Rewatch it again, and keep your eye on his right hand all the way through the rollover. You'll see that his right hand is off the ball and he brings his left arm in to re-gain possession. It was incomplete.
Penalties on offense were the problem, not on defense. I LOVED the hits we were laying on folks, trying to bring back the house of pain. Keep the SWARM going...
Heard talk in the off-season about how we were going to get to the line quicker to let CJ assess the defense and set the protection and change plays if needed. We need to break the huddle at 20 seconds, and we're still doing it at 10-12 seconds.
Our OL is not good, but CJ is also holding the ball way too long. If you can't make a play in 4+ seconds (which he had on many plays), every pocket is gonna collapse.
Invest in the line? They had one of the highest paid lineman and multiple 1st, 2nd, and 3rd round picks on the line. They were terrible. It's not what you spend, it's how you spend it.
It's not just holding on to the ball too long, it's having 0 awareness about when pressure is coming and where it's coming from. Is the o line awesome? Far from it, but when the guy calling the protections has no clue what is coming, they are set up for failure. When the team constantly wastes downs with non competitive play calls, the offense is set up for failure. When the team puts their faith in an emergency kicker to secure the ball, the offense is set up for failure. Stroud needs the wake up call, there's no one else to blame because he was given the keys to the offense.
The old school Houston Oilers fan in me always wants to see the Bills s*ck in football. The same goes for the Ravens from the days of those dirty birds. But, it's hard not to enjoy watching either of those teams when it comes to seeing some quarterback magic going on with their passing and rushing skills. They are tough as nails, and big enough to take hits or knock a few bodies around along the way. They are escape artists like Mahomes, with added bulk and strength to keep going rather than slide. Add in the passing threat and it's exciting football. Derrick Henry is my favorite RB to watch. He's like a blend of The Bus and Earl Campbell cloned with Walter Payton. That dude's workout regiment is no joke. It's like watching the old Rocky movies seeing the effort and creativity he uses to build that strength and stamina on those hill runs dragging weight. No settling for field goals over and over with those teams. They never give up, and know they have the capability to score a TD. We have our work cut out for us before we play them this year. Our defense gives me a lot more hope than our offense right now, that's for sure. We can't keep up with teams like that with a bunch of dink passes and punts. All that being said, there is no team I get more excited to watch than the Texans, but no team that disappoints me more than them either. I just want that excitement! Come on guys, give us that excitement we want. Time to step it up!
Facts, he's gotta get some blame, doesn't help that our running game is also nonexistent, and its hard to get the first down when its 3rd and long (8/9) almost every time.
I don't like the mentality of not being prepared for week 1 and losing then just saying it. I guess the loss against the Chiefs in the divisional round last year didnt sting as hard as I thought it did for them.
Wow, what a crappy day for HTown, both teams lose and didn't look competitive. This is just game one but how do you practice all off season, get ready for the Rams and then come out and play like that, I love Demeco but come on, this team and coaching staff were out played and out coached by the Rams. The D was good but not great, Sting had to be hurt, Petrie played like crap, #12 torched us and our run game was just OK. CJ was OK, the 3rd sack was on him and he loses so many yards on sacks by running backwards. Stop the RB by committee, DP sucks, you can tell he is trying but dam he gives you nothing. Go with Chubbs and Marks and give them time to find a groove. There really isn't one thing from THIS GAME that makes me feel we can compete with teams like the Ravens or Bills................I am going to give myself the day to be pissed then I will flush this game and get ready for Monday night
This game was about what I expected. We played a very good defensive team on the road without a running game. We were marching for a game winning touchdown when an opposing player made a great play on a running back that previously had only one fumble in a nine-year career. As predicted, our defense was great. 14 points allowed. Offensive line played better than I expected and most of the sacks were on Stroud or receivers not getting open (to be expected with rookies). Kirk’s and Mixon’s injuries were predictable given their history, so if there is anything to blame the FO on is not having a plan better than Chubb at running back. I’ll give them a pass on receiver since they did draft 2 guys that I think will be great after they get their feet wet. I thought Stroud played a poor game in general, but am confident he will do better as the season progresses. That phantom holding call on the first series, set us up for poor field position most of the first half. Our kicking coverage sucked and the Rams were playing with a shorter field all day. Too much knee jerk reactions about the offensive coaching and play calls. Both teams got a tough call for an opening opponent and the veteran QB responded better than our young QB. Really wanted Devonte Adams back when we had the chance and yesterday showed why, although that was in part because of Sting getting hurt right away. He obviously wasn’t himself the rest of the way. Pitre in coverage is an issue and they picked on him all day.
matches the field test in the first half. A lot of positive plays but the 5 that weren't evaporated drives and all hope. John Harris dropping some knowledge with the Oline shuffle, shuffling. "We're just not giving him time. Just an average pressure rate and he can take us places. You need continuity. They reverted back to Packers game." While being pressured on 41%, it could have been a total disaster. The only mistakes by seven I saw were 2 of the 3 sacks. He should have just thrown it at the LT's shoes, since they were apparently allowing that on the other side. The positives: Stroud did what the coaches have been hammering in the offseason, take the profit. And what we've been wanting, scrambling for 1st downs. Here are the big negative drive killers: 1 and 20 "holding" killed a drive. 1 Fisher grab to the face killed another one. Good things were brewing. 2 sacks killed 2 more. Nobody bit on those playactions were the sacks happened just like last season. Oh left out where the DT made a quick reaction on 1 of the 2 batted balls. Nico had just one safety to truck. Could have been a huge play For comparison, 1st and 20 conversion rate is below 40% for the best offenses. I can only imagine % drops more with that high pressure being allowed. So much that Houston intentionally decides to run, run, screen pass just to fight another possession. People saying that penalties are not a big deal and should overcome don't know what they're talking about. For an average line, sure. This ain't that with all the commotion. Valiant effort for Stingley. You need your hips to stay with receivers and clearly something was wrong. What went down in the tent?
They gave up, what, 14 points - to the Rams. The defense showed up, if you told the coaching staff they would give up 14 points to the Rams, they would take that every time. The issue was the offense - and poor drafting on the line in the past handful of seasons. They knew they had gaping holes on the line and didn’t address it. They had an OC last year that had never been an OC. They didn’t exactly add the most accomplished OC this year…. That’s the issue, offense isn’t addressed.
In 2006, first-time head coach Gary Kubiak hired an inexperienced defensive coordinator, and the results were a train wreck. Kubiak replaced him with another inexperienced DC and essentially wasted two prime Schaub/Foster/AJ years. In 2011, the owner forced Kubiak to hire Wade Phillips and the Texans had their best season in team history. This trip down memory lane is brought to you by Drano and Smith and Wesson.
Yeah - the short answer is that the Texans do not have an NFL level offensive line and that makes it very difficult to grade the QB. More upsetting is that they knew this was going to be a problem and didn’t address it. It tells me that they aren’t serious for 2025.
One day... somebody out there will officially link future young QB success with old/experienced coaches. Not that it can't happen based on a young QB having talent on his own.... but so so so (so many) examples of where a young QB either getting groomed (by sitting a year) or getting drafted into a system where there is just generations of experience, and you see ultimate success. On the flip-side, those experienced coaches that have been through this a time or two (or half dozen) may also be able to identify quicker whether a young QB has that developmental potential... or they're better off hitting reset. Meanwhile, you do see more examples of young QB's that actually regress because they're either shell-shocked with no protection or they develop some bad tendencies and the younger coaches don't immediately recognize/squash them. And thats before the basic fact that calling plays in this league is damn hard for EXPERIENCED coaches.... let alone coaches that have NEVER called plays before, or had to adjust to the adjustments, or had to draw up something entirely unscripted because you now have injuries at key positions and you can't run that naked bootleg super reverse half-trap option flea flicker... that worked too well in practice, and you've been slowly trying to set up that one play by running the ball and showing that formation again and again.
