Official Texans vs. Vikings Game Thread, 8/31/2009

[barrett]

some positives.
-We looked good on both lines against a great DL and a great OL.
-it is some of the best play I have seen from Okoye. He was very active.
-Barwin was a fantastic pick and will be more than just a pass rusher.
-We looked good in the red zone and the 2 minute drill. These are keys for us as we try to make the "top 3 offense" mean something.
-Our LBs looked very good in coverage and while blitzing.

some negatives
-We still have the worst safeties in football. I have been saying this for two years. I still don't know how we drafted a 4-3 OLB, a DE, 2 TEs, and an OL in the first 5 rounds when we have the worst secondary in football.
-One of our Safeties threw a TD springing block against his own man for the 2nd straight week. Who is teaching tackling angles to these guys?
-Our LBs are still too small to fill against the run.
-Schaub was very shaky early. He appears to let a bad play or two get in his head and become bad quarters.
-Our play calling allowed Andre Johnson to disappear. This should never happen. We should never allow drives to go by without plays designed to get him the ball.