Official Texans vs. Chiefs Game Thread, 09/18/2016

[Arky]

DHop fields the onside kick and hits the turf. Texan's ball.

Texans kneeling it.

Final score:

Texans 19, Chiefs 12

Not pretty but it's off to New England @ 2-0 ....

[chuck]

I'm happy to point out all the team's many draft day misses but it looks a lot like they hit with Fuller.

This is probably the worst OL the team has ever put on the field. Still, you have to commit to running the football.

I don't know whether the coverage teams blow or whether their guy is just that good. Our guy taking a knee in the end zone was the best return I've seen in three years.

I would like to think that the defense will cause some serious problems for a third string quarterback.

[nunusguy]

Like Arky says it's not pretty, but it's great to finally beat the Chiefs.

[Arky]

I don't expect an early line to show up for Texans vs. Patriots on Thursday for a while.... Studio guys on CBS were talking like Belichick will go after a free agent QB for a quick cram session since Garoppolo went down. Might not see a spread till Wednesday or even Thursday morning....

[Big Texas]

I never put anything past Billicheck...So we have to bring our A game no matter who's at QB...

[barrett]

The modern NFL is built on big plays. Defenses are so good they are just easier to beat with a few giant plays per year. It is nice to finally see us enter the big play era. Fuller is a perfect compliment to Hopkins, as they both help each other out with the coverage the other faces. Hopkins can't be permanently doubled because Fuller demands a saftey's attention, and Fuller gets a few chances a game to run by 1-on-1 coverage because of Hopkins.

Also, I am glad that I was right about Jacksonville still being terrible. So many people had bought into the idea of them being good that I started second guessing myself. But no, they still stink.

[chuck]

I've been watching quite a bit of the Jacksonville game. They are terrible. Later I'll go watch the fourth quarter of the Titans game to find out what the hell happened beyond the Lions just being the Lions.

Indy is somehow still in the game in Denver.

[Arky]

Originally Posted by Arky

I don't expect an early line to show up for Texans vs. Patriots on Thursday for a while.... Studio guys on CBS were talking like Belichick will go after a free agent QB for a quick cram session since Garoppolo went down. Might not see a spread till Wednesday or even Thursday morning....

And no sooner do I say that and here come several books giving the Texans a 2.5 pt edge over New England....

[chuck]

You can draft high as often as not and consistently f up the drafts. Oakland's coming away with Carr and Mack in the same draft just serves to underscore what slapdicks they usually are in the war room. Jax's 2016 haul was awesome on paper. Maybe a future coach will figure out what to do with it once they settle in Toronto or London or Mexico or wherever they end up.

Some idiot the other day was trying to say that BO is the worst QB in the division. I don't think he's all that great yet but he may this year become the best of the four. Not too high a bar but still.

[barrett]

Originally Posted by chuck

You can draft high as often as not and consistently f up the drafts. Oakland's coming away with Carr and Mack in the same draft just serves to underscore what slapdicks they usually are in the war room. Jax's 2016 haul was awesome on paper. Maybe a future coach will figure out what to do with it once they settle in Toronto or London or Mexico or wherever they end up.

Some idiot the other day was trying to say that BO is the worst QB in the division. I don't think he's all that great yet but he may this year become the best of the four. Not too high a bar but still.

In limited action for both I'd definitely take him over Bortles. Marriota is a pretty big unknown. Luck is such a good soldier he is getting wasted in Indy by the 3rd worst front office in football (ahead of Jax and Ten). Luck had waited so long for a contract he should have just played out 2 more years and gone to a team not run by a coked up idiot.

[nunusguy]

Originally Posted by Arky

And no sooner do I say that and here come several books giving the Texans a 2.5 pt edge over New England....

That's kinda amazing since they don't know who will be playing QB for them.
Actually do they even have their QB on their roster at this time ?

[barrett]

Originally Posted by nunusguy

That's kinda amazing since they don't know who will be playing QB for them.
Actually do they even have their QB on their roster at this time ?

I guess that's Vegas' acknowledgement that Bellicik is all that matters in NE.