colin

obv im sad we are not in the cat bird seat for the division, but from a pure fandom POV, this current NFL is flipping really exciting and interesting.

so we won't ever get definitive proof of CJ's statement that he is a better qb than Joshua Prescot Aloysious Captain Allen. pity

true, but one will be the division winner, the other will take a WC slot.

i misread the title of this thread, and i thought it was going to show a pic of poyer's wife, and also show a (new to me) pic of bishop's wife who was also really pretty like poyer's wife. i leave this thread in disappointment.

so, it really feels like we are where we were last season, but about a month ahead and a rockier road. we got all our defensive injuries early, we got our best offensive weapon hurt already, we had our swoon, we had our offense stuck in the mud, and then allen had his "what is wrong with that man" alien performance, but it was dec instead of nov last season, and our defense and special teams were even worse then than they are now. i hope we come out at texans like how we came out last year at detroit, and just put the belt to that ass.

they miss if one team from the afc west (not the division winner), south, and east finish with a better record. technically pittz or baltimore can finish with a better record than them in the north (and not win the division) but i just don't think that's likely. one of NE or us are for sure gonna finish with a better record, so it's down to the chargers (i'm saying broncos win the division) and jags, with maybe like houston and pittz/balti being a mega outsider. looking at the schedules coming up, KC has some tough games and does not look like they can run the table. I think they finish 8 or 9 and miss teh playoffs.

the 131 hours between 1pm sunday and when the texans game is over will basically decide if we are in a great position to take the division an still vie for the 1 seed, or are counting our blessings with tie breakers as we hope for a wild card spot. since miami we have turned the ball over 6 times (on like what, 125 snaps? that's an insane rate) and allowed nearly 400 yards rushing, and we have lots of key guys hurt or playing hurt. we are kinda (ironically) in our typical post season form already, so if we can overcome it then maybe the bright lights won't blind us again. texans is basically a must win.

if coleman were a 5th round pick he'd only have ever gotten spot duty. frankly, that might have made him a better player, he's a classic looks like a guy who can dominate but just can't play ball kinda guy. he has a chance to really embrace a smaller role and stay on the team, but i think that's a slim chance and he's likely gonezo.

in the playoffs mcd is winless on the road, and has dropped 2 at home (cinci and kc, in 22 and 23). we might end up decent in the regular season for road games, but we really have to get that fixed for the playoffs.

The texans D is more than the best in the nfl IMO. it is just so fast and physical and scary. the funny/sad thing is -- it almost doesn't matter. we win games when we don't turn the ball over, we lose them when we do. the one exception to that was yesterday, but IMO that came down to the D because a horrible early allen pick to the enemy only led to 3 points, while the cole bishop shoplift of the football led to a TD in like 4 real time minutes or less. the punt fumble was terrible obv, but the 4th down int in no mans land was gonna be a turnover on downs anyhow, so not a biggie. the TO differential is what cost in us in ATL (and we almost started the game w a shoplift), and vs NE we had 3 sloppy turnovers (was that the keon fumble, or was it atlanta? i know we had fumbles on jet sweeps in both games). even if we get trucked bad in the run game (and my gosh, is that always a possibility) as long as we don't turn the ball over i don't think we really lose any games. if we have the ball long enough even the texans d will fold and succumb to the stampede.

i was big on him coming out of college, but ate some crow about it watching him play last year (he flashed a couple times, but many many more times was cheekful). now i think we are seeing him play more free. to me he is to the safety position what spencer brown is to the RT position. not fully formed/skilled but such a monster athlete that if his attitude and temperament are on point he has the potential to be a huge impact at his position.

I want it like how Baltimore used to do it, play action, misdirection, lots of second guessing. I think our issue is we are too predictable. The cook runs and shakir plays today looked like the bucs DC called them

It was spectacular today on o, as it was many games last season, but honestly the big people and running cook creatively and play action and all of that (when Dalton is back) is our best stuff. It is nice to see that Brady reads my posts and called a couple passes to backs today.

8, 7, 58 are all paid players who just suck. Our dts aren't healthy either, but our second line d is abysmal. Williams and Thompson should be in there as much as they can be

IMO this worked because with these new guys we just didn't do what we usually do. Every te pass, every shakir play, and nearly every run was something we obviously ran before that tb was ready for, which is why it sucked the bag. They knew Allen wanted to stand tall and throw to the middle, which he did to a fault at times. He missed the back to the left on the 4th and short pick, and on some scrambles he looked passed guys to miss everyone. Similarly on d, the zone void to the left WAS ALWAYS TARGETED IN CONVERSION DOWNS. Either behind 7 or 58, who failed to get depth. A couple times poyer saw this and raced in to fill it in, but it was a consistent issue We have player issues, but we are simply too arrogant as a team at times. We run the same ish thinking one one knows it. We need to retool the run game and run the same play out of different formations and different plays out of the same formation way more. During our bad offensive stretch, our EPA was still good generally, we just got figured out from time to time. We need to be less of an open book

That's the adept analysis I expect from a University of Western Ontario grad to notice. Thank you Tim.

We need to play better and bench Josh in the 4th quarter a little more, if that's what we are getting at here

That was a massive get right game. If we carry this forward into Houston and pull that one off, we basically control our own destiny (be will drop a couple)

Btw, this is what, 51 plays and 44 points?

Lucky w the penalty, the shakir stuff has to stop he's not right, but what a drive

Key stop, 39 did great. I'm kinda surprised they punted tbh

Josh looked bad there, but Gillian is a cyborg who just can't move dynamically, lol

We as a team are just so bad at 2pt conversions

Screen pass and it's a walk in

Just awful team d