Anyone who remembers what Sunday's were like once the Oiler's left
could not possibly be ready to give up on this team. As a football town,
and a town that has had the pleasure of celebrating SEVERAL World
Championships, SURELY, there must be a mustard seed of patience out there for a
team that saw 80% of its best of the best take a seat for not 1 or 2, but
SEVERAL MONTHS. Now you can blame the coaching staff, even Rick Smith, or
even the man that we gave the key to the city when he brought Football back to
Houston. (Mr. Bob McNair) But the truth is, there could be some
very good reason to not hang our heads just yet. However, the hope is
sliding on ice already broken. The scary part is based on our history, we
should be due a large blow out and here's why:
Offensive Coordinator
Truth is Bill O'Brien came
into the league without an offensive coordinator. Without an offensive
coordinator, he won 3 out of the first 4 games, but lost 4 out of the first 8
games. He also propelled us from a horrible 31st in the league offense to
14th in the league. Scoring a whopping 372 points on the year with like
90 different QB's. After the bye, and another lost to get to 4 and
9 on the season, the Texans manage to pull together 5 wins and only 2 losses to
close the season. Unfortunately, there was only 3 playoff teams on the
schedule for the rest of the way. They beat Baltimore, but lost to the
Bengals, and the Colts. All 3 remaining teams on the schedule had a
combine season win total of 12. With the Browns winning 7 of those
12! Next Season you add an OC, but you still start 1-4 to start the
season. However, the second half you actually beat some teams that
matter. The 12-4 Bengals, the 10-6 Jets. You get to the Playoffs
and you lay an egg. With one season as OC under his belt, you come out
and with Brock Osweiller you win 5 of your first 8 games. Again with
Brock Osweiller, you go one game away from the AFC championship game, and you
fire your OC. The next season what do we do? We start 3-3 out of
the gate, and even with Deshaun Watson putting up the numbers and enjoying the
success of a high powered offense, we went 4-12. Now I'm a fan, through
and through, and we had injuries last year, but we no longer have the softest
division in the league where we can count on those AFC south games to get us to
a decent win total. We still lost those major games with the offense
performing better than we've ever seen. We once had a great offensive
minded coach who had a great scheme, but no coordinator. Now I'm not
saying Rick Smith or Bob McNair forced the Wade Kubiak combination, but I am
saying that it worked like a charm. Not hoping anyone gets fired from the
booth (ROMO), but there may be an offensive genius out there that could let a
coach coach, and players play!
KEKE DO YOU KNOW SPEED?
For the first time on
national television I saw people start to pick the Texans to win. We've
never really got a ton of respect outside the local scene. Even the
locals seem to bash more than support, but we know most of them are just
calling a spade a spade. But after a 0-3 start, you can already see the
sizzle start to fizz out and most have all but given up. I was still very
surprised that we didn't at least bring Dez in for a work out or try to grab
Braxton back for depth, UNTIL I looked at the highlights below. If you
are looking for the bright side, imagine the guy in the highlights below on the
field with Fuller V! With that being said, click the link below to look
at KeKe's highlights. Enjoy it for the most part, but if you're not
patient, skip to the very end to watch the 5:45 mark through the end. You
put this guy on the field with Fuller V and Dhop at the same time, WHO YOU
GONNA DOUBLE? KEKE IS THE KEY to getting back to scoring big. I
think he is the key to lighting up that box stacked against the running
game. It's very simple to me. If he plays we win, and we win
big. If we put the same offense on the field, we'll get the same
result. So if he's not playing, and they didn't grab Braxton Miller off a
practice squad, or sign another Pro level WR, then we deserve every bit of the butt
kicking we will receive and shame on the entire aligned front office and
coaching staff.
Complimentary Clock
To be clear, you can't allow
your defense to be on the field more than the offense. When you know your
Defense needs rest that is not the time to throw into double and triple
coverage. We have had the number one defense in the league before.
However, you have to control the clock on offense in order to keep them
fresh. We have to sustain drives. Especially if they get you
the ball back. No long drawn out explanation here. We can't keep
sending JJ to the emergency oxygen tank because we keep going 3 and out or
gifting the ball back to our opponent.
I still feel this team is
stacked with talent on both sides of the ball. I also feel that we have
to realize that the rust on these players isn't just about no pre-season
play. The majority of our stars went out starting week 3. I said
this at the beginning of the season, you don't take a year off, skip the
preseason, and then expect to go full blast against Bill Belichek who knows
your system. Basically because he created it. Then you leave and go
play someone who practiced against you his entire coaching career, and then on
to one of the NFL's best Future Hall of Famer one day, couldn't make the CFL
the next in Eli Manning. As easy as it would be to put this on Bill
O'Brien, I still think the players have to play. Most of these major
injuries take a season and a half to get back to normal. I think we get
back on track in Indy with a very convincing win. But history of the Bill
O’Brien era says we may be still in for a major blow out before really getting
on track. Nightmares like Atlanta and Miami come to mind! So I guess the question really is KEKE DO YOU LOVE ME? ARE YOU PLAYING? WILL WE EVER EVER SEE YOU?
#DEARDREW
AND AS ALWAYS GO
TEXANS!!!!!!
