2024 Houston Texans Season Thread

[Zeus 6753]

lol the announcers calling that a cheap shot?

Fuck that

 you slide late that’s your fucking problem

[David Dennison 19441]

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 10683]

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

[ChiTownDoc 21323]

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 10683]

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 78470]

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 December 1 by tx 3 putt

[deter 314]

Blind

[UTHornFan014 751]

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 3331]

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 3390]

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

[Zeus 6753]

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 10683]

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 19441]

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 19441]

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

[Zeus 6753]

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 19441]

Wow. We are dumb.

[The Earl of Texas 3211]

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

[Rip76 5009]

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 10096]

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 3211]

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 10683]

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 3211]

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 11228]

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

[The Earl of Texas 3211]

That's game!

[tx 3 putt 78470]

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

[The Earl of Texas 3211]

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

If you say so.

Edited December 1 by The Earl of Texas

[David Dennison 19441]

Nice defensive series. Well done.

[Rip76 5009]

Nice!

[David Dennison 19441]

26 minutes ago, The Earl of Texas said:

That's game!

[David Dennison 19441]

Thank you, Joe Mixon.

[TexasGolf 5385]

Big run 

[Updawg 2378]

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

[The Earl of Texas 3211]

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 4125]

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 December 1 by Ignatius

[David Dennison 19441]

Again, thank you, Joe Mixon.

 

[Ignatius 4125]

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 10683]

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 78470]

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 15243]

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 3211]

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...

[tx 3 putt 78470]

 

[Ignatius 4125]

5 minutes ago, The Earl of Texas said:

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...

Many of the key components to our success (DeMeco, Slowik, CJ, Tank) are in the 2nd years of their career in their current roles; I think some growing pains/learning curve is to be expected. Two years ago we had the worst roster in the NFL; building quality depth in all rooms is probably going to take another offseason of FA/draft. I still have faith that DeMeco and CJ are Super Bowl-winning caliber talents.

At least this offseason we should have a clear mandate as to the #1 priority. I’d like to shore up SS and add another pass catcher, but if we do nothing else we have to fix the OL…

[The Earl of Texas 3211]

Ryans stood behind Azeez today, saying we don't teach that, Azeez would never intentionally hurt anyone, but also that Jax overreacted and the rule must change because QBs don't get down like they're supposed to. He did stop short of saying bitches like Mahomes and Allen abuse the fuck out of this rule.

Fucking love this guy.

Make no mistake: I think Azeez has done some extremely aggressive things and this was one of them, but also John McClain saying this was worst hit he's seen in his 48 year career and other similar pearl clutching was overboard.

Edited December 2 by The Earl of Texas

[tx 3 putt 78470]

azeez led with his arm

he wasnt going in for a ‘tackle’

[royiv 9687]

1 minute ago, tx 3 putt said:

azeez led with his arm

he wasnt going in for a ‘tackle’

I won’t be mad about the upcoming fine and likely suspension, but that doesn’t mean that there hasn’t  been some pretty big overreaction from certain commentators today.

[The Earl of Texas 3211]

 

[David Dennison 19441]

A forearm to the head isn't dirty?

OK.

[Bevo 13825]

33 minutes ago, David Dennison said:

A forearm to the head isn't dirty?

OK.

 

It may be, but a penis to the head is dirtier.

[The Earl of Texas 3211]

Rex on it, too. I think bad play by Azeez but slide rule is an issue that needs a look. Seen QBs fake the slide, past weekend saw Mayfield slide about a 1/4 second before contact and get up asking ref for flag, who emphatically shook his head no at Mayfield and Baker pouted.

[Macklemore 2945]

3 games is a joke