Monday Night Meltdown
It's not often you can say the Texans choked. They choke on national TV on Monday Night Football.
This city has a love/hate relationship with Vince Young. The locals either love him, hate him or love to hate him. It makes the Texans-Titans game that much more volatile.
Personally I don't care one way or the other. What I care about are the results on the field and the final score. Unfortunately the Texans came up short...Again.
This time you couldn't blame it on the slow start. They managed to put up 17 first half points. They finished slow instead by managing only three second half points.
The Obvious
Young is going to run if you give him room. The Texans aren't familiar with the concept. Young repeatedly ran for first downs on third down conversions. The defense didn't do anything to attempt to slow him down until late in the game. Nobody stayed home to try and contain. As the pocket collapsed around Young, the field opened up and off he went. First down. It's not like anyone hasn't seen that happen before. Basically it was pretty disgusting to see it happen so often in a game.
The Offense
This is just a lost season for the running game. Nothing this year, with the notable exception of the Bills, will improve the run game this year. Anything else I write about the run game will be bitching. Why bother anymore?
The loss of Owen Daniels took a big dimension away from the offense. Why the team doesn't try to incorporate rookie James Casey stumps me. He might not be Daniels but you have to continue to try and run your playbook and offense. By all reports, Casey catches everything thrown his way. Time for him to prove it on game day.
Kris Brown, Kris Brown, Wherefore Art Thou?
At this point it has to be mental. Two misses at the closing seconds that could have forced overtime.
Someone mentioned to me that maybe Brown is hurt. Huh? No way. Either that or Gary Kubiak is as stupid as some think. I shot down the theory though. Brown still has his distance and placement on kick offs. If he were hurt, more than likely, his kick offs would be terrible too. I'm not buying that theory.
Give The Kid a Shot
I kid...sorta.
Call up University of Houston Cougar redshirt freshman kicker Matt Hogan and make a proposition. "Hey kid, why don't you come kick for us? Look you're a redshirt walk on. Come kick for us and earn a paycheck. Hell if it don't work out we'll pick up the tab for you to finish school. Who knows, maybe a scouting job too if we cut you? What dah yah say?"
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