I talked to Eric Winston about the Kris Jenkins’ play. He didn’t name names, but said that the way that play went down, it wasn’t Myers’ fault. FWIW.

This blog entry is about the most masochistic post ever made, but worth memorializing as a time capsule of bad stuff from this season, I guess. Here’s my rating: #3 #10 #6 #7 #9. Though I could easily be persuaded otherwise.

There’s also the chickensheet Kevin Walter’s offensive pass interference call that makes a game-tying TD go away: http://nfl.fanhouse.com/2009/09/30/zebra-report-another-texan-controversy/

I’d maybe add the 43 yard pass interference call in the Colts home game in the third quarter. A bail out call for a Colts team that had been struggling, and a call that head of official Mike Pereira called “hard to stomach” and “egregious.” Texan fans being biased would use much stronger words. http://nfl.fanhouse.com/2009/12/03/nfl-admits-two-officiating-errors/ A total momentum changer for the game—it was like the air was sucked out of the stadium because you just felt the fix was in. Texan fans, rightly or wrongly, feel that their team has to be so much better than the other team because the refs will favor the more established teams. That particularly play illustrates that feeling.

To me, the most overall disappointing part of the season came from the start. Jacques Reeves is out due to injury. After Dunta Robinson told Kubiak that he could count on him, DR decides to be an idiot in the offseason, not showing up until the last second because he was mad he didn’t get a crazy large deal, mad about being franchised, and then, near the end, mad because the Texans wouldn’t set a precedent giving him a provision to allow him to opt out of the franchise tag. With as much turmoil that defense had (new DC, two new coaches including DR’s position coach), a bunch of new rookies, Reeves being out, the defense being horrible for 4 years, very little stability on the defense, etc—Dunta Robinson picked a really bad time to be Mr. Stupid about the contract. It is quite possible his act contributed to the defense’s problems at the beginning of the year.

Robinson has since apologized for his immaturity and letting his ego get in the way, but that doesn’t bring back 2009. We will never know what the alternative history would have been had he been actually prepared on game 1. I supposed he could have got hurt had he been playing earlier, but we will never know.

To me, this is one of the most disappointing parts of the 2009 season because DR had the most good will of just about any Texan coming back from his injury. I remember the day he first ran on the field at Reliant after his injury and the roar of the crowd was so loud. And he just threw that away over ego and stupid contractual demands. No matter how well he was healed, he was never going to be able to justify his new salary, and this was made worse by him pulling his offseason act.

It was one thing to not participate early before negotiations over his long term deal were still happening. It was another after the deadline passed for agreeing to a new deal. He should have sucked it up and showed up for camp, just like every other franchised guy who was disappointed that they didn’t get a bigger longer deal. And then, when he continued to not show up because he wanted a provision that would guarantee he wouldn’t get tagged again, that was a freaking joke.

I’m glad he apologized, I still want him on the team, but I want the Texans and him to get really real on the price.

Now I need to get the brain bleach out to forget the bad parts of last year. I need The Wolf.