The upcoming Bye Week thread, 10/27/2013

[cadams]

Originally Posted by BigBull

Being an old Oilers fan though I remember in the late 80s or early 90s when the Oilers went undefeated in division play but still finished one game behind the Stealers in overall record and missed the playoffs. Also I think to get a wildcard they need to go 8-1 over the final 9 games and I don't see them beating the Broncos, Pats, and the Colts twice. I think the best we can hope for is a 7-2 record over the last 9, but I think they will go 5-4 or 4-5. I hope I'm wrong though.

looking at the remaining schedule, only four games i see that they should win (jags twice, arizona, and the raiders), and i am not confident they win all those. i can see a 5 or 6 win season easily right now, and honestly, i think that would be the best thing for the team long term. (think qb in the first round)

[nunusguy]

Originally Posted by cadams

looking at the remaining schedule, only four games i see that they should win (jags twice, arizona, and the raiders), and i am not confident they win all those. i can see a 5 or 6 win season easily right now, and honestly, i think that would be the best thing for the team long term. (think qb in the first round)

Yea, see I'm puzzled why some are still placing "Texans" & "Playoffs" in the same sentence re the current season ? If that ship hadn't already sailed before our 5th loss of the year in KC Sunday, just trust me, it's long gone by now.

[WMH]

Originally Posted by nunusguy

Yea, see I'm puzzled why some are still placing "Texans" & "Playoffs" in the same sentence re the current season ? If that ship hadn't already sailed before our 5th loss of the year in KC Sunday, just trust me, it's long gone by now.

Without using my Battle Red glasses I could see a 9-7 team getting the 2nd WC spot.

Denver or KC (more likely) will get the #1 WC spot.

There's a whole host of teams in the 2-4 win category that could get there @ 9-7.

I see a pulse, its pretty damn faint, but there's a shot. In order to do that, we'd have to beat the teams we are supposed to beat (5), which we've only done 2 out of 4, split with Indy (1), and steal one from NE or Den (1), who could be resting as early as week 16. That's the recipe for 9.

That "could" happen.

Will it? Unlikely, but there's still a glimmer of chance.....

If one of these other teams gets on a run to 10 games, we are pretty much toast, as I don't see even a remote chance of being better than 6-2 over the next 8.

[Arky]

Originally Posted by nunusguy

Yea, see I'm puzzled why some are still placing "Texans" & "Playoffs" in the same sentence re the current season ? If that ship hadn't already sailed before our 5th loss of the year in KC Sunday, just trust me, it's long gone by now.

^^^^There are no more pessimists left in the world. They call themselves "realists"....

Nunusguy, did you not write this last week?:

so the Arrowhead crowd gets 3 more hours of beer guzzling before Case Keenum takes the first snap of his life in a regular season NFL game, so it's gonna be loud and wild and crazy in Arrowhead today. Oh BTW, the Chiefs are unbeaten and feature one of the NFLs best defenses, so sorry but if you think Keenums got a chance in this game then you must be a U of H alum. On the other hand, what the hell, the Texans opportunity for a playoff berth this year is all but nonexistent at this point so what's the downside with playing him

Sounds like you had already given up on the season after 4 losses. And young Mr Keenum did better than you expected, eh? Seems he had them in the game until the bitter end..... So, forgive me but my outlook differs greatly from yours....

[nunusguy]

Originally Posted by Arky

Nunusguy, did you not write this last week?:



Sounds like you had already given up on the season after 4 losses. And young Mr Keenum did better than you expected, eh? Seems he had them in the game until the bitter end..... So, forgive me but my outlook differs greatly from yours....

I plead guilty as charged. I certainly did make that comment, and I'm still very surprised by Keenums performance as he did far better than anybody could have realistically expected him to do under the circumstances. I wouldn't have thought he'd do that well at home in Reliant vs somebody like the Jags if it was his first NFL regular season game, so his performance on the road in Arrowhead vs one of the NFLs mightiest defenses was truly remarkable and I give him mucho kudos. And truth is we really should have won that game just as we should have won the Seattle game.
But we didn't and Indy beat Manning & the Broncos over the weekend to put us another full game out of the AFC South lead so now our only realistic path to the playoffs would seem to be as a WC and if you can see us getting there with 5 losses already in the "L" column then you far more of an optimist than I can possibly be.

[Arky]

Originally Posted by nunusguy

I plead guilty as charged. I certainly did make that comment, and I'm still very surprised by Keenums performance as he did far better than anybody could have realistically expected him to do under the circumstances. I wouldn't have thought he'd do that well at home in Reliant vs somebody like the Jags if it was his first NFL regular season game, so his performance on the road in Arrowhead vs one of the NFLs mightiest defenses was truly remarkable and I give him mucho kudos. And truth is we really should have won that game just as we should have won the Seattle game.
But we didn't and Indy beat Manning & the Broncos over the weekend to put us another full game out of the AFC South lead so now our only realistic path to the playoffs would seem to be as a WC and if you can see us getting there with 5 losses already in the "L" column then you far more of an optimist than I can possibly be.

Well, it's not so much optimism as it is believing. A player that thinks it's over/it's impossible/it can't be done, well, I wouldn't want that player on my team, would you? Because if you're a player and think it's over, it will become fact. A player should be thinking if he goes out and does his job, he can help his team win every game. And goodness, there's still 9 games left....

Most everyone that has posted in this thread is admitting that things are grim. You will probably be proven correct but slim odds as they may be, it really is not over yet. For me, Keenum brings a new hope that wasn't there last week.... Last year, RG3 led the Skins from 3-6 to 10-6 (seven W's in a row) beating Philly and Dallas twice, the Giants and eventual SB champ Ravens along the way....

Texans need to go back to the 1-0 each week philosophy.....

[nunusguy]

Originally Posted by Arky

Well, it's not so much optimism as it is believing. A player that thinks it's over/it's impossible/it can't be done, well, I wouldn't want that player on my team, would you? Because if you're a player and think it's over, it will become fact. A player should be thinking if he goes out and does his job, he can help his team win every game. And goodness, there's still 9 games left....

Most everyone that has posted in this thread is admitting that things are grim. You will probably be proven correct but slim odds as they may be, it really is not over yet. For me, Keenum brings a new hope that wasn't there last week.... Last year, RG3 led the Skins from 3-6 to 10-6 (seven W's in a row) beating Philly and Dallas twice, the Giants and eventual SB champ Ravens along the way....

Texans need to go back to the 1-0 each week philosophy.....

Totally agree with your thoughts about what the attitude of the players should be, though I was speaking more from the perspective of a fan.
But I give you high-5s for being a believer, I can only HOPE you are right.

[Arky]

Originally Posted by nunusguy

Totally agree with your thoughts about what the attitude of the players should be, though I was speaking more from the perspective of a fan.
But I give you high-5s for being a believer, I can only HOPE you are right.

Eh, I guess I just don't get the defeatist attitude of a certain faction of our fanbase when a little adversity hits. Like the Iraqi army, they come running out of the trenches, arms straight up in the air waving white flags.....