Official Texans vs. Chiefs Wild Card Game Thread, 1/9/2016

[barrett]

For now I'll ignore what happened at QB this week. I think the worst screw ups that led to that...

6. Not signing Weeden at the same time we signed Yates. We gambled on the roster spot being more valuable, then when Yates got hurt we had to sign a guy way to late to learn the playbook. Thus we get the worst QB performance in NFL playoff history and have nowhere to go.

5. Knowing Ryan Mallett and somehow not realizing how much of a head case he is. How was this guy brought back this year? How bad is Hoyer to lose a job to this screw up?

4. Thinking Brian Hoyer was a starting QB. Not much to say here I haven't said before.

3. Putting Tom Savage on IR. Tom has been totally healthy for the whole 2nd half of the season and could have started several games for us. I think he'd have been better than the garbage we had, we might be in round 2, and he'd be fully evaluated going forward.

2. Not drafting a QB in the early rounds during O'Brien's first 2 seasons. It's huge arrogance to think he doesn't need talent there to win (when every other coach in history did need talent).

1. Passing on Derek Carr. This is the truly unforgivable one for me. The most QB desperate team in the NFL has a 1st round talent fall to round 2, no trade up necessary, and we don't pull the trigger. Swap out Sua Fi'o for Carr and this team might have had a bye this past week. We'd be a promising team going forward. Instead we are a punchline.

If I made a 6-bet parlay 12 months ago that a QB starved NFL franchise coming off a 9 win seasons would be this stupid this many times, I'd be a millionaire right now.

[nunusguy]

Originally Posted by barrett

3. Putting Tom Savage on IR. Tom has been totally healthy for the whole 2nd half of the season and could have started several games for us. I think he'd have been better than the garbage we had, we might be in round 2, and he'd be fully evaluated going forward.

I'm hoping the team doctors initially misjudged his rehab period and told O'brien he couldn't make it back during the current season from his injury, otherwise IRing Savage at that time is hard to explain and justify ?

Originally Posted by barrett

2. Not drafting a QB in the early rounds during O'Brien's first 2 seasons. It's huge arrogance to think he doesn't need talent there to win (when every other coach in history did need talent).

Inexplicible and inexcusable.

Originally Posted by barrett

1. Passing on Derek Carr. This is the truly unforgivable one for me. The most QB desperate team in the NFL has a 1st round talent fall to round 2, no trade up necessary, and we don't pull the trigger. Swap out Sua Fi'o for Carr and this team might have had a bye this past week. We'd be a promising team going forward. Instead we are a punchline.

On this one I can buy the oft expressed explanation which is many in the organization, led by the owner himself, felt that the younger brother of David Carr could potentially be subjected to an environment of harsh criticism and ridicule at the first sign of any issues which would make his success that much more difficult to realize.

[barrett]

Originally Posted by nunusguy

I'm hoping the team doctors initially misjudged his rehab period and told O'brien he couldn't make it back during the current season from his injury, otherwise IRing Savage at that time is hard to explain and justify ?

Inexplicible and inexcusable.

On this one I can buy the oft expressed explanation which is many in the organization, led by the owner himself, felt that the younger brother of David Carr could potentially be subjected to an environment of harsh criticism and ridicule at the first sign of any issues which would make his success that much more difficult to realize.

It is a weak willed group that doesn't draft a guy because of fan sentiment. I can't imagine O'Brien operating that way. I think it far more likely they just totally blew their evaluation of Carr.