Texans - Cardinals

[Col. Sphinx Drummond]

Bummer, Foster to have season ending back surgery.

[HudsonHawk]

Bummer, Foster to have season ending back surgery.

Not a surprise. No need to rush him back and risk further injury to win three more games.

[Limey]

Not a surprise. No need to rush him back and risk further injury to win three more games.

Bingo.

Foster, Cushing, Daniel, Tate, Manning.  This team is pretty hobbled.  Best to get them healthy, and let Keenum see if he can bed down in the NFL.

[chuck]

Meanwhile the Rams are beating the shit out of the Colts largely due to awesome special teams.

[Bench]

Meanwhile the Rams are beating the shit out of the Colts largely due to awesome special teams.

Awesome special teams?  I wouldn't know it if I saw it.

[chuck]

Awesome special teams?  I wouldn't know it if I saw it.

Well, see if you can find the game. Their kick coverage unit is especially awesome. They have as good a special teams as they did during their Super Bowl years.

[Bench]

Well, see if you can find the game. Their kick coverage unit is especially awesome. They have as good a special teams as they did during their Super Bowl years.

Oh, I'm watching that game.  Of course in the Griff's fantasy football league I have Luck and my opponent has the Rams defense/special teams.

My comment was from the perspective of somebody that watches the Texans every week.

[chuck]

I knew what you were saying and of course that's a large part of the reason I brought it up to begin with. The other part is because independent of how terrible the Texans are this Rams unit is unbelievable.

[Bench]

I knew what you were saying and of course that's a large part of the reason I brought it up to begin with. The other part is because independent of how terrible the Texans are this Rams unit is unbelievable.

Tavon Austin is one fast motherfucker.

[chuck]

Tavon Austin is one fast motherfucker.

I haven't seen anybody catch him.

[HudsonHawk]

Tavon Austin is one fast motherfucker.

The Texans could use a guy like him, or maybe a Trindon Holliday. That would change everything.

[Bench]

Kickoff returned to the 15 from the middle of the endzone.  Improvement!

[HudsonHawk]

There we go. Same old Texans.

[Bench]

Oof.

[HudsonHawk]

First offensive drive:  1 play, 0 yards, -7 points.

[chuck]

Leaving Newton alone with an elite pass rusher with bad field position is mind numbing fucking incompetence.

[Col. Sphinx Drummond]

Fucking CBS San Antonio is still showing the Ravens/Bengals in overtime. If it was the Cowboys instead of the Texans they would have cut away.

[Bench]

Looks deep, navigates the collapsing pocket, looks deep, scrambles for 7 yards.  It's still fun to watch.

[Bench]

What a perfect throw and catch.

[Ebby Calvin]

Wow, Andre.

[Bench]

4 catches in five quarters (three, really).  I can only imagine the types of plays we didn't get to see from him the last three years.

[jbm]

It pays to have a good kicker. Tucker nails a big one.

[chuck]

Andre Johnson is unreal.

[chuck]

It pays to have a good kicker. Tucker nails a big one.

He just walked out there and calmly nailed a huge one.

[HudsonHawk]

4 catches in five quarters (three, really).  I can only imagine the types of plays we didn't get to see from him the last three years.

Makes you angry, doesn't it. To think...if only they'd had a competent QB...

[Bench]

4 catches in five quarters (three, really).  I can only imagine the types of plays we didn't get to see from him the last three years.

Er, touchdowns.  Not catches. 

[HudsonHawk]

Is there a dumber player in the NFL than Keyshawn Martin?

[Bench]

Makes you angry, doesn't it. To think...if only they'd had a competent QB...

Sean Pendergast:  "It's happening…with every Keenum TD throw to Andre I get angrier and angrier that the organization stuck with the slop at QB for so long."

[chuck]

Is there a dumber player in the NFL than Keyshawn Martin?

I'd rather ask the offense to go 99 than have Martin try to field the punt and do something with it. It's not even close, really.

[HudsonHawk]

I'd rather ask the offense to go 99 than have Martin try to field the punt and do something with it. It's not even close, really.

He can fair catch. In fact, Martin should never, ever do anything but fair catch.

[HudsonHawk]

3rd and 5+ against the Texans is automatic. The Texans are the worst 3rd down defense, certainly in my lifetime, possibly in history.

[HudsonHawk]

Wow this is one horrible defense.

[Bench]

At what point is it inappropriate to celebrate every completion over 20 yards?

[Col. Sphinx Drummond]

I like Tate. He wont go down easy.

[Bench]

Beeeutiful.

[HudsonHawk]

Beeeutiful.

At some point the defense has to step up now.

[Col. Sphinx Drummond]

At some point the defense has to step up now.

How 'bout that!

[HudsonHawk]

How 'bout that!

I called that one.

[Col. Sphinx Drummond]

Blind. Squirrel. Acorn.

[Bench]

One of these days they'll figure out how stop a draw play.

[Col. Sphinx Drummond]

Hell of a kick.

[HudsonHawk]

Wow what a break. Bout time the Texans got a bounce.

[HudsonHawk]

Texans have no clue how to handle a blitz.

[HudsonHawk]

That's three times in the last two games that in the 2-minute drill the Texans have had to use a time out with the clock already stopped.

[HudsonHawk]

Attaboy Bullock, way to waste that turnover.

[chuck]

This organization fucking disgusts me.

[HudsonHawk]

This organization fucking disgusts me.

The worst kicker in the history of the NFL...by A LOT...they still think he's the best they can find.

[chuck]

The worst kicker in the history of the NFL...by A LOT...they still think he's the best they can find.

That block wasn't even his fault. The guy on the end just stood thre as the defender blew by him.

[HudsonHawk]

Fuck why do they ever field a punt???

[HudsonHawk]

What idiot is calling these plays?

[chuck]

What idiot is calling these plays?

The same idiot that thought he was going to be the head coach of the Bears.

[HudsonHawk]

Well anything short of a 7 touchdown lead is not enough with as bad as they get out coached at half.

[HudsonHawk]

3rd and 14...autofuckingmatic

[HudsonHawk]

The defense has given up 10 points and created two turnovers on the Cardinal half of the field and it's a tie game. Pathetic.

[HudsonHawk]

Again, there's no evidence that timeouts are useful at the end of the game. Go ahead and waste them.

[austro]

The worst kicker in the history of the NFL...by A LOT...they still think he's the best they can find.

Hey, Aggies look out for Aggies.

[austro]

Wow, there was nobody within 20 yards of Patterson when he fielded that punt.

[HudsonHawk]

Since the overtime win in Game 2, the Texans have scored one touchdown in the second half, and that was a garbage TD in the last minute of the blowout loss to St Louis. That's how bad they get schooled at halftime.

[HudsonHawk]

Wow. Schooled.

[HudsonHawk]

Brooks Reed is pointless. Darrell Sharpton is pointless. Its like they're playing with 6 guys on defense.

[HudsonHawk]

Whitney Mercillus is pointless.

[HudsonHawk]

Bryce McCain is pointless.

[austro]

I wonder who Watt will sign with when his contract expires.

[HudsonHawk]

It's pretty sad when the opposing QB can just lob a wobbly lame duck 126 feet high into the air, and there's not a defender within 10 yards of it.

[chuck]

I'm not at all sure that the Texans are going to beat Jacksonville.

[HudsonHawk]

After watching Jacksonville today, there is no way the Texans beat them.

[austro]

Another scoreless second half. Wheeeee!!!!

[austro]

J.J. Watt is an amazing human.

[Col. Sphinx Drummond]

Thank God! Mendenhall is terrible.

[Col. Sphinx Drummond]

Andre!!!

[chuck]

I can't remember ever seeing anything quite like that.

[HudsonHawk]

His big is that missed field goal now?

[austro]

I wonder if Kubiak has learned anything from the way Wade used his timeouts here.

[HudsonHawk]

Monumentally horrendous play calling on that last drive.

[HudsonHawk]

That was the worst "coaching" you will ever see at any level of football.

[austro]

Monumentally horrendous play calling on that last drive.

What the fuck was that on 3rd and 3?

[chuck]

Monumentally horrendous play calling on that last drive.

I don't know how bad the play calling was but I know that the decision making on Keenum's part was poor.

[HudsonHawk]

I don't know how bad the play calling was but I know that the decision making on Keenum's part was poor.

He's a fucking undrafted rookie. Give him at least a chance to pick up a first down. The play caller should be fired in the locker room and not allowed on the plane ride home. But you knew that.

[HudsonHawk]

What the fuck was that on 3rd and 3?

They're playing four deep prevent giving you the middle of the field...I know, let's throw three bombs at the sideline.

[HudsonHawk]

So with Keenum, they've now lost three games, all of them by a field goal or less, when in each game they've missed at least one what should be automatic field goals. Yet they don't think they have an issue with their kicking game.

[Uncle Charlie]

They're playing four deep prevent giving you the middle of the field...I know, let's throw three bombs at the sideline.

The one bomb to Hopkins was uncalled for, but the 3rd and 3 had to be a mis-read.  There were two guys open over the middle.

[MusicMan]

I know Ed Reed's a HOF player, but he should STFU in regards to this team.

[HudsonHawk]

I know Ed Reed's a HOF player, but he should STFU in regards to this team.

Even when he's spot on?  At least *someone* on that team is recognizing the problem.

[Limey]

Kubiak back with the team today; going to coach the team on Sunday vs. the Raiders.

Not sure how I feel about that on many levels.

[MusicMan]

Even when he's spot on?  At least *someone* on that team is recognizing the problem.

Except that he doesn't recognize that he's part of the problem.

[HudsonHawk]

Except that he doesn't recognize that he's part of the problem.

He's not the reason Kubiak is an idiot.  He's not the reason Joe Marciano is an idiot.

[Limey]

He's not the reason Kubiak is an idiot.  He's not the reason Joe Marciano is an idiot.

This is all on McNair.  He had the option not to re-up Kubiak, the decision to keep him was the proximate cause of everything that is wrong with this team currently.  Incompetent special teams; Schaub's contract extension and continued usage; stupid play calling; disastrous clock management; and, of course, a fucking useless, fat, Aggie kicker.

[Bench]

Except that he doesn't recognize that he's part of the problem.

The Texans recognized it for him.  He's gone.

[Bench]

He's not the reason Kubiak is an idiot.  He's not the reason Joe Marciano is an idiot.

And yet he's the one who gets released.

Not saying it wasn't deserved, but it shouldn't stop there (thought it probably will until Bullock is let go after the season).

[homer]

This has been out for a couple of days, but it shows the concern of the front office:

Referencing a NFL Network video entitled, “Kubiak on the hot seat,” the report notes:

That frustration channels from the coaching staff holding too much sway over the draft process and, according to Rapoport, keeping the team’s stars on the field too long. A string of defensive collapses have been pinned on a D-line that wears down late, something the Texans were guilty of against the Colts after interim coach Wade Phillips stepped in for Kubiak two Sundays ago.

http://blog.chron.com/ultimatetexans/2013/11/report-texans-front-office-frustrated-with-coaching-staff/

[Limey]

This has been out for a couple of days, but it shows the concern of the front office

So, the concern of management is that the defense is on the field too much so they tire in the 4th quarter?  I agree, but blaming the defense for that is clearly looking in the wrong direction.  The offensive line is usually pretty rested in the 4th quarter, maybe some of them could pitch in...

[BudGirl]

Ed Reed - he gone.

[HudsonHawk]

So, the concern of management is that the defense is on the field too much so they tire in the 4th quarter?  I agree, but blaming the defense for that is clearly looking in the wrong direction.  The offensive line is usually pretty rested in the 4th quarter, maybe some of them could pitch in...

Exactly.  This is not a revelation.  This is how good football teams win games in the NFL...don't turn the ball over, control the clock, score touchdowns, and wear out the defense running the ball in the 4th quarter.  That's not groundbreaking strategy.

[Uncle Charlie]

That's not groundbreaking strategy.

Sadly, to some it is...