I'll repeat something I've said since about 5 weeks ago: Not having Joe Mixon killed the offense. IMO, if he were healthy all 8 games, Texans would be at least 6-2. In fact, even without Mixon, every game on the schedule was very winnable except Seattle. But having a 3rd/4th-string slow as molasses plow horse as your starting RB would puncture any offense, especially one with a pathetic O-line.
1. Demeco is in charge (TOs, subs, everything) when the D is on the field. 2. OC is in charge when we have the ball. ... 4. Profit eta: or (also?) hire some nerd with an ipad and an algorithm to stand next to Demeco towards the end of every half, telling him when to call TOs, when to kill clock, etc...
WEAK UP THE MIDDLE.....We don't get sacks because we have NO pressure coming from the middle! We can't score in the Red Zone because we don't get any push in the middle. Demeco played football and I just don't understand his philosophy.
In the 4th we were at midfield with 3rd & 2 and Mills rifled a short pass to Schultz in double coverage that was incomplete and then we punted. To me that was the turning point. Denver got the ball and tied us. I thought the 3rd down play was unimaginative and doomed to failure.
But that is the thing man, they DID get the big stop. They gave their offense like a 1:30 or something left to get into FG position and win the game or at least run enough clock to go into OT. The offense then immediately gives the ball back. So they had to make multiple big stops. It's like asking your closer to bail you out of a 1 out bases loaded situation over and over again, eventually he's going to give up a big hit and lose you the game. Even if he has a history of getting you out of that situation, eventually he's going to lose you a game. I guess the point I'm making is defense should not be in those situations. ST and defense put the offense in many favorable situations this week and they got nothing in return for it.
Not only this, no Tank and we have no speed at WR. I mean we have Noel...but the coaches refuse to play rookies even if they play well. The rest of our WRs are possession guys not WRs that DBs are terrified might zip past them. We're just slow. RBs slow, TEs slow, WRs slow...the speedy guys we have we don't use.
Nico is not a possession receiver, but unfortunately the routes he's best at take a little time to develop
1) I completely agree that he turned around the defense instantly so that it was more than competitive to keep us in games, absolutely. I am also not convinced that his style of defense will work at the highest level of play if we ever get there. As good as it can be at times, it's a vanilla ass scheme, it's extremely predictable. Demeco mostly relies on elite defensive players winning 1-on-1 matchups. 2) Umm yeah, he deserves every bit as much blame as the offensive coordinator. We're not just now getting to that point - that's been the case since last year. He's the ****ing Head Football Coach. Not the defensive coordinator. 3) Not to be well actually guy but Mills did not throw three straight incompletions in that situation. The second down pass was completed, and the moron ref stopped the clock because he doesn't know the rules. The receiver went out of bounds going backwards - it's a running clock situation. They missed it. Would it have changed the outcome of the game, idk. maybe/maybe not. but it certainly had some impact on the game.
Watching the KC offense, it is amazing how easy they make things look. Watching the Houston offense reminds me of constipation.
There’s an argument for Caserio although I would argue this roster is good enough to win a championship with, if the play calling is good. I’m open to the idea though. Caley is for sure gone. Demeco is a good coach and leader. I wouldn’t pull the trigger on that at all.
DeMeco: "I won't allow injuries be an excuse" *Proceeds to mention CJ being taken out of the game 5 more times in the press conference*
Right, if you go OOB with your forward progress stopped (or backwards) the clock does not stop in the NFL
KC has 3 quick twitch guys with speed and a TE who kills zone. partner that with a great play caller who specializes in misdirection. It’s leaps and bounds better than anything we have.
Yeah, I mean it's more like your supposed shut down closer blows 50% of the games he plays in because you put him in with runners on. I mean sure, it's a tough situation, but supposedly that's why he's the one in the game.
Agree. I don't trust him one bit especially after what happened when he "took his talents" to Brooklyn and Phoenix. Plus he's 38 years old and the Rockets have committed $90M guaranteed to him which is scary.
