[Preseason] Texans @ Cardinals

The way Schaub lobbed it up there, it seemed like it was a designed jump-ball play... which you'd likely want any time AJ is matched up against a tiny CB.

 

Meanwhile, the Texans (like the Cardinals) have ZERO pass rush... you can't give any QB in this league that much time to throw the ball.

 

yeah, that's killing me. absolutely inexplicable. i'm realing trying hard to not say anything about mario until the regular season. he was taken to the ground on that TD play.

 

that could be it. i would appreciate some replays of the plays. but they only do that on channel 13 when someone scores, it seems. as opposed to after nearly every play in the regular season.

 

I think everyone is aware it's preseason but it's nice to finally see something on the field to get excited about for me.

1) No matter what, Schaub for two straight weeks has demonstrated poise, pocket presence, and great touch on the ball. He also looks very comfortable in the offense.

2) Dunta Robinson is a real leader. Probably the best tackling CB I've seen since Charles Woodson in his prime.

3) Ryans is no fluke. He's a star in the making

4) Our team seems to have an attitude towards it.

5) Owen Daniels , Jacobey Jones and the timing between Johnson and Schaub.

Negatives:

1) Our defense still needs to step up more. There's an hige gap between our playmakers and the next line. There needs to be more middle ground

2) mario Williams is just a non factor. I'm starting to completely give up on the guy much like he does on numerous plays.

3) The big play is still there for teams. We must take that away

 

I agree with everything you just said. Great first post!

 

There's your big play

OL looks TONS better.

 

Love what I'm seeing from the offensive line, the protection has looked solid. Maybe there was some truth to Carr being a big part of the problem with all those sacks?

Mario on the other hand continues to look lost. Very disappointed.

 

Mario has gotten dominated one on one by rookie Levi Brown this far.

 

The Texans may not get the top pick right, but they sure are striking gold with everybody else under Smith. Jones seems to be an impact player already.

 

Thanks

 

what's going on with Putzier? why has he been relegated to 2nd string?

 

The dissapointing thing about mario is not that I think he's being dominated by Levi Jones because Levi Jones is that much better then him. It's because he simply shows no emotion and doesn't seem to care at all. You see guys flying all over the field and getting excited while Mario goes through the motions. Someone with his speed and size should on pure athletic talent alone make plays. He doesn't. Last yeart it was the foot and I gave him the benefit of the doubt because I wanted to. This year, I'm just going to to hope he proves me wrong.

 

That's the second guy we've drafted as a kick returner and had show potential to make a difference (Davis). I like Jones a lot. I realy don't want to see them dump Mathis quite yet though. He's got injury problems but he's made huge plays when healthy

 

Cause Owen Daniels was great last year, so he's the starting TE.

 

Carr held the ball too long. He lost confidence in himself and didn't trust anything in my opinion. Unless something was wide open, he wasn't interested (hence the ridiculous amount of dump downs for 2-3 yard gains).

Mario was just a bad decision. That's what happens when you draft players based on the combine and signability. That should never be the criteria for selecting a number 1 pick (unless they are a real problem pre draft and you can't even get close). We had two better options and passed. However, that's the past, no need to worry about it now as we can't change it. I will continue to be dissapointed in Mario's lack of effort

 

Good first half for Schaub and the Texans.

Schaub just seems to be a great decision-maker and seems to have an accurate arm. I especially liked the throw where he put the ball just over an LB's reach and then right into the arms of a receiver cutting through the middle of the field. I think the one pass he threw to AJ in the end zone could've been put in front of AJ for an easy TD, but Hood still had to make a great effort to knock the ball down.

The run game started out kind of slow, but by the second series, when the offense started using the play-action, we opened up the run game a little bit. The second team looked solid, with Sage and Jacoby leading the way. Jacoby really looks like a player.

On the defensive side still no pass rush as others have mentioned. Demarcus looks solid, but the rest of the secondary seems to prone to giving up the big play.

 

Yeah, I have to say..I didn't expect the first team offense to look better than the first team defense this early.

 

OMG, Who saw the doctor pop it back into place?

 

Rosenfels is impressive. He seems to put the ball where it needs to be very consistently.