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Originally Posted by Gator42
I was realy realy close!
Go Texans!
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I just wish you had been really, really close on the Coogs! But that is another story.
The good: Satin is correct, the rook looked poised and had some zip on his passes. It did not seem that he has any more arm strength than Schaub but I believe he does have more than Leinart. (Leinart's long passes seem to float.) Rook made one glaring mistake but it turned out to be inconsequential. He had good pocket awareness and seems to be able to avoid the rush and extend plays! All things considered, I was impressed. It was an excellent first start for the rook and it appears he is at least as good, if not a better, back up option than Leinart.
The defense played extremely well and they kept us in the game. We need to give some kudo's to Kubes and his coaching staff. They out coached Atlanta and put together an excellent game plan. Kubes did an excellent job of preparing the rook for today's game. Going for it on 4th down, late in the 4th qtr, took brass balls, especially with a rookie qb! Way to go Coaches!
And finally, the Texans go ahead touchdown drive was one of the best drives I have ever seen! 19 Plays and 11 minutes at crunch time. (I was in the stands for the two best TD drives of the season, the one today and the opening drive against the Burgh earlier this year! Both were pretty damn impressive!)
The bad: I realize we live in an isolated world. We see much more about the Texans than we do about the rest of the NFL. With that said, I can never recall a team having to deal with as many significant injuries than the Texan's have this year. Watching Dre hobble off of the field this afternoon almost made me cry! I could not help but think that we probably will not get him back until the playoffs, if then! Damn!!!!!
All things considered, it was a hell of a game and we overcame a tremendous amount of adversity to defeat a quality opponent!
Way to go Texans! I am glad I was wrong on my prediction! I should have never doubted you guys!