Chip off the old Brock, Fans MUST remain the best 12th Man, #CushingWPMOYChallenge

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There couldn't be a bigger chip built for Brock's shoulder.  No one, including most in Houston, are giving him a shot.  But the truth is Brock could not have written a better situation for him.  With everyone in the NFL, and heck maybe even some of his own family members counting him out, there couldn't be a better opportunity to slap the world in their face by coming out and lighting up the field.  Not with lasers, but how about 3 touchdowns, no interceptions, and 310 yards.  But seriously, this guy is the same person that sat behind Peyton Manning.  He is the same guy that beat the Patriots in Denver last year.  This is the same guy that moved the ball all preseason, and the first 2 games of the season.  This is the only quarterback in the AFC playoffs that has been on a Superbowl run, not named Brady, or Roethlisberger.  Looking at those games, the ball was coming out quick, but also Brock's step back was only a step or two.  I've seen recently where he was taking some pretty large steps back after the snap.  Getting the ball out fast in this offense is so important.  But what if he is who they thought he was?  What if he marches the offense down the field.  Throws CJ to his biggest game of the year.  All of a sudden there is a tight end #87 eating up the end zone not name Gronk?  I'll be the first to tell you that I've been very disappointed with the offensive production this year.  But I can not ignore my own observations over the season, which were:

1.  7 out of 11 of the offensive starters are brand new to the system or and are rookies.
2.  The average age, including Duane Brown and Chris Clark is 25.
3.  Injuries to our Center and 2 of our young receivers Strong and Braxton hurt tremendously.  Strong was set to have a break out year.  Add a hamstring with Will Fuller, no receivers are getting separation.

But we all know those are excuses and excuses are the terms of incompetence and they build monuments of nothing!  I just hope Brock puts on his headphones and a hoodie and come out ready to ball.  We don't need heroics.  No interceptions are the biggest key, but we have to score touchdowns and not field goals.  Janakowski can probably kick it from Discovery Green straight through the up rights.  Touchdowns, Touchdowns, ARE KEY!

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Look there is not much more to say about this game.  But what I'm most excited about is that you have not seen all of our super stars on defense on the field at the same time since early in the season.  Couple of games we were all the way down to Charles James and Nelson Jr.  We were Clowney, but no Mercilus, Mercilus, but no J Jo.  Not having John Simon is disappointing, but this is as close to 100% that the Texans have been on defense all season.  Couldn't come at a better time.  Here is to hoping Brock comes out and just blows this offense out of the water.  I looked at the entire season only to find that he never threw for 300 yards.  But the major key I saw last game was we started moving DHop around the field.  Much like we did Andre Johnson.  Andre never had a hall of fame quarterback throwing to him.  But he found a way to get open.  They put him in the slot, motioned him out of the back field.  He caught middle of the field passes, side line passes, etc.  This is some of what I saw last week against the Titans.  We could have absolutely won that game if we wanted to by putting in our starters.  This team has talent and to be completely disregarded and counted out is both disrespectful as it is disappointing.  I'm a Texans fan for life and I can only hope that our crowd is smart enough to know that Brock may absolutely throw an interception, it happens to the best of them.  But the crowd can't get taken out of the game.  We MUST stay loud, get in there early, and keep the home field advantage.

 

Coach O'Brien has made it clear who the heart of this defense is.  Brian Cushing has been a work horse for this team since coming into the league.  He has always gone 1000 percent for this team and several of his seasons were limited by injury.  The fact that he has being playing all year with back problems etc. speaks so much to his heart and what he's about.  I remember the 2-14 season where we were down in the 4th quarter and his interception against the Chargers ignited the team and the win.  His interviews have always been the same.  ABOUT THE TEAM.  ABOUT WINNING, AND RESPECT OF HIS TEAMMATES.  But even with all that about the team his work with the men and women that serve our country is just the icing on the cake.  I hope you join me in voting for Brian to be the Walter Payton Man of the year by tweeting the hash tag #CushingWPMOYChallenge over and over and over again.  Brian deserves this award and I salute both him and the foundation that bares his name.

The mission of the Brian Cushing Foundation is to serve and honor the men and women who protect our country by providing resources and experiences to Houston-area veterans and their families.

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