I was really looking forward to see him as the HC when he was hired. Unfortunately, he's showing us that while he's an excellent DC, he is just not meant to be an HC. This team is showing the same flaws as the Dolphins under Mike McDaniel. McDaniel is an excellent offensive coordinator and offensive mind but is completely out of his depth as a head coach and team leader. DeMeco appears to be the same. His entire approach centers on the defense holding the opposing team's scoring down until the offense can somehow bumble its way into enough points to win. This approach may actually work in theory but the errors, sloppy (and stupid) play and lack of discipline by the defense render it a bad idea as far as winning goes. And his offense looks disjointed, predictable, anemic and clueless. The result? The Texans currently sit at 3rd place in the AFC South - they are 2-4 looking up at Indy at 5-1. Their remaining schedule includes the 49ers, Broncos, Bills, Colts (twice), Chiefs, Chargers, Titans, Jaguars, Cardinals and Raiders. Based on what we have seen so far, it's hard to see them winning more than 4 more games (Titans, Raiders, Jaguars (maybe), the Cardinals (another maybe) and possibly steal one from the Colts (HIGHLY unlikely). That would give them a 6-11 or 7-10 record for 2025. After that, I can see a complete reset on the coaching staff and organization at season's end. This organization desperately needs management that can acquire OL and DL talent, and coaches who know how to prepare and strategize to exploit the opposing team's weaknesses. But more than anything else, it's well past time to pull the plug on Cal and Jack's Patriots South experiment.
The Defense looks worse. Defense showed up against the Rams, played well other than missed tackles against Tampa. Last night all the way around, IMO, was a catastrophic failure as an organization. To look that incompetent after a bye week is just flat out embarrassing. I love DeMeco, was one of my favorite players growing up, was over the moon when we hired him. But this is a lot on him, and I’m starting to think he may not be the right guy. Caserio needs to be let go this offseason, this poor roster construction and allergy to actually properly fixing the o line has set the team back. And as sad as it is, CJ might just be a poor man’s Dak/Goff. Maybe Cal’s impending legal crap with his brother means he’s forced to sell. Texans need a full organizational reset, from the top down. Prob will take some years to get back, but unless something changes this crap will jus continue as it has for years.
“The Texans have traded the 5th pick to the Philadelphia Eagles for the 25th pick, a 2nd round pick, a 3rd round pick and future 2nd round pick.”
Hard to b**** and complain about the refs when they erased 2 embarrassing should've been safeties. Has 2 safeties ever happened in the same game before?
Texans will probably win 7 games at least, but saddest part is the Colts are already better than anything the Texans have ever been except maybe 2011, but that's prior to Haynesworth's fat lard going fat lard on Schaub.
60 million? That would be assinine. Nope, nope, nope to overpaying him. That's more than Josh Allen and Mahomes make, and he's nowhere near as good.
I think your assessment is on target. The schedule is brutal especially with how the team is performing. A miraculous turnaround is extremely unlikely. A losing record is a high probability. Sports is supposed to be fun. I am not having fun are you? On to the Rockets, more potential.
It's one thing to be a losing team but fighting.....losing in shoot out games....something exciting offensively. Those Arlington boys may suck too, but at least their games are entertaining. Texans games are literally excrutiating to watch these days....the offense is so inept. It sucks. And they are literally making me care less and less about the NFL....and spending/wasting 3 hours on Sundays.
that gm and coach were on their way out and daniel jones of all people is balling. They have some fluke wins vs the cards and the broncos; I am not ready to crown them yet
I wasn’t going to presume things… and in this day/age where you can basically say anything and see if it sticks. But I do remember vividly that Wade ‘knew’ he had HOF stuff from the very first training camp. This is also why being a GM in football is a ceremonial “cap manager” position vs. being a true player evaluator. The coaches in the NFL are the best at it and should be entrusted to make all major personnel decisions.
All well said. The 49ers (next week I think) are really hurting, on both sides of the ball, but we'll get a real clear picture of one coaching staff versus the other. I'm not a big 49ers fan, even though I follow them here in the bay area, but I'd predict they manhandle the Texans at this point.
And on a short week, this could be really ugly although we tend to play better at home. Last night was just a humiliation, lets see what type of character we have to bounce back............on a side note, another poster said this was supposed to be fun but isn't and 100% agree with that, that was just painful to watch and I have a feeling were going to be somewhere around 8-8 at the end, just bad enough to suck but not bad enough to get a top 10 pick, hope I am wrong
