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I wish that were the case. We're missing Stingley. Pitre, Ward, & Nelson were all there. & it was their TEs, Pitts & Smith that were killing us. Drake London had a game, don't get me wrong, those TEs set the pace.
It's always a team loss or win. I don't feel like the coaches put the players in a position to succeed on either side of the ball
My spidey-sense is also tingling at a trade. I think it’s going to be a lot sooner than the deadline. Who would we be able to give up though? Mills? I can’t imagine getting DE/LB kind of value for him but we can only hope!
Trade him to Dallas for a Olineman...
Probably something like a 2nd rd pick for Danielle Hunter. Gotta improve the pass rush. Bring Hunter home. Possibly trading for a LB like Frankie Luvu from Carolina.
Lets get the OL healthy and give them a couple of games together to develop continuity before looking to make a trade.
What part of team loss didn’t you understand?
Seems to me when the Texans lose some want to blame things that go wrong on the coaching. Truth is, the defense needs an Edge that can rush the passer opposite WA. (Yes WA has been a mild disappointment but still has plenty of time to improve) A stud DT would help out a lot too. (Which is why I wanted Caserio to pick Jordan Davis and Sam Williams in the draft 2 yrs ago) They also need to find a LB that can cover and lead a defense.
Coaching was a major part of them losing. Slow’s game plan for this game wasn’t good. I understand every team is different, but come on coach make them stop you first. He should’ve seen if they could stop what got them back to back wins first. If they did, then you make adjustments accordingly.
Same thing happened to JJ at one point - lone decent pass rusher who gets double or triple teamed to nullify any threat to the passer.
100% agree to the bolded. I think it will be harder to find a stud LB vs a talented DT. Our HC is used to having a stout front 7, so we know he can coach'em but can he find them.
With teams knowing this about him… I think we may have missed our window to trade him for fair value.
Mills' value is about a bag of chip.
Mills' value is about a bag of chip.
Oh, maybe a 7th or a pick swap.
Teams that are in need of a QB right now are already bad teams.
Mills ain't going to help them.
Now, Mills do have great tanking experience so a low pick may well be worthwhile to give up to ensure that draft position.
I don't mean to sound hateful on Mills, but come on, which NFL coach would trade for a QB that was replaced easily by a rookie, with a veteran (Keenum) brought in to mentor the rookie QB.
What does it say about the coaching staff's evaluation of Mills?
The Saints have a very good secondary and solid run defense. They're tough to gameplan for because they have few weaknesses. Offensively, the Saints have playmakers on offense. But they haven't really had a breakout game. Taysom Hill is a factor because he can come in and extend drives. Pressuring Carr on passing downs will be key, because he likes to check down rather than challenge downfield. I expect a game similar to the one in Atlanta, coming down to making plays at the end.
Must we be so morbid? Just a game.
I do think Ridder's cadence put a damper on the pass rush get off. That has to be addressed in practice this week.
They had a breakout game on yesterday stumping the Patriots 34-0. Or maybe the Patriots are just that bad.
Thanks. I gave myself a time-out after being a jerk to @Mollywhopper.
34 points on 319 yards of total offense. Aided by the defense creating 3 turnovers including a Honey Badger pick 6. I don't know how long the Texans can play turnover free football. But limiting the turnovers against the Saints will make it difficult for their offense to score. They were averaging 13 ppg going into week 5.
They have their best RB back as well. He opens up so much for that offense. He rushed for 80 yards 3.9 a pop and had 3 catches for 17.
PFF does, but only their premium stats which are a subscription service. I just checked and grades for week 5 are not posted yet. They should be by mid-week.
I'm rooting for WAjr, but so far, even though the stats say he's being doubled a lot, I'm not seeing it.
How do we know what the game plan was? For all we know, Slow called it exactly like the previous two games, but when the players saw what they lined up against, they reacted differently. May have been Cj not checking to the plays he checked to last game, or if he did, post snap the defense didn't react the way the other teams did. Or maybe it was Nico who didn't flatten his route when he flattened it the last two games, or he didn't press it the way he pressed it last week, & for good reason.
He didn’t call but one screen play and he didn’t attack them vertically. He also didn’t run the same route concepts.
He also thought Dell was a RB.
Again, we don't know what he called. We know what Cj ran.
That I did like... but not as often as they ran it. I'd have liked to have seen more pitches & tosses to the RB, to change his angle of attack to the LOS.
Trying to make Dell your "Deebo" is a recipe for getting Dell blown up and gettin put in a wheel chair
We had a similar problem before we had Foster. I remember Kubiak had to open with the pass until the run game got going. Slowick needs to do something similar.
Highly doubt it.
I don't think Mills warrants any thought on the coaches at the moment. He's still an inexpensive option that doesn't need to be taught the playbook.
The Texans have a problem with the running game, period.
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The point is we don't know what the game plan was. All we see is how the game played out.
I'm pretty sure that Slowik didn't forget how to run a successful offense in a weeks time.