Official Texans @ Titans Game Thread, 12/19/2010

[barrett]

Originally Posted by HPF Bob

I'll agree to that, except in Week 1 there seemed to be no real plan. That said, it's not the coach's job to *advertise* to the fans what the game plan is. You're supposed to keep the defense guessing however when you fall behind as early and often as we did, you need no degrees to figure out the strategy was to throw the ball to catch up. It worked against KC and almost worked in a few other games but this offense is more talented than to fall behind to everyone. They just couldn't stop shooting themselves in the foot, whether it be from dropped passes, dumb penalties, untimely turnovers or plain old bad luck.

I don't need advertising. And a team's goals cannot remain secret after the game unless they fail completely to accomplish them.

Last night for instance, Green Bay came in with no Aaron Rodgers for a very difficult road game. All night it was clear they wanted to run the ball to take pressure off of Flynn, but that they also wanted to take shots down field to look for quick scores, and that they wanted to involve the RBs in the passing game more than Rodgers does. No advertising is needed to see that AFTER the game. And it's not supposed to remain secret after the game.

The Texans never had a direction until they were forced into one. And then when they were forced into one, they were great, because great players perform great when they know what they are doing. Every great moment for us this year came when it was clear what we needed to do. And not just throwing from behind. But even the Indy win in week 1 when it was clear we needed to run to protect the D and kill the clock.

When our offensive aim was clear, we were great. When the canvas was blank, we wandered in aimless circles.