was much better tonight!
 
TK_Gamer said:
I dont know what formation they were running, it looked like a cover 2 man, but we left the middle low wide open and gave up 2 good runs a pass across and a qb scramble. we use that defense alot this year and teams will rack up some bad yards on us, anyone else notice that?
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yea...lots of holes in the D tonight. Good time to see Kubes after the game response in next practice. No worries.
 
how did babin look? IMO he is a key to help develop Williams..if an OL has to take account Babin's position, and that should help with doubleteams being taken off of williams
 
I must admit, this was the first Texans game where I didn't want to go smoke or go to the restroom when the opposing team had the ball. My eyes were glued on Mario as were many I am sure. I wish I would have taken them off to see some others, like D Ryans. I never saw him once during the whole game. The O-Line looked pretty dang good in pass protection, but need to work on run blocking now, especially in short yardage situations...
 
Wolf said:
how did babin look? IMO he is a key to help develop Williams..if an OL has to take account Babin's position, and that should help with doubleteams being taken off of williams
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If I recall correctly Peeks played opposite of Williams.. Babin ran with the 2nd team - TJ and crew..
 
Porky said:
I was thrilled myself. This is the best preseason game they have ever played, and they had played 16 of them coming in. While they didn't play a perfect game, I don't understand how anyone could have anything negative to say unless you just like to nitpick.

Carr looked okay to me, not great. The next two were excellent. Clearly, I underestimated Rosenfels. He is hands down better than Banks. Porter suprised the hell out of me. He looked great for a first time out. Having said that, you have to remember Carr was in against their #1's, and the other guys were in vs. the 2nd and 3rd teams.

Couple of quick things that stick out. The offense showed more imagination in this preseason game, than any regular season game in 4 years. Rollouts, mis-direction, reverses, slants, ins, posts, WOW. If you noticed, the receivers were generally on the move much more often than under Capers regime.

Second thing - Pass protection was superb! Best in the 4 yrs I have been watching imho. Not sure what herv was watching, as I thought Spencer was outstanding. I remember one play where he literally buried his man into the ground and sat on him. Wand did well, Spencer did better imho (again we have to factor 2nd team D)

Mario - Nothing special. Hopefully, he will get better. He has to be more of a factor than he was tonight.

The 2nd and 3rd team D was more impressive than the 1st....but Printers was pretty bad, and LJ has left the game, so let's take that with a grain of salt.

All in all, I am pumped! Houston, we have a REAL NFL team! :francis:
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Agreed. One good thing about the "more open" gameplan is that alot of stuff happened tonight that can be pounded into little minds in the classroom on Monday.
 
yeah Smith starting seemed wierd to me, I thought they would use him as a 3rd down or short yardage back since we signed him. I love the zone blocking, we actually lasted a whole game without giving up a sack, thats gotta be a record...
 
First I'll admit that I didn't watch the whole game...... only highlights..... I'll try to catch it tomorrow on the NFL network.... hopefully, they'll continue to do this during the regular season.

But Carr............

I didn't see the nervousness being reported here..... I wasn't impressed, but definitely not disappointed.

Mario.......

he kept getting held up on his blocks. He couldn't get away, till the play was over, and the play(run plays as well) was behind him.

TJ........
I saw he was double teamed when Kalu got his sack, then he picked up half a sack, and he was doing a pretty good job getting up field.....

Seth Wand........
he's the right guy to be starting at LT. I think he moves very well, for a guy his size...... I think he'll do great.

Sage Rosenfells......
No doubt in my mind why Kubiak brought him in.

Overall, I'm happy with the win...... Like I said, I'll watch the whole game tomorrow, but so far, I can't see anything to make me think we won't go 13-3.
 
Wolf said:
how did babin look? IMO he is a key to help develop Williams..if an OL has to take account Babin's position, and that should help with doubleteams being taken off of williams
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I think his name got called a few times for a good play or two. I was ok with the dline except against the run. They've got to close those holes!!!
 
Good post Herv. Carr looks like a coach killer right now. To me he is the Antwaan Peek of the offense. He is great outside the pocket on a designed roll but he isn't that good in the pocket and struggles to throw in the middle of the field with confidence and consistency.

I thought Wand held his own and I thought Spencer played well too. I don't think its too far fetched to see some sort of a rotation this year with Spencer taking the job next season and staying there longer than Mo Townes ever thought about it.

Lundy is better than I figured and he has some slashing ability since he seems to have really quick feet and good balance. He presses the crease and can make a man squaring up on him hesitate...something Jon Wells could never do. I still think Morency is our most explosive back and will show out when he starts.

Earl Cochran was impressive, or the Chiefs were playing a chump...or a nice combination of the two. He has my eye.

Owen Daniels looked pretty good. I need to watch the tape and see if he did any blocking.

The line. Zero sacks...come on. Zero sacks, and check Lundy's totals. Nuff said.

I thought Weaver was manhandled way too much...but I have to watch it again and could be mistaken, but if we are giving first impressions...that's it. Its hard to make out the numbers sometime and guys go in and out.

I like the way Ryans runs to the ball. He comes in with some Dunta-like acceleration.

Rosenfels looks like a starting caliber NFL QB. It will be interesting to see how this pans out from here on out.

Good to see Benny catch a pass.

Reggie Bush sure looked good in a Saints uniform.

Gaffney for Moulds is a good thing

Lundy has excellent instincts in the kick return game and didn't look like a rookie out there with his decisiveness and first step quickness. I'm not worried if Mathis can't go now.

These are just first impressions...nobody crucify me for them...stone me perhaps...
 
Sage was pretty good. Most forget that he's still pretty young. He carried the clipboard in Miami for a couple of years...barely hanging on to his roster spot. But he kept working hard and moved up to #2...and even threatened to take Gus Frerotte's job last year. He just never stopped working hard...and he improved. Now he has some experience too...which is invaluable in this league. You guys are solid at QB.

I'm impressed with your team. I think we have you guys on our schedule during the season.

We are going to miss Sage in Miami. Good luck Texans!

With Saban and Kubiak, we are both in good hands. Seems like Harrington played pretty well tonight. I think our first team outplayed their first team. They burned our secondary a few times tonight. we need to get our first round pick Jason Allen in there. He held out and just got into camp. Culpepper only played one series. Ronnie Brown looked good at RB.

Amazing what good coaching will do.
 
DefLord said:
If I recall correctly Peeks played opposite of Williams.. Babin ran with the 2nd team - TJ and crew..
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thanks..i'll have to watch it tomorrow..NFL network was all over heckle and jeckle

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thunderkyss said:
First I'll admit that I didn't watch the whole game...... only highlights..... I'll try to catch it tomorrow on the NFL network.... hopefully, they'll continue to do this during the regular season.

But Carr............

I didn't see the nervousness being reported here..... I wasn't impressed, but definitely not disappointed.

Mario.......

he kept getting held up on his blocks. He couldn't get away, till the play was over, and the play(run plays as well) was behind him.

TJ........
I saw he was double teamed when Kalu got his sack, then he picked up half a sack, and he was doing a pretty good job getting up field.....

Seth Wand........
he's the right guy to be starting at LT. I think he moves very well, for a guy his size...... I think he'll do great.

Sage Rosenfells......
No doubt in my mind why Kubiak brought him in.

Overall, I'm happy with the win...... Like I said, I'll watch the whole game tomorrow, but so far, I can't see anything to make me think we won't go 13-3.
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I said he was nervous. My opinion was based on his first pass to Moulds which was high. Moulds stretched out to catch it which exposed him to a potential BIG hit. On other passes he had happy feet and didn't look comfortable. It was early and he settled down after the first drive. He looked good in the second drive and they scored.
 
In the defense of mario did you notice he was double teamed a lot therefore leaving his side a threat to run on. Also remember DE's dont get 20 tackles a game with 5 sacks. He played 1 quarter. You cant always expect alot. Wait until he has a full game. Then if he doesnt come up with stats it may be a problem. As for Rosenfels and Porter looking better then Carr. Remember they faced 2nd and 3rd string d's. Rosenfels did look good however. Ryans impressed me and I liked the play calling. SO far I think were doing alright.
 
I was talking to my dad after the 1st quarter, and asked him what he thought of A. Smith. He said that he wasn't real impressed, and I told him that I thought the only way Smith would make the final roster is if Kubiak wants to keep him for a veteran presense. Honestly, I don't think we need him. He looked really SLOW, and seemed to not make the best decisions on where to cut.
 
Vinny said:
These are just first impressions...nobody crucify me for them...stone me perhaps...
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Exactly. I think we need a thread like this after every game. I don't care what you or anyone else thinks about my first impressions and I don't want to read a discussion of what we all think about what each of us wrote. I'd just like to go down a list of posts and just see what people thought off the top of their heads after watching the game and see what impressions they walked away with. In depth discussions are for another thread and to me usually aren't worth reading a lot of right after the game.

Everybody should be able to just say what they think without having to debate it or defend it.

A lot of mine are probably wrong or don't take into account something that I will catch when I watch the game again (or might not see at all because the camera didn't catch it) but they're just things that I took away from watching the team play.
 
I was impressed with their maturity and composure. They seemed to be a more win savvy team...by attitude. Overall, I was very much satisfied with what I saw.
 
I was satisfied with the QB play tonight, and pleasantly surprised by Porter given his limited time with the team. Word of warning: Sage has been the king of preseason in Miami for years now, and it never really translated into success (or movement up the depth chart) during the regular season. Loved what I saw from him tonight, though. I feel good about him being #2 instead of Banks.

Goes without saying that the 1st-team D got chewed up on the one scoring drive. But this was a serious defensive overhaul and it is way, way too early to start bagging on Mario Williams because he didn't have 10 sacks or something. Get serious.

To me, the most startling positive thing was NO SACKS on Texan QBs and no stupid false start flags followed by the usual "well, they're just learning the system" color commentary during the broadcast. The other top positives were Lundy's versatility and the fact that nobody else got hurt.

Liked what I saw from most of the WRs, and Cochran showed some great effort on D.

Kris Brown spooked me a bit.

The young RBs have a nice competition going, which is comforting, considering DD's early start to his annual injury season.

I feel better about our secondary situation now.

And good luck to KC in clearing that Printers jam. Yikes. Get that guy some toner or something.
 
kris brown will be our downfall. i can see it already. i can see us lose 2-3 games just because of critical missed fg's. It was fun watching him miss fg's last year as ppl were starting to think we lost on purpose. but this year, different story

I cany see myself yelling a kris brown on several occasions this year.
 
My favorite impression was the over all attitude of the team and how well prepared they were in such a short time. There was no doubt this was not Dom Caper's team! We gave up zero sacks, we got 5 sacks, and we had only a handful of penalties---all things in one game we've not seen in the previouis 4 seasons. Without a doubt, Kubiak will address the problem areas and continue to develope those things that worked. Lundy/Taylor/Rhodes/Rosenfels/ and Porter showed potential. I liked that one play on TV where they showed the 'blocking' progression of the line men moving down field to keep the lane open...think it was Flannagan that commented how much fun it was to get to the 'little guys' down the field. Overall, a solid start and a much better showing in pre-season than Caper's gave us in 4 years...
 
David Anderson #14.

I was very impressed with him tonight. Good quickness and hustle. Reminds me of Tim Dwight.
 
I think everyone is nit picking right now, Mario is going to be fine, he made an impact by getting doubled every play, he'll be fine. The 1st team defense had one drive that they got run on, and really just the TD run that had a big hole, the rest was just missed tackles, all in all our d looked the best it ever has. Carr looked like he was trying to hard to make a play, but he wasn't disappointing, his goal is to lead us on scoring drives and he did. That was the absolute best I've ever seen the Texans play as a whole, granted it is only preseason so we shouldn't get to excited or to critical.
 
Wolf said:
how was the team looking? as in confidence, chip on their shoulder?
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The played aggressive...looked like they belonged there. I saw some emotion by some players after good stops on defense. I didn't see any noticeable "chip on the shoulder" attitude....just alot of hustle.
 
TK_Gamer said:
yeah Smith starting seemed wierd to me, I thought they would use him as a 3rd down or short yardage back since we signed him. I love the zone blocking, we actually lasted a whole game without giving up a sack, thats gotta be a record...
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I think Kubiak wanted to let the nerves cool down for his rookie running backs. First game, at home, fans all fired up. Let the rooks calm down and then put them in the game. JMO though.

I was suprised that Smith was so ineffective.
 
i just got back from the game (i live in north conroe) and it was awsome.

I was happy to see Carr belly up to the bar and scramble for a few yards. I liked the play where he slid into and through 3 chiefs and knocked them down like bowling pins. Carr is no puss. he runs with a little attutide for a qb

Sage looked great! its good to see that from him because it keeps david on his toes.

I thought Mario looked good. i spent some time just watching him through my binoculars and i saw several occasions where they sent 3 to block him. thats what we need. i throws the balance to our side.

Wali lundi looked great and i want to see more. Taylor was less spectacular but i like him and he did good. Joppru caught a ball. i think.

we threw several to owen daniels.

I was happy.
 
I got about what I was looking for out of preseason game 1. Every position needs work. I'll be looking to game #3 before I REALLY start critiquing things.
All in all, I was more than pleased.
 
Stampede said:
Correct me if im wrong, but i think our offensive line went the whole game without a false start!...wow.
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I really like that. Not many offensive penalties at all. False starts are something that makes me really sick, I don't see why it ever happenss.
 
I knew what to expect. I dared hope for it. I got it all, and then some. Kubiak is the real deal. The playcalling was excellent, and the complete change in attitude in the players is apparent. This is what ball control is supposed to be. Dominant, confident, and intelligent. Seriously, it's only a preseason game, but this was like waking up from a nightmare. It's awesome.

No sacks. Hallelujah. No INTs. No fumbles (until that botched PR.)

Jameel Cook made a lot of good lead blocks.

Moulds; everything we'd hoped for.

Rosenfels is a very capable backup.

Carr looked pretty good overall but caught a serious break on that botched INT. He's always come out with nerves IMO and needs a series to settle down. I still like him for having a breakout year.

Taylor wasn't as valuable as I'd thought/hoped he be, but I still like him for a role in the offense this year. Lundy put up a tough act to follow though.

Antowain Smith is so friggin slow.

Lundy looked better than I thought he would. Good decision making with the ball.

DeMeco Ryans was an excellent draft pickup and appears to be well on his way to living up to high expectations.

First team D wasn't what I hoped for, but I think some of that was playcalling.

Wand looked pretty good but honestly our playcalling is designed to mask weakness in our O-line, so it's hard for me to say affirmatively one way or the other.

Curtis, Daniels, Kalu, and Cochran impressed.

I was one short on my prediction; 5 sacks IIRC, not 6.

I'm getting a copy of the game Monday night. I'll post more this week when I've had the chance to watch it in detail.
 
gwallaia said:
David Anderson #14.

I was very impressed with him tonight. Good quickness and hustle. Reminds me of Tim Dwight.
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I guess you didn't see his fumble on the punt return that lead to a KC touchdown! You are right about his hustle and he seemed to show pretty good quickness on one of the returns I saw, but I don't know if he makes the team and that fumble might have killed his chances. I hope they give him somemore chances. I like the kid too and hope he finds a way to stick. Just my :twocents:
 
I thought our QB's did ok. Carr didn't really play enough to merit criticism or praise. Sage was average IMO. I think he'll be a good backup QB though.

Lundy seems quick and ran well, but had a drop and got lit up trying to pick up the blitz.

OL was definitely better. I thought Spencer did pretty well.

Travis Johnson actually got some penetration....against the second team.

Our LB's have got to learn to not overrun a play and Brown and Earl have got to get better in run support. On the TD run the RB split those two guys like it was nothing. I can see our D giving up lots of yards on the ground.

David Anderson is one quick SOB.
 
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