Official Texans @ Chiefs Game Thread, 8/15/2009

Roy P · #1 08-15-2009, 03:34 PM

I can't wait to see Barwin rush the passer, and Quinn and Nolan in the Secondary. Is Chris Brown hurt yet? Maybe he could show me that he can run the ball.

HPF Bob · #2 08-15-2009, 04:55 PM

Austin viewers can catch the game on KNVA (cable channel 12). I don't believe it is available in HD, for those who care.

Big Texas · #3 08-15-2009, 06:28 PM

I am so ready. I am just doing any and everything to past the time.

cland · #4 08-15-2009, 07:10 PM

I'm predicting our offense clubs their D in the first half!, and hell let's through in a sack for Barwin. I am just about break out Shiner! Life is good!! GO TEXANS!!!!

Roy P · #5 08-15-2009, 07:46 PM

I'm also hopeful that Shaun Cody looks good today.

Arky · #6 08-15-2009, 08:06 PM

Bah, ABC13 needs to get with the program on their HD.....

Big Texas · #7 08-15-2009, 08:10 PM

they have already started off bad. two horrible run plays. feeling the effects of no chester

cland · #8 08-15-2009, 11:37 PM

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Originally Posted by cland

I'm predicting our offense clubs their D in the first half!, and hell let's through in a sack for Barwin. I am just about break out Shiner! Life is good!! GO TEXANS!!!!

Not too shabby a prediction, if I do say so myself.

I love that Bawin got that sack against KC's #1 pick last year and 2nd year starter, Brandon Albert. That little fake spin move he did locked Albert's legs all sorts of up as we saw. Definitely a created sack, not a hustle sack.

Roy P · #9 08-15-2009, 11:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Roy P

I can't wait to see Barwin rush the passer, and Quinn and Nolan in the Secondary. Is Chris Brown hurt yet? Maybe he could show me that he can run the ball.

Barwin impressed. Brown was that just a tease or can you do that all year for 16 games? The Secondary has me a bit worried.

Okam, nice to see ya big man. Jacoby Jones is on thin ice.

Casey looks like a player, not sure about the other TE Quinn. Dreesen should have a slot.

Keith · #10 08-15-2009, 11:54 PM

Postgame writeup.
http://www.inthebullseye.com/archive/2009/20090815.html

Pretty satisfying game for a preseason opener. I keep trying to remind myself that this is the Chiefs, who are opening a new era, with new leadership, a new quarterback, and a new defensive scheme. Even though this came on the road, the weather conditions removed the fans from the game, making it almost a neutral field.

But enough realism. Schaub went 7-7! Barwin got a sack! Okam was effective! Chris Brown walked off the field healthy! Hooray!

btw, fwiw, Grossman was apparently pulled due to a hamstring injury, not because he looked like ...well... Grossman.

Keith · #11 08-16-2009, 12:03 AM

The chron tweeted some of the postgame injury updates. Severity unknown... stay tuned.

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ChronicleTexans Texans 3rd-string QB Rex Grossman left game with pulled hamstring.

ChronicleTexans More injuries: TE Joel Dreesseen (hyperextended knee), FS Troy Nolan (broken hand), FB Boomer Grigsby (sprained ankle).

ChronicleTexans A few more to the injury list: OT Eric Winston (sprained ankle), OLB Xavier Adibi (broken finger) and DE Tim Bulman (bruised quad)

Arky · #12 08-16-2009, 06:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Keith

The chron tweeted some of the postgame injury updates. Severity unknown... stay tuned.

Ouch, man are they going to be able to field a team 9-13-09? They're racking up the injuries.....

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Replays of this game on the NFLN today @ 9am and Monday @ 6am..... Might be some more later in the week but I didn't look that far into it....

barrett · #13 08-16-2009, 09:16 AM

Barwin's sack was nice, but his play against the run and his smarts in sniffing out screen plays and getting his hands up make me think he can be far more than a situational pass rusher eventually. He may be in his 2nd year at DE, but he is not a project. He's a football player. Just one whose many talents made it hard to find him the best position on the field.

And Bob, let me say that didn't see one ounce of Jason Babin in him.

HPF Bob · #14 08-16-2009, 01:44 PM

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Originally Posted by barrett

And Bob, let me say that didn't see one ounce of Jason Babin in him.

I'll admit there was nothing Babinesque in that sack move (although it should be noted that Babin also had a sack in his first preseason game - his was a bull rush).

The best news is that there were no major injuries and what injuries there were did not happen to key players. Nobody's going on IR due to last night's game.

You really have to cross your fingers in bad conditions like that but the field held up remarkably well which tells me George Toma is still on the case there in KC.