The Texans D has been #1 against the run over the last 3 games. I am not sure why that isnt good enough, but I will take it over #32 against the run over the first 3.
As for the O, if we do not establish some type of running game we will not win in the long run. There is no reason our run game should look so bad, and this could possibly be the worst season a Gibbs coached run game has ever had. Complain about Meyers all you want but he is almost 300lbs, and according to Bruce Mathews, Meyers played very very well last year. Which should translate into this year. The entire line, pass protection, passing game, and run game is built off the zone system. Bringing in some big maulers will only jack the whole thing up. You cannot have the best of both worlds, we saw that with Sherman.
Brown rushed for more yards than Slaton at 5YPC, and alot of that came at the end of the game when the Bengals knew we were going to run the ball to kill the clock. There have been plenty of holes and cutback lanes, it just seems that Slaton has either missed them entirely or cut to late to run though. Perhaps it isnt the line but our RB?
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