Sojourner

Whilst I would love to get Budda Baker or a proven vet safety, they didn’t do too bad in the second half. Granted Collins was out, which obviously helped, but they played very well and forced 2 huge turnovers with a score sitting @ 17-20 on both. When it mattered, they stepped up. Offense didn’t. A WR might do more for this team as you can’t get a prime pass rusher for cheap.

There’s room for improvement yes but the issues were on full display today so I completely and whole heartedly disagree with the “problems on O are more difficult to diagnose”. The skill positions let Josh down on a lot of his throws. Cook should have been targeted far more. Mack Hollins blew that TD early in the game. He slowed down due to bad tracking of the ball. You saw poor tracking on the ball again on the interesting play selections pinned at the goal line when the Texans had 3 TOs. A reasonable WR with that step on the defender is likely to be getting hands on the ball if not catching it. Samuel annd MVS are awful. Very few plays are ever successful when theyre involved. Keon Coleman is still raw and made some oopsies. He did however make up for it with that TD. You can give him a pass as he’s a rookie. Without Shakir we knew there would be a problem. The problem is just average players at the wide receiver. It’s really as simple as that. These guys are who they are. One or two games in the season that leave you hopeful. Very little else. Two. TWO turnovers on back to back drives and we came away with 3 points. The drive we got 3 points from we gained ZERO yards. The theme in those two drives? Throwing to MVS and Samuel on key 3rd downs. In fact, every failed third down that resulted in FGs or a Punt were to Coleman/MVS/Hollins/Samuel except 2; One was challengeable to Kincaid. The problem is unreliable players at a position of importance. We had a reliable guy all regular season but wasn’t when it mattered in the playoffs. What’s going to happen with the 3 journeymen who’ve never proved reliability in their careers? That leaves it to Shakir, Kincaid/Knox, Cook and a rookie who is just as unreliable. Not to turn this post into a “trade” statement but today was clear there has to be someone acquired at that position group who is reliable to make a play of the ball comes their way. Play calling needs improvement too but a guy who can let Shakir/Kincaid/Cook work the underneath and short game is looking like an absolute necessity for us to make progress in the post season, if we even get there. 2¢

Yeah, there’s always a positive if you want to find one. Carter was great. Smoot finally played to the ability some have hoped he’d display and obviously Bernard being back and grabbing an INT is a solid remedy going forward.

If you don’t Schnow by now, you never will.

yeah but the play calling by Houston was just as atrocious as ours during the second half. Very predictable and easy to defend. Difference was our offensive calls were a little worse with little to no relief for the QB. Houston had them and they gave their guy enough time. The whole series after the fumble recovery in the RZ tells you all you need to know. Many called it, they should have done the opposite of what everyone knew was happening on first down with Trubisky coming in. What have you got to lose? The 3rd down was even worse. Every single player in the EZ. Disgusting. Josh didn’t have a great game by any means but I’m crediting that to poor play calling and Al-Shaair for the Texans. That LB was absolutely unbelievable on sniffing out Josh on the spy.

Maybe they run a fake punt with their star safety on the keeper????

Dude. That is 100% IG.

Well. Kicker has to miss. 🙏

If Al-Shaair wasn’t in this game like was being reported yesterday, we win. That guy has put on a clinic in the spy role on josh

LMAO MCD THINKING ABOUT CHALLENGING THAT CATCH BUT NOT THE KINCAID EARLIER????? W I T A F

A WR would be perfect addition but seriously, if Budda Baker is available go and get him. This safety play is horrific.

Go get stung at least you’ll have visual reference for your good luck 😝

Wonder if the Texans locker room was all rah-rah like they’d won. They seem to have been coasting since hitting the field

Jeez. Of course.

Samuel’s best days were in that weird triple option offense with Carolina. A unique gadget player. His stats, I thought were because of bad QB in Washington, we’re the result of being behind in most games the redskins were playing.

It’s ok. He’ll never know. Just as clueless of your words as he was the ball coming to his helmet.

Oh no… 😔

You got Josh. No other reason.

absolutely with you. the fact it’s against 2 teams that were already touted as playoffs teams in our conference before the season and during is the even more concerning point. saving grace if we lose this in a terrible fashion is that we might end up playing one or both of these teams again in the post-season for redemption.

Sadly things didn’t change when you posted this not long into the second quarter lol

That’s the worst thing, when we get down by 1 or 2 scores they immediately abandon the run, irrespective of how much time is left. It’s the way for years, they want to score quickly to put you on the back foot to respond. If it works, it’s tough for teams to match. When it doesn’t, you’re removing a large portion of your playbook and just giving the other team a better opportunity to ice the game. If the Texans get a TD on the opening drive of the 3rd, buckle up.

He’s had some decent time on a few of these plays. Bailed from the pocket into pressure a couple of times. A few bad throws on others. Everyone knows this team goes as far and as well as Josh does. Right now, he’s having a stinker.

that collins td is the only difference. Not a great game

Mine has frozen twice but that could just be YouTube buffering or server issues for me.

hollins throw was fine. kincaid was inexcusable given how the game has played out so far.