To the ones that left the stadium and fell asleep in the fourth (hahahaha) I actually fell asleep in the middle of the second and woke up just in time to see the fourth (hahaha)
I love it when an underachieving team pulls a win out of their ass and criticizes the fan base for leaving early. You're not Tennessee Vols, you don't have a track record of comebacks. Great throw to both CJ and Strong.
Leave it to the scorned Houston fans to react this way after being on the other end of the spectrum for once... I honestly think Houstonians don't know how to process this. Some are coming off as if they'd wished the game would have ended 23-9. Had the roles been reversed with Buffalo-Houston in 92, and the internet had existed, would the initial response have been... "but why were they down 35-3?". Season's too short... gotta enjoy each win when you can, especially when there's more to improve and they just beat a QB they never have before.
This was not an encouraging win at all. We had to come back against the worst defense in the NFL. Even BOB at halftime, didn't know what to do to get the offense going. We will not catch breaks like this.
I really don't have a problem with the players, especially just seconds after completing the comeback, to feel like the fans should've stayed. Brock didn't say anything outrageous or overly critical. I don't blame anyone for leaving and I think if you asked the players off the record, they'd say the same thing. The players know they sucked for a good part of that game. But I don't have a problem with anything that was said in the heat of the moment. I'm not even mad that I ended up getting curbstomped in fantasy because of Lamar Miller. Well worth it!
Houston knows who they are. They're a fan base that has ALWAYS left early, no matter the team, no matter the year, no matter the sport. They were leaving early in the prime Olajuwon years. They were leaving early in game 5 of the NLCS and games 3 and 4 of the WS. Miami got plenty of flack for it in the Spurs-Heat finals, but had that been Houston... more probably would have left. Somewhere out there, there's an epic traffic jam that no Houston sports fan has ever had to deal with since they left early. (In all seriousness though, I blame nobody for leaving early last night. Sunday night, late game, team looks awful..... all logical reasons to lose interest).
3 TDs in the 2nd half after none in the first seems like BOB kinda knew how to get things rolling. Wasn't pretty by any means but got the job done. Some teams just have the others number, glad to pull one out from the Colts on national tv.
That game was so huge. According to 538, our chances to make the playoffs are 78%, while the Colts sit at 12%.
I couldnt wait to get to work this morning and open up this thread. Reading the rollercoaster and everyone one going insane during the losing then having it change in the last 3 min was awesome. On that note, I don't care that the win wasn't "encouraging" or whatever. That was a big game, in PrimeTime, and we won it. End of story. I honestly can't remember the last time we were so clutch. Should it have been that close? No. But it was and we at least came out on top. That was an awesome night at the bar.
https://www.profootballfocus.com/pro-ind-hou-grades/ IND-HOU GRADES: CLOWNEY, MERCILUS CREATING PRESSURE IN WATT’S ABSENCE Highest-graded players and top takeaways in the Texans' Week 6 SNF win over the Colts. MATT CLAASSEN | 8 HOURS AGO (Photo by Bob Levey/Getty Images) Houston Texans 26, Indianapolis Colts 23 Here are the top-graded players and biggest takeaways from the Texans’ 26-23 overtime win against the Colts: Quarterback grade: Brock Osweiler, 44.0 Osweiler saves the best for last It’s easy to get caught up with the way a game ended, while forgetting what happened for most of the night. For a majority of this game, Brock Osweiler was simply awful. Through three quarters of the game, his adjusted completion percentage sat at just 60.0 percent, which would have tied him with Carson Wentz for the worst figure of Week 6. Thanks to a brilliant fourth quarter and overtime, though, he finished the outing with an adjusted completion percentage of 73.0 percent, good for 17th among QBs this week. After Osweiler missed his first throw in the fourth quarter, he proceeded to complete 14 of his final 16 passes, and one of those incompletions was a drop. Top offensive grades: HB Lamar Miller 83.8 TE C.J. Fiedorowicz 81.6 T Chris Clark 77.7 G Xavier Su’a-Filo 73.3 G Oday Aboushi 72.2 Lamar Miller carries the load Lamar Miller was simply brilliant throughout this one. When it came to running the football, Miller was able to find success virtually everywhere he tried. When running the ball in between the tackles, he averaged 5.5 yards per carry; when running the outside of the tackles, he averaged 7.4 yards. He also made three catches for 29 yards and a touchdown in the receiving game. The Colts’ defense simply had no answers for Miller. Top defensive grades: OLB Whitney Mercilus, 85.6 OLB Jadeveon Clowney, 83.2 S Corey Moore, 82.8 CB A.J. Bouye, 82.4 CB Kevin Johnson, 79.8 Texans generate pass-rush without Watt Houston’s two standout performers in the front-seven were OLBs Whitney Mercilus and Jadeveon Clowney. Both had a field day rushing the passer, with seven total QB pressures each as Andrew Luck felt the heat on nearly half (20 of 41) of his dropbacks. In the secondary, Kevin Johnson allowed six catches and had a pass defense; five of those six completions went for 7 yards or fewer, with a 31-yard reception to T.Y. Hilton being the one red mark on his night. A.J. Bouye was the top-graded defender in coverage, having allowed just two catches for 20 yards on 44 coverage snaps. Quarterback grade: Andrew Luck, 71.4 Luck unable to lead Colts to overtime score Andrew Luck had an ugly interception, but made a few nice plays—particularly when scrambling—in what turned out to be a fairly average performance overall. Luck completed two of four deep passes targeted 20+ yards downfield, but one of the incompletions was the interception. He was often under pressure and he completed just 6-of-16 pass attempts when the Texans blitzed. When it came down to needing to put together a scoring drive, either on their final drive of regulation or in overtime, Luck and company couldn’t sustain a series long enough to even get into field-goal range. Top offensive grades: C Ryan Kelly, 83.6 G Denzelle Good, 79.0 HB Frank Gore, 74.8 WR Chester Rogers, 71.6 QB Andrew Luck, 71.4 Gore tops 100 yards rushing It took 22 rushing attempts and overtime, but the Colts were able to get Frank Gore over the 100-yard mark for his best rushing game of the season. Gore averaged 4.8 yards per carry, and 57 rushing yards came after contact. Center Ryan Kelly and RT Joe Haeg both had their highest-graded run blocking-games of the season. While Kelly didn’t allow a single pressure in pass protection, Haeg allowed a hit, four hurries, and had a sack nullified by penalty. LT Anthony Castonzo fared even worse in pass protection, giving up seven hurries after allowing 10 in his first five games combined. Top defensive grades: CB Darius Butler 73.3 CB Rashaan Melvin 72.3 CB Vontae Davis 71.0 DE Hassan Ridgeway 70.7 S T.J. Green 68.3 Lackluster performance can’t make a stop to secure win There really aren’t many positive things to say when it comes to Indianapolis’ defense. The Colts greatly benefitted from a wildly inaccurate Brock Osweiler through most of this game, and then they simply fell apart in the fourth quarter and overtime. As a unit, they were able to generate pressure on Osweiler on just seven of his 40 dropbacks, with Erik Walden and Kendall Langford tying for a team lead with just two pressures apiece. Vontae Davis had a nice game in coverage, allowing four catches on eight targets but for just 31 total yards; he had an interception to go with a pass defense, holding Osweiler to a 20.3 passer rating when throwing in his direction. Unfortunately for Indianapolis, though, the rest of the Colts’ secondary wasn’t as stout, especially Clayton Geathers, who allowed eight catches on nine targets for 92 yards and a touchdown (while also missing a pair of tackles), Osweiler had a 146.3 QB rating when targeting the receiver covered by Geathers. PFF Game-Ball Winner: Texans HB Lamar Miller
pro football focus is a joke. Had the game ended at the start of the 4th, then that grade for brock should stand, but it didn't. Luck was worse as crunch time hit, his should be 44. brock with luck's score of 71
Agree. Was it pretty and what it should've been? Nope. But, for once, we didn't get embarrassed on national tv and we finished off, in spectacular fashion, a hated rival. Still a lot of season to go but we still have the inside track to winning the division.
This team is gonna win 10, maybe 11 games, and easily win this poor division. We will also be promptly dispatched in our first playoff game. Unless Osweiler can show some consistent stability, he's not gonna be a difference maker. And without JJ, this defense can't be dominant enough to carry a mediocre offense. I was certainly happy we got that win, I'm not the guy that roots against my team, nor do I rant about how much everything sucks when things aren't going well. But I always expected this team to be good, that was never in doubt in my mind. I want this team to be great, and actually compete for something of significance, and the team I've seen for the last 4 weeks show no signs of that. Hopefully Brock can get more comfortable and change that.
Brock being with the doctors and not the coaches at the half was a bit strange. His answer and then response later about not knowing why he was with the doctor is a pure lie. I don't have an issue lying to media but he could just as easily have said HT tactics are private and everyone would understand that. That's a lie that buys you way more good will.
