I remember the game last year when the Colts came to town. I was up in the stands. The first half was a tease. Somehow we stayed in it. I don't remember how (too much tailgating I guess); probably scored on special teams or an INT or something. We were way up high in the stands, so you could actually see plays developing. Well, for the Colts anyway. For the Texans, you could see the clear absence of a pocket for David Carr. I remember my (least) favorite moment was when my buddy next to me shouted out for the Texans to punt on first down. Two sacks and a tackle for a loss later, he was right. God I hope it's not that bad this year. Not to get in trouble for posting something Mario Williams related in this thread, but boy do I feel sorry for him this weekend. You know the story's gonna be all about how he effected (or didn't) Peyton Manning and the Colts offense.
To edit, we are discussing this outside of clutch so we are done here guys. Sorry about my anger, that's not like me at all. I promise. About the game, we are playing the Colts twice this season. On Christmas Eve they will be here. That's the one that will be a sweet victory. Even if they get us this weekend, we got them over the holiday season. It's all good peeps, the football Gods will smile on us.
The Texans need to rebound in a major way but I dont know if they can do it agianst the Colts. I think its gonna get worse before it gets better.
It's sure gonna be hard but I think we can do it. We just need Carr off his back, which is getting better so far. He's a great QB but still lacks a sufficient offensive line.
As long as you don't whip out the tired, ridiculous "TRUE FAN!!!!" rhetoric it's cool. It is only a freakin' game, you know. I love all things Houston (even though I don't live there), and always have. Greatest city in the world. Houston teams are always my favorite. Die-hard, rocket-fuel-blooded Houston sports fan. That said, if someone else is clearly better I can admit it. Peyton Manning is clearly better than David Carr. Rogers Hornsby and Joe Morgan are clearly better than Craig Biggio. Most of the NFL is better than the Texans. As unlikely as it is, I hope the Texans kick some serious Indianapolis ass this weekend. Go Texans!
What's sad is I never have rooted against the Texans. Never will. We will give them one hell of a ride this weekend, no matter who wins or who's QBing.
Look it is what it is, it was what it was and it shall be what it shall be. Swoly has his position and you have yours. Already explained, analyzed, homogenized and pasteurized. It's purely opinion ... so lets move on, shall we? Like I said before, lets see the Texans just play 60 minutes of solid, competitive, balls-to-the-wall football. Just freakin show up. No 14-0 or 21-0 before halftime. C'mon give them something to think about. Create some doubt ... Like I said, nonetheless, I believe we vastly improve but fall short ... sorry just being realistic, but not pessimistic. Colts 21, Texans 17.
Ummm, I dropped it way earlier. That was said in the context of a new conversation. As I said, I took my business off the site therefore I had moved on within the group at that moment. But it's all good.
Ummm... I don't mean to pick on you but... oh, wait, yes, I do: we play the Colts TWICE EVERY SEASON. WTF? Only JetBlast, DonkeyMagic, JaWindex, Achilleus, Joshfast, DonnyMost, msn and I want our TEXANS to win?
Dude, I'd love for the Texans to win but I'd also love to win the lottery. Lets see the Texans compete like a real NFL team for 60 intense minutes and see what happens, ok?
I bet you anything you don't buy LOTTERY tickets every day. TEXANS over the COLTS and I bet you can't come up with a sillier or hypocritical analogy.
LOL. Your opinion, pal. But, you have to admit winning the lottery and the Texans winning is not too far fetched up to this point. Both pretty remote.
The Indy coach and players have no fear or respect for Texan's. They share our pain, they feel sorry for Mario. Their comments in the Chronical are a sad indicator of this lack or respect. I think the running game does well enough to allow David to get some pocket protection. I look for 20 + points from the offense and a shoot out type game for a while. Indy will end up with more than 35 points. Offense will look better, D-Line will look better, secondary will be awful against Mannning.
Dude, Swoly, it's called being a "realist". Everyone here wants the Texans to win. We're all fans, after all. It's just that some of us don't live in FANtasyville, where Carr is the best QB in the league, Lundy is the offensive ROY, and Mario Williams runs a 4.14 40-time. Seriously, stop blasting people for having doubts about a team that went freaking 2-14 last year, because it makes you look like an out-of-touch homer ass. It's not like we're coming off a World Series trip here. We have holes and concerns at every position, and this team has no history of winning consistently (yet), so of course, people are gonna pick the Colts. But that doesn't mean people are rooting against the Texans. Sheesh.
Thank you for saying that. That's what I tried to say but I must have been speaking German or something because he never got it. I just can't wait til this game. I hope with as good of a QB P. Manning is, I hope we mow the grass with his *ss.
Its sad that you had to actually explain that to him. But good post even tho it is common sense knowledge to most of us.
