pay me dunta (a refund)

Although I couldn’t sympathize with the foolish way in which he handled his contract negotiations, I wanted to believe him when he said that he was excited about coming back and wanted to do all he could to help the team win. What a load of crap. The immature fashion statement compounded by his piss poor play was apalling. From his past performance, we all know what he is capable of in run support. He wasn’t playing football on Sunday, he was just protecting his legs. We are pitifully weak in the secondary, but I am all for shopping Dunta ASAP. I was undecided (even hopeful), and he lost me on Sunday. Many others (apparently more intuitive than me) had already written him off. If the coaches still believe in him, then they need to be replaced as well. McNair has already learned hard lessons about the damage caused by sticking with the wrong personnel too long. Time to start making some tough leadership decisions. This team needs an attitude adjustment, and fear is a great motivator. The list of Texan players or coaches who can feel secure about their current positions is very short. Jettison some of the dead wood like Tim suggested (see Fergy) and read the reaction. If that doesn’t motivate the rest to play better, then this is going to be an inexorable, agonizing season. We all deserve better.

Now Mr McNair, go to work.

I have to admit I was worried when I saw Cushing on the sideline on third downs. And whatever the defense did on third downs was very unsucessful.

still on the fence. dunta is a good guy. he’s just being an immature douche right now. im giving him until midseason. but here’s the thing. until he gets past tht leg injury mentally, he can’t play with the reckless abandon that he used 2. also, it’s a FACT that these injuries usualy take 2 years to heal. we may not see the “real” dunta until late this season, or even into the next.

Al Davis!!!!

a little worse, after watching how dom capers had turned around the packer D in one game. The best defense we ever had was our first year with matt stevens being destroyed by a young shockey, and james “roid rage” posey leading team in sacks.

But Dunta came right out and said it: if you play for the Texans, you play for the money. You don’t play to win because the Texans don’t win. Money is the only incentive they have. At this point, it sounds like many of them, given the fact that they thought Dunta’s shoes were humorous, are more worried about their paychecks than about beating the other team.

1. Schaub: It’s just too hard to grade a quarterback or make an assessment when the opposing team is getting into the backfield at the same time the snap is arriving, on a regular basis. Schaub needs to improve, but how can you do ANYTHING when the opposing team is in your face all day long. O-Line? Fail.

2. The coaching on offense was horribad. Running Slaton into the back of houston lineman, or the same opposing LB over and over is going to net the same result…nothing. The adjustments that were made at halftime apparently did not make it out of the locker room, becuase the team looked the same through both halves. Andre Johnson…..HELLO?

3. We have one of the worst secondary’s in football. This we have known so no surprises there.

4. Ferguson….ya…..

5. Dunta Robinson is the best CB in a bad secondary. Being the smartest retard at the special olympics doesn’t make you an olympian.

6. We did great against the run initially. But you can’t expect ANY defense to spend 3/4 of the game on the field and not tireout and give up plays down the stretch. For the first time as a Texans fan under Kubiak, I really blame the OFFENCE for our defensive issues.

7. Cushing played well for his first NFL game considerinng how much of camp/pre-season he missed.

8. Bush played an aggressive game. I liked it. We NEED and aggressive defense. Unfortunately the reality is this, we DO NOT have a good enough secondary to play a truly aggressive defense style against an NFL quarterback. Period. We can blitz all day, if you secondary can’t play cover-man, you are hosed.

9. The Texans were unprepared. I have been a huge supporter of Kubiak since his tenure began, but it has to end. You could have recorded that post-game press conference and then simply played it back for every Texans loss under him. We need to see some fire out of him. He just seems to passive.

Anyway, I hope the Texans can salvage this season, hell I thought they would win this game handily. Unfortunately, the reality is this:

They played poorly in the pre-season. They played poorly in the season opener. There is no reason at this point to expect something different.

You can always hope they turn it around, but then again, hope is the first step on the road to disappointment.

“Dunta Robinson is the best CB in a bad secondary. Being the smartest retard at the special olympics doesn’t make you an olympian.”

Is going to be good. We need him on third down because he has such great speed and size. He be a good pass rusher.