Still pissed off with the utter failure against the Tennessee Titans, I had low expectations for Sunday's encounter with Pisarcik Manning and the Indy Colts. I would have preferred a blowout to the steaming pile of donkey turd they left on the field Sunday.
Really what reason or hope did the Texans have of winning the game? Manning and Colts own the Texans along the lines 100-1 won loss record. Sure half the Colts defense was missing including Dwight Freeney.
Spare me the cliche's of "If only the Texans could play an entire game..." or "They've been so close to winning games..." or "If it wasn't for this or that..." It's all a pile of bullshit. The bottom line is that the Texans are still a bad football team. Talent alone doesn't define a team. Results on the field define a team. And on the field the Texans have lost more games than they have won. That folks is a bad team.
So where does the blame sit? Top to bottom...coaches and players.
Dunta "Pay Me" Robinson has been scorched all season. He wants to be paid like a shut down, franchise cornerback. Guess what? He doesn't play like one and right now he's at best the third best corner on the team. Frenchy and the rookie Quin have outplayed him big time. Third year corner Fred Bennett has been buried deep under the bench and limited to dime and special teams. Robinson needs to sit next to him as the nickel.
You know you have no confidence in the team when they are up 17-0 and thinking that's not gonna hold up for the game. They need at least 30 if not more.
I was impressed with the game plan to open the game. Texans were successful with the run and some play action. The defense had Manning on his heels with a sack and two interceptions. It didn't last.
The Turning Point?
I had this debate with one of the posters at IntheBullseye.com. At the end of the first half, the Texans ran the clock down to the 2:00 minute warning instead of running one more play. The poster said that the Texans should have run one more play. I completely disagree. It was third down. No need to run a play. Run the time off and use the clock as your friend in keeping Manning off the field. By running a play you give the Colts a free stoppage at the warning. Running it down the Texans run a play. If they fail to convert the third down, at least they kick the field goal and run more time off the clock or it forces the Colts to burn a time out if they want to try and run their offense.
What happened next pretty much sums up the Texans season in a nutshell. Instead of trying to run it and get the clock going the Texans opted to pass. I don't really fault the play call but when has it really worked? It was the same exact play the Texans tried in the closing minutes of the Arizona game and Matt Schaub over threw Joel Dreesen. What happened this time? You guessed it. Schaub wasn't on target. Again. The ended up settling for the field goal and giving Manning the ball back. Fortunately Quin intercepted the ball to end the Colts drive.
Who are These Guys?
I have two theories of what happened next.
Theory one: Those weren't the Texans playing in the first half. Some aliens who knew football took over and played the first half.
Theory two: After the half, the Texans went into the locker room, showered, jumped in their vehicles and went home.
Whatever the case, those were two different teams in each half.
The Buck Stops Where?
Owner Bob McNair has a big decision to make on the future of the team. This franchise is teetering on the brink of being good or falling into a Oakland Raider type abyss. The talent is there.
By most accounts, McNair and general manager Rick Smith were pretty upset after the game. While McNair denies it and claims he will evaluate the coaching staff at season end, I believe Gary Kubiak and the staff are auditioning for next year and I don't think it looks good for them.
I'm not an advocate of changing coaches often. Look at Oakland, Dallas and
Washington. They change coaches like Aggie women change tampons...once every two or three years. What have they achieved? Oakland and Washington are stuck in reverse. Dallas is stuck in mediocrity.
Do I think the Texans need to make a change? If the season keeps spiralling out of control then yes. What if Kubiak rallies the troops and put a win streak together? Maybe. If they put a streak together, McNair needs to think long and hard about it. The key question he needs to ask is "Why did they wait until late in the season, again, for another push?" Is it because Kubiak can't handle the early pressure and loosens up when nothing is less to play for? If a changes is made, what are the options out there?
I'm going to stop now because this blog is now in the to long to read category. I'm cutting it up and addressing the possible coaching changes and replacements and also the advantages and perils of it.
This is why I like working the night shift. I can get all my ramblings out of the way without the yappy yippy sawed off runt barking at me.
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