Post-Game Open Thread: Texans Flop, Get Smacked Around By Dallas
by TexansDC on Sep 26, 2010 3:00 PM CDT
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I shouldn't be surprised that the Texans lost today. They faced a desperate team that was looking for a win to save their season. However, I am surprised at how the Texans lost this game.
Missed tackles? Check.
Cover-2 Zone coverage exploited? Check.
No pass rush? Check.
Allowing multiple sacks? Check.
Poor 3rd down decision making by Matt Schaub? Check.
Bad play-calling on 3rd down and in the Red Zone? Check and Check.
Arian Foster not getting the ball enough? Check.
Penalties to stall drives? Check.
Turnovers? Check.
Add it all up and you get a description of the Texans on the third Sunday of the season: A gutless, uninspired performance that lacked the heart of the team which had a huge comeback the previous week.
I suppose I could look for some silver lining here, but the fact is that the Texans simply lost a game, at home no less, that they could have won. Houston and Dallas went back and forth handing this game to the other until Dallas finally decided that they would take the win. When Houston realized that an actual NFL football game was taking place, Dallas had a two-score lead, and the game was well in hand.
Vent your frustration, leave your sadness, and use this thread for a post-game cleansing on all things that went wrong today.
Thankfully, Oakland's on the schedule next so we can get back on track quickly...maybe.
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Remember how the players won the game last week?
Well, they lost it this week.
"Fuck you motherfucker!"
-Bernard Pollard-
One more game until Cushing returns...
THANK YOU DURGA!
Troll,
you can shut the fuck up.
"Fuck you motherfucker!"
-Bernard Pollard-
by Jordann on Sep 26, 2010 3:03 PM CDT up reply actions 4 recs
You should
get out of your lostness in the publicness of Das Man and be resolute!
Wow...our D is SO bad....there are now words for how fail it is.
"An open mind is like a fortress with it's gates unbarred and unguarded."
What happens when an unstoppable force meets three defensive players? THIS: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gpWqMqrZwTU
LB's are okay.... D-Line is aight...
but the secondary is SHIT.
"If i wasn't a gentleman, i'd punch you square in the mouth!!!!" - Arthur Spooner
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by chrisd21 on Sep 26, 2010 7:58 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Maybe the players will stop talking about their win over Indy now.
And make sure they try to beat the other teams we play also.
good game guys
you guys talked so much shit ran your mouths showed no class leading up to the game
but good game
we showed up and gameplanned better
your our little brother we have to smack you around to put you back into place
I told you that preseason game meant nothing
anway good game guys the Texans will be a contender for a while they are just young still
give credit where due the Cowboys came out and played good football
by Archie Barberio on Sep 26, 2010 3:04 PM CDT reply actions
Don't worry about the trolls
Better way to respond to them is just to congratulate them.
"Fuck you motherfucker!"
-Bernard Pollard-
Still 2-1 though.
I guess you’re gonna have to get excited about this win because the next one won’t come for another seven weeks.
"Fuck you motherfucker!"
-Bernard Pollard-
how many cowgurls does it take to change a flat tire?
1 to change it…
5 to talk about how AWESOME the old one was.
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by chrisd21 on Sep 26, 2010 7:59 PM CDT up reply actions 2 recs
See this is why i hate the lost
Dallas fans are gonna treat this past game like the won the title but at the end of the day im bettin we are in the playoffs and there not
You are such a good friend that if you and me were the last two people trapped on a sinking boat with only 1 life vest left, i would remember and pray for you every day.
No
I think we just out vanilla-ed you in this.
The cowboys didn’t do anything fancy. We combated that be giving you the Red-Carpet zone all game.
A Texas Wannabe, born and raised in New Zealand. Currently located 7539 miles South west of Houston.
by distant_texans_fan on Sep 26, 2010 3:28 PM CDT up reply actions
Congrats on your first win.
Maybe you can get a second one in two weeks. Because 1-2 is totally better than 2-1.
I stil love pickles
Its not the pickles fault, they only take the praise and not the fault
I Want to Believe
I'm going to beat Dallas in Madden now
That will make me feel slightly better…
by cubic on Sep 26, 2010 3:05 PM CDT reply actions 2 recs
I beat them in the SuperBowl last night...
It felt good. Might have to repeat that now.
Dont you just hate how they are always in the Superbowl on Madden
You are such a good friend that if you and me were the last two people trapped on a sinking boat with only 1 life vest left, i would remember and pray for you every day.
It'll help more tomorrow
Hard to be happy after that disgraceful performance.
"Lord, beer me strength."
Yeah
Talk about laying and egg. That positive national exposure went to our heads and we got our ass handed to us.
disgraceful is right.
seems like the offense just couldn’t get anything going because of dre’s ankle, and our secondary got shredded. throw in those turnovers and we stunk it up pretty good.
"If i wasn't a gentleman, i'd punch you square in the mouth!!!!" - Arthur Spooner
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Strippers
Rooting for the Texans is like dating a stripper. Sure they’re sexy when they’re with you. Sure they promise not to fuck around on you. But you know that sooner or later, they’re gonna bend over and take it from somebody.
Interesting yet fitting analogy
I would challenge you to a battle of wits, but you appear to be unarmed.
by The Night Owl on Sep 26, 2010 4:54 PM CDT up reply actions
silver lining?
This, hopefully, will teach the team not to get overconfident. I really didn’t get the impression anyone on the Texans took this game seriously.
P.S.
Here in New York, I get to watch every AFC South team except the Texans this week. That would have upset me before the game, but now I’m glad I didn’t actually see it.
SF got fuckstomped.
And that fucks up one of my picks in the pick em league.
"Fuck you motherfucker!"
-Bernard Pollard-
SF sucks balls!! At least i get to make fun of one of my friends
You are such a good friend that if you and me were the last two people trapped on a sinking boat with only 1 life vest left, i would remember and pray for you every day.
I can't do that here.
Im surrounded by suicidal and violent Niners fans lol
"Fuck you motherfucker!"
-Bernard Pollard-
Could be worse
At least you’re not on the other side of that bridge
I would challenge you to a battle of wits, but you appear to be unarmed.
by The Night Owl on Sep 26, 2010 4:55 PM CDT up reply actions
see your showing no class
most of you are classless
Im showing my respect
good game
by Archie Barberio on Sep 26, 2010 3:09 PM CDT reply actions
your our little brother we have to smack you around to put you back into place
Where’s the respect in that?
Youre worse than Brad Wells with your backhanded compliments.
"Fuck you motherfucker!"
-Bernard Pollard-
sorry but you guys say alot worse jordan
by Archie Barberio on Sep 26, 2010 3:11 PM CDT up reply actions
tony homo tony homo i hope we break his legs
I heard and read alot worse dude
by Archie Barberio on Sep 26, 2010 3:11 PM CDT up reply actions
Then stop reading and go to Blogging The Boys.
"Lord, beer me strength."
by TexansDC on Sep 26, 2010 3:12 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Agreed
I have heard crap from your fans all week. Cowboy fans are the most obnoxious fans in the world. A Cowboy fan at the bar this morning wouldn’t shut the fuck up after Brookings nearly ripped Dre’s head off. She and her husband laughed about it. You call your fans classy? My ass!
like you guy dont say things like that.
you guys should be a little more humble the way your team started out this season.
living the Texas dream
BECAUSE ITS OUR BLOG GODDAMIT.
What don’t you get about that? WE CAN SAY WHATEVER THE FUCK WE WANT BECAUSE THIS IS A TEXANS BLOG.
"Fuck you motherfucker!"
-Bernard Pollard-
by Jordann on Sep 26, 2010 3:12 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Nope... I'm right there with him...
This is a FAN blog… So happy Cowboy fans should go be HAPPY with other Cowboy fans… Twisting the knife and rubbing salt is the mark of a tool. Act accordingly.
All part of the game,........talking smack between rivals in Texas.
Relax,…… Now you know what we’ve been through for the last two weeks. You’ll live.
Well, unless it's an "open game blog"...
Then we get to listen to chatter from folks who don’t give a crap about the Texans game and get "updates’ on every other damn game in the league…
Last week was fairly enjoyable during the Redskins game, but today was miserable, trying to pick out the relevant game comments from in between the chatter of Colts fans that could have cared LESS about the game.
I have no problem with welcoming the Colts fans here, because for the most part they have been a pretty classy bunch… But today’s thread was like going to one of those irritating SuperBowl parties where a bunch of people show up for the PARTY and you can’t watch the GAME for the dern socializing.
That combined with the absolute A$$ BARING that the Texans displayed to make this a pretty miserable football Sunday.
Its cool you want to show respect
but to call The Texans the cowboys little brother is far from respectful
You are such a good friend that if you and me were the last two people trapped on a sinking boat with only 1 life vest left, i would remember and pray for you every day.
How's that?
Wrong.
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I believe 2-1 makes the Texans the best NFL team currently in Texas
Nice try though, robbo.
by Fuzion on Sep 26, 2010 5:08 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
I had the same thought
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by distant_texans_fan on Sep 26, 2010 5:21 PM CDT up reply actions
And technically...
Head to head the Texans and Cowboys are tied. If we count preseason…it doesn’t get better for your beloved.
it's always "vanilla"
though, I admit “vanilla” was enough for one week… but tell us one thing… when is Dallas scheduling their parade?
Fist things first,.....
Our OC has to establish some effective consistency. We have a daunting task ahead. My boy Jason Garrett needs to develop a series of go to plays. Before we get into a realistic sense of having a chance at being in the SB conversation. So far getting better. All’s I can say.
Hilarious, right?
Seems strange that you would promptly respond to this post, but ignore my other one directed at you. I guess this one is easier to defend.
yeah no class?
we showed up and gameplanned better
your our little brother we have to smack you around to put you back into place
I told you that preseason game meant nothing
Go back to south Oklahoma where you belong.
you guys talked so much shit ran your mouths showed no class leading up to the game
your our little brother we have to smack you around to put you back into place
you cant say things like that and get a warm welcome
living the Texas dream
Seriously
I don’t get why this guy expects to get some respect in a texans blog after saying that. DIAF.
"Fuck you motherfucker!"
-Bernard Pollard-
Hey.... Guy with a Chia in your Crack
Nuf said!
And you know im right.
We don’t come over there and talk shit about anything even after the cowboys went 2-0 after the first two weeks. Im glad you’re a cowboys fan because you absolutely have no class. We don’t need those kinds of fans.
"Fuck you motherfucker!"
-Bernard Pollard-
by Jordann on Sep 26, 2010 3:14 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Jordann
Please stop feeding the trolls.
A Texans fan. Really. No, I'm not kidding.
http://www.battleredblog.com
TDC, you described it to a T and I don't think you left anything out
For the fans, it was just frustrating to watch. The team that played inspired the first two weeks played deflated this week. There was no passion on the field. Guys weren’t making plays. In fact they were letting the other team exploit them.
I dub the Cowboys.....Jesus-pony poop, 6 months after it's expiration date
Man! To lose is one thing….. but like that? Come on! They seemed timid (conservative) from the get-go…. Sure, Dallas needed the win more than we did….. but geez….. at least try to defend the home turf!
This game reminded me a bit of the Cro Cop-Mir fight from last night
was slow pretty much almost the entire way through until someone decided to actually finish the fight
I would challenge you to a battle of wits, but you appear to be unarmed.
by The Night Owl on Sep 26, 2010 5:01 PM CDT up reply actions
If we don't draft a DT and FS
In the first and second round of the draft next year, in some particular order, I might have to stop watching football.
He needs to adjust
3rd straight week of seeing a team pick on that spot between Cornerback and Safety along the sideline. Three damn weeks and no adjustments? REALLY?
"Lord, beer me strength."
Correction...
We actually did blitz. And the one or two plays we did truly blitz, we actually either hurried Romo or forced some sort of awkward play. Yet…we did it maybe once or twice the entire game.
I said it somewhere else....
but I’ll say it again here. Why the hell didn’t we shift the D-line around like we did against the Colts? Homo was doing the same thing Peightun does(calling audibles at the line), but we stayed in our defensive alignment as called and allowed him to pick us apart.
Just my $.02
Even duct tape can't fix stupid
Troy Nolan
should be out there. If we are gonna go young, lets go real young and get Wilson out of there.
Why so bent on Wilson
Because he’s a “veteran” is not enough reason enough. Out of position is out of position, veteran or not! Give Troy a shot!
Just think of what that INT he dropped would have meant/
Prob not alot in the scheme of things but it would’ve been huge at that time. Frank Bush tho needs to adjust quickly and i mean QUICKLY or he should be gone. With Oakland next if we get lit up there is no doubt he should jump into a volcano as soon as that game is over
You are such a good friend that if you and me were the last two people trapped on a sinking boat with only 1 life vest left, i would remember and pray for you every day.
It was a pick six....
Easy. Game-changing pick-six. And he dropped it. Second week in a row he dropped an interception. He missed about three tackles that I saw……and has no range. Cannot play with him. Cannot win with him. Cannot watch him anymore.
"Lord, beer me strength."
Pass me some Troy Nolan please
You are such a good friend that if you and me were the last two people trapped on a sinking boat with only 1 life vest left, i would remember and pray for you every day.
I wonder what the Rams would take for Atogwe
I would challenge you to a battle of wits, but you appear to be unarmed.
by The Night Owl on Sep 26, 2010 5:06 PM CDT up reply actions
AMEN.
saw that as well. and who’s to say if that INT wouldn’t have changed the momentum?? Wilson is GARBAGE. i just think Smithiak should’ve done a better job of getting a gamechanger back there. it’s no secret we got lucky as HELL with pollard. i just don’t get the reasoning NOT to upgrade your secondary some kind of way….
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Are we done with the DT shit yet?
“But a space-eating NT will make the secondary so much better!!11111”.
Sorry, but the only thing that’s gonna make that secondary look better is a complete overhaul at CB and FS. Enough of the “trickle-down” defense nonsense.
I do not expect a good DT to make our secondary significantly better
But how many ****ing times did they run right up the ****ing middle? They ran up the gut and passed down the sidelines all day. Free safety to help out our crappy corners, and DT to at least make an effort on stopping runs up the middle please.
by Superdave532 on Sep 26, 2010 3:37 PM CDT up reply actions
Really? Have you been paying any fucking attention?
When has our defense looked good? Whats that, when we are getting pressure on the QB with our line our secondary looks about a million times better? Better lineman would help us get better pressure on the QB? Really? No way!
Have you ever tried just turning off the TV, sitting down with your children, and hitting them?
Hence why you draft a free safety.
Dallas didn’t get four sacks and two picks yesterday because Ratliff was occupying blockers. They did it because their DBs are capable of covering for more than two seconds, and they catch balls that hit them in the chest.
by Nashmeister on Sep 27, 2010 12:05 PM CDT up reply actions
You said overhaul FS and CB, not just get a FS
I agree we need to upgrade at FS, but we also need to upgrade at NT. Hell we don’t have to get a 350 pound guy, but someone who is bigger and stronger then Okoye would be nice, instead of only going for small speedy guys. Drafting a FS isn’t going to suddenly make our CBs as good as Dallas’s.
Have you ever tried just turning off the TV, sitting down with your children, and hitting them?
Honestly
we need both. Right now I agree FS is more of a glaring need, but its silly to act like we don’t need to improve our NT position either. As long as we are stuck with Bush and his defensive… whatever I don’t know if thats going to happen though.
Have you ever tried just turning off the TV, sitting down with your children, and hitting them?
I thought, with about 3:30 to go in the game
Buck and Aikman were going to fall into an embrace and roll on the table lip-locked…
I dub the Cowboys.....Jesus-pony poop, 6 months after it's expiration date
draft a FS
DT looked ok to me except we ran the ball down their throats
FS needs a major upgrade
by Archie Barberio on Sep 26, 2010 3:14 PM CDT reply actions
no pressure
but our OL just did a really good job on Mario and Smith
by Archie Barberio on Sep 26, 2010 3:16 PM CDT reply actions
you hit the nail on the head
Why force Foster to split carys whene he is averaging around 6-7 yards per carry? bad play calling in the red zone. I am realy starting to get worried over the Jackson pick. I will give him 5 more games before I start wanting him replaced. Facing manning,mcnabb and the cowboys receivers is definatley a trial by fire for a rookie. Oh well get em next week. Good game cowboys. Made our guys all look like they had the flu.
Dude calm down
Rookie cb’s aren’t immediately stars when coming into league. Honestly we have no business starting him yet. But for them to start him speaks numbers on his ability.
by Big_T on Sep 26, 2010 3:30 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
Problem is
He is doing exactly what Frank Bush wants. Can’t blame him for that. It is the scheme that leaves most of those holes open. No pressure up front meant that Romo had time to make the perfect throw every time.
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by distant_texans_fan on Sep 26, 2010 3:41 PM CDT up reply actions
I am not saying to bench him
I understand our first 3 games were brutal for a rookie cb. I am just hoping he shows some consistency by week 9. Just thinking a first round cb should have made more than 1 play on the ball in 3 full games. I recall him getting a hand on one pass, and getting away with pass interference a couple times each game. agree with dtf about the pressure. Playing bushs cover 2 /THE HOLY ZONE and getting no pressure up front doesn’t give the guy a chance.
by Cokemachine44 on Sep 26, 2010 5:08 PM CDT up reply actions
foster has to split.
BECAUSE he averages 6 or 7 yds a carry, he gets winded a lot faster. which is why BEN FUCKING TATE getting hurt screwed us.
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fucking jerry jones
just saw his stupid fucking face on tv
Feeling the five stages of grief since 2002.
by NoSafetiesNeeded on Sep 26, 2010 3:19 PM CDT reply actions
i'm not even mad that we lost.
but to play like shit. come on. i thought this team had a bigger fire and desire than this. they have to blow oakland out if they want to get into the playoff race.
Feeling the five stages of grief since 2002.
by NoSafetiesNeeded on Sep 26, 2010 3:20 PM CDT reply actions 1 recs
exactly
for the next couple of weeks they better shut the fuck up and play. i dont want to hear bernard or mario or anyone else. just shut up and play your way into the playoffs.
Feeling the five stages of grief since 2002.
by NoSafetiesNeeded on Sep 26, 2010 3:23 PM CDT up reply actions
our stars didnt do crap
next week we need to build a lead fast so they can rest Dre and get him back to 100%
living the Texas dream
I know we played like shit...
but didn’t the officiating suck as well?
by Jahon on Sep 26, 2010 3:25 PM CDT reply actions 1 recs
sorry but i'm not blaming the refs for shit.
this team needs to get their heads out of their asses. blaming the refs only show that you cry when things dont go your way
Feeling the five stages of grief since 2002.
by NoSafetiesNeeded on Sep 26, 2010 3:27 PM CDT up reply actions
no ones blaming anything.
It’s a fact that the officiating was bad. They didn’t call the delay of game at the half and they fucked up plenty of other times. I don’t think it made any difference in the outcome of the game but it was indeed poor officiating.
Where's the crow?!
Looking for a good serving I’m hungry…. My confidence and stomach tells me I won’t be eating much of it. Go Texans!
by Big_T on Sep 26, 2010 3:26 PM CDT via mobile reply actions
First of all
Please, BRBers, stop feeding the trolls. Simply do not respond.
Secondly, can we drop any pretense that this defense is good? At this point, the evidence is beyond damning.
A Texans fan. Really. No, I'm not kidding.
http://www.battleredblog.com
if it was an other team i might not respond
but this team’s fans just aggravate me with their “Best Team in Texas talk” they show no respect.
living the Texas dream
The defense was exploited today
It will take time.
Cushing is back in two weeks and that will provide some kind of lift. Sure, he’s not a CB or S. That is the team’s weakness. Pass coverage specifically. What to do. Any chance the Jets cut Revis?
I dub the Cowboys.....Jesus-pony poop, 6 months after it's expiration date
bfd - pretense is all we have right now
but seriously didn’t you expect a steep learning curve from the secondary? and don’t you expect the return of the overtrained athlete to inject a little life? Maybe Bush will be playing Nolan by then, our CB’s will have another game under their belt(s) and maybe by week 6 or so the defense will start looking respectable again. I don’t think that we have seen the best of our D just yet. I remember the 1st 3 games of last year being an epic disaster and then voila – BP shows up and badda bing badda boom, we have a defense. Same thing could (heavy emphasis on the could) happen this year when Cush returns and Bush wises up and tries Troy next to him.
It took the Astros 44 years to get to the Series, the Oilers-Texans are due to get to the big dance...Go Texans!!!!!
by oiler-texan diehard on Sep 26, 2010 9:27 PM CDT up reply actions
If he's trying Cush next to Nolan...
We’re fucked.
Perhaps Nolan next to Pollard, you mean?
yeah that's what I meant
watched the replay of that last TD to Roy W and saw that Wilson was limping noticeably on that play. Not that it would have made a difference in the game but he could have at least gotten a hand on Williams to slow him down, but he was just going through the motions on that play. Put the young blood on the field.
Also watched the replay of the pick six dropped INT that we can thank Wilson for. Mario crushes Romo, the ball is fluttering through the air looking like a sure INT if not a TD for the Texans and Wilson drops it. Thanks ew, or is it eeeww.
It took the Astros 44 years to get to the Series, the Oilers-Texans are due to get to the big dance...Go Texans!!!!!
by oiler-texan diehard on Sep 27, 2010 6:17 AM CDT up reply actions
i would have been more comfortable losing this games like redskins did
Feeling the five stages of grief since 2002.
by NoSafetiesNeeded on Sep 26, 2010 3:28 PM CDT reply actions
Sucks that it had to be the Cowboys...
If we lost the Redskins then beat the cowboys I would be much happier. I know defense is the main problem but TWO FIELD GOALS IN 59 minutes of game time does not win a game.
so is there a pattern here?
colts – light’s out
redskins – second half team
cowturds – no game
raiders – ????
Feeling the five stages of grief since 2002.
by NoSafetiesNeeded on Sep 26, 2010 3:31 PM CDT reply actions
wouldn't be surprised
Feeling the five stages of grief since 2002.
by NoSafetiesNeeded on Sep 26, 2010 3:33 PM CDT up reply actions
Yeh, this is just one week
It was a good month. I give the Turds WRs the credit they deserved. They beat an inexperienced secondary. But, from the Texans viewpoint it was a good experience…
I dub the Cowboys.....Jesus-pony poop, 6 months after it's expiration date
You know what the worst part of this is?
My afternoon game is Redskins-Rams.
Gah.
well if we go 8-5 down the stretch are we in the playoffs?
Feeling the five stages of grief since 2002.
by NoSafetiesNeeded on Sep 26, 2010 3:39 PM CDT reply actions
Should we be scared of the Chiefs
forget how they played the past few season, they are 3-0 and looking solid.
living the Texas dream
well just as you would expect Matt to throw at least one INT
you can expect the Texans to lay an egg at the worst time possible
living the Texas dream
Okay
I think that pretty much sums it up!
I dub the Cowboys.....Jesus-pony poop, 6 months after it's expiration date
To make matters worse
My daughter shows up at the house with a guy. The guy is a Cowboys fan, and my daughter announces she is a Cowboys fan, and now has a jersey to boot.
I took the high road, and accused her of being a commie, and asked her how things were going in North Korea these days.
by kozanack on Sep 26, 2010 3:49 PM CDT reply actions 5 recs
like the way the Texans Shot themselves in the foot?
living the Texas dream
by Joe25 on Sep 26, 2010 3:56 PM CDT up reply actions 2 recs
Ouch, I hate it when that happens
Really I do hate it
It took the Astros 44 years to get to the Series, the Oilers-Texans are due to get to the big dance...Go Texans!!!!!
by oiler-texan diehard on Sep 26, 2010 9:36 PM CDT up reply actions
Cushing had better do NOTHING other than blitz every single play.
Anything else should result in Frank Bush being fired.
Somewhere, Dunta is laughing.
"An open mind is like a fortress with it's gates unbarred and unguarded."
What happens when an unstoppable force meets three defensive players? THIS: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gpWqMqrZwTU
Dunta is celebrating
Falcons won in overtime
How about some positives?
I didn’t see Jacoby drop any passes
Arian Foster was running well before the fumble, very powerful and decisive.
uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuh….
Rackers didn’t miss anything… I’m grasping at straws guys, did I miss anything?
Butler was a solid replacement for Brown.
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by riversmccown on Sep 26, 2010 4:04 PM CDT up reply actions
Kalu said pretty much the same thing on the 610 post game show
It took the Astros 44 years to get to the Series, the Oilers-Texans are due to get to the big dance...Go Texans!!!!!
by oiler-texan diehard on Sep 26, 2010 9:46 PM CDT up reply actions
Butler looked good in pass protection.
Ware really only got to Schaub when the coverage was good (or when Schaub held onto the ball longer than he should have).
The negative: they seemed quite scared to run it in his direction. That’s a bad sign, especially considering how atrocious Winston has been so far. I think it hurt us on that goal-line stand. The runs were just way too predictable.
Only on tie-breaker
There will be a three way tie by the end of the day. Maybe four way.
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by distant_texans_fan on Sep 26, 2010 4:15 PM CDT up reply actions
Tiebreakers count when they go against us...
…so why should they mean less when we’ve got a “head-to-head” win?
It’s just not as awesome as being in the lead outright.
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by distant_texans_fan on Sep 26, 2010 8:43 PM CDT up reply actions
any one else stuck in this parking nightmare that is the yellow lot?
Texas Rangers- You hang 'em, we bang 'em!
by coldskeet on Sep 26, 2010 3:59 PM CDT via mobile reply actions
We all thought 2-2 after four games
So I’m not worried. It was awful in person, however two 50 year old cowboys fans got thrown out. Act your age you fools
1-2 and you’d think they beat cancer
by AllenOU on Sep 26, 2010 4:03 PM CDT via mobile reply actions
It was awful on TV as well.
The awful was everywhere.
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by AllenOU on Sep 26, 2010 4:20 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
Because they wouldn't let Jerry Jones do it.
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My recap:
Positives:
Arian Foster- By far our best player today. Hopefully the fumble was a fluke.
Rashad Butler- Played well against Ware. Ware had two sacks, but they were coverage sacks. He should do pretty well next week.
OL run blocking- Created a lot of holes for Foster consistently.
Jakespeare- No drops, open constantly.
Antonio Smith- Was living in the backfield today.
Negatives:
Eric Winston- Probably the worst game of his Texans career.
OL pass blocking- Schaub could have had more time to throw.
Kareem Jackson- I’m very concerned with him. Constantly getting burned badly by average WRs.
Brice McCain- Kept up with his man for most of the day, until Roy Williams burned him badly.
Entire Offense- Pathetic.
Notables:
Glover Quin actually played pretty well, so at least not everyone in the secondary had a bad day.
Earl Mitchell nearly got a sack, but he needs to do better on shedding blocks. He’s ready to be a third down DT, but his block shedding needs to improve.
Adibi was up and down most of the day, but shot through some gaps and got in the backfield on the few plays, which is an encouraging sign. Pass defense needs to improve.
Overall it was an embarrassing loss. We need to rebound against Oakland next week.
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Disappointed yes, but not overly worried
Had we showed up today and won the game, I could easily see us going into Oakland overconfident/nonfocused/whatever and laying an egg like we did there 2 years ago. Don’t see that happening now. Either way we end up 3-1. Yeah it would have been infinitely better to lose at Oakland than to Dallas at home, but what’s done is done. Kubes needs to get the troops focused on Oakland and we’ll be OK after next week.
It took the Astros 44 years to get to the Series, the Oilers-Texans are due to get to the big dance...Go Texans!!!!!
by oiler-texan diehard on Sep 26, 2010 9:55 PM CDT up reply actions
My apologies for any trolls that showed.
They don’t truly represent the whole, I can tell you that.
Good game guys and I hope that Andre Johnson gets healthy fast.
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by Brandon Worley on Sep 26, 2010 4:25 PM CDT reply actions 6 recs
+1
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by I draft the Cowboys!!!! on Sep 26, 2010 4:26 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Ahh, yeah,,...well....
We probably deserve it a little quite a bit.
We’ve been over-confidant and quite cocky about the game this week.
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by distant_texans_fan on Sep 26, 2010 4:28 PM CDT up reply actions
That may be...
But I still don’t like to see trash talk across blogs. Not after a loss.
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by Brandon Worley on Sep 26, 2010 4:29 PM CDT up reply actions
Thanks, Brandon..
…also, what dtf said, though a lot of us were also pretty paranoid about the game. If the Texans have one elite skill, it’s the ability to break our hearts.
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Yes indeed.
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im not trash talking
I was respectful but everyone knows texans fans dont have much class
some do there are some decent folk on here
Matt Schaub came down to earth today
that was suprising
by Archie Barberio on Sep 26, 2010 5:04 PM CDT up reply actions
Yeah, I see what you did there.
im not trash talking
but everyone knows texans fans dont have much class
I don’t think you can issue those two statements on the same thread, let alone one live below the other.
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by distant_texans_fan on Sep 26, 2010 5:06 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
I'm not trashing talking
but Cowboys fans are unbearably arrogant based on stuff that happened in a previous millennium.
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Way to contradict yourself.
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by bone31crusher on Sep 26, 2010 11:27 PM CDT up reply actions
Everyone as in Cowgirls fans.
Speak for yourself or the people on your blog, not the entire SBNation football community.
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by bone31crusher on Sep 26, 2010 11:28 PM CDT up reply actions
That's classy
Good game to you guys. It’s obvious y’all wanted it more.
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by TexansDC on Sep 26, 2010 4:30 PM CDT up reply actions 2 recs
Looking forward to your tape stuff
Noticed that when I was checking for the SNBH preview, you got some good tidbits in those.
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by riversmccown on Sep 26, 2010 4:32 PM CDT up reply actions
I'm hoping to have that this week...
But I’m moving over the next few weeks from Connecticut to Dallas so I may not be able to.
Glad you enjoy it though.
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by Brandon Worley on Sep 26, 2010 4:33 PM CDT up reply actions
Ewwww
Why would you want to move TO Dallas. Oh wait, you are a Cowboys fan.
(insert joke about BW having no taste here)
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by distant_texans_fan on Sep 26, 2010 4:38 PM CDT up reply actions
Let's keep this in perspective.
1. You’re a hockey guy
2. Trolling is a term solicitous haters use when initiating a fray talking in circles.
3. BTB is not a true Cowboys fan site. Too many shill fakes, by the fact that a hockey guy pretentiously speaking for true Cowboys football fans.
4. True Cowboys fans don’t get along well with admittedly down and dirty Cowboys haters. Unlike a few placating BTB fans I know.
5. We play the real Houston team after the bye.
6. Dallas is still just 1-2. See, the sun shines even on a dog’s ass, every once in a while.
re: #5…. This implies that the Tits have overtaken the Pukes, as far as Houston popularity. Must be the 15 consecutive years of a shitty product on the field in Dallas!
#5
Is positive proof this person hasn’t the slightest clue what they’re talking about. Living in the past.
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Re: #5 Only saying I find it ironic. NFL schedulers would have us playing both Houston Teams back to back.
Oh well,…..one down one to go.
Do you and VY share a brain
That would be the only explanation.
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Except you weren't only saying you find it ironic.
You were making that statement to irritate Texans fans.
So let’s keep this in perspective.
1. You’re a basketball guy (see avatar).
2. You make incendiary remarks to get a reaction (troll).
3. The Cowboys are still 1-2 and the Texans are still 2-1.
Did I miss anything?
by Barrett on Sep 27, 2010 11:13 AM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
re: #2,.......Correction,...... I respond to incendiary remarks directed at America's Team on a open Bullcrappers thread. Especially the ones that solicit's hate and belly aches when finding out who's really over rated.
re: #1,………I’m a sports guy who happens to be a Cowboys fan.
re: #3,……..Correctomongo! Just between you and me. I’m a Raiders fan too.
You missed the part about me not agreeing with a placating, part time Cowboys fan, full time hockey guy, back stabbing, self affirming apologist, BTB suck up,………. but then nobody’s perfect.
First of all.
I’m not primarily a hockey guy, I got started writing about and covering the Cowboys. I’d also warrant that being able to cover both sports at the depth that I do is not something you find often and is something I’m proud of.
And I have no clue why you feel the need to trash BTB like that, but whatever. I came over to try and hold off some the shitty trash that was being spewed by fellow Cowboys fans that I felt ill represented the rest of us.
I enjoy this blog and read it often. What’s interesting is that the Cowboys are hated by EVERYONE, yet truly only dislikes a few. That you felt to trash me when I came here to try and present myself in a sportsmanlike and classy manner speaks volumes about you and where you stand as a fan.
It’s just a game.
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by Brandon Worley on Sep 26, 2010 8:46 PM CDT up reply actions 3 recs
Hockey kicks ass
That is all.
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by bigfatdrunk on Sep 26, 2010 9:10 PM CDT up reply actions 3 recs
Brandon...
Thank you for being classy!
You’re welcome to stop by and lightly taunt us anytime you want.
I also want to throw out there I have been a Roy Williams supporter for a while now, and have always said if Romo would throw him the types of balls he CAN catch, then he could put up good numbers. I expect him to have a decent season, actually better than Miles Austin by the end of the year.
Your offensive line looks way better healthy, just like ours would if Duane Brown was actually playing. You all know better than most fans just how much it hurts having a starting lineman go down or be out for a few games.
Anywho, the Cowboys cam to play, though I think even you guys can admit they didn’t look as good as they should have against a VERY shit-tacular secondary. There’s very little reason Romo shouldn’t have had around 400 passing yards, other than the they seemed to be dedicated to running the ball and eating up the clock even in the first half.
Good luck two weeks from now.
Now I hate to say it
But we( as in all the Cowboys Fans) told you guys that it would be Differant this week than it was in the Preseason.
However I will say that it was a Good Game and You guys are a Good team
HSope to see you all in Febuary
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by I draft the Cowboys!!!! on Sep 26, 2010 4:25 PM CDT reply actions
You know what would've been nice?
To show the same fire we did in the preseason game. I don’t think anybody but Pollard showed up on D. What an embarrassment.
And thanks!
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Soon.
Also, I predict that if we win 2/3 of our games, plus one extra, we will make the playoffs.
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I was only able to catch the 2nd half
but it did seem like you guys just did not have the same Intensity that you guys did in the preseason
Now that may have been due to the fact that you Guys had to emotional wins over the Colts and Redskins
But I still wat to see you Guys in Feb. ALL Texas Bowl Baby!!!!!
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by I draft the Cowboys!!!! on Sep 26, 2010 4:35 PM CDT reply actions 1 recs
Just an ugly game for us.
Dallas wanted it more, and showed up to play. When we can’t punch it in 1st and goal at the one…
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Foster is a solid rb
but if you re-watch any tape look at all the air between the ball and his body. Once defenses start attacking the ball he is screwed. They need to fix this problem immediately.
Hadn't really noticed,
in the open field, but I have noticed he puts both hands on the ball when he gets in traffic. In fact, that was what caused the fumble. He was a little late getting the other hand on the ball and when he finally started too, he had a defender dragging/hanging on that arm so it hit the ball too hard and knocked it loose.
Regardless, I am kind of meh about that. Look at how Earl carried the football. I would have to go look up his fumble stats, but don’t think they are worse than any other elite running back.
Just my $.02
Even duct tape can't fix stupid
Wilson dropped the easiest pic ever
And poor k jax is giving full effort, just not ready to be a starter yet. He had about five plays where he looked to the sideline, right in front of me, and didn’t know the play. Not good. And schaub played awful.
by AllenOU on Sep 26, 2010 4:38 PM CDT via mobile reply actions
How did he not know the play?
Its like shampoo instructions:
1. Cover 2 zone
2. Repeat.
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by distant_texans_fan on Sep 26, 2010 4:40 PM CDT up reply actions
Also
When we went man, we had Brice McCain on Roy Williams, which is about a 7" disadvantage, and we had K-Jax on Roy. And who is our safety help in those situations?
Eugene Wilson.
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ya im thinking a competent FS actually makes kareem and brice look way better.
kareem did look lost on some plays, granted, but on others he was “torched” when he passed his man off to the safeties. same thing in the Was game too
KP
I have been thinking the same thing....
through all this talk about how bad kareem is. He seems to recover well when he sees the safeties aren’t there, but he doesn’t have the speed to make up the ground he lost playing his zone like he is supposed to.(aka, handing the receiver off to the safeties once they leave his “zone”)
But I am admittedly not a football expert and miss all the little nuances of the game such as how well he swivels his hips, turns around out of his backpeddle, etc. I am just saying, he looks like he is playing well to me but the scheme is really making him look bad.
Just my $.02
Even duct tape can't fix stupid
Nolan?
What will it take for him to play? Just Wilson getting hurt?
Apparently so
Cause otherwise i really think we wont see him
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Well
He has had how many do that so far this year? About 4 in 3 games so far
Yeah. Twice now
I would have caught one of those.
Nolan wont play unless injury. I can’t wish that, but it would be nice to see him have every third series. He can’t be worse. He can’t be. Can’t be. Can’t be. Well…… No can’t be.
by AllenOU on Sep 26, 2010 5:03 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
Correction
Nolan wont play until injury
I would challenge you to a battle of wits, but you appear to be unarmed.
by The Night Owl on Sep 26, 2010 5:04 PM CDT up reply actions
… I am a sad Panda (
He’s always open. He catches a lot of balls. He’s un-guardable, no matter how old he is
At least I got sooners
Who apparently suck just as bad as the longhorns. This will be an UGLY ass game. Like 9-3
by AllenOU on Sep 26, 2010 5:10 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
nah, I think at least 15-12 in 3OT
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by The Night Owl on Sep 26, 2010 5:12 PM CDT up reply actions
dam DC i thought u said ware was all finesse
and butler was gona be just fine? :/ blown call on that one
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Butler was fine
2 coverage/why the hell is Matt Schaub holding onto the ball sacks and the third came against a back-up TE.
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And one of the sacks was off Dreessen.
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Butler did pretty well
The drop-off wasn’t as bad as I expected.
However, the false start killed us. Just killed us. Then, we lost all faith running to the left side.
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Normally, I'd be mad at the false start
but Winston had a false start as well….and a holding call which was killer.
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I hate our secondary with a passion
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actually
that LT that stepped in did a decent job
then he had a false start and he just fell apart after that
all in all was a great game to watch
Texans are gonna be a fun team to watch and root for i would be upset but I mean the talent is there
your a FS and a year or two away from a really good defense
by Archie Barberio on Sep 26, 2010 5:06 PM CDT reply actions
Maybe we could trade for Atogwe this year
Then draft a FS & NT with first two picks depending on what we give up for OJ Atogwe
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by The Night Owl on Sep 26, 2010 5:09 PM CDT up reply actions
appreciate it, CC
And your Cowboys seem to have an interesting future ahead of them, as well. You’re an owner, a HC, and a few decades away from actually having a really swell team.
Congrats on beating Houston. This was the biggest game in Cowboys franchise history, judging by the reaction.
Kudos!
by Cut Block on Sep 26, 2010 5:25 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
I don't know about that
Every game we play is the most important game of franchise history. So they count for triple the number of normal games.
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by distant_texans_fan on Sep 26, 2010 6:10 PM CDT up reply actions
I guess that is kind of an inside joke around here.
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by distant_texans_fan on Sep 26, 2010 6:18 PM CDT up reply actions
Awwwww,..... it's funny dude we get it.
Houston is on the cusp of making some noise in the AFC. The best way to keep it up, is to take advantage of every game. We get it.
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Worst game in his NFL career
by AllenOU on Sep 26, 2010 5:11 PM CDT via mobile reply actions
Thanks for doing this TDC
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Does Mario get credit for that sack?
Also, I hate life.
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I think he does
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by The Night Owl on Sep 26, 2010 5:15 PM CDT up reply actions
Nope
Which means Mario ended the day with 0 tackles, 0 assists, 0 sacks, and 0 anything. Literally.
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I'd like to know how often he was double teamed
Because then it really falls on to the rest of the D-line when he is.
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by distant_texans_fan on Sep 26, 2010 5:39 PM CDT up reply actions
Not too often
About 25% of the time is it, just a total guess. He was stonewalled all game, and he really didn’t look like he was trying.
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I shall disappear before your very eyes.
I know what the defense reminded me of...
Playing Madden 2002.
Do you remember? The first edition with the Texans?
I’d call “Double Strikeouts” on almost every play. The WR would juke inside, then run a short corner route to come open. It worked every time against the zone because you could always time the pass right when the WR was in between the zones. I never thought a D-coordinator would be silly enough to not change it up on defense to stop such a play.
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by distant_texans_fan on Sep 26, 2010 5:38 PM CDT reply actions
haven't watched the game yet....
but i did see the most EPIC FUCKING FIGHT EVER.
so we had to work late, so it’s like after 4 and i’m standing out in front of the stadium near budweiser plaza waiting for him to call us on the radio to have our close out meeting, right? so some dude yells at me “HEY THERE ABOUT TO FIGHT OVER THERE!” so i look over near the parking lot (near the barricade, imagine that the stadium is to your left, and the parking lot is to your right facing away from the handicap lot) i see two dudes pushing each other. as i’m approaching, all of a sudden 6 chicks just started BAWLIN. it was like one of those cartoons where it’s a cloud of dust and all you see is arms and legs lol.. so they get right up near the barricade and then BOOOOOOM! the whole group goes down! right behind them some dude sucker punched another guy. BAAAAAAAAAM! right in the face! those two (and 4 other dudes) start ANOTHER fight BEHIND the chick fight. at that moment at least 6 cops just bumrushed the scene and CLEARED HOUSE. dudes are flying in the air (or dunta-ing) chicks are gettin’ tossed around and pushed down, just UTTER CHAOS. couldn’t believe what i was seeing. i turn to the right just in time to see a cop get sucker punched. turn again and saw a cop get BARWIN’D. heard the snap and everything. INSANITY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! before it was all said and done, i dodged 2 beer bottles, sidestepped 2 scuffles, almost got ran over TWICE by two different mounted police, and couldn’t record SHIT because i was still on the clock. almost thought about using my work camera to start taking pics.. and thought better of it.
now here’s the kicker.
ALL TEXAN FANS.
cowboy fans walking past like “look at these idiots….”
and i had to agree. probably the most awesome shameful thing i’ve ever seen out at the stadium.
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that shit was like a scene out of braveheart.
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by oiler-texan diehard on Sep 26, 2010 10:14 PM CDT up reply actions
I would have used the work camera
Then made copies available to the cops for evidence.
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by distant_texans_fan on Sep 26, 2010 5:51 PM CDT up reply actions
Try Troy Nolan at FS
and for God’s sake draft a CB worth a damn next year. I think Jackson finally earned himself a nickname, Kareem “Burnt Toast” Jackson. I’m about sick of watching him play or I guess I should say seeing him on the field because he contributes nothing. I would be willing to bring Frenchy back, he might not turn his head but at least he can keep up with a receiver. I also second the notion that Cushing should blitz every single play when he returns because I have ZERO faith in any of our DB’s in Frank’s garbage zone D or man to man for that matter. Pathetic defensive and offensive play calling. They should be as ashamed as I am. I hope this game pissed off Cushing, I’m ready for him to come back.
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You can't always blame Jackson
I mean, he fucked up bad on that long Roy Williams TD, but a lot of the play calls had him playing a shallow zone with the safety back deep. I think a lot of those big plays are more on them than our CBs.
Perhaps our zone is truly doomed to fail regardless of individual play...
But I don’t buy that. They go through it in practice. Hell, they have one of the sharper passing offenses in the league to practice it against. And on many of those sideline catches, it simply seemed like Kareem Jackson released his man waaaay too early for no apparent reason.
Maybe that’s really where his zone ended and it’s entirely on the safety or Frank Bush. Maybe it’s because he doesn’t have NFL CB-speed, and thinks he need a head-start to pick up coverage across the middle. We may never know. Either way, I don’t think you can trust him in any form of coverage right now. Quin and McCain aren’t world-beaters, but teams are obviously picking on Jackson, and for good reason. Eugene Wilson doesn’t have the talent to play center-fielder anyways, so at this point… hell, just double the opposing team’s best receiver with those two 90% of the time imo.
Damn those ambiguous pronouns
when I said them, I meant the safeties, not the zones. Wilson, I think, is just completely fucking up his zone coverages. I don’t have DVR so I can’t re-watch the game, but that’s definitely the impression I got. I mean, I can’t imagine Frank Bush would trust a rookie CB to cover a receiver one on one as often as Kareem actually was.
I might be being optimistic here, but I’m more apt to blame a six or seven year veteran than a rookie CB on his third game.
I agree, though, that we should probably pull Jackson from being a CB1. He just isn’t getting the job done.
The system doesn't use CB1 or 2
There are zones designated to players. His zone is the flat zone.
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If the team had been developing in the secondary....
he probably would be. It’s tough for a rookie to transition as a CB into the league…much less a starter. The NFL favors the passing game with a lot of rules. It’s a tough transition especially when the secondary has problems.
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Which is why i wanted them to add somebody to the secondary with experience
Not just draft a rookie and say thats it
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Everyone hears that...
Fact is, there two best options were Leigh Bodden and Dunta Robinson. We let Dunta walk (right move) and Bodden went back to New England (and was IR’ed).
It’s tough. I mean, realistically….what options were out there aside from a fantasy trade of a 1 to Oakland for Scrabble?
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It didnt even have to be a corner
I mean atogwe was right there for the taking and we didnt do it. Even now i bet that Rick Smith isn’t tryin to add anybody and Kubes out right refuses to play Troy Nolan unless Wilson’s his legs fall off ( they might as well, it seems he dropped his hands already)
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where was....
amobi a, mario w, slaton, fuck the whole fuckin team except for fostor and aj
Slaton had one good return & one good run
that’s about it
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by The Night Owl on Sep 26, 2010 5:50 PM CDT up reply actions
Amobi
Had a decent day. Not good, not great, but he didn’t embarrass himself as did Smith and Williams on the line.
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wow
this game was really terrible, I was gonna take a shot every time we scored, instead I ended up taking twice as many shots as points.
And you can still type without any typos?
Impressive
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by distant_texans_fan on Sep 26, 2010 6:17 PM CDT up reply actions
this game sucked...
but hopefully that taste is bad enough for some better football…..geez!
GO TEXANS!!!!
Our time will come...
Well, it's in the past.
No playing the blame game this week, because errbody sucked a big one.
We’re 1-0 in the conference and division. Dallas is 0-2 in the conference and 0-1 in the division. Least important game of the season, to be sure.
Then can we play the don't blame game?
cause I’m pretty sure we can’t blame Foster. He got his 100+ yards
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by The Night Owl on Sep 26, 2010 9:15 PM CDT up reply actions
To bring this loss of yours in perspective
Your ass not kicked as much as the Jaguars were today by the Eagles…
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by Zoltan from Budapest on Sep 26, 2010 6:36 PM CDT reply actions
Yikes
I meant to stop by, Zoli, but I figured BCC was in as good a mood as we are here. I’m more worried than ever about y’all.
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The high light color is most fashionable.
If anybody finds a silver lining, I’ll be more than happy to piss on it for them and tarnish it forever.
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Since we were so hospitable to them today...
They need to be hospitable to us in February, ya dig?
Split Seahawks/Texans fan. Don't like it? Don't care.
You guys think our D would be better if we had taken Earl Thomas or Kyle Wilson?
I don’t. I think our Defense will be absolutely terrible until we get rid of that piece of shit frank Bush.
Bush isn't the best DC
but his scheme would be at least moderately successful with a safety who knew how to cover. I love the Bonecrusher, but his cover skills are lacking. And Wilson, well, he might as well not be on the field. If you get a good safety in there to give help over the top. our pass D might look halfway respectable.
At this point
it’s clear that Smithiak just doesn’t value the safety position. Hopefully (god, please, or I will set myself on fire) this three game streak of awfulness has convinced them that safeties are kind of important, and we’ll pick one high in the draft. Or trade for a new one right now. Or start Troy Nolan. Or something besides what we’ve been doing, because holy fuck is it ever not working.
earl thomas yes we would be better.
also if there was away to get leigh bodden like we tried. i know he signed back with the pats and now is hurt but still think we could have been better today. Earl would have caught those not int that wilson dropped.
Shift-A and Pass the bleach
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by Texans-Brocos on Sep 26, 2010 7:19 PM CDT reply actions 2 recs
Hey.
Can we have a Sunday night thread? Pretty please with a cherry on top?
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Just saw this
So, yeah, missed it.
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It's OK.
You’ll get the rhythm of it soon enough. We’re camping out in that non-Texans thread you made for us right now.
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Sorry
Working. Again. I’m hammered now, but I’m back to work. Ugh.
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What exactly do you do?
I know it has something to do with economics.
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Trying to start a hedge fund
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Rec'd.
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by riversmccown on Sep 26, 2010 8:18 PM CDT up reply actions
Lost 16 points in pick em on this game
But Im ok with that I still love my TEXANS!!!! Next week we will get it back no worries!! WE are an Amazing and talented team and our group of fans is just as great! A lesson learned the tough way but Im positive we will hit the field hard next time! GO TEXANS THIS WILL BE A GREAT SEASON NO DOUBT!!!!
The worst part wasn't the loss
It was the Cowtruds fans at the game!
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by Texans-Brocos on Sep 26, 2010 7:29 PM CDT up reply actions
That was how it was at the Cardinals game!
Thank god Oakland lost the game for themselves! Raiders fans are on par with cowturds fans they were sooooo obnoxious and out of control, and everywhere!!! They were walking around in horrid costumes screaming stupid shit the whole time. Good luck dealing with em next week, can’t imagine how aweful that game would be to attend!!
i would never put 16 points on that lisa whats wrong with you.
well maybe i will be on top this time hahahaha.
maybe I wanted you on top this weekend
What better way to do it than to go for broke on my Texans and get you on top for a week! haha ; )
LOL I apologize I will never try to turn you on again
Im a bad girl! I deserve to be spanked! sounds like an appropriate punishment right?
Hey, what's wrong with Raider Fans?
They’re dedicated, loyal, stick with their team through losing season after losing season after losing season after losing season…..almost like Cowboys fans, except they been to the Super Bowl more recently.
Sorry, I’m a bit of a closet Raider fan myself, mainly due to my mom’s influence. I think she had a thing for Kenny Stabler
I would challenge you to a battle of wits, but you appear to be unarmed.
by The Night Owl on Sep 26, 2010 9:23 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Thanks to Lonespot
for letting me crash at his tailgate today.
That was about the highlight of the day. Because the game sucked and the tailgating just pissed me off because, face it, we were outnumbered by the Cowboys fans.
Some sad shit walking down the ramp at the end of the game hearing “Let’s Go Cowboys” chants. Made me sick to my fucking stomach.
by Mike Kerns on Sep 26, 2010 7:30 PM CDT reply actions 5 recs
The cowgirls fans made me sick
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by Texans-Brocos on Sep 26, 2010 7:32 PM CDT up reply actions
IF I WERE THERE...
I would have lost it. Seriously would have lost it and thrown one of them over the railing.
Yeah that shit gave me a headache
and fuck all the season ticket holders who chose a few $$$ over supporting the Texans. There must have been ~15,000 Cowboys fans there today. I can see selling out when the season is hopeless, but today you sold a piece of your soul to the devil Jerrah. It’s worth repeating: FUCK all the ticket holders who sold out to the Dallas fans. If you don’t want to support your team, do the rest of us a favor and give the tickets to someone who will.
It took the Astros 44 years to get to the Series, the Oilers-Texans are due to get to the big dance...Go Texans!!!!!
by oiler-texan diehard on Sep 26, 2010 10:05 PM CDT up reply actions 9 recs
Hell...
He makes me yearn for Bennett.
Disclaimer
Yes, I know he’s a rookie. I’m not saying he won’t improve and turn into a respectable player at some point in his career. However, that does not change the fact that he has thus far played no better than Faggins did in his worst moments.
just watched the game.
ugh.
gameballs (as in suck my balls) go to:
Kareem “Toast” Jackson
Steve “Why am i still a Texan” Slaton.
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yeah
What the hell happened to Slaton? He see’s the opposite jersey and runs straight into them. WTF?
He's either just not right physically (a real possibility)
or he’s so gun shy about fumbling he just looks down at the ball. You can actually see him doing it on some plays.
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i agree.
i think it’s a mind thing now. last year he fumbled because he kept trying to make additional plays on TOP of the play, nowadays he’s scared to even try.
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I keep hoping he'll break a return and get his game back.
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Cushing
I’m missing the attitude he brought on the field, we have no arrogant people in our front seven.
Except John Busing or Brian Russell.
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by riversmccown on Sep 26, 2010 8:22 PM CDT up reply actions
Or Matt Stevens.
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by riversmccown on Sep 26, 2010 8:22 PM CDT up reply actions
...Or BFD.
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by riversmccown on Sep 26, 2010 8:22 PM CDT up reply actions
i know we want make a move but just nice to wish.
Eugene better get it together, on another note who started at QB for the raiders?
Bruce "Almighty" Gradkowski
somehow this guy just seems to understand their offense better
I would challenge you to a battle of wits, but you appear to be unarmed.
by The Night Owl on Sep 26, 2010 9:26 PM CDT up reply actions
Look
Can I run anymore? No. Can I cover? No. Can I catch everything thrown my way? Yes. So, I’m an upgrade.
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I'd want Mike Brown, but he reminds me too much of Bob Sanders
good when healthy, but made of glass
I would challenge you to a battle of wits, but you appear to be unarmed.
by The Night Owl on Sep 26, 2010 9:28 PM CDT up reply actions
Great game guys.
Always cheer for the Texans when they’re not playing the cowboys, but I’m certainly happy about the way this one turned out. The Boys obviously wanted this one a little bit more – the intensity just wasn’t there today. Wouldn’t mind seeing this one again later in the year!
Btw, hope the minority don’t make too bad an impression on y’all. That’s not how I want to be represented. Better luck next week.
by BigTTech on Sep 26, 2010 8:18 PM CDT reply actions 4 recs
Very nice.
I am only recently coming to Eliot. What discipline do you study?
I was an English major
but I’ve since graduated and am not having much luck in the job market, heh. You?
I applied for an editing job recently
/fingers crossed
//won’t get job
///will drink self into oblivion
by cubic on Sep 26, 2010 8:51 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Latin Teacher
at a Classical Christian school. I feel you on the job market, however. It is discouraging. My goal is to be a philosophy/humanities professor. Since I am a Philosophy guy, I am only recently coming to literature, but I must admit a profound love of Flannery O’Connor, Wendell Berry and Walker Percy.
I'm of
such a perverse temperament, as to actually find such elliptical writings beautiful. Do you also like Eliot?
I have read
neither, as of yet. I picked up Red Badge of Courage as a kid, but don’t recall if I read it or not. What did Wallace Stephens write? How much Coleridge or Wordsworth have you read?
and Hopkins
I love reading the profound poetry of Hopkins, “ah! bright wings.”
Another favorite.
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That's a beautiful one.
My favorite is The Leaden Echo and The Golden Echo.
(Sorry for butting in your chat, but when someone mentions, literally, my two favorite poets…)
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hey now!
Boethius was a man of great learning! One of a very few men (in the Western Empire, anyway), who could navigate the arid world of Greek learning, as well as Latin. He and John Scotus Eriugena are two of the only ones (after Origen and St Jerome, of course, though they also knew Hebrew) who were such litterati.
Oh, I'm not mocking him
I’m just saying that he made himself feel better with philosophy, and some of us Texans fans might be cheering ourselves up by nerding about poetry.
At least we're not trolling.
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oh, I know!
I’m far too much of a nerd for my own good. Between Theology, Philosophy, Literature and Political Theory, I’m as nerdy as they come.
Luckily a lot of their work is in the public domain
Crane actually wrote some amazing, groundbreaking poetry – he was a least 15 years ahead of his time. Stevens’ famous, usually anthologized poems are “Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird”, “The Snow Man”, “The Idea of Order at Key West”, and “Of Mere Being”. My personal favorite of his is “The World as Meditation”, which you might like as a classicist.
also
I don’t much care for the Romantics, but Hopkins (assuming you mean Gerard Manley) is fanstastic.
Gerard Manley
is certainly who I mean! I really like the Romantics, I must admit. Thanks for the recommendations of Stevens. I see that he is a modernist, which makes sense with your appreciation of Eliot. I take it that you also like Beckett and Joyce?
I do
and Pound, even though his, uh, fascist leanings are, well, awful. I also like Marianne Moore and HD and, especially Mina Loy and Melvin Tolson. There are also a lot of less well-known writers like Ford Madox Ford and Hart Crane.
Oh, haha, how did I forget William Carlos Williams?
You
certainly have a better grasp of modernist writers than I do. I only know a few, but I do operate in divers fields of learning, and so am not able to grasp all the particulars of one field.
I basically spent four years studying these guys
if you ever have some spare time, google them up. It might not be a bad way to spend a weekend :)
Wow
Y’all make me sad I am so far removed from lit. Ummmm….really. Yes, I am that nerdy.
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I'm that removed too.
Except my wife is doing a phil. PhD, so I get to do some vicariously.
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Not as much as you'd hope, really.
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Awesome!
Where is she doing it at? What is her specialty? My goal is to pursue a Phil Ph.D. in the distant future (as soon as I get my undergrad loans paid off, which may never happen!).
Her specialty is medical ethics.
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Sounds Interesting..
The University of Dallas, is where I want to pursue my Ph.D. You should see their required readings list for Ph.D. comps. It is a vertiable tour de force of the in the history of thought, both literature and philosophy. It is simply delectable, if I may say so myself.
UD is a a good school.
I took a very interesting econ course there once myself, oddly enough.
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What t347 said
I’d love to do some sort of phil/history PhD. Mixed with econ.
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What school
of Economics do you subscribe to, if I may so inquire? I have a colleague who received a Poli Econ degree from Hillsdale, and she is well-read in the History/ Philosophy of Political Economy. She is obviously an Austrian to the core.
no!
you don’t have to pay your student loans if you are in grad school, and unless you have an awesome job right now and/or have some shitty loan terms, you’ll make more money after your PhD. Waiting the loan out makes things worse!
It is
pretty hard to find a job right now with a Ph.D. in the humanities, much less a Ph.D. with an emphasis in the entire western “canon,” whatever one may think of that term. Unfortunately, such renaissance perspectives on learning are no longer valued in any way (I have in mind the “Gypsy Scholar” of Arnold, of course; along with of course, the “Guardians” of the Platonic just city, who keep the city upright, and are not “stained” by either those who merely meander around the market with their appetites or the “spirited” warrior types), and the only thing that matters is the utilitarian “usefulness” of one’s discipline, which lets me now how far our culture has fallen, not only in the level of creativity, but the banal and the Trivial have come in full force (see rings of the Nietzschean prophecy of the “last men” here), and no longer are greatness, magnanimity or excellence things to be pursued for their own sake. Sorry, I hate to rant, but it is my own opinion on the matter.
Ya, it is pretty hard to find a job. I’m lucky enough to be getting a humanities PhD at one of the top programs in the country, so I might be ok. I’m just saying the student loan thing shouldn’t be what deters you: the daunting job market is definitely a whole other story.
Where are you at?
I want to go to the University of Dallas, which is not fully funded, hence the reticence to take out more loans, until my current ones are paid off. I just want to teach in a school where classical learning are highly prized, and the provincial nature of modern academia is spurned. Knowledge is to be pursued for its own sake, its own telos (in other words, it is its own end, and finds its Being in nothing other than its own being). if that is a Classical Christian environment, I will be extremely happy, but if it is a St. John’s school, just as well, as far as I am concerned. What is your specialty (i do hate specialization, but alas, it is necessary, I suppose. What happened to the renaissance (hu)man?)
If you want to read a brilliant, heartbreaking and now essentially neglected poet
AE Housman – A Shropshire Lad.
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Heh
I wrote about this in the 8th grade :-)
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It's a book.
Prepare to weep – he’s writing about WW I (which I could go on about, but won’t.)
This I know from memory
With rue my heart is laden
for golden friends I had
for many a rose-lipt maiden
and many a lightfoot lad
By brooks too broad for leaping
the lightfoot boys are laid
the rose-lipt girls are sleeping
in fields where roses fade
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Yep
Therefore, though the best is bad,
Stand and do the best, my lad;
Stand and fight and see your slain,
And take the bullet in your brain.
I used to be a voracious WWI historian. Don’t have time for it like I used to, but I’ve long considered it to be a war between poets, as stupid as that sounds.
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I've always called it
The double suicide of God and Progress as forces of western civilization.
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Which is pretty much bumming me out at the moment.
Ooops.
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Excellent, as well
In many ways, it’s like we never evolved past the machismo that existed then, swept us into the Cold War, and still permeates today.
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The USA is a special and separate case in the world wars.
We gained the most, and suffered the least, of all the great powers.
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I don't think that's terribly stupid.
Poets used to be the people who could give an account for an entire culture. We’ve pretty much abandoned that now.
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unfortunately, yes
“Poetically man dwells upon the earth, " as Holderlin, filtered through Heidegger put it. Though I don’t think WWI was a suicide of, much less the death of God in any concrete way (it is impossible for me, as a Christian (a crypto-Catholic, to boot) to claim such, though). Such had already happened. The notion of unconditional progress as a grounding ideology always contained its own mythical nature, and I think WWI and WWII proved that (not to mention the horrors of industrial capitalism). The Enlightenment always contained its own irrationalities, regardless of the grandiose claims made on its own behalf (Foucault is really good here). As Johann Georg Hamann said, it takes a poet to “place nature in right order.” We have certainly lost such an aesthetic, and we are to be pitied, in my estimation (Nietzsche saw this well; all too well).
I wasn't really speaking of personal faith
but more of the idea that God was guiding your nation, a force that lead it along a path to goodness and greatness. We can see that the idea is suspect in the British Empire, but the power and mundane impact of the ideal and stance was very real. After the world wars you don’t hear that refrain anymore.
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I gotcha!
I misunderstood you. You have “Constantinianism” in mind, I see. Which makes perfect sense.
Didn't know the term.
I’ll have to research some of the other things you said!
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I don't feel so stodgy about it
Poetry is nothing more than the vehicle. As long as the expression and be understood, communicated, and propagandized, it’s still poetry, regardless of the medium. The poet is really no more skilled than any other communicator: it’s the visualization and expression that create the message.
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by bigfatdrunk on Sep 26, 2010 10:09 PM CDT up reply actions
I'll own up to a certain stodginess here.
But won’t repent.
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After all
Wallace Stevens said – “Poetry is the supreme fiction.” So there.
He was a poet (and insurance lawyer).
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How can you not love Keats?
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Wow. Wallace Stevens.
My favorite.
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Something about the Romantics rubs me the wrong way
probably it’s my huge boner for Imagism, but I’m not a fan of how they wrote about such – what’s the word I’m looking for – big themes? Nature, humanity, the soul, all that mess. Keats is obviously a great poet; I just don’t really like the subject matter he tackles. Just a matter of taste.
Just wondering if Kareem can take that damn shield off his helmet.
might help him see better, it looks very dark.
same miscue by kareem on roy w
just happened in the jets-dolphins game. DB slips on turf, goner.
KP
Beat me to it.
I was about to comment on how much better the dolphins DBs looked than ours. Then Will Allen completely Kareem Jackson’d it.
Looking at this game
and then seeing the Redskins lose to the Rams, makes me wonder if we just got damn lucky last weekend and should be damn thankful we aren’t 1-2.
I'm the best there is at what I do.
And
the game next week in Oakland won’t be a walk in the park. They kicked our ass last time we played there in 2008.
I'm the best there is at what I do.
Yeah, & the Al Davis 4x100 track team can smoke our secondary
God, I hope we don’t send Bruce Almighty on a trip to Hawaii
I would challenge you to a battle of wits, but you appear to be unarmed.
by The Night Owl on Sep 26, 2010 10:27 PM CDT up reply actions
Like i said
If we make oakland’s offence look unstoppable, Frank Bush MUST go. No more excuses, no more stickin up for the guy. I would want his head
You are such a good friend that if you and me were the last two people trapped on a sinking boat with only 1 life vest left, i would remember and pray for you every day.
Another week of bashing by Cowboys fans
Man, it was painful to watch this game. I was getting flashbacks on our old Texans teams that couldn’t even stop the bad teams. They dominated the line of scrimmage. They were burning our defensive backs all day. I, unfortunately, live where there is about 95% Cowboys fans that have been talking smack to me all day. Hopefully, next week they can beat the Raiders, which looked decent today, except for their crappy kicker.
by zitros on Sep 26, 2010 10:13 PM CDT reply actions 1 recs
Hey there
stopping in to send my condolences. I didn’t get a chance to watch most of the game, but the opening description seems about right. I’m sure you’ll have a bounceback against Oakland.
How can you not love a team that does this?
by LovinBlue on Sep 26, 2010 10:42 PM CDT reply actions 2 recs
Unless you're possessed of a great love for Dallas.
You can avoid watching this game entirely.
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Thanks, LB.
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by bigfatdrunk on Sep 26, 2010 10:54 PM CDT up reply actions
allz i know is...
vanessa better read my dang question….
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better had!
lol.
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save the best for last.
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yuuuuuuuuuup!
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Nice
Say, you still interested in joining the pick ‘em league? Same 2 people didn’t put their picks in…. as I said last week, definitely wanna get 50 people who can get picks in.
"Lord, beer me strength."
see last post. lol
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haha, alright.
I’ll send an email with the stuff after Monday’s game….Tuesday or Wednesday.
"Lord, beer me strength."
Isn't there some small trade value for Slaton right now?
Can’t we get him in a package with some young guys (maybe Earl Mitchell, Troy Nolan, heck even Adibi(or Diles, whoever we’re commited to keeping)) for an average-NFL safety?
I don’t know how stupid I sound. Probably somewhere between “IGTFO TROLL” and “LEBRON 2 DA ROCKETS 1”
Split Seahawks/Texans fan. Don't like it? Don't care.
The NFL isn't like MLB or the NBA...
you rarely see big in-season trades happen. Maybe…when the UFL season is done you may see some movement there when attrition hits the NFL rosters come November/December, but barring a bad offer to a bad team for an average safety….we have what we have.
"Lord, beer me strength."
Yeah, excuse me with that
I’m still sort-of new to the NFL (3 years now) and I’m so used to the NBA (11 years now)
But this secondary scares me. It’s all been said before, so I won’t repeat it but something has to be done. We can’t trust these guys to just mature this quickly.
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Not a problem...
Agreed that something needs to happen….I don’t blame anyone for suggesting a trade.
Heck, I wouldn’t even blame Rick Smith if he shipped a 1 and conditional pick tomorrow for Scrabble. I really wouldn’t.
"Lord, beer me strength."
I'd give up a pair 3's right now for Atogwe
and I’d still take a FS in the first round
I would challenge you to a battle of wits, but you appear to be unarmed.
by The Night Owl on Sep 26, 2010 11:14 PM CDT up reply actions
Rams seem pretty invested in Atogwe
You know, signing him to a 5 year deal over the offseason and all…
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tell em' bob!!!!!!!
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I don't like your jerkoff name, I don't like your jerkoff face,
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I'm going to officially start the 'Fire Frank Bush' chant.
I’m so fucking sick of Cover 2. Get us a new D coordinator and teach our DBs how to man up and not get burned by Roy “Carry my pads” Williams.
"You got to believe in yourself. Hell, I believe I'm the best-looking guy in the world and I might be right."- Charles Barkley
Well we spent one week thinking Bush might not be a fuggin moron
Too bad that couldn’t last
Have you ever tried just turning off the TV, sitting down with your children, and hitting them?
What I hate more than he fact that we lost....
is that the analysts are trying to spin this into Dallas played great. Not a mention of our horrible defensive playcalling or the offense being completely and totally flat.
I think our defense fuels our offense emotionally
Atleast, that’s what it seems like.
Split Seahawks/Texans fan. Don't like it? Don't care.
I think our defense spent way too much time on the field.
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What a shitty day
Start Troy Nolan now!
Softball tourney did not go well. Won the first game, lost the next two and got eliminated. Then had to play in a second co-ed league for two games in the evening. Lost both. What makes it more bitter is how we lost the second game. Down by 2, two outs, runners on first and third, and I’m third base coaching. Guy hits it, outfielder miss-plays it and it rolls to the fence. Hitter is a fast runner, and I send all our runners home. In the park homer. However the umpire said our runner from first didn’t hit third on her way to home. Out number 3, ballgame.
I need bleach.
I am Sancho
by HoustonTransplant on Sep 27, 2010 1:09 AM CDT reply actions
We need cushing for his intenisty alone.
there is no way we play like shit if he is back there. we might still lose but at least we’ll put up a fight rather than just bending over and taking it like we didn’t have a choice. well at least our expectations are back down.
Feeling the five stages of grief since 2002.
by NoSafetiesNeeded on Sep 27, 2010 2:26 AM CDT reply actions
So a guy comes back from a drunken afternoon
and everybody is gone? What gives?!
"Fuck you motherfucker!"
-Bernard Pollard-
This is for all the crap talk for the week prior.
Just goes to show you. If you can’t back it up then,……………… We still love you bullcrap talking South Texans to death.
See you Bullcrappers next pre season with more vanilla.
“Man this is fun”!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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