2023 Houston Texans thread

[hookem48 4687]

Houston first team to ever win 4 games or less 3 years in a row then win a playoff game.

Dallas first team win 12 games 3 years in a row and not reach a Championship game. 

 

 

thanks Jerry

[Dennis Taylor 18829]

Upgrading the offensive line has to be the top priority.  Secondary probably second priority 

[Wishbone 4762]

Texans going forward is all line build IMO. Both lines, starting with the OL. Build a wall around Stroud.

[Rip76 4928]

And go get Derrick Henry for a year.

Edited January 21 by Rip76

[hookem48 4687]

Houston's a young team that just wasn't ready for this.

[Irish Wrist Watch 1359]

Nice halftime adjustments, Texans...

That said, couldn't help but feel refs were helping to keep Balt. on top. The holding of receivers was every play. 

Edited January 21 by Irish Wrist Watch

[Wishbone 4762]

Just now, Rip76 said:

And go get Derrick Henry for a year.

Wonder where Brooks will go in the draft? Get him at a reasonable pick might be worth the long game.

[Wishbone 4762]

3 minutes ago, hookem48 said:

Houston's a young team that just wasn't ready for this.

Amazing to be where they are this year. That bodes well going forward.

[Jshep34 2308]

#42 is a holding machine

[David Dennison 18860]

Yikes.

[Js1 85348]

Woof 

[tx 3 putt 76978]

Put in the scrubs 

[Longhornstampede 3182]

Justin Tucker, even with a shitty snap nails it. Jackson just punked the entire Houston defense

[Wishbone 4762]

At least this hasn’t come down to a Tucker winning FG. That would be hugely conflicting if it weren’t for him being a Raven.

[Dutchrudder 11139]

Eh, it was a fun season at least. Lots of hope for the future, lots of draft picks to use, and 70 million in cap space to spend this off-season. Plenty of opportunities to improve and go 6-0 in the division next year shooting for a top 2 seed. 

[Honeysucklerose 990]

Good season guys. Gave me a reason to care mid January. Thanks Demeco and CJ

[hookem48 4687]

3 minutes ago, Jshep34 said:

#42 is a holding machine

oh yeah? watch # 70

[Harrison Stafford 3335]

It was nice to have a season where I wasn’t pulling for us to lose games, so we’d get a better position in the draft.

Edited January 21 by Harrison Stafford

[APMP 688]

Need WRs that can separate. With Tank hurt we only had Nico, who a good DC can scheme away using double teams and blitzes. WRs should be tripping over themselves to catch the ball from Stroud, so let's see what we can do.

[Guest]

16 minutes ago, GreenspointTexas said:

Wait, 274 passing ypg led the nfl this season? Lmao wtf

265.5-  Dolphins

[Longhornstampede 3182]

4 minutes ago, Jshep34 said:

#42 is a holding machine

Wasn't anywhere near the play on that TD run

[Wishbone 4762]

Texans on the short list of teams to watch going forward in the NFL isn’t a place they are used to. A welcome development over past status/results.

[VirginiaLonghorn 4772]

6 minutes ago, Jshep34 said:

#42 is a holding machine

 

Just now, Longhornstampede said:

Wasn't anywhere near the play on that TD run

Amazing how well coached the Texans are … Shep didn’t see them hold a single time.

[hookem48 4687]

#70 for Baltimore has literally done that 20 times in this game.

[Dennis Taylor 18829]

Laremyed 

[Jshep34 2308]

Amazing how well coached the Texans are … Shep didn’t see them hold a single time.

I'm not saying texans havent held. The difference is texans have been flagged for it. Ravens haven't.

[Macklemore 2872]

The Texans have been keeping my spirits up. It’s going to suck not to have any more games for 8 months.

[David Dennison 18860]

Just now, Macklemore said:

The Texans have been keeping my spirits up. It’s going to suck not to have any more games for 8 months.

Um, your baseball team is one of the odds on favorites to win the World Series.

Again.

[Dnaguy 11969]

I mean, the Ravens are the better team. 
That being said, it would be nice if 1.) The Texans left tackle wasn’t a complete retard (sorry) false starting to try and get an edge on the edge rusher and 2.) the refs calling this evenly. It’s not UT level fuckery. I’ll state that. But the NFL wants the Ravens vs Bills or Chiefs matchup. The calls would reflect that.

again. This isn’t Big12 fuckery at all. 

Edited January 21 by Dnaguy

[Macklemore 2872]

1 minute ago, David Dennison said:

Um, your baseball team is one of the odds on favorites to win the World Series.

Again.

We still need another bat, preferably a LH OF, to win another WS in my opinion 

[HtownHorn 14685]

Difference in the game was the LOS. We need to pour money and draft picks into fixing both.

I would also sign Henry to pair with Singletary, and draft Brooks to let him recover for a year then take over for Henry. Also, need another WR in addition to a returning Tank Dell.

[The_Great_Hornsby 3236]

Great season for the Texans. A lot to build on and Stroud should continue to get better next year. 

[tx ind 7013]

Damn good season, the pieces are there and there's a window to do great things the next few years.

[LTtxfan 49196]

Future is Bright !!!

[Wishbone 4762]

12 minutes ago, HtownHorn said:

Difference in the game was the LOS. We need to pour money and draft picks into fixing both.

I would also sign Henry to pair with Singletary, and draft Brooks to let him recover for a year then take over for Henry. Also, need another WR in addition to a returning Tank Dell.

This Is it. ^^

[tx 3 putt 76978]

That ravens D is just nasty 

[Updawg 2266]

Was a great season. Fun to have a promising future

[tx 3 putt 76978]

15 minutes ago, HtownHorn said:

Difference in the game was the LOS. We need to pour money and draft picks into fixing both.

I would also sign Henry to pair with Singletary, and draft Brooks to let him recover for a year then take over for Henry. Also, need another WR in addition to a returning Tank Dell.

i want the OL from duke 

[Jshep34 2308]

Nice to feel positive after a playoff loss.

[Rip76 4928]

One momentum killer was the short kickoff to Duvernay.

[hookem48 4687]

1 minute ago, Rip76 said:

One momentum killer was the short kickoff to Duvernay.

Miss the field goal right before half then give Baltimore the ball at midfield to start the 2nd was brutal. 

[Texzilla58 4739]

I’m enjoying this team. They remind me of Jimmy’s early teams where you see so much promise.

Unlike the current Cowboys and their continuing malaise.

[tx 3 putt 76978]

[The Earl of Texas 3132]

That season was fun as hell.

Stroud & Demeco & Caserio did some serious work. Foundation is set.

[The Earl of Texas 3132]

 

[Updawg 2266]

That season was fun as hell.
Stroud & Demeco & Caserio did some serious work. Foundation is set.

100%. I’m back onboard

[Rockethorn1978 6079]

Any possible free agents the Texans would target? Or are we mainly focusing on the draft to upgrade?

[billfromlaketravis 11487]

I don’t want to use the weather excuse, but the Texans looked a warm weather/indoor team yesterday. Hawaiian kicker is freezing his ass off so he misses a relatively easy field goal and chases it a short kickoff. That’s a 10 point swing.

Defense looked cold and didn’t want to hit Baltimore’s RBs in the second half. 
 

The future is indeed bright, but the team needs to win enough games in the regular season to stay home in January. If not, this shit is going to keep happening in KC, Buffalo, or Baltimore. 

[Murfdogg21 4412]

3 hours ago, Rockethorn1978 said:

Any possible free agents the Texans would target? Or are we mainly focusing on the draft to upgrade?

They have cap space (projected $74m), but  resigning their own free agents may gobble a lot of it. Schultz (~$11.5), Rankins (~$9.5), Singletary (~$5), Nelson (~$10), Noah Brown (~$5), Fairbairn (~$4.5) plus signing bonuses, per sportrac predictions. 

[Rockethorn1978 6079]

8 minutes ago, billfromlaketravis said:

I don’t want to use the weather excuse, but the Texans looked a warm weather/indoor team yesterday. Hawaiian kicker is freezing his ass off so he misses a relatively easy field goal and chases it a short kickoff. That’s a 10 point swing.

Defense looked cold and didn’t want to hit Baltimore’s RBs in the second half. 
 

The future is indeed bright, but the team needs to win enough games in the regular season to stay home in January. If not, this shit is going to keep happening in KC, Buffalo, or Baltimore. 

Seeing the schedule next year we might be in the same position as this year at 10-7. I’d say 11-6 is probably the best we can do. Just don’t go backwards like the jags did this season after being the next “big thing”.