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Open Game Day Thread, Part Deux: Houston v. Dallas

Second half is about to begin, so let's move the Comments here. GO TEXANS!

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Jacques Reeves

Has looked like he really wants Antwaun Molden to take his job. I want to see a bunch of the rookie in the second half.

Looking forward to a day when being a Texans fan doesn't mean that April is the highlight of my season...

by Tim on Aug 22, 2008 8:47 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Antwaun needs to reach out and grab it.

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by SOLIS on Aug 22, 2008 8:50 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

yea but

I can’t stand the Cowboy fans! I want us to win this one for the State of Texas bragging rights. We’ve got time. Jacques get a friggin int….ok?!

by 1Texan on Aug 22, 2008 8:50 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

is it just me?

or do the commentators, just ooze lust for the boys?

GO TEXANS!!!!!!!!!

by Texanmaniac on Aug 22, 2008 8:50 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Phil Simms

Would blow Tony Romo if he could.

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by Tim on Aug 22, 2008 8:56 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

and

swallow

GO TEXANS!!!!!!!!!

by Texanmaniac on Aug 22, 2008 8:56 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

And post the whole ordeal on his website

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by SOLIS on Aug 22, 2008 8:57 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

FUMBLE!!

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by SOLIS on Aug 22, 2008 8:50 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

El Hombre

Mas Chingon

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by SOLIS on Aug 22, 2008 8:57 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Nice!

GO TEXANS!!!!!!!!!

by Texanmaniac on Aug 22, 2008 8:50 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Schaub has been feeling heat all game long...

Is it the Cowboys good defense or our poor pass protection?

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by SOLIS on Aug 22, 2008 8:52 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

win or lose

tonight i think our texans will have a fine season. I love Steve Slayton!

GO TEXANS!!!!!!!!!

by Texanmaniac on Aug 22, 2008 8:52 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Slaton

just made Roy Williams his bitch.

Yay, sports.

by MDC on Aug 22, 2008 8:52 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Steve Slaton = Warrick Dunn

Watch…

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by SOLIS on Aug 22, 2008 8:53 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I said Dunn

Not Faulk

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by SOLIS on Aug 22, 2008 8:54 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Just hope...

he doesn’t do Cat Fancy magazine.

Yay, sports.

by MDC on Aug 22, 2008 8:54 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I could give a shit

As long as he keeps racking up yardage

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by SOLIS on Aug 22, 2008 8:55 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I don't like how Steve was the only option on that 3rd down play...

Where’s the bootleg?

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by SOLIS on Aug 22, 2008 8:56 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Awesome...

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by SOLIS on Aug 22, 2008 9:00 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

So Matt...

I bought a sixer of the Longboard to get me primed for old staple… I think it’d be great on tap.

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by SOLIS on Aug 22, 2008 8:59 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

They swarm

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by SOLIS on Aug 22, 2008 9:00 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

ummmm, sooo....

I got to watch schaub screw up 3rd down and the pokes drive for the FG before the half. is that the game in a nutshell?

Oh, and Frenchy had to be pulled because he was spontaneously combusting.

by bigfatdrunk on Aug 22, 2008 9:00 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Reeves missed that tackle

his fault

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by SOLIS on Aug 22, 2008 9:02 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

why is colvin playing..

..if he’s only sight-seeing?

by bigfatdrunk on Aug 22, 2008 9:02 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

He's not

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by SOLIS on Aug 22, 2008 9:03 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

did I say

I hate the Cowboys?

by 1Texan on Aug 22, 2008 9:04 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

What's up with Zac?

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by SOLIS on Aug 22, 2008 9:04 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

NO PASS RUSH

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by SOLIS on Aug 22, 2008 9:05 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

OKAM!!

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by SOLIS on Aug 22, 2008 9:06 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Mario

Looking forward to a day when being a Texans fan doesn't mean that April is the highlight of my season...

by Tim on Aug 22, 2008 9:06 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Super Mario!

FF! We still can’t tackle though.

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by Tim on Aug 22, 2008 9:06 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

mario

is held on nearly every play….but you caint call penalties on the girls

GO TEXANS!!!!!!!!!

by Texanmaniac on Aug 22, 2008 9:07 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Just rewound

Mario stripped it – awesomeness

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by SOLIS on Aug 22, 2008 9:08 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Is it me

or did AJ look RUSTY?

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by SOLIS on Aug 22, 2008 9:08 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Haven't Seen Him

In awhile. And yeah, he looked a bit slow/rusty. No worries though.

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by Tim on Aug 22, 2008 9:12 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Where's Darius?

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by SOLIS on Aug 22, 2008 9:09 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Haven't Seen Him Either

Probably 4th quarter.

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by Tim on Aug 22, 2008 9:13 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

K-Dub!

Another great catch, and a great throw by The Schaub.

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by Tim on Aug 22, 2008 9:12 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

jacoby jones

did anyone see him at all?

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by Texanmaniac on Aug 22, 2008 9:17 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Not from the Tele

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by SOLIS on Aug 22, 2008 9:19 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Agree

That sucked arse

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by SOLIS on Aug 22, 2008 9:19 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Vonta

Bad drop. At least it doesn’t really mean anything.

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by Tim on Aug 22, 2008 9:20 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

can we get

A POT SMOKING FULL BACK THAT CAN CATCH?

GO TEXANS!!!!!!!!!

by Texanmaniac on Aug 22, 2008 9:20 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

ummmmm....

I’d be happy to volunteer for the pot smoking part!

by bigfatdrunk on Aug 22, 2008 9:23 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I'm afraid

if the Texans pull this out Phils sims my cry

GO TEXANS!!!!!!!!!

by Texanmaniac on Aug 22, 2008 9:22 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

may cry

GO TEXANS!!!!!!!!!

by Texanmaniac on Aug 22, 2008 9:22 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Faggins

I don’t know you

by 1Texan on Aug 22, 2008 9:24 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

I guess they're

rnnin second string?

by 1Texan on Aug 22, 2008 9:27 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

HE DIDN’T FUMBLE

GO TEXANS!!!!!!!!!

by Texanmaniac on Aug 22, 2008 9:27 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Did I say

I can’t stand the Cowboys…..at all

by 1Texan on Aug 22, 2008 9:34 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

BFD

I think the hard drink got to the rookies….

by 1Texan on Aug 22, 2008 9:37 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Still Here, Ladies

Looking forward to a day when being a Texans fan doesn't mean that April is the highlight of my season...

by Tim on Aug 22, 2008 9:38 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Eleventeen?

Looking forward to a day when being a Texans fan doesn't mean that April is the highlight of my season...

by Tim on Aug 22, 2008 9:44 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

ok

just askin

by 1Texan on Aug 22, 2008 9:46 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

dammit

yeah, y’all are a half up on me.

by bigfatdrunk on Aug 22, 2008 9:42 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Molden

Lucky he didn’t get flagged there. He was beat.

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by Tim on Aug 22, 2008 9:44 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

so much

for my legion of doom idea. we are just gonna hafta out score teams! am I just being negative?

GO TEXANS!!!!!!!!!

by Texanmaniac on Aug 22, 2008 9:48 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

No

Defense hasn’t looked very good. At this point, every game will be a shootout.

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by Tim on Aug 22, 2008 9:50 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Now He Needs

To do it again without fumbling. And again. And again.

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by Tim on Aug 22, 2008 9:51 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

take that

cowpatty

GO TEXANS!!!!!!!!!

by Texanmaniac on Aug 22, 2008 9:55 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

The Backs

overall have looked pretty good tonight

GO TEXANS!!!!!!!!!

by Texanmaniac on Aug 22, 2008 9:56 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Running backs..?

Defensive backs have looked like crizzap.

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by SOLIS on Aug 22, 2008 10:02 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

After we remember

The cowpokes need to win, it’s a no catch. BULLLLLLSHIIIIT

GO TEXANS!!!!!!!!!

by Texanmaniac on Aug 22, 2008 10:03 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Challenge it!

What the hell do you have to lose…

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by SOLIS on Aug 22, 2008 10:05 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Tough Call

Looked like Jacoby was bobbling though…

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by Tim on Aug 22, 2008 10:04 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Put the Bushmills down damn it

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by SOLIS on Aug 22, 2008 10:05 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Never

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by Tim on Aug 22, 2008 10:07 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Sage!

Kubes has big ones, baby!

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by Tim on Aug 22, 2008 10:05 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

No Doubt

And Sage was letting the ref know about it.

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by Tim on Aug 22, 2008 10:08 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Third time tonight...

that they have been a half-second early and it hasn’t been flagged once.

Also, that fat prick with the crooked hat that was celebrating after Jacoby’s second drop? I hope he dies.

Yay, sports.

by MDC on Aug 22, 2008 10:10 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

They caint

flag the girls

GO TEXANS!!!!!!!!!

by Texanmaniac on Aug 22, 2008 10:10 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Either way Jacoby should have had that....

Man… I’m mad

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by SOLIS on Aug 22, 2008 10:12 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Yup

Catchable ball for sure.

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by Tim on Aug 22, 2008 10:14 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Dallas

They suck….

by 1Texan on Aug 22, 2008 10:13 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

FUUUUUUCK.

Goddamn fucking retard defensive backs. Jeeezus.

Yay, sports.

by MDC on Aug 22, 2008 10:14 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

It was a must call... we get the ball back and we kick a field goal and win...

the fix was in. What a gyp.

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by SOLIS on Aug 22, 2008 10:16 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Agreed.

Can’t have the precious ’girls losing in primetime.

Yay, sports.

by MDC on Aug 22, 2008 10:17 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Seems like it

it all annoys me.

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by SOLIS on Aug 22, 2008 10:20 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

The Fix Is In

Cowboys win on that penalty

by kozanack on Aug 22, 2008 10:14 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

What?

Fucking Cowgirls… I hate – HATE – them so.

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by SOLIS on Aug 22, 2008 10:14 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Oh Well

At least it looks like the RB problem is solved. Now we just need the defense to step up

by kozanack on Aug 22, 2008 10:17 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

The answer at the other DE spot

is Earl Cochran.

Yay, sports.

by MDC on Aug 22, 2008 10:18 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I Started Construction On My Richard Smith Effigy

I just need some gas, tar, feathers, and pitchforks. The angry mob will be easy

by kozanack on Aug 22, 2008 10:19 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Agreed

The defense is talent laden… we need someone to make it all work all.

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by SOLIS on Aug 22, 2008 10:22 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I'm not sure I agree

We have Mario, Bennett, and DeMeco.

We got nothing opposite Mario at end last year, Travis Johnson is average at best, and Maddox is ass.

Greenwood might be our worst non-DB starter heading into 2008. Diles has some talent, but is he even average comparatively? I’d say that’s a stretch.

Safeties are below average, and until somebody steps up at CB2, we are ass there, too.

We’ve got three of the best at their positions, but none of the other 8 may be even average. That’s a huge problem. There’s talent, at least, but we need Cochran and Okam and Diles and maybe Adibi and Molden and Harrison to step in and step up.

by bigfatdrunk on Aug 22, 2008 10:28 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

btw

When I say average, I mean only starters around the league, not general depth.

by bigfatdrunk on Aug 22, 2008 10:30 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Greenwood

is definitely troubling me. No idea why he went from whatever level he was at last year to pure ass this year. Diles has shown some ability of late, so I’m willing to give him a pass.

I wouldn’t put Will Demps at below average, though with his hands he’s next in our long line of free safeties who should be strong safeties.

Reeves, Faggins, and Fletcher are horrid.

Yay, sports.

by MDC on Aug 22, 2008 10:30 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Faggins made A play

Just thought I’d throw that out there

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by SOLIS on Aug 22, 2008 10:33 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Interesting points

Mario, DeMeco,and Amobi are among the best… What I don’t like is the lack of aggression from the front seven in pass protection. It’s not because they aren’t good enough to apply pressure, its because they aren’t being instructed to.

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by SOLIS on Aug 22, 2008 10:32 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

oops, and Amobi

sorry, starting to wear out without alcohol in my system

by bigfatdrunk on Aug 22, 2008 10:34 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

still the preseason, though

In 2006, he was far more aggressive than in 2007. I think he can switch back, but we aren’t showing our cards yet.

by bigfatdrunk on Aug 22, 2008 10:22 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Now kids...

That’s what I call wishful thinking

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by SOLIS on Aug 22, 2008 10:24 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Aggressive, sure.

But the FO numbers suggest that we weren’t really any better in 2006 than 2007. More sacks, sure, but not as effective overall, so it was a wash.

Yay, sports.

by MDC on Aug 22, 2008 10:26 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

didn't say better

Just aggressive. Which, I hope, means that Smith will blitz more than what seemed like never last year.

by bigfatdrunk on Aug 22, 2008 10:29 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

True.

But remember that his blitzes in 2006 were a lot of 4-man rushes with Travis or Mario dropping into coverage, like some kind of aborted zone blitz. That hampered Mario for sure and took him out of his highest best use.

Just friggin’ send 5 or 6, Richard. Mix in the zone blitz, but establish a real blitz first.

Yay, sports.

by MDC on Aug 22, 2008 10:32 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

agreed

he was flying to the ball. colvin was simply awful. it didn’t even look like he was trying.

by bigfatdrunk on Aug 22, 2008 10:20 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

It sure as hell aint Colvin

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by SOLIS on Aug 22, 2008 10:20 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

colvin

I really, truly thought Colvin was our key this year. But he looked more like a boxer out there, just kinda throwing punches and not actually moving for the ball.

by bigfatdrunk on Aug 22, 2008 10:39 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I'm done

I’m switching to the steady staple (bud light) and I’m gonna figure out what is really keeping this team at bay…

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by SOLIS on Aug 22, 2008 10:38 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Nite kiddos

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by SOLIS on Aug 22, 2008 10:38 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

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