TEXAN'S X's and NO's, Draft Purgatory, and Fire Deja Vu
Draft Purgatory
In 2010 the AFC South drew a line in the sand. It was at that time that the Colts decided to not sign Peyton Manning after his 2 neck surgeries. What had started to become a battle between the Texans and the Colts for the division, everyone often mocked the division as being the worse in the NFL. After all, the last 7 years after Peyton left, the Colts lead the division in average wins at 9. Only having one 2-14 season when they "sicked for Luck". That was during the time we enjoyed playoff runs with Kubiak and Wade. Bolstering our win totals up, even winning the division twice under that regime, and coming in second with average wins over the past 7 seasons at 8 games per season. (Not including this current season. But as we celebrated those 4 division wins over the last 7 years, the Jaguars averaged a whopping 5,8 games per season coming in last, and the Titans coming in 3rd with an average of 7 games per season. With that being said, while we were celebrating Division wins over the past 7 seasons, the Jaguars and Titans were stock piling talent, trading down to get more talent, and not being uber concerned with the Quarterback position. Now we sit in draft purgatory. Too scared to give up more picks to go after Josh Gordon, Leveon Bell, or even Eric Thomas, and too early to complain about a General Manager that just inherited a team that wasn't even allowed to draft in the 1st or 2nd round.
X's and NO's
No need to beat a dead horse. But it just seems that Davenport wasn't having these issues when he played on the left side. The rookie Rankin is not out playing Davenport when he was over there. It would just seem the right thing to look at, would be putting Mancz in at Center, Move Martin over and either let Rankin sit it out or put him at Left Guard. With everything being about the next man up, it baffles my mind the difference in formation and plays from this year compared to the magic we saw last year. All the motion that confused defenses last year must be too much for Weah or Smith to handle. Makes me wonder are we struggling at the WR position? With Coutee unable to get on the field, along with Coates, makes it real confusing why we haven't at least seen a Dez in for a workout or heard any rumors as such. When you look at the highlights from last year, trips left/trips right. I just feel like I can hear Vrabel in his pre game meeting. The reason we beat you last year, was because you guys just kept throwing the ball. We just won't have him throw for more than 120 yards and you can't let the defense beat ya! We saw success when we started playing the middle of the field today. We have to get more play from the TE position to open up the middle of the field. Is anyone missing Braxton Miller yet?
Fire Deja Vu
This couldn't be more hurtful of a start to the season. The problems we have on the offensive line isn't going to fix itself in just one season. Every season that O'Brien has been here it's been a slow start to the season. This system is a direct replica of the one that has brought many Superbowl's to the Patriot's. Whether we like it or not, so far, O'Brien has had the most success of any of the coaches off the Belichek coaching tree. Don't get it twisted though, we were out coached by a rookie head coach, albeit someone who probably knows more about O'Brien's play calling than anyone in the league. But I'm not here to offer excuses. In 2006 we welcomed a coach with open arms after 4 horrific seasons. Had no offensive line. Carr was getting hit more than the people on ijustgothit.com. We traded for Schaub and SIX season's later he won a Division title. Back to Back even. Then one year later in 2013 we saw Brian Cushing, Arian Foster, Ben Tate, Owen Daniels, Daniel Manning, all go on IR, and WE RAN HIM OUT OF TOWN. Matt Schaub (Pick 6 Master) was the pick 6 king and we blamed Kubiak. Both of your starting RB's were on IR and we blamed Kubiak. Some say when Case Keenum struggled late and Kubiak put Matt back in the game, that was the nail in his coffin. No big deal though, now Kubiak is only a 4 time Superbowl Champion as a coach. Oh by the way, his short stint as offensive coordinator for the Baltimore Ravens, he made them the most successful they were on offense in 19 years. More on Kubiak here Look I'm not trying to defend the crazy decisions we've seen from the coaching staff. What I am saying is you don't turn an NFL team around in 1 year. This offensive system relies on the players to make decisions at the line. The WR's have to be pristine route runners. They can't be like Weah and Smith were they are having to be told where to go etc. The crazy thing is with the Titans beating the Jags and the Colts losing today, 0-3 isn't necessarily the end all be all. But we have to do something to either get Coutee and Coates on the field, or bring someone in who can stay healthy. If Foreman comes back anywhere near where he was last season, it will at least be tolerable. And if JJ didn't get you excited about things to come, or send a message to you today that HE'S ALL IN, then please give up your season tickets so I can finally move past the 2000 mark. All I'm saying is we can't expect the Texans to make moves just so we don't have to listen to our friends down the road talk about our wittle football team. Get me to the game after the Bye, and then we can talk about what moves need to be made. Cause these penalties and not being able to get Deshaun enough weapons on the field, in my humble opinion, is not a good mix to add with bad coaching. Hang in there my friends!
But as always,,
GO TEXANS!!!!!!!
Derwin Jordan
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