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Originally Posted by Daddio
Neither Hoyer or Mallet looked impressive. The OLine looked very bad. No push, no holes for the riunning game. Poor protection for the QBs.
D looked pretty good. Without JJ, big Vince or the Clown. The new CB looked good.
The Denver OLine was getting some push for their run game. Wish we could get that.
The D better kick ass cause we will struggle to score. Boring ass games are ahead. Cheerleaders looked strong, saw some camel toes!!! How ha!!
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The O line definitely needs work...and some depth. Second team consists of pulling Brown and moving the rest of the guys around...some into unnatural positions. Part of that may have to do with trying to get them to learn the functions of all positions and how they have to work as a unit but yeah, you'd sure like to see them be able to blow guys off the line every now and then and so far it just isn't happening.
A lot of situational football has been played on the Texan's part. To me that's a sign of good coaching. Everyone is getting experience right now in particular situations. When game day comes there will be an overall game plan that BoB will have installed for the opponent. They will follow that plan up to the point that it becomes necessary to deviate in certain situations. You've got 45 seconds or less to make that decision. Having preseason experience in those situations gives BoB more information and a more concise decision tree when the time comes. That's why they ran the ball 6 out of 7 times(or whatever it was) on the goal line in game 1.
I agree that the defense has looked good. The secondary has showed the most improvement and has some quality depth. The core of the Texans defense hasn't played so it's hard to judge how any opponent's O-line is really doing against them. I doubt they would be able to blow Watt and Wilfork off the ball like that.
The OLB's need to seal the edges better and that is a concern. Mckinney is big enough and strong enough but doesn't have the quickness to play it every down.
Strong OLB may be our biggest weakness on D. Mike Mohamed may be the best option at the moment with Tarpinian playing next to Cushing.
I'd like to see at least a series this week with all the starters but it may not happen. That may be as much strategic as it is preventative. No point in giving KC any more film material than you have to when you know what you have in Watt and by all accounts Watt is even stronger and has refined his moves more for this year.
Nix has showed some promise at NT. He's been able to blow up the middle on a few plays. Wilfork may have been just what we needed in order to give Nix time to mature and fit into the role. Not ready to call him a good pick after all but he's showing something now at least. If he keeps improving he'll get more snaps and that's good for Wilfork too.
My biggest concern right now was hearing that press conference where BoB announced Hoyer as the starter. It was not very inspiring. BoB, very uncharacteristically, stumbled all over that statement. It just didn't give me any confidence that he had confidence in his decision. He even ended the statement with "for now".
No one wants to hear "for now", not the starter, not the backup and none of the rest of the team. It just doesn't add any stability and puts your starter on edge. If he's the starter, you say he's your guy and stand behind it until he isn't anymore. Then you have another press conference and say you're making a change. BoB is quickly building himself a QB controversy. It's a mistake that gets coaches fired.
