Hopefully CJ’s footwork issue was just a symptom of the mess that was our offense. I think it is pretty damning for the offensive staff that his footwork was better last year, coming straight out of college.
He didn't shoot him in the club ... but the on-field injuries, maybe Slowik could've known his personnel better (that could be said across the board)
I am starting to think that Slowik was more of a problem that I thought he was. Way too predictable. The changes in the offensive line are either going to be revolutionary or a disaster. A lot is riding on their success. I think the new rookies will have an impact, especially the receivers.
The hope is that the new oc is better at maximizing OL potential (or at least covering up their flaws). Bobby's play calling was awful. Painfully uncreative and little to no awareness about situational strategy. I give him credit for being around when the talent was brought on (and whatever role he might have had in identifying it) but he clearly wasn't going to make the most of it.
In Pro Sports, you either need to adapt or have an unstoppable scheme. And over time, flaws in schemes are found,
Like I said he forgot how to call a game in a yrs time. While I dont believe this is true, I do believe Caley will be an upgrade because he's not an all in on the WCO scheme. With that said, when is the last time fans have been happy with the OC down on Kirby? I guess they were happy 2 years ago with Slowik. LOL
Last season, everyone had every reason to be unhappy with Slowik. Can't blame it all on the offensive line. Coaches who seemed to do well one year aren't immune from being much less effective and firable the following year. So whatever Slowik's problems were last season, he needed to go.
I don't fully agree with this. The first half of games last year were always, consistently, better than the second half. I don't really know why or what may have caused that - opponents don't go into halftime, trash their game plans, and start all over. Perhaps it speaks to him not having new wrinkles and the opponent solving him - but then... why weren't teams solving him *during* the week and shutting them down in the first half? Seriously, the Texans scored 223 first-half points. That's ~13/half. And that's factoring in their disaster 2-point half v Baltimore and 0-first half v Minnesota - two games where they were blown out of the stadium. In their other 15 games, they averaged 15 points/half. You're going to win a lot of games if you score 15 first-half points. The Texans scored double-digits in 13 of their 17 first halves; but they only did it four times in the second half. Here's how bonkers the disparity is between their first half scoring and second half scoring: if you DOUBLE the Texans' second half scoring total - 149 x 2 - it's 298. Their first half scoring was ~75% of their *DOUBLED* second-half scoring. Again, if you double the second-half scoring - that 298 total is worse than every other team total, save Giants, Patriots & Browns. Yes, Slowick had to go and I'm glad the Texans made that choice. But... it's REALLY hard to forget how to coach at halftime every single week. Something else wasn't right. 2024 was the STRANGEST season...
I tend to draw off chess. The mind game is about making every move count by anticipating the responses of your opponents. The winner is usually the one who anticipates better and makes better strategic moves rather than tactical ones.
