What's in the Texans booth?

[Arky]

Originally Posted by Joshua

Maybe you didn't, but quite a few people (including myself) did where I was. They showed a replay immediately after the play. I was at Nick's Place and several of us immediately started saying that it was possibly a fumble and the Texans need to run a play before the Colts decide to challenge it. Once the Texans got up to the line of scrimmage, we were screaming for them to snap it. When Schaub walked away to allow the clock to run down to the 2 minute warning, several of us then predicted that the Colts would challenge after being given the 2 minute warning to watch more replays. That's what infuriates me. This wasn't an after-the-fact conclusion. Half of Nick's Place saw the potential for a fumble in real time; i.e., before the Texans even walked up to the line of scrimmage for the next play. The Texans staff should have at least seen the possibility as well. Bottom line is that on close plays, you can't give the other side that much time to ponder what to do.

It was reported the coaches thought Moats was out of bounds. Obviously, Kubiak and the sideline guys don't have cameras/monitors. Right or wrong, the coaches in the booth didn't think it was a fumble either. The ruling at the time on the field was "no fumble". They were in a conundrum in that they didn't want to leave Peyton more time than they had to if they scored. Hence, letting the clock run down to the 2 minute warning. Given the Texans troubles in the red zone, they took the 2 minute timeout to discuss. In hindsight, they should have run a play but I don't think it was criminal that they didn't.... JMO....