Texans GDT: Houston at Tennessee

ServantofYHWH · Joined: 25 Jan 2010 Posts: 8058 Location: Clutch City

11-1. We bad. We know.
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A dominant defensive performance today. Almost every football went into the hands of a Texan. Sharpton had a nice pick to seal the game. Watt was unstoppable. Whitney Mercilus was getting after Locker. Quin played an outstanding game. Kareem was looking a little shaky at times but continued to fight through the game and be physical. Dobbins was layin some lumber. I really enjoyed the hell out of this game. Every time we punted on offense I felt extremely confident because I knew Donnie Jones would put the Titans a long way from getting to our endzone and that our defense was really on point. I think the defense wanted to make a statement after the last two weeks. I think Mercilus gives us a different dimension than we had with Brooks Reed. But also, I'm taking into account that the Titans have one of the worst offenses in the league, a brand new offensive coordinator and two of their offensive linemen went down in the game.

This was a great example of where we are as a team. LeStar Jean makes a huge play to start the game. Forsett showed me for the first time this season why he deserves the rock. The defense really looked powerful. Special teams was playing well with the long FG and the nice returns by Martin even though we had a lot of flags. If there was one thing to criticize it would be the flags. There were a lot of them but the refs were also throwing a lot of flags on the Titans. We just played extremely well and I am so glad that we are 11-1 right now.
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EliteTexan80 · Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2012 5:08 pm Post subject:

A shorter than usual Post Game thoughts:

- 11-1. Whoda thunk it? I think even the most optimistic fan had us in the 11-5/12-4 range. It was either a raging homer or an uneducated bandwagon fan who saw anything better than 12-4...yet, here we are in prime position to finish stronger than that. We have three elite QBs in four weeks, and a freak of nature at RB in that timeframe, but our chances are just as good as anyone elses.

- Forget retirement and a three year wait period. Put JJ Watt in the HoF tomorrow. This guy is another creature entirely, just a dominant player right now at his best. Yesterday was a pedestrian day for him, but by many standards, this was a DPOW type game for anyone else. I've watched the likes of Lawrence Taylor, Mike Singletary, Reggie White, Derrick Thomas, Bruce Smith...Watt is in that category, and he's got a lot more time in the NFL to add to his resume.

- Mercy-less! Solid start for the 1st rounder, just a good performance in his first start as a pro. He lucked into his first sack, as Jake Locker scrambled into him for a no-gain, but the 2nd sack was a nice pressure/effort sack from Whitney. The Titans run game didn't find any room to the outside as well, which tells me that Mercy is setting that edge fairly well. Given the slow season as well as the large contract on the horizon, I think the window is closing on Connor Barwin's tenure as a Texan.

- So, LeStar Jean at CB? We're one injury away from that, according to 610. Jean tends to play scout team CB early on in practice, and if more names at the position were to get hurt, he'd be the next man up in that role. I'm sure the team would do something less drastic (move Quin to CB and get Demps or Keo in as a starter) but it goes to show you how thin we're getting at the spot. Three of our top four guys are now out, with McCain out until a potential SB game and Joseph/Ball highly questionable up until MNF.

- Who needs Tate? Justin Forsett is looking like a capable player in our offense as the weeks progress. He had some tough sledding the last few weeks, but he's now seeing his hole and making gains when the OL gives him a chance. I really don't think we'll see much of Tate as we're used to, and that might not matter in the long run; The best player gets the best time, and right now Forsett is the better of the two.
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lumberjackchris · Joined: 14 Apr 2011 Posts: 3128

Considering some teams have never been 11-1 EVER and we are says alot, you dont blow out every opponent and you don't always bring your A game and yet we've still made it to this point.

Although Forsett is doing well, I think we can benefit from the physicality Tate runs with to go with Forsetts speed and Arians all around greatness.

Also ET, I thought I heard Posey was the next man up at CB.
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EliteTexan80 · Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2012 6:07 pm Post subject:

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Ha, Kub just said on 610, when I saw 76 laying on the ground there, my heart skipped a beat.

He also said Brooks got some time at guard, anybody notice this? Cause I didn't.
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PAtexansFAN99 · Joined: 04 Jan 2007 Posts: 4279

I think if this game showed us anything its that we've got to give Arian a week off at some point here. He looks like he doesn't have it in him right now.

On the other hand, our 2 backup RBs looked really good in this game.

Justin Forsett-14 carries, 64 yards (4.57 ypc)
Arian Foster-14 carries, 38 yards (2.71 ypc)
Ben Tate- 3 carries, 18 yards (6 ypc)

I think against the Patriots we should try and use Forsett and Tate almost exclusively (with the exception being goal line situations).

The fact that the Texans have been able to keep winning with backups playing a significant amount of time at most positions make us all the more dangerous come playoff time. Lets make sure Tate doesn't look like a lame duck in the postseason this year..
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