2023 Houston Texans thread

[tx ind 7013]

Stroud

[YChang 3449]

well that was nice...

[crony 359]

Haha fuck you Baker

[Celery Man 20962]

i would like to join the bandwagon. i'll load up some paul wall on spotify

[Hate 20108]

Holy shit!!!

[Js1 85353]

[tx 3 putt 76980]

Last year watching Tank Dell in college, you had zero doubts he was nfl ready. What a great draft pick !!!!

[billfromlaketravis 11488]

Fuck you Baker. I’d pour a beer on your head if I were at the game you garbage person. 
 

 

[David Dennison 18875]

That was impressive.

Wow.

[billfromlaketravis 11488]

Didn’t Stroud work out with Dell in the off-season and he made the Texans draft him? Well done. 

[Macklemore 2872]

FUCK YOU BAKER!! CJ is HIM!! 1st come from behind game winning drive in his career.

Edited November 5, 2023 by Macklemore

[Harrison Stafford 3335]

It’s nice to have a real coach, a real QB, and a team that’s finding ways to win.

Edited November 5, 2023 by Harrison Stafford

[UTHornFan014 710]

This Stroud guy seems decent

[Dennis Taylor 18829]

This team is fun to watch again. Demeco and CJ are so much better than random placeholder old coach and giraffe neck. The culture is changing.  Don't fuck it up Tommy Boy

[Rip76 4928]

5 TDs for Stroud?

Holy crap.

[Updawg 2266]

This team is fun to watch again. Demeco and CJ are so much better than random placeholder old coach and giraffe neck. The culture is changing.  Don't fuck it up Tommy Boy

So much this. Very impressive. This seems like the team is in the right direction and has a promising foundation

[HtownHorn 14690]

17 minutes ago, billfromlaketravis said:

Didn’t Stroud work out with Dell in the off-season and he made the Texans draft him? Well done. 

Yes. Stroud begged the Texans to take him in the 3rd.

[HtownHorn 14690]

1 hour ago, Hate said:

That was a perfect pass. I’m so glad they didn’t get the first pick last year!

Man, I don't know if anything would have been different after watching Stroud's post-game interview. Jesus was mentioned several times.

[Brothahorn 10087]

That was a perfect pass. I’m so glad they didn’t get the first pick last year!

Thank you Lovie

[billfromlaketravis 11488]

How many wins did the AFC Wild Card teams have last year?

[HtownHorn 14690]

3 minutes ago, billfromlaketravis said:

How many wins did the AFC Wild Card teams have last year?

One team had 9, and 2 others had 10. We are 4-4, but are a walking wounded.

Edited November 5, 2023 by HtownHorn

[tx 3 putt 76980]

16 minutes ago, Dennis Taylor said:

This team is fun to watch again. Demeco and CJ are so much better than random placeholder old coach and giraffe neck. The culture is changing.  Don't fuck it up Tommy Boy

I have faith in Cal’s wife 

 

 

[tx 3 putt 76980]

4 minutes ago, billfromlaketravis said:

How many wins did the AFC Wild Card teams have last year?

the Carolina lost last week was beyond horrible 

[Macklemore 2872]

Unprecedented numbers for a rookie QB.  Couldn’t be happier with Demeco, Slowik and the rest of the team. These aren’t your same old Texans. Think if Caserio drafted Sauce and anyone other than aggy in 2022.

Edited November 5, 2023 by Macklemore

[HtownHorn 14690]

Is Juice Scruggs going to play this season?

1 minute ago, Macklemore said:

Unprecedented numbers for a rookie QB.  Couldn’t be happier with Demeco, Slowik and the rest of the team. Think if Caserio drafted Sauce and anyone other than aggy in 2022.

We'd have two more starters that are actually playing?

[tx 3 putt 76980]

[Wishbone 4762]

My gruntle index for Stroud has no ceiling after today. Fucking build a team around that guy (O-line particularly) and become contenders in a hurry.

[Evil Bill Obrien 3286]

 

[TexasGolf 4920]

45 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

[tx 3 putt 76980]

Biggest play of the game …

 

[Rip76 4928]

https://www.instagram.com/p/CzR_09arl3t/?igshid=azd6MnIyN3A3Y2M4

[Jshep34 2308]

I have faith in Cal’s wife 
 
 

She is a super nice and organized person. How she has time for everything I'll never know

[VABuckeye 2472]

[The Earl of Texas 3132]

Our rookie QB is a certified badass and we ruined Baker Mayfield’s day so literally everyone is happy

[Hate 20108]

The OL and DL need to be the focus for the next couple of drafts. stroud has already shown he can make players better. Look at what he did with what many people thought was the worst WR room in the league. 

[The Earl of Texas 3132]

 

[TexasMan 10891]

 

[Hank Kingsley 20959]

That was my favorite Texans game ever. Holy shit, that was entertaining. 

I don't know what to say anymore about Stroud. He legitimately had a rough 1st half and still ended up with otherworldly numbers. Incredible that we can confidently believe this guy will be a top 5 QB for the next decade. 

Tank Dell...man. A legitimate badass hooked up with a franchise QB. He's gonna light up the league. And props to Demeco and staff for FEEDING him. 

So many injuries on defense, but they fought hard all game. 

I'm fully on board the Texans bandwagon. LFG

[SimkinsMan 4387]

CJ Stroud is pretty fucking great. Thank you to the beard for winning that last game, which we all wanted him to lose.m 

[TexasMan 10891]

 

 

[tx 3 putt 76980]

 

[elfenix 34266]

baker's reactions to the RB field goal and CJ's TD need to be gif'd

[HtownHorn 14690]

15 hours ago, Hate said:

The OL and DL need to be the focus for the next couple of drafts. stroud has already shown he can make players better. Look at what he did with what many people thought was the worst WR room in the league. 

Yeah, Brown has come on since the injury to Woods, and Niko is finally showing up. I saw an earlier mock that had the Texans getting Keon Coleman and that would be fucking awesome. I think we need a WR/TE and then just fill up on LOS guys.

Edited November 6, 2023 by HtownHorn

[tx 3 putt 76980]

 

[Macklemore 2872]

1 hour ago, HtownHorn said:

Yeah, Brown has come on since the injury to Woods, and Niko is finally showing up. I saw an earlier mock that had the Texans getting Keon Coleman and that would be fucking awesome. I think we need a WR/TE and then just fill up on LOS guys.

I don’t trust Caserio to draft a 1st round OL after picking the aggy bust we have at LG. We already have enough draft capital and cap space devoted to OL. Patterson was a good pick in the 5th round and we can fill out our needs in FA and in the lower rounds like that. Biggest need is to get a stud DT that can get us a consistent push up the middle so that we can actually get the QB on the ground. Jordan Davis/Jalen Carter type talent would be ideal. If Keon Coleman is still on the draft board where we pick, he would be impossible to pass up. Same with Bowers, IMO.

[Frank Drebin 5642]

20 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

 

If he wants to play on a cheap, short-term deal, maybe.  He is going to be 31 next year.

[Fud 9552]

14 minutes ago, Macklemore said:

I don’t trust Caserio to draft a 1st round OL after picking the aggy bust we have at LG. We already have enough draft capital and cap space devoted to OL. Patterson was a good pick in the 5th round and we can fill out our needs in FA and in the lower rounds like that. Biggest need is to get a stud DT that can get us a consistent push up the middle so that we can actually get the QB on the ground. Jordan Davis/Jalen Carter type talent would be ideal. If Keon Coleman is still on the draft board where we pick, he would be impossible to pass up. Same with Bowers, IMO.

The pick will likely be somewhere around 20. Just draft the best player available within reason. Landing a great player is more important than landing a player at a specific position. 

I don't think Bowers or Coleman will be there. 

[Fud 9552]

Some thoughts

- Stroud had arguably the best game ever statistically by a rookie QB, despite missing several throws in the first couple of drives

- Noah Brown was a difference maker

- This team is comically beat up. You could only laugh at the sequence where the DB got injured and then his replacement got injured the following play

- There were some brutal calls on Houston. The roughing play on Baker, obviously, but also a pretty weak hold and weak PI in big moments 

This year is this year, but in the following three years, Houston needs to try to maximize Stroud's rookie contract. Buy Chase Young this offseason. Buy another WR. Etc. I won't say go all-in because I wouldn't be trading away premium picks, but there will be a rookie QB salary window if some thinks go correctly 

[tx 3 putt 76980]

15 minutes ago, Fud said:

The pick will likely be somewhere around 20. Just draft the best player available within reason. Landing a great player is more important than landing a player at a specific position. 

I don't think Bowers or Coleman will be there. 

those are prime OL picks in the 20’s, or maybe someone slips 

[HtownHorn 14690]

There are going to be a lot of good WRs available at 20. I'm not sure about DL, usually those guys are gone in the Top 5-10. I would love Sweat, but 20 is probably too high for him because he's a run stuffer. Though maybe he would have more pass rush stats if he wasn't held on every play without fear of penalty.