2024 Houston Texans Season Thread

[Zeus 6,437]

lol the announcers calling that a cheap shot?

Fuck that

 you slide late that’s your fucking problem

[David Dennison 19,110]

Just now, Zeus said:

lol the announcers calling that a cheap shot?

Fuck that

 you slide late that’s your fucking problem

It was a dirty hit and he deserved to be ejected. He also deserves to be fined and probably suspended.

[TonyTexas 10,567]

That was definitely a cheap shot but the extended sermon from the announcer was too much. 

[ChiTownDoc 21,210]

1 minute ago, Zeus said:

lol the announcers calling that a cheap shot?

Fuck that

 you slide late that’s your fucking problem

lol.  As dirty as it gets.  

[TonyTexas 10,567]

5 minutes ago, cmontexas said:

Dirty ass team

That was a dirty play by one player. The Texans , as a whole, certainly don’t have that reputation. 

[tx 3 putt 77,872]

5 minutes ago, Zeus said:

lol the announcers calling that a cheap shot?

Fuck that

 you slide late that’s your fucking problem

 

it was a hit for sure but he let up. he committed to the tackle a split arcos before he started the slide. he could gave avoided that hit, just lay back 

shouldn’t hit a sliding qb, looks bad 

 

Edited 3 hours ago by tx 3 putt

[deter 314]

Blind

[UTHornFan014 718]

Man... Lawrence got concussed immediately after them doing the piece about helping the community/kids. Terrible timing and definitely an unnecessary hit (and subsequent reaction by Al-Shaair)

[cmontexas 3,305]

5 minutes ago, TonyTexas said:

That was a dirty play by one player. The Texans , as a whole, certainly don’t have that reputation. 

Fair enough

[Harrison Stafford 3,353]

Doesn’t vs can’t.  An uninspiring half of football.

[Zeus 6,437]

Yeah in slow motion he’s got all the time in the world to let up. 
 

in real life he’s trying to make a tackle and aiming for the hips, and at the very last second when he’s 3 feet away Lawrence drops and his head is right where his hips were. 
 

Either sliding needs to be nobody within 3 yards or just get rid of sliding all together. It’s more dangerous to slide right at the last instant than it is to just get tackled. 
 

full stride running for the first down

begins to slow down 

in the air starting to slide as 0 is diving at him to make the tackle

Slides for the first down and gets hit arms first

 

Notice how this all happens between 15 and 14 on the clock

As a defender you have a split second to get in position and go try to make a tackle, there isn’t time to “back off” if the guy slides right at the last instant and right at the first down marker.

If the QB scrambles for a first down they should be just like any other runner. 

 

[TonyTexas 10,567]

One can only hope that since we couldn’t score a TD in the 1st half that the 2nd half touchdown slump comes to an end. 

[David Dennison 19,110]

1 minute ago, Zeus said:

If the QB scrambles for a first down they should be just like any other runner. 

That's probably not going to happen for the most important position in the NFL and quite often the highest paid player on the field. The NFL is going to do everything it can to protect QBs.

[David Dennison 19,110]

I really hope Bobby Slowik isn't back next year.

[Zeus 6,437]

17 minutes ago, David Dennison said:

That's probably not going to happen for the most important position in the NFL and quite often the highest paid player on the field. The NFL is going to do everything it can to protect QBs.

Every other player running with the ball in the NFL has serious consequences, you either protect yourself or you are tough enough to take the hits. 
 

Running backs and wide receivers get regularly smashed and nobody bats an eye. The QB can throw the ball away or dive down or slide well before anyone is going to hit him and they will leave him alone. 
 

You run for the first down then at the last instinct you drop your head right in the target zone for a tackler that is just bad technique. Either slide early or dive down. 
 

I don’t understand the baseball slide at all. Just put flags on the QB or special jerseys and those guys are 2 below 

[David Dennison 19,110]

Wow. We are dumb.

[The Earl of Texas 3,174]

A second half TD! Really good drive though. Good protection on Stroud.

[Rip76 4,985]

38 minutes ago, TonyTexas said:

One can only hope that since we couldn’t score a TD in the 1st half that the 2nd half touchdown slump comes to an end. 

🤘🏼

[Brothahorn 10,088]

25 minutes ago, David Dennison said:

I really hope Bobby Slowik isn't back next year.

He definitely isn't getting a HC job. So Hannah and Demeco need to make the tough, smart decision. 

[The Earl of Texas 3,174]

Ok, back to what was working. Heavy on  Mixon, medium developing pass game. LFG, can put this thing out of reach right here. Nico seems OK, too.

[TonyTexas 10,567]

30 minutes ago, David Dennison said:

I really hope Bobby Slowik isn't back next year.

 

3 minutes ago, Brothahorn said:

He definitely isn't getting a HC job. So Hannah and Demeco need to make the tough, smart decision. 

Stausser, the OL coach, will probably be the sacrificial lamb. 

[The Earl of Texas 3,174]

Didn't catch it, but you're probably not going to get into a better review situation and you're already down 10. Just go for it and hope the refs fuck it up. Not a bad idea, Jags.

[Dutchrudder 11,156]

Nice find with the TE uncovered. Easy TD to probably put the game away. 

[The Earl of Texas 3,174]

That's game!

[tx 3 putt 77,872]

much needed bye week. this team has been on a slide since that 5-1 start 

[The Earl of Texas 3,174]

2 pt conversion to do down 9/remain down 11 instead of XP to go down 10?(...?.)

If you say so.

Edited 1 hour ago by The Earl of Texas

[David Dennison 19,110]

Nice defensive series. Well done.

[Rip76 4,985]

Nice!

[David Dennison 19,110]

26 minutes ago, The Earl of Texas said:

That's game!

[David Dennison 19,110]

Thank you, Joe Mixon.

[TexasGolf 5,138]

Big run 

[Updawg 2,299]

Colts pulled off a win. Houston needs to win this or it’s big trouble

[The Earl of Texas 3,174]

40 minutes ago, The Earl of Texas said:

Didn't catch it, but you're probably not going to get into a better review situation and you're already down 10. Just go for it and hope the refs fuck it up. Not a bad idea, Jags.

I was wrong about that - they needed that timeout.

 

31 minutes ago, The Earl of Texas said:

That's game!

Woof...

[Ignatius 4,077]

Can’t go total conservative here and run 40 seconds off, not being up by only a FG. Have to go for the first here even if it risks stopping the clock on an incompletion. A first down here ends the game…

Edited 1 hour ago by Ignatius

[David Dennison 19,110]

Again, thank you, Joe Mixon.

 

[Ignatius 4,077]

1 minute ago, Ignatius said:

Can’t go total conservative here and run 40 seconds off, not being up by only a FG. Have to go for the first here even if it risks stopping the clock on an incompletion. A first down here ends the game…

Hah, disregard this idiot.

Ballgame, and much-needed bye week…

[TonyTexas 10,567]

11 minutes ago, Updawg said:

Colts pulled off a win. Houston needs to win this or it’s big trouble

Magic number for the division is 2. Indy also has a bye next week and their remaining schedule is weak. Ours is anything but. 

[tx 3 putt 77,872]

if i’m hannah, i sit down demeco, slowick, and  burke and fucking unload on them 

this team is too sloppy, that’s coaching 

at times, low energy and effort 

light a fire under their asses and hope it trickles down

 

this team should easily be 10-3 

[HtownHorn 14,881]

1 hour ago, The Earl of Texas said:

2 pt conversion to do down 9/remain down 11 instead of XP to go down 10?(...?.)

If you say so.

Nah you got for 2 there. If you make it, 10 points wins the game, if you don't you still down 11 and can tie with two scores.

[The Earl of Texas 3,174]

2 hours ago, David Dennison said:

I really hope Bobby Slowik isn't back next year.

Not sure how I'm feeing here since we spent whole offseason praying he doesn't leave so I think that guy is still somewhere in there, and we might just need a better OL, but I also think coaching Stroud would draw good candidates. Hopefully he irons it out in the next 6 weeks and we all live happily ever after.

Whole team is having issues we just we're not having last year...