I agree with Barrett. There is a losing culture here and this season personifies it. The team had made four comebacks of 14-points or more to tie or take the lead, only to lose each time. That tells you a) the talent is there to win games but b) there's no attitude that expects to close the sale.
The part about Kubiak that galls me the most is the lack of mental toughness. When Schaub gets cheap-shotted, (see Drayton Florence, Jared Allen), there's no Texan player to fight back - clean or dirty. That's what made AJ's tiff with Finnegan even more remarkable is that he actually took care or business even if it meant crossing the line. And while the Texans lost this Sunday, Finnegan wasn't a factor against AJ.
Do you think Cowher would tolerate his QB getting a cheap-shot without some payback? No way. That Baltimore-Pittsburgh SNF game a couple of weeks ago was a street brawl but those were two teams that weren't going to back down for anything and both of those teams are headed to the playoffs and the Texans (once again) aren't. Any guesses why?
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12-23-2010, 11:12 AM
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