Who In the Hell is Next Man Up Now?

[Roy P]

One of the things I like about Yates is that he kept playing well for Butch Davis with all of the investigations going on at UNC. I saw him play in San Antonio for the Tx vs. The Nation NFLPA) game and was impressed. It featured WR Denarius Moore and CB Gaitor (TB). Yates was the MVP if I recall. Anyway, I have faith that Kubiak can coach him up to be competent. My concern is teams loading the box vs. Our run and Kubiak being stubborn in trying to run anyway to protect Yates. If we keep the playcalling the same, then we can be successful.

[Keith]

Originally Posted by Roy P

Anyway, I have faith that Kubiak can coach him up to be competent. My concern is teams loading the box vs. Our run and Kubiak being stubborn in trying to run anyway to protect Yates. If we keep the playcalling the same, then we can be successful.

This is my biggest fear, that Kubiak will keep the gameplan conservative against the Falcons to "protect" his QB, to "boost" his confidence, or some other hokum soundbite he's already preparing for postgame. Kubiak was right to be conservative in the second half against the Jags. The results speak for themselves.

The Falcons though have at least as good an offense as the Texans have seen since mid-October, plus they ain't too shabby at run defense, too.

So please, Kubes, please let Yates run the show. Play like you have nothing to lose. This is a home game against a non-conference opponent anyway. Give the guys the ol' "it's us against the world" speech pregame. Then live and die with your defense and a QB who many, including yours truly, thought outplayed Leinart in August anyway.

[Roy P]

Originally Posted by Keith

This is my biggest fear, that Kubiak will keep the gameplan conservative against the Falcons to "protect" his QB, to "boost" his confidence, or some other hokum soundbite he's already preparing for postgame. Kubiak was right to be conservative in the second half against the Jags. The results speak for themselves.

The Falcons though have at least as good an offense as the Texans have seen since mid-October, plus they ain't too shabby at run defense, too.

So please, Kubes, please let Yates run the show. Play like you have nothing to lose. This is a home game against a non-conference opponent anyway. Give the guys the ol' "it's us against the world" speech pregame. Then live and die with your defense and a QB who many, including yours truly, thought outplayed Leinart in August anyway.

Apparently, Kubiak is reading this site and took our good advice. Happy to see Yates throwing the ball deep yesterday. Wish Andre had made that first catch. Anyway, I am content with Yates as the QB.

[Keith]

lol, yep, right down to the pregame speech. Kubes used the early betting line (where the Texans were 3-point dogs) to motivate his team throughout the week.

[painekiller]

Brett Hartman is done. Torn ACL according to Kubiak.

They are bringing in multiple guys tomorrow.

IMO Turk is the early favorite, like it or not. I am a not liking that.

[WMH]

Originally Posted by painekiller

Brett Hartman is done. Torn ACL according to Kubiak.

They are bringing in multiple guys tomorrow.

IMO Turk is the early favorite, like it or not. I am a not liking that.

I literally rolled my eyes when he said that.....

Good news on Dre - Mild sprain - Day to day. Don't think we'll see him this week, but definitely good news.

[Nconroe]

Hope Bret Harman makes a good recovery.

found this list of punter FA available
http://thesidelineview.com/columns/n...ilable-offense

Punter
Josh Bidwell
Matt Turk
Matt Dodge
Glenn Pakulak
Robert Malone
Ricky Schmitt (K)
Ken Parrish
Daniel Power