Official Texans vs. Rams Game Thread, 10/13/2013

[Arky]

There's just layers upon layers at work here so I'll just hit on a couple of things that are bothering me....

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I'm going to defend Yates. He probably didn't even get any extra reps this week. He's like the old dusty tool in the woodshed that needs tweaking before it is usable again. Of course, I didn't like the pick 6 or the dink & dunk "comeback" he executed. Have we completely given up on the long ball? Hell, I'll take a 25-yard pass - complete or incomplete. Just show it occasionally...

I'd really like to see what Keenum can do unless he's put in a puppetmaster situation. But it's too early to totally write off Yates, IMO.....

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As for Schaub, not a fan of Solomon at the Chron but he summed it up pretty succinctly:

3. Matt Schaub has gotten over his pick-six-aphobia.

That’s the good news (zero interceptions). The bad news is he was back to being the Schaub that so disappointed Texans fans at the end of last year. You know, the one who throws passes into the dirt after escaping the rush and the one who checks down when there is no rush. The best examples of both were at the start of the third quarter, when the Texans trailed 17-6 and needed to get something going. On a first down from the Rams’ 49, Schaub slid away from slight pressure then threw the ball into the dirt trying to hit Andre Johnson on a pass that top college quarterbacks make with regularity these days. On third down, Schaub (15 of 21 for 186 yards) dropped into the pocket and didn’t even allow his receivers to run their routes before he threw underneath to Garrett Graham, who was some five yards short of the first down. It was as if Schaub thought it was third-and-3 instead of third-and-10.

I could care less about being morally outraged at the whole cheering the injury deal.....it's fans being fans. Controversy makes for hot topics and some people are not nice (duh). Big deal, get over it.

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The team is a mess right now and I don't have any answers. But hey, at least we kicked their asses in time of possession and total yards.