Fix that O line, get Watt back, get the rest of the walking wounded back and I think there's a chance.
And there is no reason Brock can't get there. One thing Brock does have is football IQ. His pre-snap audible calls have a success rate of about 70%. He simply has to get more comfortable in the pocket - and considering he is basically just now ending his rookie season (16 games played), he is going to get better. With our offensive line like it is, it is going to be tough all year. We live and die by the play action, and even though our overall rushing yards is solid - it is very streaky. Miller and Blue are pretty terrible most of the time this season, and then bust 2-3 decent runs per game to bring up their average. That doesn't help during the first two quarters when you're stuck in 3rd and 7 or 8 time and time again. Also, WTF was Brock supposed to do with the down the field pass game against Jacksonville? Fuller and Strong were both out - we had no deep threat beyond Nuk, who was covered with a single high safety half the damn game. Again, people don't think about this crap. We had both of our true deep threats out of the game - and they wonder why he focused on the tight ends? Brock has sealed the last two wins with crucial third down and long passes, that were all-pro type throws. He has the juice, he just needs the pieces around him to make it viable. Look at our two passing touchdowns on Sunday, and how well he performs when the defense bites on the play fake. He is money on it. The only problem is, they didn't bite on the play fake except when we were on the goal line, because of our hit and miss run game. The right side of our line, absolutely kill us. And our fans are overwhelmingly stupid to how the game is actually played. PFF predicted that the Jaguars would be contenders, because of their ability to play Cover-1 (single high safety). Without speed from Strong and Fuller, BoB and Godsey were playing the long game (run).
Derek Carr & Jimmy Garoppolo were both available in 2014; he chose Ryan Fitzpatrick. He could have kept Fitzpatrick in 2015; he chose Hoyer/Mallett. He could have kept Hoyer in 2016; he signed Brock Osweiler, who has regressed significantly and is now the worst starting QB in the NFL. He hasn't had the cream of the crop; but he has repeatedly made poor decisions at the QB position; this is fairly undeniable. Other than the Colts in '14, no other team in the AFC South has posted a winning record during his three-year tenure, including this year. Combined, the AFC South is 43-81 since 2014. The Texans are 12-3 in the division; 12-14 outside of it with two wins against eventual playoff teams; four if we count projected playoffs for 2016 (Chiefs and Lions - and we all know the Lions aren't getting in). Wrong. They've drafted 12 offensive players; 11 defensive players during his tenure - and that doesn't include the four offensive players they signed to large free agent deals this offseason. And *two* dynamic wide receivers?... Fuller had two dynamic games and has dropped off/been hurt. Hopkins is on pace for a dynamic 80/857/5 season. And yes, they just hung 181 rushing yards on the 29th-ranked rush defense in the NFL. They're middle of the pack on YPC and dead-last in rushing TDs. Yes; they're 1-3 against projected playoff teams this year. But 2-0 against teams that will pick among the top 4 in next year's draft! By a combined score 85-22. In fact, over his last 26 games, he's lost or trailed: 42-0 41-0 30-0 31-6 27-0 What other coach has a track record that undeniably shitty? Altogether, he's lost 7 of his last 26 games by at least 18 points - that's more than a quarter of games played. But, sure - let's talk about his stirring 5-0 record against the Jaguars! And no need to be a dick, btw; I certainly wasn't. I can be - but let's try and be civil.
I want to believe in Brock but he needs to pass more than 99 yards though. I hope he improves; he's got the work ethic. I am not sure if it will ever happen. I am just a wait and see guy; I would like Brock to succeed though
This post is full of so many errors, I'm not even going to waste my time with all of them. You don't think Nuk is a dynamic receiver? Child please. You also seem to forget how dynamic the offense was, and how great Brock's passing was, with Fuller as a speed threat - BoB lost or trailed big in five of twenty six games, because he has used TEN FREAKING QBS in his 26 GAMES! No one in the history of the game has had to deal with that kind of change, and STILL WIN! Find me a coach who has a winning record over his first 26 games using 5 QBs, much less 10. Good luck. Also, horse crap about wins again crappy opponents. They've beat the Chiefs and the Lions, both of which are currently in first place in their divisions. They lost to the Patriots, on short rest, IN NEW ENGLAND. The Patriots don't lose at home on short rest. Period. They lost in Denver, and could have won that game had Blue not fumbled late. The Vikings game is the only terrible game they've had all season, and BoB took full credit for that loss as he abandoned the run way too soon. And kudos to him for owning up to that. You can't get basic stats right. How in the hell do you expect people to take your arguments seriously? It doesn't matter if you win by 1, or 100, or loss by 1, or 100. A win is a win, and a loss is a loss. Brock is 11-5 over his first 16 games. BoB is 24-17 over his first two and a half seasons. The proof is in the results.
Just watch the highlights from the Bears and Chiefs game. When he has his weapons, he can more than succeed - he is money. The Texans only had 99 yards passing because of the play calling. BoB and Godsey were playing the long game with the run. Without Fuller or Strong, there was no deep threat, or speed threat in the game - and the Jaguars sat on Nuk all game with single high safety coverage. BoB has proven his entire tenure at the Texans, that he will play run first if he thinks he can grind out a win. He has never, and will never care about stats. He cares about Wins and Losses. I'll happily take a Super Bowl Victory with an anemic offense like the 2016 Broncos or the 2002 Bucs.
That would mostly be succeeding in spite of Bill O'Brien, and not because of him. In such a scenario, we'd be 100% justified to s**tcan BOB, promote RAC, and get a new offensive staff in here pronto.
Let's try this again... Against the AFC South, which is 43-81 since 2014, BOB is 12-3. Against every other team in the NFL, he's 12-14, including a 2-9 record against playoff teams. His teams have trailed by 42, 41, 30, 27 and 25 over the last year and half, and the offense has failed to score more than 10 points seven times in his 2.5 years here. They've been shutout twice. Which of those are errors? A once dynamic Deandre Hopkins is having an astonishingly mediocre season: he's 28th in receptions; 43rd in yards; 99th in YPR; 55th in TDs. Are you under the impression those are "dynamic" numbers? Yes, he's been hamstrung by poor QB play, a situation he a) created; b) has repeatedly made worse: He passed on drafting Carr & Garoppolo in '14, choosing Fitzpatrick. He jettisoned Fitzpatrick for Hoyer. He benched Hoyer (after four quarters), started Mallett, who he acquired via trade, who turned out to not only suck but be wildly irresponsible. He then went back to Hoyer and coached him to one of the worst postseason performances in NFL history. He could have kept Hoyer, who has/d a 98 QB rating for a very bad Bears team but chose instead to sign Osweiler, who is now one of the two or three worst starting QBs in the NFL. All unequivocally on Bill O'Brien. LOL! They've beaten plenty of good teams; here, let me detail three losses... BTW, I thought a win was a win and a loss was a loss? That sure is a ****-ton of excuse-making to try and soften the team's doors being blown off three times in a five-week period. "Money"?... And yes, what a wonderful suggestion: we should just watch "highlights" because, lord knows, the absolute BEST way to evaluate a player is to watch their two or three best plays in a game... I think we're getting a much better sense of why your responses are so flaccid and full of empty bluster. You watch highlights. Here's what you miss if you just watch highlights: he threw 3 INTs in those two games; barely completed 60% of his passes; and posted a QB rating of 79.2. Altogether, "Money" Osweiler has posted a sub 69 QB rating in four of his nine starts and has exactly one game - 1 - with a QB rating above 90 (and barely: 90.7) - 19 other QBs in the NFL are *averaging* a 90+ QB rating. BTW, under a different head coach, Osweiler threw 10 TDs to 6 INTs and posted an 86.4 QB rating in his first seven starts as a pro. Psst... And I'm cool if you are to just conveniently forget how spectacularly wrong you were about this one, Mr. I'm Not Going to Waste My Time Detailing All These Errors. Must not have been any highlights available...
If RAC was the head coach and Bill O'Brien the offensive coordinator, we'd probably be looking at getting a new OC.
It absolutely is. But you can force his hand. I think this is more likely than O'Brien being fired. Remember the difference with the Ravens when Cam Cameron got fired?
But here's the thing... Cameron in Baltimore, the OC in Buffalo... their head coaches weren't offensive guys - Harbaugh was a ST coach; Ryan a DC. In those situations, I can see where a change could make a significant difference. But here, how does removing one head from the snake affect change? Do you honestly think firing Godsey makes this a better offense? BOB is still here.
Yes. But there have been head coaches with offensive backgrounds who hired an offensive specialist that made a difference. See Caldwell and Cooter. Firing Godsey doesn't make this a better offense. Hiring someone who is a specialist does. Another example is Kubiak bringing Knapp as QB coach. Knapp used to be an offensive coordinator at multiple other sites before coming to Houston.
Look - I'm all for O'Brien getting as much help as possible because he's demonstrating some serious limitations, offensively. But Knapp was from the same coaching tree as Kubiak (did their paths cross in SF?). He didn't stray too far from what he wanted to do.
They replaced the wide receivers coach, the offensive line coach, and the special teams coach; why not also the QB coach? I don't care if it's someone that has the same philosophy or from the same coaching tree as long as it is someone that is effective.
Carr was never a viable option. Even if BoB wanted him, he would have been overruled by McNair. It is also baffling how terrible Texans' fans tend to forget that Carr was the 4th QB picked and went 36th overall. Blake Bortles (3), Johnny Manziel (22), and Teddy Bridgewater (32) all went ahead of him. And I know we can all remember the giant portion of the Texans fanbase ignorantly imploring them to pick Manziel. No QBs were graded, or deserved #1 overall. So the only complaint could be that they didn't take him over Xavier Su'a-Filo... and Su'a-Filo before his injury was playing damn well. Nearly everyone had Bortles as the "sure thing" out of that draft. Many mock drafts had Carr at 5th overall, with either AJ McCarron or Jimmy Garoppolo passing him. Just once again, proof that fans don't know what the hell they are talking about or they choose to live in denial about what they were thinking back then.
