+3 at home is not a pick em, -3 at home would be a pick em on a neutral field. We're underdogs on our own home turf...that's not good.
I edited my post...home team gets about 3 points...which means that a minus 3 at home would be a pick em on a neutral field. 3 points isnt much, but that's pretty much the same line as Ravens vs Bills...and I wouldnt think the Bills have much of a shot against the Ravens.
That's been my issue the whole season...they play so conservatively that it's really painful to watch.
To add to it, seems like Schaub doesnt have time to wait for someone to go deep. Lots of issues going on right now.
If it's Seattle -3 right now, then I predict that number goes up to at least 4 before the game starts. I think the only reason it started so low is due to Seattle's perceived road issues, which I think is overblown. If this game truly is a pick-em, I bet almost no one pick the Texans to bet on.
What do you guys consider a deep threat? Hopkins is a deep threat. We've seen it in the first 3 games; just throw it in his general vicinity and he plucks it out of the air. I think separation is overrated. Cutler tonight just threw a ball 40 yards to the back shoulder of a reviver with a defender draped all over him. If Matt would just try at least he might get a PI call, but they don't even try. The play action should gives him enough time. he just doesn't throw the ball. Its all under neath to Daniels. Defenses know that Matt is going to throw to AJ, Daniels or Foster. 2 games when Andre was sidelined with injury Matt was forced to spread the ball around and we saw how dynamic our receivers are but he refuses to throw to them when AJ is on the field..
When you're the home team, +3 isn't a "pick 'em" That might be the opening line..but my guess is that will grow.
Frustrating and odd game. Penalties were brutal and really killed the games flow which worked in favor of the ravens. Frustrating loss because texans could have won that game handily and I think they are the better team.
There's a reason Seattle is the #2 odds favorite to win the Superbowl. Texans are a curious bunch. Two weeks straight they pull out inconceivable wins, both away and home, from teams that are almost looking like wildcard threats. The Ravens game was like a total opposite of how the Chargers-Titans games went. Once the pick-6 happened, the entire team just crumbled mentally and couldn't execute. In the Chargers-Titans games, the team rallied after a huge mistake. Total opposite. Can't win em all. I just hope that Duane Brown rests the next few weeks. Losing to NFC West teams is not that big of a deal compared to the back-end of our schedule.
just watched the game in condensed mode. due, to the pass rush from the edge and middle, schaub was getting rid of the ball faster than he usually does. So many short passes, and way t00 many times the defender jumped the route. I would be surprised if seattle doesn't do the same. what's there to loose for the defense? if schaub completes that 5 yard pass oh well, if they miss the tackle , o.d is not going to burn pass the safety. But if they connect on the int, then it's their ball with great field position. Not so down about the loss. It's the parity league, just shake it off and go back to the film room. But we need Brown back ASAP.
Bummer. I thought the Texans would play well yesterday. Too bad they couldn't get it to click, especially on the offensive side. The defense played well, especially in the first half. I didn't like all the penalties. That needs to be cleaned up which I'm sure it will be. The good news is win next week and nobody will remember yesterday. Yesterday's loss was the 100th regular season loss for the Texans. Their regular season record now stands at 79-100.
That was the very definition of laying an egg. This should have been our easiest win of the season, frankly. Same old problems of not executing in the red zone have come back. You can't win in this league by kicking FG's. Defense played great in the first half, but for some reason, couldn't get off the field in the second half. Offense was totally predictable as usual. That pick 6 was a direct result of the Ravens D watching film on Schaub and the offense. Special teams was par for the course. That punt return was a back-breaker. This team deserves all the criticism it's going to get this week. Let's hope we get lucky and catch the seahawks being cocky.
I tend to agree with pretty much everything you said. I think the reason the D couldn't get off the field in the 2nd half had to do with the guys shooting themselves in the foot trying to make something happen (specifically the offsides/neutral zone infractions. The JJoe lack of coverage is something else entirely, unfortunately!). It really sucks when other teams say they knew where Schaub would go on his hot reads, the offense has to change it up. A) We need to get Brown back and healthy to have any chance up front. B) It might be time to move Harris back over to RT and just end the Newton experiment. That dude seemed to get out of his stance early and still get beat around the edge in the second half. C) I wonder if Kubiak will make the adjustment of spreading the Seahawks out and making it easier for the OL and Schaub to read the defense. D) For some reason, I'm almost more afraid of the Seahawks offense taking it to the Texans D with a mobile QB (might negate Watt's effectiveness from the inside) and a team willing to hammer away on the run to set up big plays down the field with athletic receivers who attack the ball in the air. Sigh, might be a long flight home from Vegas on Sunday...
