This post/thread literally says to me: "what the **** are you talking about, man?" When you see our 1st opponent in the playoffs get 3 false starts and a Delay of game, bump this thread after we win.
As someone who was at the Panthers game, I can say the crowd clearly played a part in the game. With that being said, the crowd can't score touchdowns and protect the ball. Sadly that is left up to the players
I am talking about stirring up a little discussion. Reliant should be more of a factor than it is. The Texans don't seem to have the level of home field advantage that some teams do, like the Steelers, Ravens, and Saints. True, the sample is small (four games this season), but when you look at the bigger picture, the play off teams have a huge home field advantage. Through the history of the franchise, the Texan's performance doesn't seem to be significantly motivated by the home field. This surprises me. Reliant SHOULD be one of the hardest places to play in the league.
part of being a great home team is being a great team in general. the Texans just haven't been great until this year. but even when they haven't been great in the past, they have had a much better record at home than on the road. i don't see how you can logically argue that the Texans don't have a home field advantage. the past record doesn't indicate as strong as a home field advantage as Pittsburgh, the Saints and Patriots because we were never as good as them. are you suggesting that it would be more beneficial to play on the road in the playoffs?
I'm curious to why our crowd was much louder for the ATL game than they were in the CAR game. You'd figure the crowd would be more pumped after clincng our first division title. I'm guessing the fans probably slept on Carolina thinking we had it in the bag.
when the offense keeps giving the ball away it's going to deflate the crowd. they were still giving the panthers a lot of trouble evidenced by the false starts and delay of games.
What I am saying, it doesn't seem to matter much. A rocking Reliant would pump me up, but it doesn't seem to have that effect on the players. When they come out flat, they come out flat no matter where they are. This seems strange to me, can't figure it out.
Are you serious? Go look at ALL the players tweets after the ATL game, the home field advantage has been huge this year. The Texans came out flat from the 1st possession against Carolina, the fans were still rowdy but it can only last so long when your D gives up another 3rd down conversion or your offense commits another turnover.
The texans have consistently played better at home. The NFL gives you such a small sample size of games all you see is the same record and assume same performance. When you pull back over a larger sample, its clear we've played better at home. Franchise history 39-40 Home 26-53 Away So yes we've played substantially better at reliant. Our style of play does travel well though.
Within the last decade the past few years, seeding and bye weeks HAVE become LESS important. The old trends don't stand up AS much. More lower seeds are winning playoff games than ever before. "Any Given Sunday" is generally just a regular season thing. But now its becoming a POSTSEASON thing, too. So there's less percentages nowadays. Still, the odds slightly favor having a home field. And just for a success-starved football city, for selfish reasons lets treat the city to some PLAYOFF football thats been a long time coming in their OWN place.
I think against Pitt or Balt you want to play them at home. Against the Pats you want to play away and hope for terrible weather so the teams have to rely on their running games.
