Who In the Hell is Next Man Up Now?

[chuck]

No, I know. It has been very, very frustrating for me to watch this team underachieve for years due largely in my view to incompetent leadership. Suddenly the team is as talented as any other, (far) more talented than most, and the leadership's incompetence has cooled from white-hot to a cheerful amber. And then true disaster strikes. Twice. (Five times, really, but who's counting?)

But now, rather than watch an organization underachieve we're hoping that certain players find a way to overachieve. And who the hell knows, maybe they will. Maybe the team collectively will overachieve. It seems very unlikely that the Texans can win a playoff game with a fifth round rookie playing quarterback, but who knows, maybe TJ is one of those increasingly rare guys who can actually play the position in the NFL.

But I am worlds calmer watching a good team try to overachieve in a challenging situation than I ever was watching a slapdick team slapdick around for sixty minutes a week. TJ has six weeks to figure out how to quarterback in the NFL. Is that enough? Of course not. But I saw some encouraging fearlessness in that two-minute drive so I am certainly holding out hope.