^ His name is Beavis after all The Texans have allowed the least points (20) and are tied for second with the highest point differential (+37)
I suppose the downside of the Texans being poised to break out while the NBA is locked out means we're going to start attracting the garbage posts and posters that pollute the GARM. Sigh.
Welp, I'm already pissing my pants over next week. That team is built to beat us. Tons of deep threats and they can run it up the middle.
Colston still out, hopefully Moore as well. I'm not scared of that defense at all. Brees is a straight up statue - so if Team Watt can churn up the pocket, we should be able to cut down on the number of deep plays they can develop. Offense has to play a whole lot better - we won't get away with another case of Red Zone Shrinkage.
According to who? They were 7-9 last year, and put up nearly 500 yards of offense on New England. They're not a great team, but they're nowhere near "dead last" in the league. They won by 10 points, and were a yard away (if not for a kneeldown) from winning by 17. Barely? I'd like to see how you'd characterize a win that was, you know, actually decided by one possession. Matt Hasselbeck was a good QB, a long time ago. Right now, he's mediocre at best and probably worse than that. Over the past three years, his QB ratings have been 57.8, 75.1 and 73.2. He's thrown for 34 TDs against 44 interceptions. He frequently misses games due to injury. He's a clear as day downgrade from Vince Young, and I'm not exactly president of the VY fan club. Sorry, any post that references Matt Hasselbeck as a reason the Titans might pass the Texans is a little silly. Yes, so let's actually look at the past and compare it to now. In last year's week 2 win on the road, the Texans gave up 426 yards passing on a 74% completion rate to a washed up Donovan McNabb. Comparing McNabb to Henne, it's either a wash or slight advantage Henne. Comparing Washington receivers to Miami receivers, it's slight advantage Miami. Now, look at the result this year, relative to the past year (you know, your own criteria). How does it look similar?
Gotta disagree there. Seattle gave Hasselbeck pure **** to work with his last several years there. He's not elite, but he's no Kerry Collins. He's been a fairly accurate passer that makes good decisions. You don't luck your way into 350 yards passing on the Ravens. Young was trash. That Collins could keep winning back the job should help emphasize how bad Ten was at QB. Hasselbeck's definitely an improvement and he's demonstrating that. Their best case scenario is Johnson rounds into form and Hasselbeck throws only 25 times a game, but for sure Britt isn't going to waste away like he did in the Young/Collins era.
Ryan Fitzpatrick threw for 382 yards and 4 TDs against Baltimore last year, and that defense had more talent than the one they have now. Not that Fitzpatrick is bad, but I'm not convinced he's particularly good, either. Funny things can happen in individual games, especially when it's at home and the week after the opponent's Super Bowl (Baltimore played Pittsburgh a week ago). He's demonstrating that? They lost to an awful Jacksonville team a week ago, and the only reason Hasselbeck's stats were even remotely acceptable was a shovel pass that Kenny Britt turned into an 80-yard touchdown. I'll give you that his surrounding talent in Seattle wasn't ideal, but there are plenty of QBs without solid talent who still post much better numbers than Matt has in recent years. It's going to take a lot more than a home win over Baltimore for me to believe that Matt Hasselbeck is a good NFL quarterback.
Baltimore's pass defense was a little more vulnerable last year than people think. And they blew their load against Pittsburgh last week. I saw a let-down coming, I just didn't think it would be *that* bad.
I was clear saying he wasn't elite - what I disagreed with was your assertion that he was a clear downgrade from Young. Hasselbeck is a seatwarmer for Locker, but he's still a step up from Young/Collins.
I don't have the energy to read the entire thread (maybe at lunch), but watching us milk the clock from 8 minutes to 2 minutes with 8 straight running plays in the 4th quarter brought a smile to my face. That drive pretty much won the game.
