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Originally Posted by Big Texas
I guess I have to quote myself in order for Chuck to understand. Nowhere does it say this game is all DHop's fault...
I am merely pointing out that a large number of the passes that Brock throws to DHop are covered. Very little or no separation at all...stop giving him a pass just because he's the best we have on offense.
He's got to get better point blank if we wanna win. The Patriots had ****************in Hogan and Edelman creating 2-3 yards of separation on us...is it unreasonable to ask Hopkins to aspire to do the same? Especially if he knows the QB SUCKS...and yes he sucks...
That's what Andre had to do his whole career, step his game up because the QB here has always been terrible.
For whatever reason the last few years DHop has put on a show. However, this year he has been above average at best.
He is not exempt from getting better.
Maybe they need more offseason work together...I don't know...but what I do know is teams can't keep pressing us off the line with a 2 deep shell and taking our passing game completely out of the game. Somebody's gotta win those match ups and it starts with DHop...POINT BLANK.
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This is so bizarre it's hard to know where to begin. We're talking about the NFL. It's not like Fun Football where the best player on the field can, by sheer force of will, run completely unmolested all over the field. With most routes a receiver is open only momentarily as he comes out of his break or finds a soft spot in the zone or whatever it is. Hence the term NFL open. I know you know this which is why I find it so annoying to be arguing this with you.
Do you ever wonder why Hopkins is better with literally every other Texans quarterback than he is with Brock? More catches, better numbers, etc.? Is it because he simply decides to get open when playing with Savage or Hoyer or Fitzpatrick or whoever? Or is it because Brock Osweiler sucks dick and never fking delivers the ball on time?
The Patriots' receivers weren't usually wide ass open (unless possibly KJ was the guy covering them), it just seems like it because they have the best player in the league as their quarterback and that guy knows when to get the ball to a receiver.
Another thing, if a guy like Belichick decides to take away a certain offensive option there's not much you can do except adapt and rely on other options. John Harris was saying that he listened to the sideline audio from the Pats game earlier in the year and that all game Belichick was yelling TEN!, TEN! Meaning the Texans' number ten is the guy the Pats defense needs to be concerning themselves with. So, two takeaways. One is that one man's mailing it in is another man's getting double and triple teamed. Two is that the best head coach in the history of the mking sport recognizes Deandre Hopkins as the Texans' best (only?) weapon while a bunch of redneck keyboard jockeys sit around bitching about his supposed lack of effort.