8 Texans voted to Pro Bowl

[chuck]

So far Schaub has sailed the ball over the heads of wide open receivers, underthrown a receiver for a pick, panicked and thrown the ball away for no reason and managed to get himself sacked despite zero pass rush. All this in three series.

I can't wait to see what he does in the second half.

[chuck]

What a fing idiot. He can't even avoid dicking things up in a glorified scrimmage. And then Wilson comes in and immediately shows Texans fans why our team has no hope of ever doing anything. What a joke that Schaub is on the same field as these other guys. It's an embarrassment.

[chuck]

Good. I don't get nearly enough special teams dickwittery during the regular season. This is great.

[popanot]

Originally Posted by chuck

Good. I don't get nearly enough special teams dickwittery during the regular season. This is great.

Don't worry, chuck, NFL history indicates a ST coach doesn't fully hit his stride until year 12 in the league so we should be seeing drastic improvement in that area in 2013.

Besides, according to the Texans website, Marciano is "one of the top coaches in his field" and you know everything on the Interwebs is true!

http://www.houstontexans.com/team/co...1-912be778708a

If Marciano is "one of the top ST coaches", I guess that means our GM sucks at finding good backup/ST players.

[Arky]

I think we were shown who can be the Texans #2 wide receiver ...... JJ Watt!

[chuck]

Originally Posted by Arky

I think we were shown who can be the Texans #2 wide receiver ...... JJ Watt!

Funny thing is you know if he played for Belichik he would have been used at TE in a goal line situation already. I'm all for it. And before anyone jumps in and accuses me of inconsistency I will happily explain. Yes, I strongly condemned that half-witted, poorly conceived halfback "pass" attempt by Chris Brown that netted the team an interception. On a Kubiak resume littered with incredibly stupid decisions that one is particularly outstanding.

On the other hand using huge linemen as receiver-eligible in goal line situations is pure Parcells. And in my mind Bill Parcells was basically the perfect NFL coach.

[Arky]

Originally Posted by chuck

Funny thing is you know if he played for Belichik he would have been used at TE in a goal line situation already. I'm all for it. And before anyone jumps in and accuses me of inconsistency I will happily explain. Yes, I strongly condemned that half-witted, poorly conceived halfback "pass" attempt by Chris Brown that netted the team an interception. On a Kubiak resume littered with incredibly stupid decisions that one is particularly outstanding.

On the other hand using huge linemen as receiver-eligible in goal line situations is pure Parcells. And in my mind Bill Parcells was basically the perfect NFL coach.

I think Kubes took such harsh criticism for that Chris Brown play that he's a bit reticent to ever use trickeration again.... When was the last time the Texans ran a gadget play out of the norm? It's been a long time....

I'm just wondering what happened to Matt Schaub..... somewhere along the way, the switch got flipped and he turned into end-of-his-career Drew Bledsoe....

[Warren]

Originally Posted by chuck

Funny thing is you know if he played for Belichik he would have been used at TE in a goal line situation already. I'm all for it. And before anyone jumps in and accuses me of inconsistency I will happily explain. Yes, I strongly condemned that half-witted, poorly conceived halfback "pass" attempt by Chris Brown that netted the team an interception. On a Kubiak resume littered with incredibly stupid decisions that one is particularly outstanding.

On the other hand using huge linemen as receiver-eligible in goal line situations is pure Parcells. And in my mind Bill Parcells was basically the perfect NFL coach.

JJ as a goal-line TE makes a lot of sense. He played the position early in his college career, he’s 40-45 lbs. heavier than Daniels, Graham, and Casey, he’s a couple inches taller than each of those guys plus (I believe) has longer arms and a better vertical for going after jump balls, and he’s a much better athlete with better hands than any OL they could put there. So even if they never threw it to him he should be a better blocker than the regular TEs and would have to be more respected by the D as a receiving threat than an extra OL. I’m sure the reason they’d give for not doing it is because they want to keep him as fresh as possible for defense, but how much would a handful of extra snaps (at most) per game wear him down? You know he’d be up for it.

The stats do not tell the whole story of Schaub vs. the Patriots.