My dream scenario for each game is that we have the lead with less than a minute to go in the 4th and the refs make a blantantly BAD call, thus handing the game over to the other team on a platter. In short, play well and barely lose. I say go get that #1 pick and then let's hope to do some wheeling and dealing with it. Hopefully the bidding will be high and we'll be able to get 2 top notch OL.
Reggie Bush. And before you say anything. We have 8 (EIGHT) picks in the next draft. We can get Reggie Bush and then use the other picks to get offensive linemen.
i can't root against them. i can't root for another team to beat the Houston Texans. i just can't do it.
Me either. I can not be too disappointed if we lose, but I can't actively root against any of my teams.
John McClaine Friday was talking about how the Oilers kept passing up stud backs back in the 80's for lineman. He wants the Texans to take Bush. It was funny because I thought he was really contradicting himself. He talked about them passing up Dickerson for Matthews. I was thinking, that wasn’t a bad decision. The he mentioned some back named Warner from Penn St. He really didn’t make a good case. The fact is franchise backs put up great numbers but if on really bad teams they don’t make much difference between winning and losing. The Oilers’ line ended up being probably their biggest asset right up their with Moon, and even though they had their playoff failures they did go on a run of 7 years of playoffs in a row. Guys like O.J. Payton Sanders Dickerson toiled on bad teams while putting up outstanding numbers. It made no difference. Pass on Bush and start building this line. New England has given the rest of the league the blueprint to building champions. Follow it. Their only superstar is Brady, and he isn’t that exceptional, just a great decision maker. The key to them though is they are solid everywhere on the field.
I too would say the same thing, but in order for me to hope that we just BARELY lose, I think that what I'm really rooting for is our team to get to the Super Bowl. If losing now means getting the #1 pick, which in turn helps us get a player(s) to take us to a Super Bowl, then I will root for us to lose now, so that we can win in the future. I'm not saying that the #1 pick will for sure make us a great team, but getting stuck in mediocrity is a bad rut to get into. Of course FA's would rather sign with a marginal team rather than a cellar dweller, so that may cancel out pinning my hopes on the draft. Maybe someone can make a good argument for why finishing with 6+ wins and having the #6-10 pick would be better than finishing dead last and having the #1 pick. Help me out here
personally, i'm not logical when i'm watching my teams. i'm a FANatic. i want them to win. i may be dead next year. right now..they're playing. i want them to win...right now.
Root for what's in the best interest of the organization which for the long term means suffering some short term losses.
I take more of a macro view of it. Maybe I should have made the poll with that in mind, instead of on a game by game basis. Knowing that this season is already wasted, my thought is, 'How can we best invest the final games of the year?'. If the best thing we can hope for is the #1 pick, then I hope we lose and get the #1 pick. If the best thing we can hope for is to win 6+ games and attract a huge FA, then I'll root for us to win. I agree though, it's tough to root for us to lose. On Sunday I was rooting for us to win, but I was also happy when they made the defensive holding call on Seth Payne that gave the Jags the upper hand. There's definitely an inner struggle going on, with my mind having to convince my heart that it's better for us to lose.
Reggie Bush will be a bust in the NFL. Most of his yards come sideline to sideline. Let's see him try that against NFL linebackers.
Let's 'root out' the Texans' cancers, as in personnel chief and personnel director on the field. Can't think of Charley and Dom's names, tho...
Yeah, I see your point. The Oilers were really good back then without a stud RB, if they just didn't choke they could have made the Super Bowl a couple of times. The GM certainly didn't screw up back then. And isn't Denver proving that you don't need a super stud back? They traded Clinton Portis and then just insert whoever back there, even guys like Quentin Griffin. Then again, a guy like Tomlinson guarantees you will be a dangerous team every year. It's hard to say, I guess it's a matter of which philosophy the Texans choose. And for those that say Bush might be a bust. Well, any lineman we take might also be a bust. There is never a 100% sure pick.
The answer is: Root for the Texans and Root for the #1 pick. No matter how much you root for them, they are still going to lose.
Sort of numb at this point, personally. I agree with the side pushing for a franchise tackle over Bush. We aren't going anywhere without an NFL line, no matter who's behind it. Barry F'ing Sanders could never sniff the playoffs because Detroit never got him an O-line. Evan
