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on the bright side, if we keep giving up almost 200 yards rushing, teams will no longer pass/pass/pass on us.
Turnovers killed the Texans today. I have to think they will tighten that up, especially if Foster can come back healthy. Blue played well at RB but didn't show Foster's knack for the crucial short yardage plays. Cushing with 17 tackles and JJ Watt with a strong game was good to see. Hopefully this game was the outlier for Fitzpatrick, or else this season will get ugly. I hope Lechler is okay, he's an important weapon for this team. Mercilus seemed ineffective which puts a spotlight on Clowney's health. Texans need him back.
Exactly. For a 9-7 record, some losses are expected. I do hope we win the next one since it's at home and Texans still have a lot to prove.
This is a disappointing loss, but our defense is awful besides watt and a couple other players. We have no run defense and zero pressure on the QB except for watt. The offense is what it is, a bad to below average QB trying to force the issue and you get today's results. I still can't believe our running game without Foster is this big of a joke. I like Foster but he just can't stay healthy for 16 games anymore, and to be honest we need to cut our losses since he can't stay healthy. The same goes for Cushing who look's slower than I've ever seen him. Rick Smith needs to be fired for giving out these ridiculous contracts. Romeo Crennel needs to figure this defense out quickly or he will be gone (hopefully). I guess Romeo isn't big on stopping the run and letting some scrub get 170 against us. Am I the only one who thinks our defense the first couple of weeks has gotten lucky with fumbles in our endzone? Because if those fumbles don't happen I guarantee everyone would be talking about how bad the defense really has been.
Mercilus played okay. Reed was around, but didn't make many plays. Apparently Cushing and Watt were MIA, according to posters here, even though they played great. So I wouldn't really expect great answers from folks around here.
Will O'Brien cage Fitz for his performance and let Mallet start? Or is it too soon? Really curious to see how the coach will handle today's loss towards the team and what he has in store for them.
The Texans could have won this game. That call-back penalty on Hopkins' one-handed catch of a Fitz bomb was a killer! While Fitz is Fitz and made some mistakes, dude is not a p***y! The 'D' let us down in this game. The "bend" DID "break'. Alas, it is back to the drawing board, but the team is still 2 and 1 and riding a soft schedule. Just one more mention of Hopkins who is really impressing.
You can claim that, but I can claim that two lucky breaks for the defense made dreamers think it was close. The fact is, the Giants easily could have hung 40 on us.
either way execution sucked on all fronts: defense, offense, special teams. Special teams with poor blocking on the blocked punt.
I always love these statements... Yeah they could have won the game if they played football better, but they didn't, so they lost. The Giants were clearly the better team today and I don't know how that isn't obvious.
I wont argue that, Eddie... It could have been worse for sure. The Giants over came some early mistakes. It will be interesting to see what the future holds for the Texans and the BO'b machine.
I thought fitzy played better in the second half when BOB went empty backfield. It's obvious today's loss was due to not having our horse in arian. The giants could simply double dre and nuk without fear of a big run. Our run defense is also terrible, we need to seal the gap better and fill holes more. Clowney should help with that when he returns. Oh and penalties killed us, that false start and illegal HTF destroyed a positive drive off of a take away. If we put points OTB then we could have won the game. Looking forward to a bounce back win next week against the Bills. They have fred jackson and a decent passing game so it won't be easy but i think we take it due to our crowd.
After the interception midway through the 4th I thought we should have tried mallet. There was no way we were going to come back, why not give him some shots launching it at Hopkins/Johnson. That upset me.
