[Mark Berman] Ryan Mallet has injured pectoral muscle, could miss a few games

that's the second time you've mentioned this and needless to say, it's just as ridiculous the second time. It was a pretty tough and close play. It was hardly as though he completely screwed up an easy catch and grab in bounds.

 

Fitzpatrick would have fared better than Mallett did yesterday. The O-line did start out crappy, but they picked up their protection throughout the game. When Mallett did have time, he was very inaccurate with his throws and there were no throws that completed that Fitz couldn't have made.

With Mallett being out and the season already over, we should start Savage unless the coaches think throwing him to into the fire would stunt his growth.

 

We won almost half the games Fitzpatrick played in...while losing two games by one possession against elite NFL teams. Fitz isn't nearly as bad as everyone likes to point out. You'd think this team was 0-9 when Mallett took over.

 

hopkins going out of bounds had nothing to do with the catch, but everything with the safety barreling down on him. he was trying to avoid the big hit.

 

yeah...no. I didn't get that impression at all. Regardless, one touch play that he just missed hardly covers up the rest of the suck that happened on the offensive side of the ball.

 

Wow Bobby that's messed up bro. It seems like you were hoping he failed anyways. This is no way a good thing period. And why are people so concerned with these players money. Another thing if he did play well during these last 7 games. I don't think the Texans would have given him a fat contract.

 

Everyone knows that Bobby is still butthurt that we didn't draft Bridgewater.

 

Next time Hopkins will drag that toe.

 

I just want to add that the Texans seem to have one of the most forgiving fan bases in sports. In nearly any other city, the fans would have been calling for Rick Smith to be run out of town on a rail.

I mean, y'all do realize the incompetence of this front office, don't you? To not address your single greatest need, and at the most important and vital position, is inexcusable. Going into this season with no viable QB option basically says they're content to have a lost season and merely tread water.

And you, the fans, continue to bend over and take it from these losers.

 

I agree with you here...it's not like Hopkins avoided the hit, he still got popped when he caught the ball. Having his foot a few inches inside wouldn't have made any difference in regards to the hit impact he would have felt from the safety.

Even assuming that Hopkins was to blame on that play, it's a weird thing to even bring up given the fact that Mallett was complete trash from the get go. We had no chance yesterday purely due to the fact that Ryan was leading the offense.

 

The fan base has made it pretty clear that they hate Rick Smith...not sure what you mean here.

 

Why do you fans like yourself keep group the entire fan base in one circle. A lot of fans on this forum as well as others been calling for Rick Smiths head way before this season. When Kubiak got the boot everybody was surprised Rick still had a job here in Texansville. Shoots a lot of fans were highly disappointed.

 

Weird.

 

Come on now Red , yes we did have a chance with Mallett. To say we didn't is ludicrous at best. Shoots we actually had two opportunities to steal this game. Unfortunately we wasn't able to put a couple drives together.

 

I was wondering . . . he was all over the place

Rocket River

 

Why do people keep saying draft a QB in the first? Is it some given that drafting a QB in the first round is supposed to pan out?

 

The question is . . .. . based on what we have seen
What kind of Contract would you give Mallet

Rocket River

 

I'm not to sure about that. I'm positive the results would have been the same if Fitzpatrick started. That defense would have ate him alive with no running game to worry about.

I would like to see Savage. He may not be ready but it may be time to start thinking of the future.

Yes, we beat bad teams with shytie (or rookie) quarterbacks with Fitzpatrick... A few wins over teams who can't seem to win doesn't mean Fitzpatrick isn't garbage. And he is garbage... Dumpster juice.

 

It's not a given. But the odds of finding a franchise QB go down significantly the deeper you go into the draft. There's been a few "hits" in recent years with Dalton, Kaepernick, and Wilson. But historically, only a small percentage of QBs from the 2nd or 3rd round pan out. There was a big gap in time form Drew Brees (who went #32) to Dalton/Kap. And for a 15 year stretch, the best QB to come out of the 3rd was Matt Schaub. The hit rate from the 4th round on is virtually zero. You have Tom Brady (and Romo who went undrafted), but he's been the lone exception out of a ton of QBs who've been drafted in the later rounds.

The odds of finding a franchise QB in the 1st aren't great. It's still very hit or miss. But the odds are still significantly better than trying to find one later.

And it makes sense. If a guy slips, that means that every team is passing on him, and maybe passing on him multiple times. Chances are that nobody really thinks of a guy like that as franchise QB material. So everybody has to be wrong, even the team that ultimately drafts him. It's just more likely that teams are going to be able to see the talent in the guys who end up being really good and draft them early than it is for everybody to miss the talent in a guy who falls in the draft. And the reason the first round is hit or miss usually isn't because they're overlooking guys who should go high but fall for some reason. It's because they overvalue and reach for guys who shouldn't be going in the first round.

 

Yes, we had two opportunities to steal this game if we could put a TD drive together...but our defense scored more points than our offense. The team couldn't move the ball at all and 90% of the blame goes to Mallett.