Official Texans vs. Jaguars Game Thread, 12/18/2016

[HPF Bob]

Savage has always been a good relief pitcher. I'd probably start Ozzy next Saturday but with a short leash. The pressure to win to keep his job may be the best thing for him.

I honestly thought Tennessee would lose last week or this week. Now, even though the Texans have the tiebreaker, it could boil down to New Years Day in Hicksville having to stop that 1-2 punch of Murray and Henry. Winner gets the title. Believe it or not, the runner-up in the AFC South has an outside chance at still being the #6 seed if it all breaks right.

8-6 and seemingly all with mirrors. They could be 9-7 and miss the playoffs altogether.

[Nconroe]

heck, i thought Savage did pretty good, especially considering he hasnt played a real game in 2 years. i think Savage should definitely start next two games.

pretty good coming back down by 13 to win.

and, our FG kicker has won the last two games. way to go.

[nunusguy]

Watching the Texans in the second half yesterday it almost looked like a different offense than the rest of the year as I saw a series or two where they thru the ball on consecutive plays and hey they thru it downfield. I thought "who is that team " ? I thought Savage was exceptional given he hadn't played in the regular season since last year and came off of the bench cold with no real preparation and brought us all the way back.

[popanot]

No way, no how should Big Bird start next week. It wasn't only the INTs that got him benched. It was his inaccuracy. Look at the tape and the guy was throwing ducks all over the field. Has been all year. Sure, Savage had some not so great moments, but he won and moved the offense. He was way more accurate, lead his receivers, put the ball in position where only the offensive player could make the play, and most importantly, was able to use the field outside the hash marks. Big bird only has the ability to use the middle of the field and can't even do that well. You can tell the whole team was rejuvenated when Savage came in - especially the WRs and especially DHop. I say if you're going to go down in flames, you go down with Savage because you know darn well at this point you'll lose with Big Bird at the helm. Time to move on.

[HPF Bob]

It seemed clear the crowd was energized when Savage came in. That should tell you a lot.

[popanot]

From a PFF article: "Osweiler is currently 35th in the PFF QB rankings with a grade of 40.9".

That's out of a 32 team league. Unfortunately, the guy is trash and is not going to get any better. I just do not see how anyone can justify this guy playing. I don't feel sorry for him and I don't think he should get another start. He's had his chance - and he's also taking it to the bank.

[Arky]

Radio saying Las Vegas has the Titans favored at 55% to win the division, Texans at 45% to win the division. Note, Vegas usually bases things on "public perception"..... The Titans have beaten KC and Denver in the last two weeks and are indeed "hot"....

FiveThirtyEight is a little kinder (using whatever formula they use) having the Texans at 55% and the Titans at 42% to win the division.

Whatever, it looks like the Titans & Texans are destined to solve it in a showdown in Week 17. On the road, @Tennessee. It will be a playoff game for the playoffs. Our "new QB" has one more preparation game (Cincy) to shake off the rust and find some chemistry with the receivers....

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Texan defense is now #1 in yds/gm allowed. Of course that isn't the full picture...... They're 12th in pts allowed with 21 given up per game. Getting Mercilus back will help. JJo? Hope he's ready for the Titans game....

[chuck]

Originally Posted by HPF Bob

It seemed clear the crowd was energized when Savage came in. That should tell you a lot.

Who cares how a bunch of drunk rednecks react? These are the same dumbasses who cheered their own player getting injured.

Originally Posted by HPF Bob

Savage has always been a good relief pitcher. I'd probably start Ozzy next Saturday but with a short leash.

Always? Always meaning the one time he entered the game when Fitzpatrick got injured back in 2014? Or the other time, a couple of games before, when he entered in a blowout and didn't throw a pass? WTF are you talking about?

Never mind the fact that you are literally the only person on the internet (other than Titans fans) who thinks BO should start much less ever play again, ever. In response to Keith, I don't know how good Savage was or is, but I know that we all saw a totally different offense with him in the game to what we've seen with Brock all year.

We've all seen the stats, the ones that insist that BO is bottom three in any meaningful passing metric you want to look at. The ones that insist that he is 99 out of 100 all time at his age with X number of attempts. Those numbers are gruesome. The eye test is worse. I don't know why he's so terrible and I don't know why BOB can't fix him and at this point I don't care. The Texans have an elite defense and a good to very good running game and an OL that looks a hell of a lot better all of a sudden. If Savage had been playing all along providing league average production the team would be fighting with the Patriots for home field advantage.

I can't wait for next year. BO will be the most expensive backup in the history of the league and that vile, reptilian owner and his fking ass licking lapdog will have to sit there together every single game a stew in their own watery shit.

Anyway, if what we saw Sunday is indicative of what Savage can deliver then I am suddenly a lot more optimistic about making the playoffs and actually being competitive once we get there. I agree with Chris Simms, with Savage the Texans can beat anyone in the AFC save New England.

[HPF Bob]

Always? Always meaning the one time he entered the game when Fitzpatrick got injured back in 2014? Or the other time, a couple of games before, when he entered in a blowout and didn't throw a pass? WTF are you talking about?

Chuck, I'm speaking of his 4th quarter comebacks in the exhibition season when he calmly marched future insurance salesmen and sanitation engineers down the field to beat teams like the Broncos, Saints and Cowboys when it didn't matter. O'Foulmouth's record in August would look a lot worse without him.

Never mind the fact that you are literally the only person on the internet (other than Titans fans) who thinks BO should start much less ever play again, ever.

It's called 'protecting your investment'. Osweiler has an NFL won-loss record of 13-8. That might look attractive to a team like the Browns, Jets or 49ers. Maybe you would be happy to eat $36 million on a bad investment but I'd give him a short leash on Saturday to get his mojo back and then let Savage play if Osweiler doesn't get off to a hot start.

If he stinks, you fall back on "he was hiding an injury and we didn't want opponents to know".