Review of our embarrising performance

[jppaul]

This was bad, but lets distribute the blame: (Yeah I know I misspelled embarrassing)

AJ has to put in some effort there, on that deep pass AJ could have gone and gotten that but instead as has always been the case, he doesn't believe in his hands thus he let it get into his body and thus it was blocked, and on several other plays he could have made Schaub look a little less bad.

On that same thread give Andre Davis more chances all that guy does is make big plays. Daniels was solid but we should have run that screen three more times, they never even got close to shutting that down.

Our O-line didn't look like complete S***, they opened some running lanes except down near the goal line, but that has always been a problem with the zone blocking as the lineman are lighter and are not going to get quite the push that other bigger olines do.

The Defense didn't look all that bad, sure they got pushed around the first half, but they also manufactured two turnovers during that stretch and they were airtight in the second half. Considering they were out there so much and the offense didn't give them crap, they kept us in the game. No big stat pluses but they were solid when it mattered.

Daniels looked good. Special Teams is not as effective as it was last year but they are still an ace up the sleeve at times, Jones punt return.

Slaton gives us something that all of the fans have always known we needed, an elusive scat back/home run hitter, that gives a one two punch. He reminds me of Reggie Bush in space, and as a plus he can also run inside, and as he demonstrated dive for a few first downs. He has a really unique inside running style, one that makes up for his deficiencies in size and strength. He is so shifty that nobody can get him head on and drive him back, he takes the contact and sltihers, through it with spins or dives. I was very impressed.

On that same note what the hell was with that playcalling of run-pass-pass-run from the 1. If they had given it to Slaton or Leach on 4 downs that would have been in.

Like kieth said earlier Kubiak has always had my respect for his playcalling, but boy did he drop the ball, and considering my opinion is in hindsight, take it with a grain of salt. Counting all of those times that we were within the 35 and thinking that Brown is automatic, there were about 15 points in field goals out there, which certainly would have vaulted us into the lead all other things considered. A taking into consideration Schaub's general ineffictiveness, that might have been the smart decision.

Finally, Schaub, you scared little twit. His passes were off, his timing was worthless, and he looked scared. I am still completely behind him for now, but jeez he has looked like absolute crap for these first two games, his passes were underthrown or overthrown, but rarely right on target. If he doesn't shape up in two games Im leading the cheer for Rosie.

[HPF Bob]

Schaub was Carr-like. AJ played like he did when Carr was Carr-like. The OL wasn't that bad, given who they were playing against. The play-calling had me saying WTF way too often (Can, you guys please tear up the slow-white-boy-reverse play? If you're going to run that play, do it with the underutilized Andre Davis - at least he can beat someone to the edge). Jacques Reeves was obviously who the Titans gameplanned to pick on and, save for one INT, they were quite successful at it.

The tackling was terrible. Our guys just don't show any skill at wrapping up a player and taking him to the ground except Chaun Thompson who did that twice late in the game. Everybody else tries to throw a shoulder into the ballcarrier and hopes he falls down.

I'm losing a lot of confidence in Richard Smith. Year after year we load up on defensive players in the draft and what do we have to show for it? Not much.

[Roy P]

I've heard a lot of comments discussing the lack of utilization of Kris Brown today. Anybody remember the two bad snaps today? Remember the missed PAT? I don't know what was up with Pittman, but I'm not sure that anything is "automatic" when it comes to the kicking game.

[chuck]

Zac Diles missed more tackles in one game than any Texan I can remember. And despite having spent 70% of their last draft picks on the DL, the DL still really sucks on the whole.

[coloradodude]

Are the Texans still in the NFL? I heard a rumor that the commissioner was considering giving 'ol Boudreaux McNair his money back and just calling it even.

[nunusguy]

Ike may turn out to be Kubiak and McNairs best friend in '08 because you can bet if their current level of performance continues the HC and owner will blame the failed season on the disrupption caused by a storm.
But what really concerns me, and I'm repeating myself, but the 2 areas Kubiak and Smith have invested the most of the teams resources in are
DLine & QB. That is cause for deep concern because we all thought those 2
could identify NFL talent and this morning you gotta have serious reservations about that ?

[barrett]

I think that outside of Matt Schaub and Andre Johnson the Texans played what would have likely been a road win over an undefeated football team. Who would have guessed that through two games the biggest culprit would have been the passing game.

On another note, how many times in an NFL game do we have to see the announcers say "That play should clearly be overturned" only to watch the refs say call stands. The NFL replay system is worthless.