What I'd Like To See: Run, Draw, Screen

Is it a good thing when 5 o line men only out weigh 4 d line men by 25 pounds? Or am I missing something this early in the morning?

Otherwise, nice post and I agree with you.

so thats not that good i think. anyways i knew what you meant and i really think we should run at them the whole game. I cannot name one linbacker on their team.

The Problem is this. Every Team in the League has been using this same Gameplan with the Colts for the last what 7 years? And What is the Colts Record in that time?

I’m all for it. He’s his most lethal when he’s got his hurry up offense on the field taunting corners into thinking that they’re doing a good job then
WHAM! a down
BZZZT! a touchdown

and we’re left wondering how we lost the lead . . .

yes keep him off the field . I think we can pull it off this year.

I don’t think the “keep Manning off the field as much as possible” strategy does anything.

For one thing, when Manning runs the hurry-up offense, it absolutely slaughters the Texans. They are never prepared for it. I’m not sure if that holds up against other teams, but pretty much every time he goes into the actual hurryup, he slaughters us. Dunta Robinson preens hello.

Secondly, as weird as it is to find myself on the side of Frank Bush, I think you allow the underneath stuff and try to either sack him, get a penalty, or a turnover. That means the defense will be on the field for awhile, and that means you are going to give up some long drives. Hopefully, some of those drives end before they reach the end zone because the Texans get the Colts in an unfavorable down/distance.

Third, the offense should be doing whatever it can to optimize it’s yards and points, not optimize the time they hold the ball. The Colts have had the best offense in football for aeons, nothing is going to change that. Admit to yourselves you have to score as much as you can, and act as such.

And honestly, if I’m game planning…I want a surprise onsides kick at least once. That offense is probably going to score most of the time anyway, you might as well take a stab at getting a defacto turnover from them.

Over the top on Sanders and Bethea to AJ or JJ….or KW!

I think it can be done. I think those three WRs are capable of juking them and getting clear. And, I think Schaub is capable of making the throw. That is the play I am looking for early in the game to give the Texans the lead and momentum. Then I see the Texans frustrating the Colts the rest of the game by pounding the rock very effectively and playing inspired defense.

Last year we outplayed them twice, but lost both games.

We out gameplanned them, outplayed them, outmanned them, etc.

Its all mental for us v. them. Hopefully there’s enough new guys and pissed off vets so we can finally turn the f-in page against that team from Indy.

Our game plan in the first game worked as well as could be expected. I think we should go with kind of a rope-a-dope style on defense, and if that means giving up tons of yards to Dallas Clark underneath in 6-yard increments in the middle of the park because we’re taking away Reggie Wayne deep, then I’m all for it.

Defensively, I’d like to see us take advantage of what appears to be a brittle Colts O-line, specifically Saturday, who is cleared to play but has been banged up. I believe that pressure up the middle on Manning is infinitely better than pressure from the edges, which Manning can dodge simply by stepping forward in the pocket. I’d like to see quite a few stunts that bring Mario inside. Amobi Okoye, this is your time to shine.

So, on defense, I think we should be fairly vanilla in the secondary but kinda crazy on the line.

On offense, we should be fine.

are all Texans fans wholeheartedly drinking the Arian Foster koolaide? He did look good in preseason, but Joe Addai was averaging 6-7 ypc in the preseason too. I don’t expect him to average that much against you all. I feel like he’ll be a very serviceable back and could break into the top half of NFL RBs this year with some help from your o-line, but do you really see him as the answer to all your problems?

And keep Manning off the field, you have a good chance to win. The key is long drives that end in touchdowns.

A quick score is awesome, don’t get me wrong. But the more time we kill with efficient clock management, the better our chances.

Oh, and also the most obvious…no nervous breakdown/meltdown helicopter moves to finish the game!

Since Gary Kubiak became the coach in 2006, the Houston Texans are 24-8 when they have more rushing yards than their opponents and 19-2 when they run the ball at least 30 times in a game.

I’d love to see us come out and establish the run. The one win we have against the dolts came on the back of Dayne (150 yds) and a serviceable Mittens (no interceptions). Not saying a running game alone wins games (see dolts vs Rams circa 2009), but a balanced attack would keep Peighton off the field and allow us to put up more points… 2 birds, 1 rock. See what I did there?