Notes on Titans game

[papabear]

Originally Posted by barrett

Bullock stated that Slaton "didn't do anything until that last carry." A strange boast considering that last carry was the most important and it iced the game. Odd boast to say "he's no good, we pretty much stopped him except when it mattered most." It would be like A-Rod going 0-for the playoffs and talking trash about how well he hits in July.

That's what cracked me up about that comment. They held him in check most of the day, that's true. The running game was just effective enough though. Then in the fourth quarter with the game on the line Slaton guts them for two nice runs when it matters most.

[papabear]

-Ditto on Schaub yesterday. He took some big shots yesterday and kept going.

-Del Juan was great yesterday....the best I've seen a Texans DT since a healthy Seth Payne.

-Okoye seemed more active as well.

-Dunta's still not back, but he's getting there.

-This game was a street fight from beginning to end. Nice to see us punch back.

-Winston did struggle with Kearse. If he could get his hands on him he could control him, but Kearse blew by him far to often. I still love me some caveman.

-who do I need to talk to get the Texans to play hammer time every time Leach lays someone out...and just once, in the intro video they play right before kick off, I want the Bull to take a detour to Mexico and come back with some senoritas on his back.

-I'm continually amazed at how tough of a runner Slaton is.

-Listening to TO wine make me love Andre Johnson that much more.

-I was intoxicated but I thought I saw Weaver move his man into the back field a couple of times. Must have been a hallucination. I wish we could have got to Collins a little more, but we definitely forced him to rush a few throws.

[popanot]

This article is full of moronic bulletin board quotes:

http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/8...ns-second-loss

I can't until we get to the point of regularly kicking their ass! They're getting way too cocky for their talent level. I expect a quick exit in the playoffs. Shut down thier running game and they're done.

[chuck]

DelJuan and Amobi are quite a tandem. We may be on to something here.

I might as well make this comment here - outside the stadium the wind was blowing hard from the south. Inside the stadium the goalpost flags were limply fluttering as if there were a slight, slight breeze from the north. Not sure how that works. Maybe the wind entering the stadium mixing with the hot air coming from the owner's box in the south end zone... Anyway, there certainly didn't seem to be any wind to speak of inside, but Fisher was adamant that in pre-game warm-ups there was a substantial difference between kicking to the south end zone and kicking to the north end zone.

[barrett]

Originally Posted by papabear

-Ditto on Schaub yesterday. He took some big shots yesterday and kept going.

-Del Juan was great yesterday....the best I've seen a Texans DT since a healthy Seth Payne.

-Okoye seemed more active as well.

-Dunta's still not back, but he's getting there.

-This game was a street fight from beginning to end. Nice to see us punch back.

-Winston did struggle with Kearse. If he could get his hands on him he could control him, but Kearse blew by him far to often. I still love me some caveman.

-who do I need to talk to get the Texans to play hammer time every time Leach lays someone out...and just once, in the intro video they play right before kick off, I want the Bull to take a detour to Mexico and come back with some senoritas on his back.

-I'm continually amazed at how tough of a runner Slaton is.

-Listening to TO wine make me love Andre Johnson that much more.

-I was intoxicated but I thought I saw Weaver move his man into the back field a couple of times. Must have been a hallucination. I wish we could have got to Collins a little more, but we definitely forced him to rush a few throws.

I meant to mention this and forgot. It might have been Weaver's best game as a Texan. He was solid against the run and had penetration a few times. And strangely, he was really good dropping into coverage a few times on zone blitzes. I thought it was a fluke when he had the pick a few weeks ago, but he has a good feel for it. Very odd.

Either way I hope he is not back at his current salary next year, and I have no problem if he is not back at all.

[NBT]

Before the game I went over to the Tacks board to see what they were saying. The gist was they expected Haynesworth to put Schaub out for the rest of the year! Funny thing, not only did Haynesworth get knocked out, but Houston won the game. Ha! Ha!

[cadams]

and haynesworth is out for the rest of the regular season

[nero THE zero]

I'm telling you, Weaver has been player exceptionally well over the past several weeks. I don't know if there was a behind-the-scenes change in scheme or if he's finally healed from his surgery, but we're finally seeing the guy we paid to see two years ago. That coupled with his veteran leadership, don't hold your breath waiting for him to be cut. Maybe he restructures, but he'll be back.

[barrett]

Originally Posted by nero THE zero

I'm telling you, Weaver has been player exceptionally well over the past several weeks. I don't know if there was a behind-the-scenes change in scheme or if he's finally healed from his surgery, but we're finally seeing the guy we paid to see two years ago. That coupled with his veteran leadership, don't hold your breath waiting for him to be cut. Maybe he restructures, but he'll be back.

If he restructures I would have no problem bringing him back since the rest of the DL is so young. His current salary is way too much though for a guy who is rotating snaps.

[kravix]

Originally Posted by nero THE zero

I'm telling you, Weaver has been player exceptionally well over the past several weeks. I don't know if there was a behind-the-scenes change in scheme or if he's finally healed from his surgery, but we're finally seeing the guy we paid to see two years ago. That coupled with his veteran leadership, don't hold your breath waiting for him to be cut. Maybe he restructures, but he'll be back.

I have to believe it is a change in scheme.. The entire line is playing better, even greenwood played better. The question is will they get all cutsie again at the begining of next season and suck it up for half the season.

Or it could be he is finally healthy..... End of season is an odd time for a starter to all of a sudden get healthy though.

[Mike]

Originally Posted by papabear

That's what cracked me up about that comment. They held him in check most of the day, that's true. The running game was just effective enough though. Then in the fourth quarter with the game on the line Slaton guts them for two nice runs when it matters most.

I was glad that Gary did not abandon the run game completely. Even on plays when we got stuffed, he could not continue to let Matt drop back on every play. Even the 2-3 yard runs are OK against a defense like the Titans. Keep the clock moving, get the second and third down plays from manageable distance.

Alex Gibbs is one intense mother. I saw Studdard on the sidelines with a notepad, and he was constantly writing stuff down, and Gibbs seemed to be barking stuff at Studdard. Not sure if he was being a scribe for Gibbs or what he was doing.