Official Texans @ Bengals Game Thread, 11/16/2015

[barrett]

Mercilous is much better than Clowney. It's been obvious in every game Clowney didn't play. If Clowney wasn't a 1st round pick he'd be gone already because his play does not justify him having a job, let alone starting.

Honestly, he may drag down the rest of the D. Football is an emotional sport, especially defense. These guys really convince themselves they are going to war together (they are not by the way). When a guy is getting playing time who doesn't deserve it, it messes with the emotions of the team. You can't go out and play for each other when a guy is getting special treatment. That's what happened with Kaepernick in SF the last few weeks.

[chuck]

Originally Posted by barrett

Mercilous is much better than Clowney. It's been obvious in every game Clowney didn't play. If Clowney wasn't a 1st round pick he'd be gone already because his play does not justify him having a job, let alone starting.

Honestly, he may drag down the rest of the D. Football is an emotional sport, especially defense. These guys really convince themselves they are going to war together (they are not by the way). When a guy is getting playing time who doesn't deserve it, it messes with the emotions of the team. You can't go out and play for each other when a guy is getting special treatment. That's what happened with Kaepernick in SF the last few weeks.

You are advocating dismissing a first overall pick. Incredible. And what's even more incredible, you may not be wrong.

Good thing they nailed it with Sua-Filo; takes the sting out of missing on the number one overall (again).

[barrett]

Originally Posted by chuck

You are advocating dismissing a first overall pick. Incredible. And what's even more incredible, you may not be wrong.

Good thing they nailed it with Sua-Filo; takes the sting out of missing on the number one overall (again).

I'm not saying cut him, I'm saying if there were no names on the back of the jerseys he'd already be cut.

We can't cut him because of what we spent on him, so instead we will force him into the lineup and try to pretend we didn't screw up.

The Sua-Filo/Carr decision is somehow worse than drafting the worst #1 overall ever. Those are two franchise killing decisions in the same weekend by a guy who is still employed and making decisions for us.

[barrett]

And even though I know that about Smith and McNair, and I know our franchise is doomed while those two remain, a game like tonight has me caring again what happens in the next 7 weeks.

[barrett]

And one final comment, it was a good weekend for backup QBs in the city of Houston. Go Coogs!

[chuck]

Originally Posted by barrett

And even though I know that about Smith and McNair, and I know our franchise is doomed while those two remain, a game like tonight has me caring again what happens in the next 7 weeks.

Dude.

The funny thing is the team will make a run at the playoffs. They might well win the division. And if they don't they could quite possibly find themselves in the wild card hunt. The Texans could very well be a playoff team this year. (Let that sink in for a second...)

And once the year's over the team will resolve the conflict between BOB and Smith. And anyone who's payed attention to the Texans for more than fifteen minutes knows who's going to win that skirmish.

So 2016 will come around with no quarterback, no running back, fk, I'm not going to go into the team's deficiencies, we all know them - but no quarterback and no head coach. The Texans are going to go into 2016 with no quarterback and no head coach.

[HPF Bob]

For the record, it was Quentin Demps that forced the game-clinching funble and then dove back to make the recovery. K-John just was there to wrap up the receiver.

We were actually getting stops on 3rd down tonight (the broadcasters kept bringing that up) and I attribute that to K-Jack not being on the field. Now if we can find an upgrade for Eddie Unpleasant, we might finish a game with less than 10 penalties and 10 blown coverages.

But, overall, you have to say the T.J. Yates jinx bit Cincy again. The Steelers should be calling Smith shortly. If they would toss Landry Jones into the deal, I would be ecstatic.

There is speculation that the concussion protocol observer is the one who yanked Hoyer from the game, not somebody on the Texans and you could see Hoyer arguing with the assistant coaches that he was fine as he was walking off the field. There was nothing after that last possession that suggested Hoyer was any more loopy than he usually is.

Which brings us to another discussion - would the concussion protocol observer do that if it were Tom Brady or Aaron Rodgers? Or were the Texans simply dissed again by the NFL as Houston QBs are the most abused quarterbacks in the league, from Carr to Schaub to Hoyer without ever drawing flags for the hits they take.

I know exactly what Belichick would do if Brady were removed like that - he'd bring Garofolo back into the locker room and make them switch jerseys so Brady could still play.

[barrett]

That concussion observer might be the true MVP tonight.

[Nconroe]

Seems we got no. 1 draft pick right this year.

And our record tied with Colts, so who knows , maybe Texans have turned the corner. Defense looks very good.