Texans at colts

[hostros7]

If you were concerned that wade might be retained, don't be.

[HudsonHawk]

The problem is that McNair thinks they're close.  Prepare yourself for another Wild Card game in 2021.

[HudsonHawk]

Safety, and unsportsmanlike conduct after the play.  So you give up 2 points and have to kick off from the 10 yard line.  There is no discipline on this team whatsoever.  No accountability, no leadership.  This starts with you McNair.  You're a joke of an owner.

[austro]

Unfortunately for my fantasy chances, the only thing the Texans seem to be doing well today is keeping Hilton out of the endzone.

[hostros7]

Safety, and unsportsmanlike conduct after the play.  So you give up 2 points and have to kick off from the 10 yard line.  There is no discipline on this team whatsoever.  No accountability, no leadership.  This starts with you McNair.  You're a joke of an owner.

Thought it was funny the ref called it taunting. It's tough to taunt after you've just gotten your ass kicked.

[HudsonHawk]

Unfortunately for my fantasy chances, the only thing the Texans seem to be doing well today is keeping Hilton out of the endzone.

The defense is playing fine.  I don't expect a shutout.  If the offense would keep the ball for more than 2 minutes a quarter...

[HudsonHawk]

Thought it was funny the ref called it taunting. It's tough to taunt after you've just gotten your ass kicked.

Didn't hear him call it taunting.  Just hear the unsportsmanlike conduct, throwing the ball at the opponent. 

[austro]

Didn't hear him call it taunting.  Just hear the unsportsmanlike conduct, throwing the ball at the opponent. 

I'm sure he missed.

[HudsonHawk]

For some reason, Pagano is REALLY trying to rub it in.  He's got a chip on his shoulder about something.  I don't know what.

[Uncle Charlie]

The silver lining to my 2013-14 NFL fan experience as a Texan fan is listening to Dallas radio on Monday mornings.  It's often the highlight of my NFL week.

[HudsonHawk]

The silver lining to my 2013-14 NFL fan experience as a Texan fan is listening to Dallas radio on Monday mornings.  It's often the highlight of my NFL week.

Boy, you wanna talk about stepping on your dick...but, I'm sure Romo is still beloved.

[sporadic]

Boy, you wanna talk about stepping on your dick...but, I'm sure Romo is still beloved.

He really needs a change of scenery, something to get the stench of the staff and the whole damn franchise off of him.  I mean, you run it 15 times for about 130 and are hell bent on passing it...with a big lead!!  I literally would have fired Garrett immediately after the game.  The players seem to really like Garrett, but he is not the guy.  I hire a guy, ask him if he can win with the base personnel, and move forward.  Problem is, Jerry will never allow that to occure, Garrett is the perfect puppet.

[Ty in Tampa]

He really needs a change of scenery, something to get the stench of the staff and the whole damn franchise off of him.  I mean, you run it 15 times for about 130 and are hell bent on passing it...with a big lead!!  I literally would have fired Garrett immediately after the game.  The players seem to really like Garrett, but he is not the guy.  I hire a guy, ask him if he can win with the base personnel, and move forward.  Problem is, Jerry will never allow that to occure, Garrett is the perfect puppet.

Everything I have read says the play call on the interception to end the game was a run but Romo checked it off.

[Duke]

He really needs a change of scenery, something to get the stench of the staff and the whole damn franchise off of him.  I mean, you run it 15 times for about 130 and are hell bent on passing it...with a big lead!!  I literally would have fired Garrett immediately after the game.  The players seem to really like Garrett, but he is not the guy.  I hire a guy, ask him if he can win with the base personnel, and move forward.  Problem is, Jerry will never allow that to occure, Garrett is the perfect puppet.

Not sure how reliable this is but heard Chris Carter on Mike and Mike this morning say that Romo checked out of a run on the final interception.  I think Garret has 3 or 4 more years on his contract.  No way Jerry pays 2 head coaches at the same time.  

[sporadic]

Not sure how reliable this is but heard Chris Carter on Mike and Mike this morning say that Romo checked out of a run on the final interception.  I think Garret has 3 or 4 more years on his contract.  No way Jerry pays 2 head coaches at the same time.  

I have no issue with checking to a pass when you are down with less than two minutes remaining...I have a huge problem with throwing it all over the lot in the third quarter with a big lead.  The last pick was on Romo, he read man and Beasly sat in the zone...Beasly was correct.  Corner showed man, sagged into zone, Romo lead Beasly as if man were being played and the CB made a tremendous play.

[Bench]

I have no issue with checking to a pass when you are down with less than two minutes remaining...I have a huge problem with throwing it all over the lot in the third quarter with a big lead.  The last pick was on Romo, he read man and Beasly sat in the zone...Beasly was correct.  Corner showed man, sagged into zone, Romo lead Beasly as if man were being played and the CB made a tremendous play.

Here's Barnwell's take on the two picks:

It's a surprise that Romo threw the ball at all; the play was primarily designed to be a run. Jason Garrett alluded to it after the game, and it was misinterpreted afterward in some circles as Romo audibling out of a run play into a pass, but Grantland's Chris Brown noted in the moment that the play was designed as a packaged play with multiple options. Watch the video again. The Cowboys' offensive linemen block like it's a run play. Had Romo even had the time to hand it off to DeMarco Murray, Matthews would have swallowed him whole with the backside pursuit. You'll also note that every single member of the Packers honors the run-action and heads for the developing point of attack. There's no safety helping Shields on that play. If Romo leads Austin, there's nobody standing between Austin and the end zone. Romo read the defense properly and was right to think pass. He did an incredible job of eluding Matthews. The slant that Austin was designed to run as the second option on the packaged play had come and gone by the time Romo escaped Matthews's clutches, though, and Romo threw it like it was still there. That's where the mistake came in.

Romo's second interception is mostly on Cole Beasley. I don't love the decision to throw a two-yard out to the sticks on second-and-1, and I don't think Romo realized that Tramon Williams wasn't going to sink any deeper, but Beasley freezes in the middle of his route. That just can't happen. Beasley took the blame afterward, saying as much. If he completes his route, the pass is either complete or incomplete, but it's really difficult for the throw to be intercepted.

[sporadic]

Here's Barnwell's take on the two picks:


Romo's second interception is mostly on Cole Beasley. I don't love the decision to throw a two-yard out to the sticks on second-and-1, and I don't think Romo realized that Tramon Williams wasn't going to sink any deeper, but Beasley freezes in the middle of his route. That just can't happen. Beasley took the blame afterward, saying as much. If he completes his route, the pass is either complete or incomplete, but it's really difficult for the throw to be intercepted.

HMMM...I was referring to the second pick, not the first, and I though Beasly read it correctly.  The audible to pass makes sense on the first pick...that was a gut punch.  One, how in the world is he not sacked?  Two, if the ball is a foot more out in front of Ausint he scores, DB was trailing the play and there was no safety help.  Actually, the check was the right call, big time protection break down allowing the free rusher.

[HudsonHawk]

HMMM...I was referring to the second pick, not the first, and I though Beasly read it correctly.  The audible to pass makes sense on the first pick...that was a gut punch.  One, how in the world is he not sacked?  Two, if the ball is a foot more out in front of Ausint he scores, DB was trailing the play and there was no safety help.  Actually, the check was the right call, big time protection break down allowing the free rusher.

It still makes no sense to me.  You have a touchdown lead, 2nd and 6 with 2 minutes and change, and GB down to one time out.  You run the fucking ball.


Also, where the fuck was the defense?  You gave up 34 points...in the 2nd half!  You can't do that. 

[sporadic]

It still makes no sense to me.  You have a touchdown lead, 2nd and 6 with 2 minutes and change, and GB down to one time out.  You run the fucking ball.


Also, where the fuck was the defense?  You gave up 34 points...in the 2nd half!  You can't do that. 

Dallas can!!!  From coaching to on-field play, it was a clusterfuck of the highest order.  Everyone had their fingerprints on that loss.

[Uncle Charlie]

It still makes no sense to me.  You have a touchdown lead, 2nd and 6 with 2 minutes and change, and GB down to one time out.  You run the fucking ball.

Exactly.  They only had 1 time out.  So what if you only get back to the LOS...you force them to burn their last time out.  This is as fundamental as letting a runner score from 3rd while turning a double play when you're up by 2 in the 9th.  It's dead fucking simple.  That said, it made my Monday morning drive more enjoyable and helps me to get through the rest of the Texan's season.

Also, where the fuck was the defense?  You gave up 34 points...in the 2nd half!  You can't do that. 

This defense is historical in its ineptitude.  I still cannot believe that they canned Rob Ryan when the guy to be canned was Garrett.  And for God sake's Garrett, get a bit emotional and call some folks out.

[austro]

He really needs a change of scenery, something to get the stench of the staff and the whole damn franchise off of him.

Dear god, please don't send him to Houston.