Come on fan, you can do it.

[WMH]

Originally Posted by Arky

Glug, glug, glug.

*burp*

I think we're on the right track. (Hmm, where have I heard that before?)

The kiss of death.....

I'm optimistic/hopeful, but I'm always optimistic/hopeful in August.

I WANT to be optimistic/hope in NOVEMBER and DECEMBER.

We've got a rough patch ahead, the first month of the season is absolutely brutal, but I'm thinking we can hang with just about anyone, so we will see how it plays out.

Should definitely be in the game more times than not this year.

[nunusguy]

They were 3-1 in regular season last year and look what happened.
Why should anyone get excited about a 3-0 preseason ?

[WMH]

Originally Posted by nunusguy

They were 3-1 in regular season last year and look what happened.
Why should anyone get excited about a 3-0 preseason ?

Cause its August!

[Arky]

Originally Posted by WMH

The kiss of death.....

I'm optimistic/hopeful, but I'm always optimistic/hopeful in August.

I WANT to be optimistic/hope in NOVEMBER and DECEMBER.

We've got a rough patch ahead, the first month of the season is absolutely brutal, but I'm thinking we can hang with just about anyone, so we will see how it plays out.

Should definitely be in the game more times than not this year.

Why is it the kiss of death?

Ya know, I always thought this was an interesting event last year. Why would Bob McNair declare a 5-8 team that had just lost to the Ravens on a Monday Night game as "on the right track"? Was he mainlining koolaid? Most commenters (read: angry fan) in other forums/blogs thought he was naive, crazy and that the other owners were just buttering him up. Thought he was overselling his product just a tad. And these same commenters never missed an opportunity to point this out during off-season discussions (time and time again and again and again).

I'm thinkin' Bob's vision might be a little different than Joe Fan's. Here we had the Texans hanging with the always-tough-Ravens for 4 quarters in an entertaining Monday Night game. That is something that not even the 8-8/9-7 Texan teams of the past did well (i.e. be competitive against good teams). So, yeah, Bob's comment on the surface sounded a little, ahem, overly optimistic but perhaps he was speaking from his vision. (and as we all know, a vision 9 years in the making). To some, his comments will always remain an unforgivable offense but I'm not in that crowd. Ask yourself:

1. Did you feel the hiring of Wade Phillips was a good move?

2. Did you feel the Texans made good choices in this year's draft?

3. How about the pickup of Joseph and Manning in free agency?

4. Did the Texans show improvement with their 3-0 showing against the Jets, Saints and 49'ers in pre-season?

So are the Texans on the right track? At this point in time, I'd say yes, I see a lot of improvement, but there is still a season to play out....

Sometime after Thursday's game, I (or someone else) will run a poll on the predicted record for the year. Will be interesting to see the results....

[Mike]

The Defense, besides switching to the 3-4 "looks different." They seem to to be playing fast. It looks like the defense is having fun, they are flying around and making plays. The attitude is also different.

After sitting through so much bad football at Reliant, its our time to win.

I believe.

[NBT]

If anybody cares to recall, I said 10-6 way back when the CBA got approved.

Wade said it didn't take that long to teach his version of the 3-4. That seems to be the case so far. What is different is the defensive guys are really buying into it, and that's what I think has made the difference.

The offense has been taking full advantage of what the defense is giving them. Now if KUbes will just have them do some more reps on the special teams, we should be able to contend with anyone in the league.

[cland]

Houston Texans defense is ranked second in the league atm! I know, I know preseason et al, but you know the koolaid's good when the king of haterade is onboard.

[painekiller]

Originally Posted by Mike

It looks like the defense is having fun, they are flying around and making plays.

That is one of he biggest differences in the defense this season. That and all of them seem to be making plays, not waiting on Mario or Cushing to make a play.

The DL seems to be saying to each other meet me at the QB.

BTW that is what the '85 Bears defense said in the huddle, they truly wanted to beat the guy next to them to the QB. Now I'm not declaring this team to be that good, but the are finally playing with that take the ball make something happen type attitude. And I like it so much better than Read n React.

[WMH]

Its just fun to watch