Wow. That is a complete evisceration of RS and it didn't even scratch the surface of things like winning percentages and post season success...
How do we get this message out in the public? Does someone need to buy a billboard? Why won't the local sports writers start writing about this?
Still stuck in Rickville Texansfan... First and 10 The rest of the NFL vs. Rick Smith... Gee, I wonder how that will work out...?
Here is a good article on the 5 worst players at each position in the NFL. As many would suspect, Texans have: RB: Blue at #5 OT: Giacomini at #1 OG: XSF at #2 Allen was an honorable mention C: Martin #3 S: Gilchrist at #2 Looking at the article, we have five of the worst players at their positions getting regular playing time on this team. http://bleacherreport.com/articles/...letter&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=nfl
So many traded picks and free agent overpays since O'Brien got here. Completely predictable. I've been b****ing about it for years
1. No way XSF isn't worst OG. 2. Chris Clark would be bottom 5 LT if he wasn't injured. 3. No way Jeff Allen isn't bottom 5. 4, Gilchrist, I don't see bottom 5 at all. Average to below average. Nice job, Rick.
Do you thinking the texans are tanking to get a higher draft pick? The 3rd rounder? Whatever you believe, whoever you believe is decision maker, Bob or RS, they are going to blow it anyways
I don't know who NFL1000 is, but I didn't think Martin had been that bad at center. 3/5's of our o-line on the bottom 5/dishonorable mention list! If they expanded it to top 10 worst we would probably be 5 for 5 (although I don't think Martin belongs there). Tells me how good Deshaun Watson was at his job and how bad Rick Smith was at his. Gosh I have a bad feeling about this offseason if RS is "picking the groceries" for us as Bill Parcells once put it.
Spoiler: Random Former Texans in the league QB Case Keenum(Vikings) | Matt Schaub(Falcons) | Ryan Fitzpatrick(Bucs) | Brian Hoyer(Patriots) | Brandon Weeden(Titans) | Brock Osweiler(Broncos) | Ryan Mallett(Ravens) RB Akeem Hunt(Chiefs) | Dare Ogunbowale(Redskins) | RB George Winn(Colts) WR Jaelen Strong(Jaguars) | Riley McCarron(Patriots) | Dres Anderson(Colts) TE Phillip Supernaw(Titans) | Evan Baylis(Panthers) | Khari Lee(Bills) | Eric Tomlinson(Jets) | Anthony Denham(Cardinals) OL Brandon Brooks(Eagles) | Duane Brown(Seahawks) | Ben Jones(Titans) | Eric Winston(Bengals) | Oday Aboushi(Seahawks) | Matt Feiler(Steelers) | Bryan Witzmann(Chiefs) | Tony Bergstrom(Redskins) | James Ferentz(Patriots) DL Terrell McClain(Redskins) | Earl Mitchell(49ers) | Jared Crick(Broncos) | Chris Jones(49ers) | Mitch Unrein(Bears) | Steven Means(Eagles) LB Connor Barwin(Rams) | Brooks Reed(Falcons) | Lamarr Houston(Bears) | John Simon(Colts) | Eric Lee(Patriots) | LB Bryan Braman(Eagles) CB A.J. Bouye(Jaguars) | Brice McCain(Titans) | Sherrick McManis(Bears) | Darryl Morris(Giants) | Justin Hardee(Saints) | Duke Thomas(Cowboys) | Denzel Rice(Colts) S Glover Quin(Lions) | Quintin Demps(Bears) | D.J. Swearinger(Redskins) | Don Jones(49ers) | Steven Terrell(Chiefs) | K.J. Dillon(Cardinals) K Chris Boswell(Steelers) | Randy Bullock(Bengals) | Nick Novak(Chargers) P Donnie Jones(Eagles) LS Clark Harris(Bengals)
Organizational failure. They all need to go. Can't blame the scouts though. It's Rick and Bill agreeing to trade away picks and sign overpriced free agents that caused this.
I didn't "do it", @J.R. did. How many GMs have two 20-something Pro Bowl players they let walk in free agency... in positions of need?
It's time Texans brass answer the questions that won't go away Spoiler What is Bob McNair going to do? How is the owner of a 4-11 embarrassment going to handle another lost season? Those are the only questions that remain for the Texans in 2017. Christmas Day at NRG Stadium was over before it began - the black-and-gold invasion on Kirby Drive said it all - and 34-6 Pittsburgh on national TV was worse than the blowout shows. Someone named Taylor Heinicke became the Texans' fourth quarterback this season (and also suffered a concussion). The Steelers led 27-0, while the Texans turned second-and-1 at Pittsburgh's goal line into fourth-and-1 and a T.J. Yates interception. Bill O'Brien's team has lost five consecutive games, nine of their last 11 and been outscored 79-13 in its last two thrashings. "It's brutal. Not good. Been a tough year," said a coach who now is below .500 (31-32) since he took over for a fired Gary Kubiak in 2014. That was about all that O'Brien said. He was his normal, short-and-abrupt self after a defeat. Questions were asked, but he barely answered them, becoming guarded and defensive when reminded of his in-game decisions that led to another Texans disaster. "We probably should have run it almost every down." "I guess we could've run it. If that would've worked, you would have asked me, 'Why did that work?' " "Just not a good day. Not much to say." At least the coach of a 4-11 team (sort of) speaks. General manager Rick Smith? McNair? Who knows what they are thinking as the finality of Week 17 approaches and the Texans close out their second meaningless year since 2013. Smith is insulated, overprotected and rarely accessible. Except for a few rare occurrences, McNair only answers questions during the season if his Texans win. My last memory of the team's owner meeting with the media after a loss was when a few reporters accidentally ran into him in a darkened hallway late last season after a snowy Week 13 defeat to the Packers at Lambeau Field. McNair said then that Brock Osweiler "played as well" as Green Bay's Aaron Rodgers, standing up for the Texans' troubled $72 million man. "If not for the passes that were dropped, his grade would have been higher than Rodgers," McNair said Dec. 4, 2016. "Don't be critical of him. He played well." O'Brien benched Osweiler for Tom Savage two weeks later. Even though Smith has been McNair's GM since June 2006 and only has three wild-card victories to his name in 12 seasons, he is more elusive than the Texans' owner. The general manager (who so many fans want to fire) rarely speaks. When he does, McNair's right-hand man only discusses vague generalities (the draft, the quarterback position) and intentionally avoids specifics. The Texans are tied for the fourth-worst record in the league and Case Keenum's Vikings are 12-3, so 2017 obviously has been pretty crazy. Down is up. Up is down. You know how it goes. But if memory serves, the last time the Texans' GM said anything substantial was during training camp at a resort in the faraway mountains of West Virginia. There, he declared that Pro Bowl left tackle Duane Brown wasn't holding out. (Even though Brown obviously was, didn't play for the Texans until Week 8 and was traded to Seattle a day after a tough loss to the Seahawks.) You're done with barely better than average and not being able to finish off close, winnable games. You've had it with 2-14, 9-7 on repeat in a weak division and then 4-11 during the season when the Texans finally discover a QB. You demand clarity, significant improvement and accountability when the offensive line, backup quarterbacks, defense, special teams and roster depth are this bad. Of course, all you receive is weekly coach-speak, intentional confusion and some eerie scene from "The Wizard of Oz" played back on repeat. Part of this is just modern NFL life. The league, more than ever, loves to insulate its owners, executives and coaches. Access is limited (and prized). Meanwhile, MLB proudly opens its doors - GMs, managers and star players - every day. Rockets general manager Daryl Morey playfully interacts with fans on Twitter; new owner Tilman Fertitta is a regular courtside presence and casually chats with the media postgame in the team locker room as James Harden is getting dressed nearby. But it also is not a coincidence that the Texans operate this way. It's how they've been run since I've been around them, and 2017 has only reinforced that this is just the way things work on Kirby Drive. If you want to hear from the owner, you have to wait until the team wins. (How convenient.) If you want to ask the GM about the Texans' woeful line, a depleted defense that has given up 79 points the last two games or why "Taylor Heinicke" was playing quarterback on national TV, you are forced to tough it out until another unfulfilling season ends. Then it's too late, and that pressing question from Week 12 is pointless. The bad, broken Texans are 4-11 and have not won since mid-November. They will be lucky to beat the 3-12 Colts, who are expected to fire coach Chuck Pagano and have moved on from former GM Ryan Grigson. McNair has some serious questions to answer. A clearly frustrated O'Brien is living on an island. The Texans' owner and GM are nowhere to be seen. Again.
tl;dr: Bobby McNair has some serious questions to answer. The Texans' owner and BFF GM are nowhere to be seen. AGAIN. Spoiler BTS
"It doesn't matter Brian. Defending AFC South Champs two t... oh wait. " If McNair is nowhere to be seen, does it mean the inmates are running the prison?
