Official Texans vs. Colts Game Thread, 11/21/2019

[HPF Bob]

I hope the Texans use the extra time to do a hard study of what worked for Baltimore's offense against New England. Watson is almost as elusive as Jackson and has a better arm. Hyde/Johnson are equal to the Ravens' backs. And surely our wideouts are better than B-more's. where we don't measure up is defensively but, if you noticed what the Ravens did that night was play keep-away with long drives. At their best, the Texans can do the same thing and also burn the Pats deep if they try to cheat up.

Then again, these are the Texans and these are the Patriots so you can expect the zebras to bail out Brady if they have to.

[painekiller]

Originally Posted by HPF Bob

Then again, these are the Texans and these are the Patriots so you can expect the zebras to bail out Brady if they have to.

Been a Houston staple since the Luv U Blue days. Yes I'm still bitter over the outbounds ruling on Gifford"s TD to Renfro.

[HPF Bob]

You're thinking of the Steelers in the AFC Championship and the QB that day was Dan Pastorini. Gifford Neilson was the backup from the Chargers playoff win in 1979, unless you were actually thinking of Frank Gifford, in which case your drugs are stronger than mine.

[painekiller]

Originally Posted by HPF Bob

You're thinking of the Steelers in the AFC Championship and the QB that day was Dan Pastorini. Gifford Neilson was the backup from the Chargers playoff win in 1979, unless you were actually thinking of Frank Gifford, in which case your drugs are stronger than mine.

The evil empire in the 70's was the Steelers, now its the Patriots, in the 80's and half the 90's it was the 49ers. The NFL picks a favorite son, and the refs give them special calls. It's been happening since the merger. TV has gotten better at catching the ghost calls. And Houston has never been the team that the ghost calls worked for.

I had to go back and rewatch the play, and your memory is better than mine, it was Dan Pastorini throwing that ball. My faulty memory on that one

[HPF Bob]

No sweat. My memory is getting more feeble as I age. It was 40 years ago.

Not sure if Tennessee will beat Jacksonville, but even if they do, the Titans lose the tiebreaker to Indy and then Indy loses the tiebreaker to Oakland and Pittsburgh (lost to both head-to-head) then Pittsburgh beats Oakland with a better conference record. So Buffalo keeps the 5 seed (8-3) while Pittsburgh has the 6 seed this week at 6-5.