Just got back from the game. My God how hilarious this is. I mean, you couldn't make up something like this. I saw this idiot try to dive over a crowd of people (first of all what QB tries to do that anyway when up by 10) and couldn't believe it. Maybe he thought he was Willie Beamon or something... Sage, just run the clock out and you are a hero. Idiot. WTF is Kubiak doing calling a bootle right then anyway? I can't wait for basketball season....
Not even sure what to say anymore, just an absolute choke job. First of all, dumb for Shanahan to keep calling pass plays when you're up 27-10 late in the 4th. The defense was playing extremely well...run the ball, use the clock, punt if you have to, let the defense finish the job. No point in stopping the clock and risking TOs.
Does Sage have scoreboard dyslexia? Stretching out with the ball exposed in a desperate last ditch effort late in the 4th Quarter with a 17 point DEFICIT is a great play. Force the action...make something happen. Same thing with scrambling outside. Trying to find a receiver. Oblivious to life and limb and oncoming pass rushers. Again, exactly what you want when you are DOWN with time ticking away. Yeah, he's Manning. Yeah maybe he will burn you and score something as time expires. But why not make him at least do that. Your defense held him to 10 points for the first 55 minutes of the game.
Please stop using "fairweather" and "Texans" in the same sentence. Good teams don't have fairweather fans....I for one have never met a fairweather Steelers fan What have the Texans done? Until the ownership grows some and makes a total commitment to winning rather than pulling very intelligent moves like hiring a madden video gamer as an offensive coordinator, fairweathers are allowed and welcome. This team is run like a semi-pro team...
the most telling sign- this 'monumental collapse' hasn't even made it to the front page of ESPN. Hows that for disrespect. They are prolly just like- oh, okay, Texans blew the game. No real story here.
Its not disprespect, its reality. We weren't favored to win this game, and our starting QB was injured less than 24 hours before the start. Just like the last two weeks... good teams win those games, bad teams don't. You don't need to waste time worrying about what ESPN thinks of us... they'll be there if this team ever becomes good, and then we can be upset for the lack of respect. But for now, not being noticed is probably the BEST situation the Texans could ask for.
Am I the only one who thinks this entire statement is an oxy-moron? Of course good teams don't have fairweather fans... the definition of "fairweather" are fans of teams only when they're good... who promptly abandon the team as soon as they suck (of course, the only way to know who is fairweather or not is when the teams sucks). And, how often have the Steelers been truly bad over the last 15 years... i'm talking "Texans" bad, without any sort of success in the interim? A better comparison are Jets fans. They've actually been pretty irrelevant over the last 15 years... minus the one year Parcells led them to a 14-2 record or something... but they've got a fan base that never quits on them, and a waiting list for season tickets at more than 20 years. They've had 1-15 years, had to suffer through the Chad Pennington/Herm Edwards era, play in a division that has been dominated by the Patriots... but you're never going to see a Jets fan say "I can't take it anymore... call me back when this team is good."
I know people say its a cycle and teams become good at some point, yeah tell that to The Cubs who have not won anything in 100 years! People have lived and died and never saw their team win. Seven years is long enough, I would like to see my hometown succeed at some point in my life time.
The Cubs still have playoff trips and division titles during that time span (in a league where its the hardest to make the playoffs in all pro sports). Texans fans would kill for that sort of success right now. Compare the Texans to the Arizona Cardinals or Detroit Lions... all teams with no recent success, and no real signs of turning it around.
Nick said it best -- we're not asking for championships. Hell, I'm not even asking for the playoffs. Just for once in my life, I'd like to see my team play a meaningful game in November. Not December... not January... this town deserves one year not to be completely buried before the second half of the season even starts. What have any of us done to deserve this?
Fire Kubiak and replace the entire coaching staff. I've seen enough. BTW... Miami ain't no pushover. 0-5?
well I'm just saying winning a title in general, of course our ambitions for Texans success are limited right now because we suck so bad. For example, like our expectations for The Rockets are higher because they are a calibur team that are so close going through all the way.
Parcells already took over the rebuilding job we needed him for... and hell, he's already got them playing better than us just after one off-season. Its one thing to simply rebuild... its another to have the right person in charge when you're rebuilding. Basically, the Texans already wasted one rebuilding session by hiring a bunch of first-time coaches to do the job.
This franchise was doomed when they hired Casserly and drafted David Carr and all the other rejects (the person we traded THREE drafted picks for etc). Until the Texans do anything of improvement, I dont give a **** about them. The real football team of Houston was the Oilers and now Titans.
you know, you are probably right. Might be a good idea to find a rebuilding specialist, if we can. I hate the thought of that but I blame this one on Kubiak a lot, he's starting to slip in what I thought he would be
