Official Texans vs. Falcons Fake Game Thread, 08/16/2014

[HPF Bob]

Kinda hard to believe this was the same team we saw in Phoenix. Are the Falcons that much worse than the Cardinals or was there a hell of a lot of coaching this week? Was it impressed on certain players that no jobs are guaranteed on a 2-14 team?

Interesting under-the-radar signing of Ronnie Brown and I sort of like it. He's no longer able to be a feature back but he's a versatile veteran that can go do a lot of good "little" things to help you win. He's a capable receiver and a solid blocker. I can see him seeing a lot of playing time on third downs.

The announcer noted that practically all our draft choices had good games - Clowney, Feidorewicz, Hal, etc. That FB from Auburn is dynamite. Of course, Nix did not play and I didn't see anything particularly good/bad about Sua-Filo. Savage was nothing special and I didn't really notice Pagan but I think this year's draft class has the potential to be the best draft class we've ever had.

The dress rehearsal game with Denver will go a long way to tell us what to expect this season. I think Manning will shred our secondary which seems the obvious weak link.

I would not be shocked at all if Blue is our starting tailback by season's end. He looks like that classic underused SEC running back that could be looked at as a steal down the road. Don't know yet how he is in pass receiving but if he can do that, he could be our next star back.

As for bringing in/out the QBs, it serves the backups no good if you only get to see them against the backups. We ought to see all three get some action against the 1st and 2nd teams. I though Keenum generally looked good and some of his bad throws were probably misreads from the young receivers. There's a spot for all three - at least for this year.