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The glorious return of Ryan Mallett to the starting lineup did not go as Texans fans had hoped in yesterday's loss to Carolina. With a reshuffled offensive line that also saw one of the starters lost to injury mid-game and a running game that was ineffective at best and horrendous at worst, Mallett finished the afternoon with a stat line of 27-58 for 244 yards, 2 TDs (1 rushing), and 1 INT.
Ugly, right? To be fair, Houston's receivers didn't help Mallett's cause.
Out of Ryan Mallett's 58 passes, there were 5 that were truly bad passes. Not as bad as it was made out to be. Others may have looked bad.
— Jayson Braddock (@JaysonBraddock) September 21, 2015
Finished watching the Texans offense. 8 drops from Houston's WRs / TEs / RBs. In professional football. That's silly.
— Jayson Braddock (@JaysonBraddock) September 21, 2015
The 8 drops break down like this: Polk - 2 Nate - 2 Cecil - 1 Graham - 1 Mumph - 1 Hopkins - 1
— Jayson Braddock (@JaysonBraddock) September 21, 2015
There's a few passes that WR ran hitch / hook etc & stop was thrown before break. Chemistry, not bad passes. QB needs reps w/ starters, more
— Jayson Braddock (@JaysonBraddock) September 21, 2015
Other passes sailed, fell short due to OL being pushed into Mallett as the ball was being released. I'll talk more about the OL, now.
— Jayson Braddock (@JaysonBraddock) September 21, 2015
So how do you view Mallett's 2015 starting debut? I mean, I can't imagine anyone would consider it to have been exceptional, but I am also fairly confident that some may feel Mallett wasn't as bad a sub-50% completion percentage would indicate. Hit the poll and then take to the Comments to explain yourself.
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