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Raz · Posted: Sun Dec 30, 2012 5:27 pm Post subject:

OK, i gotta ask; how is this loss on Kubiak.

Schaub under threw on one beautiful design play were our FB had space to take one to the house.Our special team [inappropriate/removed] up as soon as we had the lead and then our defense gave up a TD on a 3rd 23 yard play.

Idiots?
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Apollo Stallion · Joined: 06 Feb 2008 Posts: 5105 Location: Battle Red State

Where is Glover Quin on this list? Letting TY Hilton get past you on 3rd and 23 was unforgivable. This guy gets a pass from Texans fans because he makes hits occasionally, but 75% of the time we give up some inexcusable TD deep I get to watch #29 trailing behind. Dude simply doesn't have the wheels to be the last man back. Anyone else ready to admit the complete failure that is Brandon Harris AGAIN, and that the slow Texans secondary will continue to be exposed by EVERY speed receiver we face out of the slot?
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jch1911 · Posted: Sun Dec 30, 2012 6:51 pm Post subject:

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I don't get all the Schaub hate. He had 2 games that weren't his best. Last week against Minnesota, he was the best QB in the game. This week he had 2 bad throws. Luck had a few good ones. Early in the game if that Luck fumble doesn't get changed to an incompletion, we aren't having this discussion.

Everyone should just take a breath and relax. We will put together a game plan to beat Cinci. It all starts with the defense, not the offense. We have forced 3 turnovers in the last 4 games. That is not going to win playoffs games. This is still a 12 win team. Wade needs to dial up some new blitzing schemes to help the secondary out. We got no pressure on Luck today. We need to be sacking the QB and forcing bad throws. That is what we are built for and we have gotten away from them the last few games.

BullsonParade · Joined: 05 Dec 2012 Posts: 158

Easily Kubiak.

Second pick would be Schaub.
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Grasspike · Joined: 07 Jan 2007 Posts: 5005 Location: Davidson College

The overreaction from this loss is incredible. I don't think very much of the Colts, but they're an 11-5 team playing for a coach coming back from cancer. The Texans remain a 12-4 team with the best defensive player in the game. Marciano needs to go after this season, but to hear this many complaints after the best season in franchise history is ridiculous. I'm not saying there are no negatives to talk about, but this is out of hand.
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jch1911 · Posted: Sun Dec 30, 2012 7:02 pm Post subject:

I don't necessarily blame Schaub b/c you know what he is:

(1) Effective in play action roll outs
(2) Pop gun arm that needs trickery to get the secondary out of position b/c his fast ball is really a knuckle ball
(3) If you even breathe on his ankles, he is going down in a heap

Once you know what you are dealing with, do not ask him to do things he cannot. He needs to realize if the secondary doesn't bite on the play action fake, for the love of all that is holy, do NOT throw it up there because there is a 70% chance it gets picked off.

That sux, but we know who he is. It becomes the responsibility of the coaches to put him in a position to succeed. Schaub is not going to use his moxie to win games for you, but that's NEVER who he was / has been / or (unlikely) will be.

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Raz · Posted: Sun Dec 30, 2012 7:37 pm Post subject:

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texansfan · Posted: Sun Dec 30, 2012 8:30 pm Post subject:

While I am disappointed by how we finished the regular season, I feel like this is part of the growing pains that young teams go through. We need to learn how to be the hunted in the NFL, which will pay off in future years.

If you want to blame anyone, blame Rick Smith. He sacrificed future cap flexibility for a season with younger players. We rid ourselves of Eric Winston and Demeco Ryans after losing Briesel, Dreesen, and Vickers. Our lack of run game can be attributed to these major losses, as Dreesen's blocking has been sorely missed. And Winston on the right side would be a welcome addition over Newton.

All in all, this loss may help us out. We can use that game against the Bengals to try and build some confidence heading into New England. We were clicking last year in that Baltimore game, we just needed a QB. So now that we are underdogs again, maybe we can use that chip to motivate ourselves. We should be disappointed we missed out on the number 1 seed, but we should also remember that we are now looking at back-to-back divisional championships. Three years ago I would have been pretty happy with that.
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