Injuries,Injuries,Injuries - The story of the Texans season....But plenty to look for

First of all, atleast use decent punctuation.

If we didnt lead the league in injury problems, we could have been ver sick this year. Its not just random players, its the best ones we have.

Ahman Green - pro bowler
Matt Schuab
Jerome Mathis - pro bowler
Andre Johnson -pro bowler
Dunta Robinson - pro bowler
The rest of the starting secondary
Steve McKinnely

Pretty sure i left off someone. Point is though, these are guys that you cant just replace.

Ahman Green, Jerome Mathis, and Dunta Robinson arent sure to ever be the same. Dunta's injury is career threatening but this guy broke into that top tier of cornerbacks this year. Mathis was a devin hester on kickoff returns but was out last year and didnt show as much speed when he came back. He is out again for a whole year and i doubt he can do half of what he used to do. Green is getting very old.

Also injured is Spencer, guy with all the potential, dont know if he will ever do anything.

 

If we are going to make fun of someone else's punctuation, why not put a space between at and least. Then we might consider going ahead and putting the -y- on the end of the difficult word "very". Then if we wanted to go whole hog we could even put the apostrophe in our own contractions such as "can't" and "aren't". Finally, we might could even spell Steve McKinney's name correctly and REALLY show off our mad skills.

 

You had him on the ropes, tiger. You had him on the ropes...

 

Yep...I misspelled the difficult word off.

See, its a slippery slope.

 

I dont think you can count Ahman Green and Schaub as bad luck injuries.

They appear to be injury prone.

Of course, we knew that about Ahman.

 

okay

tee hee

 

Lots of sentence fragments here.

But anyways, Jerome Mathis is another guy who is injury prone. If we are going to bring in guys with histories of injuries, then we will get burned.

I just can't feel too optimistic about this team right now. Every team goes through a certain amount of injuries. And even with all our guys, I'm not too confident we would be on our way to 9-7.

 

I'm hoping we don't have a twenty-four million dollar IR member on our hands.

 

Jacoby. Sorry couldn't resist.

 

Bad teams seem to have lots of injuries and turnovers. I don't think it is luck or the absence thereof. Playing behind the Texan's offensive line has to be one of the most dangerous jobs in the world next to actual combat.

 

there is still little evidence to suggest the Texans back-office (coaches, GM's, etc. know what they're doing). Better than the last regime? Likely, but not for sure.

On the GM, obviously we are still less talented than a lot of the teams we play. Given the salary cap rules, etc. in the NFL, it takes time, but in year 3 (next year) it better start looking equitable with some of the better teams in the league.

On coaching...well, to me the most important job of the coach is game-planning and in-game adjustments....areas where the last regime was HORRIBLE...and this one appears middle of the pack so far.

hope they improve as the talent does..

 

We definitely need secondary help -- no question there, although the play of Fred Bennet since he got the starting job has been a real bright spot for us. The new O-line injuries are just too much - this season is pretty much over.

Next year's draft: Offensive line and secondary. I really wouldn't mind if we spent all of our picks on those two areas and didn't bother drafting skill positions at all.

 

Texans were awesome until the major injury bug bit us in the ass against the Colts.

Texans have had so many "key" injuries this season.

BTW....Titan's QB only had 5 TD's to 13 INT's before this game?!

 

Tony Boselli!

haha sorry, I was just reminded of him today when I saw that he was a broadcaster for CBS..

 

      

 

There are a lot of reasons to be (cautiously) optimistic about next year. Without such catastrophic strings of injuries, we could have had a much better season. But it's hard to overcome so many key losses. Dayne is starting to do a nice job, but I'm not completely sold on him as a number one running back. And Ahman Green has been a disappointment. Andre's injury has allowed the Texans to discover some depth in the receiving corps. Schaub is a very capable QB...he's no Brady or Manning, but I'd say above average...and Sage...well let's just say when Scaub goes down, I feel ok knowing Sage is stepping into the game. And I think the coaching has done a fine job of trying to create a winning culture and a professional attitude.

However, this team has had way, way, way too many turnovers this season...as well as stupid penalties. Those things reflect poorly on the coaches because it tells me that this team isn't as disciplined as they need to be. They CANNOT afford to blow key situations in a game by fumbling the ball or committing a hold or false start...that stuff has happened way too much for my liking and I'm starting to wonder if Kubiak really addresses this. Look at today, Jacoby had a costly turnover, yet he still remained in the game...you need to sit him on the bench, fine him 500 dollars or make him clean the defense's jocks or something....anything...just send a damn message already that this s*** won't be tolerated. If Kubiak can do that, then he has my vote of confidence. But I just don't see this team reaching the next level unless, among other things, they can tighten up those careless mistakes.

 

Dallas and New England have superior offensive lines.

Our QB got knocked on his keester again today and was knocked out the game.

We gotta get a dominant left tackle.