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Old 11-26-2018, 10:06 PM
Arky Arky is offline
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Final score:

Texans 34, Titans 17

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I almost starting to think 13-3 is possible....
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Old 11-26-2018, 10:15 PM
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Marriota is truly awful. Tonight he played the best he is capable of playing football, the team committed no turnovers until the last minute of garbage time, they ran for 4.5 ypc, and they only started one drive inside the 18 yard line and that was the garbage time drive to end the game. So what do they get for all of that? 17 points. His best game as a pro and he checked down into 18 points. He holds the ball as long as all of the running QBs but without the big plays that sometimes come from holding the ball.

Last offseason the Jags looked at a superbowl defense and decided it should be partnered with a terrible QB with a high priced extension. They reasoned that if you put the two together you could win more than half of your low scoring football games. If they had just punted Bortles and signed Fitzpatrick or whichever McCown still plays they are probably leading the division.

This offseason the Titans front office will face a near identical choice with Marriota and as a Texans fan I hope they talk themselves into how 'close' they are with their defense.

It's just too bad the Colts fell into Andrew Luck or we'd be division champs for the rest of Watson's career.
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Old 11-27-2018, 12:25 AM
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It's just too bad the Colts fell into Andrew Luck or we'd be division champs for the rest of Watson's career.
May still.
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Old 11-27-2018, 07:56 AM
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That was sweet, a game that Texans' fans didn't have to sweat too much while enjoying a solid performance by our franchise QB and a powerhouse effort by the D, except for a couple lapses where we gave up some long TDs. No matter what happens the rest of this year, the top priority for the upcoming offseason is to get some offensive tackles who can pass block.
So how good are the Texans ? Pretty damn good I think.
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Old 11-27-2018, 04:19 PM
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Early line has the Texans as a 6 pt. favorite over the Browns this Sunday. If there was a trap game left on the Texans schedule, this would be it with Indy come in the very next week....... Browns are a young team learning how to win and should not be taken lightly....

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Five Thirty Eight always has an interesting forecast. For the Texans:

96% chance to make the playoffs
85% chance to win the division
29% chance to get a 1st round bye
3% chance to win the Super Bowl

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Texans are 8th in the ESPN Power Rankings. Lowest rated 8-3 team (of course!).

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Will be interesting to see how OB handles the rest of the season. If things go as expected, the Texans will make the playoffs. Does he try to win 'em all to have a shot at the 1st round bye? Who does he sit and start to get ready for the playoffs? When things get locked up, does he "forfeit" W's all in the name of staying healthy for the playoffs?
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Old 11-27-2018, 04:44 PM
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I don't disagree with the 8th place ranking. But if you name the top 8 teams...

Saints, Rams, Chiefs, Patriots, Chargers, Bears, Steelers, Texans

Then you notice some things.

I think you can take Brees, Brady, Rivers, and Rothleisberger and you probably have the top 4 of the top 5 veteran QBs, all HOFers (I'm not a Rivers fan but he's a lock). These 4 teams build their roster with high dollar, high floor QB play. You could throw Cam and Wilson in this mix as QBs of the 10th and 12th ranked teams. Rodgers is the only high dollar, proven talent not leading a playoff team.

Then you have Goff, Mahomes, Trubisky, and Watson. These 4 teams have cheap rookie deal QBs with money spent elsewhere in FA to build a team that allows a young QB to succeed.

If you are an NFL team and you aren't paying for truly elite QB play, then you better not be paying for QB play at all. Paying for an unproven QB is the quickest way to ruin a team in the modern NFL.
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