Your Cuddly, Witty, Arian-loving, Pickle and Internet Cake Post Game Thread
by bigfatdrunk on Jan 2, 2011 6:26 PM CST
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Let's be honest: Gary Kubiak was in a no-win situation today. Lose, and there'll be unfounded claims that the team quit on him. Win, and our schedule and draft picks get just a little worse.
Kubiak won, and the team played its wee little heart out. Before we hold hands and jump together, let me say something grunge_dave texts at least 46 times every game: Kubiak doesn't deserve Arian Foster.
And it's difficult to argue that point. Foster was absolutely a monster yet again today, finishing with 190 total yards, 180 of which on the ground to lead the NFL, 2 TDs, four haikus, he performed successful CPR on a heart attack victim, and finished his afternoon by making fresh, individual coconut cream pies for every person left in the stands at the end of the game (from the looks of it, he didn't have to make many. I guess fans were disappointed Kubiak wasn't drawn and quartered at the end of the game).
The rest of the offense, especially Matt Schaub, Jacoby Jones, and the Derrick Ward Glacier Experience, pitched in another 317 yards as we dumped nearly 500 yards on the Jaguars defense. The Texans defense, led by...hold on...Troy Nolan? Eugene Wilson? Amobi Okoye?...wait a minute, this can't be right....how can those guys lead anything? Nolan had a pick, sack, and a fumble recovery, Wilson pitched in 6 tackles, and Timobi McKoye added another sack as we "held" the Jaguars to only 322 total yards. Of course, Trent Edwards David Garrard and Maurice Jones-Drew were out, so there's a reason the Texans didn't embarrass themselves too badly.
This game was an outlier for this season. We jumped out to an early lead, managed to keep it together fairly well, then polished off the Jaguars like I am this beer. For a team that's had all the closing skills of Mitch Williams, it was an oddly impressive victory.
And not once, not a single time, did I see a Texans player mail it in. Say what you will about Kubiak, criticize his performance, but this team continued to play for him.
With a h/t to zala, the Texans appear to, currently, have the 11th pick in the draft. And oh my, there are some serious holes to plug (TWSS?). For now, however, let us bask in the warm glowing warming glow of this victory as it's been quite a while since the bleach has stayed under the sink. You know we here at BRB will be ready to question every move, deliberate each and every draft pick, and cry uncontrollably during what will be another long off-season for your Houston JUGGERNAUT.
For now, WE DANCE!
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they kicked me off the field during the 1st quarter!
but at least i was able to get this while i was down there.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImX5RzFyrSQ
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Probably worried you were going to take someones job!
by AllenOU on Jan 2, 2011 6:29 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
A shrub could take Frank Bush's job and improve that defense.
I am a visionary, I am a genius, and now I am angry! Now help me find my pants!
A word of advice for Texans fans. Remember John Milton's Paradise Lost: The mind is its own place. It can make a Hell of Heaven and a Heaven of Hell. Kinda sums up the last nine years, doesn't it?
by UprootedTexan on Jan 2, 2011 6:34 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
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Have you ever had feelings for a nun?
You love the dead horse, Dillo
"I'm just looking forward to something great happening in the city of Houston" - Tracy McGrady
Still waiting...
Offense put up 34 points for him
No chance Uncle Bob fires him
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by The Night Owl on Jan 2, 2011 6:31 PM CST up reply actions
Yes, with one victory, he secured his future for at least 3 more seasons, by my calculation
I didn't do anything wrong!.... and, I won't do it again.
Nope. Not anymore.
I hope Wade’s 3-4 (or if he sticks with the 4-3) will make the team regularly competitive finally.
I am a visionary, I am a genius, and now I am angry! Now help me find my pants!
A word of advice for Texans fans. Remember John Milton's Paradise Lost: The mind is its own place. It can make a Hell of Heaven and a Heaven of Hell. Kinda sums up the last nine years, doesn't it?
by UprootedTexan on Jan 2, 2011 6:32 PM CST up reply actions
Who can we..
get with the 11/12th pick?
Draft-nicks, let it loose!
Die hard Texan fan from the heart of Denmark!
Who's available at tight end?!?!?!?!?
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A word of advice for Texans fans. Remember John Milton's Paradise Lost: The mind is its own place. It can make a Hell of Heaven and a Heaven of Hell. Kinda sums up the last nine years, doesn't it?
by UprootedTexan on Jan 2, 2011 6:34 PM CST up reply actions
Don't know, but this should point you in the right direction
http://www.tiptonium.com/graphics/deadhorsebeating.htm
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by The Night Owl on Jan 2, 2011 6:35 PM CST up reply actions
So if we are pickin at 11 who are you guys eyeing
Say we switch to 3-4 will there be someone there you like or would you guys want to trade down?
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.
The best damned nose tackle available.
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A word of advice for Texans fans. Remember John Milton's Paradise Lost: The mind is its own place. It can make a Hell of Heaven and a Heaven of Hell. Kinda sums up the last nine years, doesn't it?
by UprootedTexan on Jan 2, 2011 6:35 PM CST up reply actions
Alan Branch should be available in FA
Take a FS in the 1st round
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by The Night Owl on Jan 2, 2011 6:36 PM CST up reply actions
Champ Bailey says he wants to switch to FS to prolong his career
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We'll take him!!!!!!!
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by The Night Owl on Jan 2, 2011 6:42 PM CST up reply actions
Lance was talking about Houston targeting Pat Williams for 1 year
and getting a young guy to develop behind him.
"Lord, beer me strength."
Branch is 25
Young enough for you?
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by The Night Owl on Jan 2, 2011 6:43 PM CST up reply actions
That could work as well.
Branch may be the target of other 3-4 teams who need a NT cause of his age.
"Lord, beer me strength."
Ngata
And we probably can’t afford what he’ll command on the FA market.
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by UprootedTexan on Jan 2, 2011 6:52 PM CST up reply actions
Ngata would be out of our price range
We still have to pay Mario, Foster, Leach, & possibly Pollard
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by The Night Owl on Jan 2, 2011 6:52 PM CST up reply actions
we wont have to pay for Mario
They will and we have to pay Ngata
and Foster only gets a 3 year 2.2 mill deal
Fuck Pollard, Franchise him
Then give GB your number 1 and 2 this year for Clay Mathews ( and maybey a 3)
I Want to Believe
If Seattle wins, we pick 10th
11th……..uhhhhhh, Janoris Jenkins or Brandon Harris if you’re into CBs.
DLine wise…..Marcells Dareus if you’re into that.
"Lord, beer me strength."
If it's not Peterson, I say screw getting a CB unless we do so in FA
I am a visionary, I am a genius, and now I am angry! Now help me find my pants!
A word of advice for Texans fans. Remember John Milton's Paradise Lost: The mind is its own place. It can make a Hell of Heaven and a Heaven of Hell. Kinda sums up the last nine years, doesn't it?
by UprootedTexan on Jan 2, 2011 6:37 PM CST up reply actions
Marcell Dareus
Stephen Paea and Prince but Trading down is ok
and the clouds opened up and God said "I Hate you Texans Fans."
If you can trade down and get another 2nd round pick that isn't a bad deal
You could conceivably….trade back to pick up OLB Von Miller, use the 2nd rounders to grab NT Sione Fua and someone else.
"Lord, beer me strength."
If we do, in fact, go to a 3-4, I think Fua would be a damn good pick actually.
He’s been playing in a 3-4 at Stanford, isn’t he? Doesn’t Fangio run a 3-4 there?
I am a visionary, I am a genius, and now I am angry! Now help me find my pants!
A word of advice for Texans fans. Remember John Milton's Paradise Lost: The mind is its own place. It can make a Hell of Heaven and a Heaven of Hell. Kinda sums up the last nine years, doesn't it?
by UprootedTexan on Jan 2, 2011 6:43 PM CST up reply actions
really liked Fua when I saw him
he’s not horribly fat either so I want him for Indy in the mid rounds.
Choke/Clutch is the fetishization of the small sample size.
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I like that he's not fat because there's no weight/work ethic concerns
Dude’s just Hulk-strong. Real good lane clogger.
"Lord, beer me strength."
If we, somehow, stick with 4-3, would Fua still work as an NT you think?
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A word of advice for Texans fans. Remember John Milton's Paradise Lost: The mind is its own place. It can make a Hell of Heaven and a Heaven of Hell. Kinda sums up the last nine years, doesn't it?
by UprootedTexan on Jan 2, 2011 6:50 PM CST up reply actions
How much does he weigh? Is he a Haloti Ngata Jr.?
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by The Night Owl on Jan 2, 2011 6:50 PM CST up reply actions
6'3''?
He’s not an asteroid, but he does what a NT should do….take blocks, hold the point of attack, and free the ILBs up.
"Lord, beer me strength."
I really like Paea out of Oregon St
hes 6’1 311lbs
and the clouds opened up and God said "I Hate you Texans Fans."
he's a gap shooter not a NT though
3 or 5 tech
Choke/Clutch is the fetishization of the small sample size.
"People who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do." -Isaac Asimov
Please insert above in place holder
It was the Arian Foster show. Arian right. Arian left. Arian up the middle. Arian in the endzone. Arian did everything except call this game from the booth. An undrafted RB who never saw playing time in the NFL until the final few games last season, scorched the meager defense that the Jags put out there. Jack del Rio, concedes and puts his fate in the football gods. But, how about that Arian Foster! Thanks Arian! You just cost the Texans about 10 draft positions!
I didn't do anything wrong!.... and, I won't do it again.
There is something WRONG with a playoff situation...
Where the NYG are 10-6 and staying home and some crappy team from the NFC West gets a playoff birth.
"velocitas eradico"
Bite your tongue!
Somebody’s gotta be New Orleans’ sacrificial lamb. Might as well be the Seachickens.
I am a visionary, I am a genius, and now I am angry! Now help me find my pants!
A word of advice for Texans fans. Remember John Milton's Paradise Lost: The mind is its own place. It can make a Hell of Heaven and a Heaven of Hell. Kinda sums up the last nine years, doesn't it?
by UprootedTexan on Jan 2, 2011 6:41 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
Sorry... I know if the AFC South was benefitting I'd feel differently...
It just seems like the parity across divisions is lacking.
"velocitas eradico"
We should file a petition with the NFL
to move the Texans into the NFC West
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by The Night Owl on Jan 2, 2011 6:44 PM CST up reply actions
Sure, why not?
We’d have about as much business there as Dallas does in the NFC East or Indy in the AFC South.
/Stocking up on Maalox in the off-chance this happens.
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A word of advice for Texans fans. Remember John Milton's Paradise Lost: The mind is its own place. It can make a Hell of Heaven and a Heaven of Hell. Kinda sums up the last nine years, doesn't it?
by UprootedTexan on Jan 2, 2011 6:45 PM CST up reply actions
Move Dallas to the AFC West
KC & STL in the South divisions, Carolina to the NFC East
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by The Night Owl on Jan 2, 2011 6:47 PM CST up reply actions
thanks guys
you prevented like 2,500 Colts fan suicides on that Rhodes fumbles by putting the Jags away late
Choke/Clutch is the fetishization of the small sample size.
"People who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do." -Isaac Asimov
we tried
they gave it right back. Tie game, under 2 minutes Dom fumbled the ball away to give them the ball in FG range. They immediately botch the snap and Indy recovers.
Choke/Clutch is the fetishization of the small sample size.
"People who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do." -Isaac Asimov
as soon as the ball hit the floor
they should have been looking for birds or something just let them win damn it
and the clouds opened up and God said "I Hate you Texans Fans."
Scobee missed a non-50 yard field goal.
Thoughts?
I am a visionary, I am a genius, and now I am angry! Now help me find my pants!
A word of advice for Texans fans. Remember John Milton's Paradise Lost: The mind is its own place. It can make a Hell of Heaven and a Heaven of Hell. Kinda sums up the last nine years, doesn't it?
by UprootedTexan on Jan 2, 2011 6:44 PM CST up reply actions
I hate all non-Texans kickers in this division
Choke/Clutch is the fetishization of the small sample size.
"People who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do." -Isaac Asimov
not including The (overpaid) MAN! Adam Vinatieri
Choke/Clutch is the fetishization of the small sample size.
"People who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do." -Isaac Asimov
With some good coaching
Troy Nolan could be a good ball hawk I think.. he’s just been out of position a lot of times this season, but he has some kind of potential!
Die hard Texan fan from the heart of Denmark!
Well, there is lots of potential
We all know that the scheme absolutely sucks and it has all season. And, we aren’t even experts. The season was wasted, IMO. The DC and he supporting coaches totally let this team down. Now, Kubiak will tell you that’s on him, but Kubiak doesn’t know defense either, otherwise he would have done something about it. Here we are, made it all the way through an entire season and still no announcement that Bush is gone. Let’s get it over with, why don’t we?
I didn't do anything wrong!.... and, I won't do it again.
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Crap!
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When we win the super bowl next year
We can all eat our 17 dollar reliant crow together!!!!
by AllenOU on Jan 2, 2011 6:53 PM CST via mobile reply actions
Thanks!
Just got home from the stadium. The roof was open and the fair weather fans left early (many at half time). Geez an hour before the game, Reliant had fewer people than the ghost town section of Terlingua, TX.
I hope next year we are fighting over parking spots as they go 14-2. Here’s a crazy stat to consider….if the Texans had a decent defense this year and held other teams to less than 17 points, they’d be 14-2 right now.
Uncomfortably numb......thanks to the Texans
and if if's and but's were candy and nuts...
we’d have a decent front office and coaching staff…
It's Our Time.... or something...
by bennprince on Jan 2, 2011 8:21 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
RIP
Dandy Don Meredith
I am totally optimistic about the Texans new season - at least until the first of the 4 or 2 (if any) preseason games
by Barryfromtexas on Jan 4, 2011 11:34 AM CST up reply actions
Wait...
I didn’t actually watch the game (followed it online) but as Nolan at the SS?
And Timobi had 3 sacks on the season. Tim should be thrilled.
"Lord, beer me strength."
Arian Foster on Kubiak: “I would love to play for him for the remainder of my career… I would vouch for Kub with my last breath.”
"Lord, beer me strength."
by TexansDC on Jan 2, 2011 6:58 PM CST reply actions 1 recs
Last run of the game for Foster (got tripped and missed 4th down by an inch), he was met by Kubiak
near the sideline and got a big “high five” and then gave Kubiak a fairly gripping hug. Nit sure if they showed it on TV, but it was obviously an emotional moment for these two who got through the season together. Pretty damn obvious how bad our defense is when you have a RB who is number one in the league in four categories (yards rushing, total yards from scrimmage, rushing touchdowns, total touchdowns), and a solid passing game, and not heading to the playoffs.
Johnson, Foster and Schaub should all three walk over and give a big “FU” to the defensive coaches.
Uncomfortably numb......thanks to the Texans
by MeMongo on Jan 2, 2011 8:12 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
so...
Foster failed to do his job and was greeted with hugs kisses. It’s not wonder these guys love playing for this coaching staff…
It's Our Time.... or something...
by bennprince on Jan 2, 2011 8:25 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
Haha, no it was obviously the last run of the season for him with less than 2 mins in the game
All other issues aside, it was actually great to see Kubiak engaging with the players tonight.
Uncomfortably numb......thanks to the Texans
that is so awesomely sweet of Arian!
and on fox sports I think I saw him reading a poem this local school that won the right to get a Texan to come talk to them about the value of reading.
./swoon
Arian Foster writes poetry
./sigh
./cry
he’s taken ;-) such is life
BRF I am still available
I heard Brian Cushing like to do it with girls in a really uncomfortable place and i am not talking about the back seat of a Volkswagen
Go Texans!
Wow.
Now we may not even be in the top 10. Terrible win.
"Hakeem couldn't kick your ass cuz you were too
close kissin his!"- Sir Charles to Kenny Smith.
Yes, so now go click on the video, and DANCE!
I didn't do anything wrong!.... and, I won't do it again.
Rec'ed for gratuitous dog penis.
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by bigfatdrunk on Jan 2, 2011 7:23 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
I find your lack of hammer size disturbing
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by The Night Owl on Jan 2, 2011 11:39 PM CST up reply actions
No it isn't wearing crocs
I heard Brian Cushing like to do it with girls in a really uncomfortable place and i am not talking about the back seat of a Volkswagen
Go Texans!
2011 Schedule changed as well
No longer is it Buffalo and Denver, but it’ll be Oakland and Miami.
"Lord, beer me strength."
THIS WAS THE BEST GAME OF THE SEASON!!!
….because it was Frank Bush’s last.
"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
by TexansForever on Jan 2, 2011 6:59 PM CST reply actions 8 recs
+1
"Hakeem couldn't kick your ass cuz you were too
close kissin his!"- Sir Charles to Kenny Smith.
by bone31crusher on Jan 2, 2011 7:01 PM CST up reply actions
That may have to be my final Battle Red Onion of the season.
“Frank Bush’s farewell address.”
I am a visionary, I am a genius, and now I am angry! Now help me find my pants!
A word of advice for Texans fans. Remember John Milton's Paradise Lost: The mind is its own place. It can make a Hell of Heaven and a Heaven of Hell. Kinda sums up the last nine years, doesn't it?
by UprootedTexan on Jan 2, 2011 7:01 PM CST up reply actions
Is it just me,
Or does Sam Bradford look like he would be a serial killer if he weren’t in the NFL?
I am a visionary, I am a genius, and now I am angry! Now help me find my pants!
A word of advice for Texans fans. Remember John Milton's Paradise Lost: The mind is its own place. It can make a Hell of Heaven and a Heaven of Hell. Kinda sums up the last nine years, doesn't it?
Can we PLEASE drop the bullshit angst over "lost draft positions"?
The RISK/REWARD ratio gets MUCH better the further away from #1 you get…
There is NO guarantee that a higher pick would guarantee a better player…
"velocitas eradico"
by DilloTex on Jan 2, 2011 7:02 PM CST reply actions 1 recs
We need something to feel angst about.
It’s like oxygen for Texans fans. We can’t survive without it.
I am a visionary, I am a genius, and now I am angry! Now help me find my pants!
A word of advice for Texans fans. Remember John Milton's Paradise Lost: The mind is its own place. It can make a Hell of Heaven and a Heaven of Hell. Kinda sums up the last nine years, doesn't it?
by UprootedTexan on Jan 2, 2011 7:03 PM CST up reply actions 2 recs
That's a pretty good point.
But it woulda been nice to basically have the pick of the littler in the draft. At any rate, getting some new defensive coaches is going to have more impact than any single player could.
Maybe not next year
i think one of the main points in the CBA will be a rookie salary scale so having a top 5 pick would not hurt the cap so much, so there is much less risk with it next year. Plus, living in Baton Rouge and seeing every snap af Patrick Peterson’s college career, just the though of him on our roster next year would have made all of this worth it. Alas…
by LouisianaTexan on Jan 2, 2011 7:49 PM CST up reply actions
thisthisthis
I thin I’ll dust off my draft thinkpiece just to remind people.
I'll eliminate you like I eliminate gluten from my diet.
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by tehGrindCrusher on Jan 3, 2011 12:07 AM CST via mobile up reply actions
I would never root for the Texans to lose.
This is only my 2nd season as a Texans fan but I would never want them to lose even if it’s for a draft pick or to get rid of a coach. In the words of Herm Edwards. “You play…to win…the game!”
by LordGav1n on Jan 2, 2011 7:07 PM CST reply actions 2 recs
Run the Ball Brah-I've been saying it all Season
Out of 10 losses this year, Kubiak passed the ball more than he ran in 9 of them. The only loss where he ran more than he passed was San Diego, the game where league leading passer at the time Rivers torched Houston’s D with 8 mostly no name scrubs for 300 yards and 4 TDs.
Out of 6 wins this year, Kubiak ran the ball more than he passed in 4 of them. The only two games where Houston passed more was the Skins, where Schaub torched them for 500 yards, and the Chiefs game, where KC only played 3 quarters of football and totally imploded in the 4th qtr.
With a Pro Bowl blocker (Leach) and a Pro Bowl league leading running back (Foster) in the backfield, and a decent offensive line, I think the stats should speak for themselves. Of course, the defense will get most of the attention in the off season, but I hope offensive strategy will be looked at as well.
Correlation does not equal causation
Could we have rushed the ball more? Sure. But we were also often-times behind in games (Ravens, for example). In addition, we aren’t built to be a run-first team: we are a play-action, West Coast offense.
I’m not saying you’re wrong or even that I disagree. I am saying there’s something deeper here.
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I agree to some extent, but also, the run works the clock and keeps opposing offenses off the field, which prevents being behind. Week 8 against Indy was a great example. The number one plan should have been to run the ball and keep Peyton off the field, but Kub came out passing 9 out of the first 12 plays, and three punts resulted. Next series, first down rushing, then straight passing til punt. Meanwhile Colts mix in some scores and the next thing you know, it’s 17-3 Colts at the half.
Then Kub starts panicking and airing it out. This is an example of lots more passes and playing catch up, but we shouldn’t have been playing catch up to begin with, after passing the heck out of the ball in the first several series and only coming up with a FG.
Great example to prove your original point
A bad example would be the Philly game when Foster obviously wasn’t going anywhere.
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There’s no doubt there are numerous factors, but that above scenario has been a recurring theme all season. I just think Houston should run to set up the pass, not pass to set up the run. Even when Houston is passing better than normal, with a pourous defense, you can’t play tit for tat. If you run the ball to set up the pass, you not only keep other QB’s off the field, but you work the clock.
Today’s balance was great. I think it was like 37 running plays to 22 passing or something like that. Beautiful. The Jags were caught with their pants down on a couple of passes to Daniels and Dreesen, and I think it had a lot to do with the run game being shoved down their throats.
I have a feeling that since they now know what they have in Foster..
They start playing like that next year…using the run to set up the pass. Ward is also a nice backup too.
God I hope so. I did notice it seemed a lot of the passes today were safer. Not sure if I am just making stuff up or there was a plan, but it seemed like it to me.
You just gotta stay with the run until it flops, at least until you fix the defensive problems. Right now, Houston’s offense is it’s best defense.
Well, there's disgreement here
FO did a look at the run to set up the pass/pass to set up the run argument, and it came down firmly on the latter. I believe that Kubiak did get pass-happy at times (Colts game is a great example), but I, personally, am I fan of throwing more.
I think Tate’s injury was especially damning for the team in this respect. It’s one thing to have an explosive back like Tate, another to have Ward. Slaton on the roster…well, that was a tough pill to swallow, and I love Slaton.
For two non-starters, the injuries to Barwin and Tate were harsh.
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You're changing the subject now
Tate, I’m not really sure how explosive he is or was going to be. I can’t imagine him being any better than Foster, or even Ward who was very respectable in the spot action he received. Barwin, though, I think was a big lose. We needed his body in there at least, to spell some other guys, plus the quality of his play was on the upswing. We will never know how much of an upswing. But he was missed, for certain. But, when you get to the bottom line, Bush. Ugh!
I didn't do anything wrong!.... and, I won't do it again.
Am not!
My point was, a healthy Tate allows us to rush the ball more. Though, in retrospect, does Foster get all those early carries (231 yards) with a healthy Tate?
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Tate has not taken a single snap in a regular season game.
He’ll be lucky to trade 3rd down action with Ward, and better demonstrate solid skills and protect the ball when he does get plays.
Foster is doing everything right, including receiving yards with good hands. No way Foster’s job is at all in trouble. If Tate looks good, he may replace Ward, and either may be trade bait. If they can keep all three busy and healthy then Slaton is history.
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Yes, Tate comes in off his injury in the 3rd spot, fighting with Slaton
Slaton is trade bait, no doubt if Tate comes in healthy, although his injury seemed pretty severe. If this team needs anything outside of defense, it would be a punter and a returner. I do not have any confidence in this Holliday kid. His hands are scary. Unless he does nothing but catch kickoffs and punts, 300 per day, every day, during this off-season, I can’t see him doing it. So, for now, Slaton is safe, but he is on a small limb.
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I’d love to see the pass more as well. I just don’t think you can work the clock very well with the ball in the air, especially when the defense can’t stop anyone. If the defense was better, I would say heck yeah. I just think the offense is the defense right now if it can keep opposing offenses off the field.
My IM team had a better pass defense.
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Pool - Guess the exact time that Frank Bush is fired
My guess, Monday at 10:30 AM
I didn't do anything wrong!.... and, I won't do it again.
First news will come in the form of a tweet
at exactly 9:34 am tomorrow morning.
12:01 AM
"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
by TexansForever on Jan 2, 2011 7:11 PM CST up reply actions
Not soon enough.
I am a visionary, I am a genius, and now I am angry! Now help me find my pants!
A word of advice for Texans fans. Remember John Milton's Paradise Lost: The mind is its own place. It can make a Hell of Heaven and a Heaven of Hell. Kinda sums up the last nine years, doesn't it?
by UprootedTexan on Jan 2, 2011 7:11 PM CST up reply actions
2:01 AM
As he heads to the parking lot from a local bar tonight. His cell phone rings, the voice on the other end says; “Frank. Look to the left”. As he rolls his eyes to the left, coming from the right at full speed is a rental truck at over 70MPH….
It’s a beer truck and screams by scaring the crap out of him, but narrowly missing. The phone rings again and the voice says; “Effing AT&T coverage! Frank! Look to the left and up in the sky.”. A low flying blimp cruises overhead and the lit scroll says; “Frank Bush, you are fired! Take Gibbs with you”
Uncomfortably numb......thanks to the Texans
by MeMongo on Jan 2, 2011 8:23 PM CST up reply actions 5 recs
laughing... I'm glad it wasn't just me...
“You want that carrot!!!”
“Let’s EAT!!!”
Sorry, UprootedTexan, I don’t have a good feeling about this… But I’ll be pulling for a SeaChicken win for ya’…
"velocitas eradico"
Eh, I figure it's this way.
If they win they go to the playoffs. If they lose, they get a good draft pick and pick up Jake Locker out of Washington to eventually take over for Glasselbeck.
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A word of advice for Texans fans. Remember John Milton's Paradise Lost: The mind is its own place. It can make a Hell of Heaven and a Heaven of Hell. Kinda sums up the last nine years, doesn't it?
by UprootedTexan on Jan 2, 2011 7:16 PM CST up reply actions
This was basically a fun game to watch
Considering the efense.
Many someones forgot what contain means – but the O played very well for no ’Dre
I believe that the Texans need to score 40 points in every game to be competetive because of efense.
Any Sunday Night thread?
I am a visionary, I am a genius, and now I am angry! Now help me find my pants!
A word of advice for Texans fans. Remember John Milton's Paradise Lost: The mind is its own place. It can make a Hell of Heaven and a Heaven of Hell. Kinda sums up the last nine years, doesn't it?
I'm excited
a 7-9 team could host a playoff game!!!!!
Choke/Clutch is the fetishization of the small sample size.
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You could do a fanpost
I hadn’t intended on posting a thread. I agree with WhiskeyR :-)
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hey, I am serious!
GARY KUBIAK DOES NOT DESERVE ARIAN FOSTER
(anyone know how to make this a shortcut/macro for txting?)
That's the noise Christina Hendricks makes when she lifts a cheek...
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by Rip Jersey on Jan 2, 2011 9:36 PM CST up reply actions 2 recs
Rofl, rec'd
With 38DDD’s she’d make that sound adjusting her bra too.
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You know, I'm saying this and I have no idea who she is. I just saw her name mentioned earlier.
She’s supposed to be hot, I guess. I’ll Google that bitch!
I didn't do anything wrong!.... and, I won't do it again.
Oh Man! I hate her!
If that isn’t the most plastic bitch I have ever seen….give me natural, please!
I didn't do anything wrong!.... and, I won't do it again.
I don't know how any man can hate on this
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by The Night Owl on Jan 2, 2011 10:38 PM CST up reply actions
I'm sorry, I wasn't paying attention to what you wrote
Could you repeat that?
I am a visionary, I am a genius, and now I am angry! Now help me find my pants!
A word of advice for Texans fans. Remember John Milton's Paradise Lost: The mind is its own place. It can make a Hell of Heaven and a Heaven of Hell. Kinda sums up the last nine years, doesn't it?
by UprootedTexan on Jan 2, 2011 10:40 PM CST up reply actions
Rebuttal: Every part of her is plastic! Every part!
I didn't do anything wrong!.... and, I won't do it again.
tl;dr
I am a visionary, I am a genius, and now I am angry! Now help me find my pants!
A word of advice for Texans fans. Remember John Milton's Paradise Lost: The mind is its own place. It can make a Hell of Heaven and a Heaven of Hell. Kinda sums up the last nine years, doesn't it?
by UprootedTexan on Jan 2, 2011 10:57 PM CST up reply actions
I have news for you, no one has ever read Paradise Lost!
I didn't do anything wrong!.... and, I won't do it again.
I know, hell I barely remember it myself.
I am a visionary, I am a genius, and now I am angry! Now help me find my pants!
A word of advice for Texans fans. Remember John Milton's Paradise Lost: The mind is its own place. It can make a Hell of Heaven and a Heaven of Hell. Kinda sums up the last nine years, doesn't it?
by UprootedTexan on Jan 2, 2011 11:03 PM CST up reply actions
My theory
If I can see & feel them, they’re real, end of story
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by The Night Owl on Jan 2, 2011 11:41 PM CST up reply actions 3 recs
Was I seeing things
or was Amobi lined up at end on a couple plays?
Bush confused them, so Cushing told him just line up anywhere and do a jail break
Cush; “Even if we screw it up, he won’t be our coach in a few hours so who cares.”
Uncomfortably numb......thanks to the Texans
by MeMongo on Jan 2, 2011 8:28 PM CST up reply actions 3 recs
That was their best defensive play all afternoon!
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Why is this not goo'd yet?
I spit Dr. Pepper all over my computer monitor.
Just my $.02
Even duct tape can't fix stupid
I thought it was awesome
that Kubiak wouldn’t let Turk punt again after his shank. One area that has been grossly overlooked this year is how terrible our special have regressed. There’d better be a shake with that coaching staff also.
It's Our Time.... or something...
by bennprince on Jan 2, 2011 8:31 PM CST via mobile reply actions
Can't believe they would let Turk go unchallenged in preseason ever again
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HA!
And you are SOOOOOOOooooooo banned.
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That ban hammer needs Viagra
Feel free to raid Rafael Palmeiro’s medicine cabinet for some
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by The Night Owl on Jan 2, 2011 11:44 PM CST up reply actions
This just in
from AP Sportswriter Chris Duncan:
Outraged fans have been bombarding local sports radio talk shows for weeks, calling for Kubiak to be fired. Kubiak shot down a media report that he was coming back and McNair had signed off on any personnel decisions. "That’s not true," Kubiak said. "I had a couple of talks with him (McNair) this week. But the bottom line, I asked him the last time I talked to him, was to let me enjoy the week. Let me coach. Let me coach this game. So he’s been fair to me and we’ll make that decision (Monday)."
So, straight from the horse’s mouth. There is no agreement from McNair that Kubiak is coming back, yet. Kubiak won’t know until tomorrow.
I didn't do anything wrong!.... and, I won't do it again.
If it was his last game here, at least it was well played and he has some dignity.
I don’t see him leaving though.
Meanwhile for the first time in the history of the NFL, a team with a losing record (7-9) is going to the playoffs AND hosting last year’s Superbowl champs who have an 11-5 record. How screwed up is this league? But in all fairness the Seahawks played with a lot of heart tonight and won their division.
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For me, what it does is shoot down every rumor we have heard in the last week
All these talking heads coming out and talking about deals that are in the works and all. They’re full of shit! Bob McNair doesn’t know what he is going to do. Maybe he does now, but he didn’t 24 hours ago and the people saying they heard from someone inside the Texans are lying their asses off. I’m talking about you, Pancakes!
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No shit. I totally agree.
If there is anyone besides Smith and Bush I’d like to see replaced next year it’s Pancakes and that idiot RJ. Both of their blogs are filled with more speculation and hyperbole than Enron pumpers before the bust. Then again it was my disdain for their columns and blogs that led me here to BRB and SB, which really made for some good times with all of you other crazy fans.
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I guess talking heads is better than talking feet
Not that either would know :)
I believe that the Texans need to score 40 points in every game to be competetive because of efense.
by Barryfromtexas on Jan 2, 2011 11:04 PM CST up reply actions
The "is"
goes for the phrase – I know heads should be plural
— not that anyone cares
I believe that the Texans need to score 40 points in every game to be competetive because of efense.
by Barryfromtexas on Jan 2, 2011 11:05 PM CST up reply actions
Watching Inside the Game...
Bob McNair was a guest and fairly strongly telegraphed the firing of Frank Bush tomorrow. But he seems a little mixed about Kubiak. I’m thinking he stays.
yep most likely "Texans Inside the game "
will be on after 6pm tonight on the Texans official site
by BattleRedFan on Jan 3, 2011 11:05 AM CST up reply actions
Best music video ever?
Best music video ever.
Frank Bush delenda est
Who is the dancing blonde?
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