The official 2010 season Texans prediction thread

[cadams]

Originally Posted by Joshua

To me, not having balance is when you want to do something but can't. Simply choosing to do something (like run the ball) and then being successful as hell at it doesn't make you unbalanced.

very good call

[superbowlbound]

I don't know about you guys, but I'd like this running game thing to be a permanent condition, without having to get a new guy in literally every year. Foster's on pace for 528 carries. I'd like to say it doesn't matter as long as we're winning, but what about the curse of 370? We've GOT to have more balance. Slaton's gonna have to return to form at a minimum, or Arian's gonna have a pretty short shelf-life. Here's an article, clearly skewed towards fantasy production, but there are some pretty good real stats in there too.

http://sports.espn.go.com/fantasy/fo...2k10curseof370

Haven't heard anyone mention that yet, and I think it oughta matter. I know it's crazy early, but still. 33 carries is too many.

[WMH]

Originally Posted by superbowlbound

I know it's crazy early, but still. 33 carries is too many.

Your right, its crazy early.....and we were playing the Colts. Chew the clock, and keep Mr. Foreheads a$$ on the pine. If we see this again, before the next Colt game, I will be beyond shocked.

[painekiller]

If we do this again in week two, the cowboys will have to come out with 8 or 9 in the box and then Schaub and all his toys will be passing the ball all over the field.

It's very dangerous to project numbers out based off one game.

[Joshua]

People are getting way too carried away and reading way too much into the gameplan (and maybe even Foster's play) on Sunday. For several years now, the Colts defense have been fairly susceptible to a solid running game. Throw in their prolific offense and it only makes sense to try and run the ball a lot. There are two benefits: (1) keeps their offense off the field and chews the clock and (2) their defense is built to play with a lead and has a hard time stopping it. This game plan was no surprise and I don't think it's any indication of what we can expect going forward.

Just to give an example. The only other time we beat the Colts, you know what Ron Dayne's numbers were? 32 carries for 153 yards and 2 TDs. However, Ron Dayne was not the answer at RB and that game did not mark the turning point where we suddenly became a team who runs the ball 40 times a game. Now, I'm not trying to minimize Foster's day or say he's not the back of the future. I think he very well may be. Just trying to offer a little perspective.

[nunusguy]

While this win would certainly seem to establish that we're a better team and more mature this year, it could also indicate that the Colts are on the downside of their very solid run in recent years ? In other words as they often say in golf, the front-runner is now coming back to the rest of the field. And since division rivals in the AFC South play basically the same very difficut schedule this year along with each other twice, that opens up the possibility that the only team going from this division to the playoffs is the division winner with perhaps just a 9-7 record ? So obviously that makes division wins even more important and is another reason to feel good about the season opener.