Thoughts after Cards Game

[painekiller]

My biggest thought is for the fans that are crying about losing a game in which the starters and the 2nd team guys looked solid, then those fans do not deserve to be on this board. Go post on the chron.com or the official board at HoustonTexans.com.

There was enough positives to be thankful for that a few bad plays by Fred Bennett.Bennett is gone. Move on.

Now what RBs are out there on street right now? Anthony Aldridge? (Notgonnahappen) I do not see them not replacing the roster spot due to the reps in camp needing bodies. A vet makes the most sense at this time.

Chris Taylor is in NE. Any names you guys can think of?

[dalemurphy]

Originally Posted by painekiller

My biggest thought is for the fans that are crying about losing a game in which the starters and the 2nd team guys looked solid, then those fans do not deserve to be on this board. Go post on the chron.com or the official board at HoustonTexans.com.

There was enough positives to be thankful for that a few bad plays by Fred Bennett.Bennett is gone. Move on.

Now what RBs are out there on street right now? Anthony Aldridge? (Notgonnahappen) I do not see them not replacing the roster spot due to the reps in camp needing bodies. A vet makes the most sense at this time.

Chris Taylor is in NE. Any names you guys can think of?

Dead on, PK!

regarding RBs: Ladell Betts, Westbrook...

[Joshua]

Originally Posted by painekiller

My biggest thought is for the fans that are crying about losing a game in which the starters and the 2nd team guys looked solid, then those fans do not deserve to be on this board. Go post on the chron.com or the official board at HoustonTexans.com.

There was enough positives to be thankful for that a few bad plays by Fred Bennett.Bennett is gone. Move on.

Funny you posted this because I was browsing the texanstalk.com board yesterday and was just about ready to claw my eyes out because of all the complaints about not trying to send the game to overtime and just general complaints about the playcalling and execution in the 4th quarter by guys who most likely will never sniff the field for the Texans when the season starts.

Virtually all the players who will see significant time once the season starts played well. Aside from the Tate injury (and I guess the Slaton fumble), I'm very pleased with the first outing.

Finally, while it's not really happening here, I've heard lots of complaints about not letting Rackers kick in a "pressure, end-of-game" situation.
Since both kickers are competing for 1 spot, isn't every kick for Rackers and Brown a pressure kick where 1 miss may be the difference, whether it is in the 1st quarter or 4th? Plus, by alternating between the two, each can only expect 1 or 2 opportunities per game. I can't imagine either guy thinks he has any margin for error, no matter when in the game he is kicking.

[painekiller]

Originally Posted by Joshua

Funny you posted this because I was browsing the texanstalk.com board yesterday and was just about ready to claw my eyes out because of all the complaints about not trying to send the game to overtime and just general complaints about the playcalling and execution in the 4th quarter by guys who most likely will never sniff the field for the Texans when the season starts.

Reading TT.com is what prompted that outburst. It made a good board unbearable.

[Nconroe]

My thoughts, On Rackers vs Brown, they are very similar.

Looking at stats, looks like Rackers has been much better past two years on FG , and those years had pressure of playoffs. Rackers only missed one FG last year, 16 of 17, but that one got him released apparently. Year before he was 25 of 28. But Brown had some good years as well on FG made.

Brown missed 11 last year and was 29 of 33 the year before. Perhaps a little better and we would have been in the playoffs last year with another win somewhere.

On kickoffs, Brown has averaged two extra yards per kick, although some years Rackers had more yards.

Brown has been real good in Houston neighborhood, and last original Texan.

Rackers had best percentage of FG made last year of all FG kickers who kicked more than 2 FG.

Glad I don't have to make the choice, but likely both will be employed when season starts, my guess is it is Rackers to loose.

On end of game Saturday, they were gonna try a pass route first with 10 seconds left. I'm ok with that.

[Arky]

Originally Posted by Nconroe

My thoughts, On Rackers vs Brown, they are very similar.

Looking at stats, looks like Rackers has been much better past two years on FG , and those years had pressure of playoffs. Rackers only missed one FG last year, 16 of 17, but that one got him released apparently. Year before he was 25 of 28. But Brown had some good years as well on FG made.

Brown missed 11 last year and was 29 of 33 the year before. Perhaps a little better and we would have been in the playoffs last year with another win somewhere.

On kickoffs, Brown has averaged two extra yards per kick, although some years Rackers had more yards.

Brown has been real good in Houston neighborhood, and last original Texan.

Rackers had best percentage of FG made last year of all FG kickers who kicked more than 2 FG.

Glad I don't have to make the choice, but likely both will be employed when season starts, my guess is it is Rackers to loose.

On end of game Saturday, they were gonna try a pass route first with 10 seconds left. I'm ok with that.

Rackers has the better, most recent track record but slipped a little in the playoffs.

I think Brown has the stronger leg but had a career low point last year. He went through something like this with Pittsburgh and it got him cut. He rebounded nicely with the Texans.... can he rebound again?

If they keep Brown, he will be under the microscope all year....

If they keep Rackers, he probably gets a little leeway. But if he starts messing up.... Houston fans are notoriously cranky about their kickers (and QB's for that matter. Thank goodness Schaub is "very good").

[HPF Bob]

Regarding Brown vs. Rackers, a stat flashed late in Saturday's game showed Rackers was 0-for-0 last season in kicks over 50 yards so it might have been nice to know he could still hit them from 51 in a game-on-the-line situation.

Brown has hit any number of big kicks over 50 yards through the years so I'd really want to know how Rackers does in that situation. Personally, I see them as tweedle-dee and tweedle-dum but if Brown has better length, I'd be tempted to keep him.

[Arky]

Originally Posted by painekiller

Reading TT.com is what prompted that outburst. It made a good board unbearable.

It's everywhere. Chron.com is always the worst.

Houston hasn't had winning football in almost a generation so it's like nobody knows how to act. We've become quite proficient at being whiny bitches...

[Warren]

Originally Posted by painekiller

Now what RBs are out there on street right now? Anthony Aldridge? (Notgonnahappen) I do not see them not replacing the roster spot due to the reps in camp needing bodies. A vet makes the most sense at this time.

Chris Taylor is in NE. Any names you guys can think of?

Chris Brown
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Ryan Moats is with the Vikings, in case anybody is wondering.