Seth Payne made the observation that this performance was mostly due to favorable matchups on the o-line and is unlikely to be replicated against "better" teams. We'll see against Denver, but to me this win is fool's gold.
Funny.....and nice to see the offensive grades better than the defensive grades for a change!!!!????
John Harris wasn't the only one who had been wanting to see the 6th O-Lineman set.....I've been wanting to see the "Heavy Set" ever since losing Stover and the game one loss. If you remember I was asking if Cam Robinson could catch before we traded him....LOL....Now I have that same question about Blake Fisher. If not, maybe one of the other Tackles can??? It would be fun to see one of our Red Zone visits turn into a Big Boy TD reception from CJ........It could be schemed up as Fisher being a lead blocker for a CJ sweep....Fisher "misses" his block and CJ just tosses it over the defenders head to Fisher for the score!!!!......It would be ALL OVER the National Media's highlight reels at halftime or post game on the tube!!!!
Overall I am still not impressed with our offensive production. It is inconsistently good at best and absolutely terrible at worst. My favorite parts are CJ eating the clock and successfully targeting everyone in his passing attack and seeing the running backs finding the lanes opened by the O-Line.......My NOT so favorite parts are when CJ is running for his life backwards into a 10+ yard sack or when a DT meets Chubb or Woody in the backfield for a 3 yard loss.
We seem to move the ball well down the field and into the Red Zone....but once we get there we, more often than not, stall and end up settling for 3 points instead of earning the 7.
Realistically, as a long time football player and lifetime football fan, I know I can't expect the Texans to always exicute my favorite parts of this offense to perfection.....but I do expect them to do it more often than they do at this point of the season.
If we are completely fair in our evaluation.....we have a QB with a radar controlled cannon for an arm and fairly decent legs when needed....we have a room overflowing with young and talented skill players with some older talent tossed into the mix.....and our O-Line has some big, fast and talented pieces who have shown flashes of excellence. Against the Ravens and the 49ers they looked like the best recievers, running backs and O-Line in the NFL!!!! ONE GAME of "sackless" football and finally whipping up on the wingless Ravens was fun to watch...but the $1,000,000 question is.... can they repeat it against a defense that isn't missing most of it's teeth???
The 49ers game could be the turning point for this Texans team????
I want to see if they can repeat their clock eating offensive dominance against a good Broncos team on Sunday. If they can do that and let the defense rest and get amped up and hungry watching the offense eat the Broncos will be in a world of DEEP trouble!!!
We have a chance for this Texans team to kick in the door of the second half of this season and make a realistic run to the playoffs......It starts on Sunday!!!!
Finally, I'd like to see Tommy T get a paid day off and Fairbairn be limited to just punching in extra points and giving our kickoff team the chance to pin the Broncos deep or even allow them to get a strip fumble and recovery.
Am I asking for too much????.......We will know by 4PM on Sunday what Texans offense shows up to play.
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Seth Payne made the observation that this performance was mostly due to favorable matchups on the o-line and is unlikely to be replicated against "better" teams. We'll see against Denver, but to me this win is fool's gold.
Funny.....and nice to see the offensive grades better than the defensive grades for a change!!!!????
John Harris wasn't the only one who had been wanting to see the 6th O-Lineman set.....I've been wanting to see the "Heavy Set" ever since losing Stover and the game one loss. If you remember I was asking if Cam Robinson could catch before we traded him....LOL....Now I have that same question about Blake Fisher. If not, maybe one of the other Tackles can??? It would be fun to see one of our Red Zone visits turn into a Big Boy TD reception from CJ........It could be schemed up as Fisher being a lead blocker for a CJ sweep....Fisher "misses" his block and CJ just tosses it over the defenders head to Fisher for the score!!!!......It would be ALL OVER the National Media's highlight reels at halftime or post game on the tube!!!!
Overall I am still not impressed with our offensive production. It is inconsistently good at best and absolutely terrible at worst. My favorite parts are CJ eating the clock and successfully targeting everyone in his passing attack and seeing the running backs finding the lanes opened by the O-Line.......My NOT so favorite parts are when CJ is running for his life backwards into a 10+ yard sack or when a DT meets Chubb or Woody in the backfield for a 3 yard loss.
We seem to move the ball well down the field and into the Red Zone....but once we get there we, more often than not, stall and end up settling for 3 points instead of earning the 7.
Realistically, as a long time football player and lifetime football fan, I know I can't expect the Texans to always exicute my favorite parts of this offense to perfection.....but I do expect them to do it more often than they do at this point of the season.
If we are completely fair in our evaluation.....we have a QB with a radar controlled cannon for an arm and fairly decent legs when needed....we have a room overflowing with young and talented skill players with some older talent tossed into the mix.....and our O-Line has some big, fast and talented pieces who have shown flashes of excellence. Against the Ravens and the 49ers they looked like the best recievers, running backs and O-Line in the NFL!!!! ONE GAME of "sackless" football and finally whipping up on the wingless Ravens was fun to watch...but the $1,000,000 question is.... can they repeat it against a defense that isn't missing most of it's teeth???
The 49ers game could be the turning point for this Texans team????
I want to see if they can repeat their clock eating offensive dominance against a good Broncos team on Sunday. If they can do that and let the defense rest and get amped up and hungry watching the offense eat the Broncos will be in a world of DEEP trouble!!!
We have a chance for this Texans team to kick in the door of the second half of this season and make a realistic run to the playoffs......It starts on Sunday!!!!
Finally, I'd like to see Tommy T get a paid day off and Fairbairn be limited to just punching in extra points and giving our kickoff team the chance to pin the Broncos deep or even allow them to get a strip fumble and recovery.
Am I asking for too much????.......We will know by 4PM on Sunday what Texans offense shows up to play.
I'M CLIMBING BACK UP THAT FAITH WALL!!
GO COWS.....UHH???.....TEXANS!!!!