Official Texans vs. Saints Game Thread, 11/29/2015

[barrett]

Originally Posted by chuck

Do you know what's really hilarious? It's that I posted this solely to elicit this exact reaction from you. It's as if I wrote it and you simply clicked Submit Reply.

So I win. I guess now I'll have to move on to more interesting subjects.

As I typed it I realized the irony of me making that my only comment on a 24-6 win. And yet I still couldn't resist myself.

About the game, I am now dangerously close to caring about this Texans team.

[HPF Bob]

In Chuck's defense, he may opt not to check the board when the momentum is going well. I post more often during the game when we suck than when we are doing well because I want to leave well enough alone.

Not that Chuck isn't capable of defending himself, but it explains my absenses during the game. Chuck may be the same way.

[barrett]

I just enjoy checking in on the weekly Chuck negativity rating (CNR). It's like watching the stock market even when you don't own stock. I'm not invested in it, but I'm more than curious enough to make it noteworthy to me.

Truthfully though, Chuck is usually a more expressive version of what I'm feeling. But occasionally like today, I lose all my pessimism and get fooled into being an old fashioned fan.

[chuck]

Originally Posted by barrett

As I typed it I realized the irony of me making that my only comment on a 24-6 win. And yet I still couldn't resist myself.

About the game, I am now dangerously close to caring about this Texans team.

I didn't mention that that was your only post because I knew I didn't have to. I'm basically in the same spot, almost ready to care. I guess in my case it's sort of like the Astros. I can't really call myself a fan because I've distanced myself emotionally from the team and I watch with interest but dispassionately.

I'm finding myself in the same space with the Texans. I'm interested but not really emotionally involved. If they win I can enjoy it and if they lose I can enjoy that, too.

Arky owns the game thread with his pbp. There's less and less game talk during the game. That's why I mainly stay out. I would like to see more and would participate more if there were more. Probably a lot of us are in that same situation.

People that attend the home games are shut out because McNeck won't pay for decent cell coverage inside the stadium, something he surely sees as some bizarre teenage fad like the drive-in movie or the ham radio.

[chuck]

CNR Market Perform.

[Arky]

Comments are always welcome in the game day thread. I'm just kinda doing my own thing logging every play just to keep my own gameday antsy-ness in place....I can work around any rants/enthusiasm/praise/criticisms, etc. Some days there's just not a whole lot of people logged in....

[popanot]

Thanks for the hard work, Arky. I'd probably be throwing in a few F'Bombs if I were doing play-by-play.

On a side note, can someone please give us a damn hand and beat the Colts?!?!!!

[Arky]

I thought there were a couple of plays that were telling yesterday...

On the pass KJ INT'ed at the goal line, he catches Brees' pass and falls down untouched. Instantly, Andre Hal comes up to him and tries to pick him up (Get up mf'er! Get up!) To his credit, KJ gets up and returns the INT - about as fast as I've ever seen KJ move - to about the 40 yard line where he runs up the back of Clowney and is eventually tackled. IMO, that was some quick thinking on Hal's part, not so much on KJ but a good result, nonetheless..

Hoyer had excellent pass protection all day (good job, OL) with just one sack. Several times, I saw him in the pocket surveying the field (2 seconds, 3 seconds, 4 seconds....) and thought he was fixin' to uncork a 20 or 30 yard pass only to see him end up checking down..... I think that early (bonehead) INT had him playing it super safe for the rest of the game... Hoyer finished 21/27, 205 yards, 2 TDs, 1 INT, 107.6 rating.

Akeem Hunt - goodness, what a change of pace back he is. A couple of nice runs, one a 14-yarder on 3rd and 12 to help ice the game. I always worry about young, inexperienced speed guys and ball protection but so far, so good.

[Keith]

chuck is just embodiment of site traffic here. Page hits and unique visitor counts are at their highest when the team is at its worst. It was this way back in the HPF days as well. Not sure I'd call it human nature as much as I'd call it Houston nature. We've been raised to expect the worst and aren't sure how to handle success imo.

Also, game thread posts are typically slower for home games than for away, probably because away games find us more likely to be watching from our recliners with a laptop near by. Old school boards like this aren't as social friendly like Twitter and Facebook with mobile devices. Back to the early 2000's I've been a willing tech dinosaur as it relates to this.

As for the game, if the D can shut down the Saints, then there is no telling how far it can carry this team. We'll certainly find out over the next three games though just how good it is. I can't figure out why it took two months for this unit to get it together... this is what we all expected from game 1. Seems the D got better right around the time Rahim Moore began being a regular healthy scratch.

It took just one carry from Akeem Hunt to make me wonder if he is the best active RB on the roster, talent-wise. Blue, Grimes, and Polk... they are what we thought they were. Each has distinctive traits to help, but it seems none have the ceiling that Hunt has.

[Keith]

J.J. Watt earned defensive player of the month after this game. He was also mic'd up for it. There are two videos on the official site, and both are must watch. No "sno caps" like last year, but fun to see J.J. being J.J.


http://www.houstontexans.com/tv-medi...f-1abeff8e4d98

http://www.houstontexans.com/tv-medi...4-32e5531b6cd6