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08-22-2010, 12:28 AM
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And Dan Orlovsky had at least 5 physical stumbles tonight where he tripped over his own feet (and two where he mishandled it in his hands while ball handling). When he is out there our Play action is useless and the whole offense loses all sense of misdirection. It becomes either drop straight back and throw, or run it inside. Who in the pro scouting department decided that a good throwing arm qualified this guy to direct this offense?
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08-22-2010, 07:58 AM
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When you get your ass kicked like that...it was because you were legitimately confused...Sean Payton won this game. He went to practice all week, sized up our team, and exposed our weaknesses.
1. Just about every run play was some kind of misdirection play. Yes our defense was swarming to ball...however, the ball was going the other way before they realized...GOOD COACHING 1a. There were too many plays where two or three of their Olineman were in the second level putting hats on our LBs and Safties. One play particularly, ASmith was 10 yards in their backfield before he realized the play was a draw right up the middle and the running back was at least 5-8 yards passed the LOS. 2. Every time we brought CBarwin in the game they exposed his overeagerness...hence the long dumpoff/screen for a touchdown. 3. Wade Smith was blown up by Sedrick Ellis on a number of run of handoffs. As a matter of fact their "D" wasnt falling for that cutback either. They just went straight over our Oline. I really hope for our sake that Kubiak was experimenting out there rather than really showing his hand. But who really wants to take that kind of ass kicking? Even if it is preseason...
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08-22-2010, 08:03 AM
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08-22-2010, 08:15 AM
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08-22-2010, 09:24 AM
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Until last night I didn't know Reggie Bush could run inside the tackles on an NFL defense, but the Texans starting D made him look like Bronko Nagurski ? And they made Chase Daniel look like Jon Elway.
And this year we get to play a bunch of teams that have Saints-level talent instead of the Rams, Seahawks, etc in last years schedule. So how many of you fell off of the 2010 Ten-wins Texans' playoff-bandwagon after their Saturday adeventures in NOLA ?
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08-22-2010, 11:47 AM
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Frankly, with the tougher schedule, I was never predicting ten.
About last night, the Saints are a very solid team, better than the Texans, but I honestly think the Saints watched us all week and game-planned to take advantage of our weaknesses, while we went out and ran a basic offense and defense just to evaluate our personnel. If that's true, then they were doing us a big favor. I'm thinking Barwin should not be in the game in running situations and don't expect him to be during the regular season. Slaton looks like a considerable upgrade over Davis at Kick Returner. Orlovsky has a LOT of rough edges. I'm wondering whether he will ever smooth them out. Our running game looks a bit better than last year's. I love the feel Foster seems to have for the cutback. Our defensive backfield seems more solid than last year's. I'm still very skeptical of our pass russ. After two games, looks about the same as last year's. I was glad to see Graham make a few plays. He looked pretty good. If Kubiak gets fired after this year, I hope we draft some o-linemen in the first three rounds, because there's no way our Centers and Guards can play anthing but zone blocking, and zone is the first thing the new head coach will dump. If Kubiak stays, he should dump it too but I doubt he will.
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08-22-2010, 03:39 PM
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There are two types of trick plays - the ones you work on for the rest of the league to see and the ones you want to spring as a total surprise (like the "Music City Miracle"). Personally, I think the Texans need a total new set of trick plays because they haven't run a good one since, well, ever.
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08-22-2010, 03:46 PM
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I definitely have to agree with BTL. If we play the rest of the schedule the way we played NOLA Sat. nt., we are in deep kimshee. Blocking and tackling, Kubiak - that is still the name of the game in the NFL.
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08-22-2010, 03:48 PM
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We shouldn't panic unless we start the season 1-2... which is very possible.
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08-22-2010, 04:23 PM
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08-22-2010, 05:36 PM
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It's preseason. We talkin bout preseason, man. I mean, how silly is that? What are we talkin about? Preseason.
Texans had a 2-game road trip. For the guys that matter, they essentially went 1-1. With these guys, I'll take a 4-4 road record this year. The Saints were at home for the first time since winning a Super Bowl. Think about that... New Orleans. How would you expect the stadium in Houston to be for fans and players in their first game at home after winning a Super Bowl? A little amped up, right? I thought last year's Texans home record was a bit of a fluke... they typically play better at home, so let's see how they come out against Dallas.
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08-22-2010, 08:28 PM
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08-22-2010, 09:41 PM
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If we are talking about "intensity" here, we have started out the season pretty much all through the Kubiak era with a decided lack of intensity. Maybe we need to be more intense in these pre-season games so it will roll over to the real season.
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08-23-2010, 12:46 PM
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I was mortified by the lazy effort on Saturday night. It was unenjoyable, which is not good when I'm spending my leisure time watching it.
However, other than Okoye and Cody getting owned by an excellent interior line, I don't feel that the performance is a result of ability... which is somewhat comforting. Also, I was surprised to see Kubiak's attitude during his presser yesterday. Normally, he seems confused and concerned when they get beat. Yesterday he was simply pissed at the players for the poor performance. I am oddly encouraged by that. We put together our weekly analysis of Kubes' presser. This one has some amusing video that captures his mood, I think: Texans Bull Blog
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#138
08-23-2010, 06:46 PM
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No excuses for a poor performance all over Saturday night, and particularly defense against the run. Perhaps some was they were trying new combinations of plays and players to get film on. And N.O. did out hustle them in that pactice game. And maybe Hollidays fumble putting them down 14-0 didn't help.
Today team didn't practice, just looked at film, so I guess they did get to hear about mistakes, what was changing, perhaps being simplified, so they get back to what they were doing good the last thirteen games of last year. Still optimistic we'll be ready for Indy on Sept 12 which is about three weeks from now and a home game, and then a good season. You can learn from a bad experience and I think this team will learn and be better for it. And it would be appropriate if Kubiak applied some of that speech from the "Bull Durham 'In the Shower' Scene". Well, I guess we should be looking for the new expanded offense playbook, for in the red zone. We were up to 2 of 3 end zone successes . Last edited by Nconroe; 08-23-2010 at 07:05 PM.
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08-23-2010, 07:16 PM
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While their effort was lacking, it is hard for me to get in full panic mode as a result of a preseason game. All teams lay and egg every now and then. Hoepfully, this was our egg for the year. I STILL BELIEVE! and will continue to believe until they prove me otherwise. Anyone see San Fran cram it down MN's throat last night on the first drive......just saying, it happens.
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