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Originally Posted by HPF Bob
But the opponent is Cincy and their recent playoff history is only slightly better than ours.
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Well, they actually have a playoff history (and a recent one, at that) while we don't. Unless you count never having been to the playoffs as historic. Which it was.
Anyway, as I said a couple of weeks ago and still believe, if the Texans play a compete game I sincerely think they can beat any team in the AFC. That means no turnovers, the defense generating some turnovers and ideally some points, running the ball well, and Kubiak's not coaching the game like a mouthbreather. A tall order, I know.
Obviously you could blithely say the same thing about any team still in it. If Cincy does all these things they can beat the Pats. Of course. But the Texans have proven that they have the solid running game and the solid defense (until December, anyway) to execute this vision.
I just wish the regular season had ended more encouragingly.
And by the way, if you think that Kubiak is going to decide that today's contest indicates that Ward and Casey deserve more looks in a real game then you are nuttier than I'd credited. James Casey in particular has been criminally under-utilized this year. That was never clearer than when Vickers dropped a key first down pass today. Why Vickers at FB rather than Casey in that situation? Who the hell knows.
That and today's performance in general point to what has long annoyed me - this is a very talented, very deep team that is very poorly led.
01-01-2012, 09:25 PM
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