19 of 42 might be our worst QB passing percentage ever.

I was so excited about this season and now I am really getting discouraged. I want to believe Brock will become the quarterback worth $70 million and our future. Yes, we played a fantastic defense today, but we have seen all the bad throws and interceptions week after week? Our defense couldn't keep our head afloat this week, and that is what has kept us afloat so far this year. Yes, at times Brock shows glimpses of being great, but so do a lot of bad quarterbacks. Is he bad? I have no idea yet, but he seems unsettled, scared, and unsure. The confidence he started out with, which was probably higher than his ability, was his biggest strength. That, and his leadership abilities people talk about. I just hope he doesn't become a man hiding from his own shadow, making poor decisions, and tallying up interceptions game after game. No matter what anyone says I find it really hard to believe Savage would have only completed 19 of 42 passes, and probably Hoyer, Mallet, and Keenum wouldn't have done any worse. Who knows, but then I worry that maybe O'Brien and his coaching staff is the problem. Is this "complicated" offense a disaster for making quarterbacks better? Why do the same quarterbacks play better before and after we put them on our team? Who knows the real answer. Is it that we have never had a good enough offensive line for any quarterback to work with? Somehow I doubt that is the whole problem. Somehow I think if Hopkins and Fuller were on most of the other teams in this league they would be lighting up the scoreboard. Is it Osweiller, O'Brien, or bad route running? If only we could see the routes being run on TV, but usually we don't see the receivers to see if they were open unless the ball is thrown to them. It all baffles me. I went from disappointed to disgusted to "laughing" at how bad it got. Yes, I think it made me crazy for a moment. Such is the life of a Houston fan since the days of the Oilers. Maybe it will all turn around, and if we can beat our divisional opponents we will have turned it all around come playoff times. I sure hope so, because right now the blame game seems to be like playing pin the tail on the donkey. I want to believe, I really do. All I know is that the Rockets might be much more fun to watch this year, which is at least some joy for a Houston sports fan. This was such a disappointing weekend for a Cougars and Texans fan.

 

Yes paragraphs should have been used. Your insight and brilliant response to my concerns are enlightening. Thank You.

 

I was being sarcastic, but honestly don't remember seeing stats that bad since the first year of our franchise with a rookie.

 

Yeah, 6 of 25 in his second game tops this. But, that was the only game worse than this one by our worst quarterback ever. Who knows, maybe Brock will turn it around better than Carr did. A lot of the greats started out their first year pretty ugly.

 

My post was pretty clear that I don't know who to blame. Who knows really? Brock, O-Line, Coaching, "complicated offense" O'Brien runs, receivers not running the right routes, or simply good defense. I give the defense credit, but Brock was off, and has been really inconsistent so far this season. Next week is a big one for us! Let's hope he hits his mark.

 

It's times like that when I wonder how much more disappointment I can take.

 

I agree. Same **** different year. The big difference........we are building our franchise on Osweiller.