Notes on Titans game

[sinnister]

Anyone see The Titans comments after the game.....Bullock wasn't impressed with Slaton.......I saw several impressive runs by Slaton.......Maybe Bullock was playing in a different game.

[Arky]

Good post, Barrett. Nothing like a 4 game win streak to pick up the mood amongst Texan fans....

I'd like to add:

2. I'll have to go back and check, but I think I saw Slaton grinning during that scrum that kinda traveled about 8 yards helped out by Winston. He was having fun, eheh! That shows me a lot about Slaton...

4. Adibi has a groin strain - that's why Greenwood was in. I sure hope Adibi is a fast healer...

5. I saw one play where DelJuan Robinson beat a double team and still made the tackle in the backfield.

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13. Petey gets hit in the head on a punted ball. If I knew not a thing about Petey, that right there would tell me a lot...

14. I think Schaub might be tougher than we/some of us think. He took a lot of licks during the game but kept his game face on most of the game. Towards the end, he was getting rattled a little but he still held it together. It's good he survived this game - he's still not long removed from the MCL trouble .... The Chronic called it "Schaub took a licking but kept on ticking"...

[barrett]

Originally Posted by Arky

14. I think Schaub might be tougher than we/some of us think. He took a lot of licks during the game but kept his game face on most of the game. Towards the end, he was getting rattled a little but he still held it together. It's good he survived this game - he's still not long removed from the MCL trouble .... The Chronic called it "Schaub took a licking but kept on ticking"...

Big time. When he took the hit from Finnegan it reminded me of a baseball player refusing to dust himself off after getting thrown at. The titans thrive on intimidation and semi dirty play, and for him to shake it off was huge in our team standing up to them and ultimately winning the game.

[barrett]

Originally Posted by sinnister

Anyone see The Titans comments after the game.....Bullock wasn't impressed with Slaton.......I saw several impressive runs by Slaton.......Maybe Bullock was playing in a different game.

Bullock stated that Slaton "didn't do anything until that last carry." A strange boast considering that last carry was the most important and it iced the game. Odd boast to say "he's no good, we pretty much stopped him except when it mattered most." It would be like A-Rod going 0-for the playoffs and talking trash about how well he hits in July.

[papabear]

Originally Posted by barrett

Bullock stated that Slaton "didn't do anything until that last carry." A strange boast considering that last carry was the most important and it iced the game. Odd boast to say "he's no good, we pretty much stopped him except when it mattered most." It would be like A-Rod going 0-for the playoffs and talking trash about how well he hits in July.

That's what cracked me up about that comment. They held him in check most of the day, that's true. The running game was just effective enough though. Then in the fourth quarter with the game on the line Slaton guts them for two nice runs when it matters most.

[papabear]

-Ditto on Schaub yesterday. He took some big shots yesterday and kept going.

-Del Juan was great yesterday....the best I've seen a Texans DT since a healthy Seth Payne.

-Okoye seemed more active as well.

-Dunta's still not back, but he's getting there.

-This game was a street fight from beginning to end. Nice to see us punch back.

-Winston did struggle with Kearse. If he could get his hands on him he could control him, but Kearse blew by him far to often. I still love me some caveman.

-who do I need to talk to get the Texans to play hammer time every time Leach lays someone out...and just once, in the intro video they play right before kick off, I want the Bull to take a detour to Mexico and come back with some senoritas on his back.

-I'm continually amazed at how tough of a runner Slaton is.

-Listening to TO wine make me love Andre Johnson that much more.

-I was intoxicated but I thought I saw Weaver move his man into the back field a couple of times. Must have been a hallucination. I wish we could have got to Collins a little more, but we definitely forced him to rush a few throws.

[popanot]

This article is full of moronic bulletin board quotes:

http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/8...ns-second-loss

I can't until we get to the point of regularly kicking their ass! They're getting way too cocky for their talent level. I expect a quick exit in the playoffs. Shut down thier running game and they're done.

[chuck]

DelJuan and Amobi are quite a tandem. We may be on to something here.

I might as well make this comment here - outside the stadium the wind was blowing hard from the south. Inside the stadium the goalpost flags were limply fluttering as if there were a slight, slight breeze from the north. Not sure how that works. Maybe the wind entering the stadium mixing with the hot air coming from the owner's box in the south end zone... Anyway, there certainly didn't seem to be any wind to speak of inside, but Fisher was adamant that in pre-game warm-ups there was a substantial difference between kicking to the south end zone and kicking to the north end zone.

[barrett]

Originally Posted by papabear

-Ditto on Schaub yesterday. He took some big shots yesterday and kept going.

-Del Juan was great yesterday....the best I've seen a Texans DT since a healthy Seth Payne.

-Okoye seemed more active as well.

-Dunta's still not back, but he's getting there.

-This game was a street fight from beginning to end. Nice to see us punch back.

-Winston did struggle with Kearse. If he could get his hands on him he could control him, but Kearse blew by him far to often. I still love me some caveman.

-who do I need to talk to get the Texans to play hammer time every time Leach lays someone out...and just once, in the intro video they play right before kick off, I want the Bull to take a detour to Mexico and come back with some senoritas on his back.

-I'm continually amazed at how tough of a runner Slaton is.

-Listening to TO wine make me love Andre Johnson that much more.

-I was intoxicated but I thought I saw Weaver move his man into the back field a couple of times. Must have been a hallucination. I wish we could have got to Collins a little more, but we definitely forced him to rush a few throws.

I meant to mention this and forgot. It might have been Weaver's best game as a Texan. He was solid against the run and had penetration a few times. And strangely, he was really good dropping into coverage a few times on zone blitzes. I thought it was a fluke when he had the pick a few weeks ago, but he has a good feel for it. Very odd.

Either way I hope he is not back at his current salary next year, and I have no problem if he is not back at all.

[NBT]

Before the game I went over to the Tacks board to see what they were saying. The gist was they expected Haynesworth to put Schaub out for the rest of the year! Funny thing, not only did Haynesworth get knocked out, but Houston won the game. Ha! Ha!

[cadams]

and haynesworth is out for the rest of the regular season

[Mike]

Originally Posted by papabear

That's what cracked me up about that comment. They held him in check most of the day, that's true. The running game was just effective enough though. Then in the fourth quarter with the game on the line Slaton guts them for two nice runs when it matters most.

I was glad that Gary did not abandon the run game completely. Even on plays when we got stuffed, he could not continue to let Matt drop back on every play. Even the 2-3 yard runs are OK against a defense like the Titans. Keep the clock moving, get the second and third down plays from manageable distance.

Alex Gibbs is one intense mother. I saw Studdard on the sidelines with a notepad, and he was constantly writing stuff down, and Gibbs seemed to be barking stuff at Studdard. Not sure if he was being a scribe for Gibbs or what he was doing.