After practice today Head Coach Gary Kubiak updated the media on
the players that did not practice and or were limited at practice. TE Ryan
Griffin who missed last week due to a concussion did return to full practice.
Notable players that not practice today were DE JJ Watt (back), LG Wade Smith
(knee), Kareem Jackson (ribs), and DaAndre Hopkins (sick). The notable players
that practiced but on a limited basis were LT Duane Brown (sick), MLB Joe Mays
(knee) C Chris Myers (throat) and RB Ben Tate (ribs/ankle/toe). JJ Watt did
today say would be back to practice tomorrow so fans please don’t go jump of a
ledge because Watt missed a practice.
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Wednesday, November 20, 2013
Monday, November 18, 2013
Johnson Needs To Demand Change
The Texans have 1 player in Andre Johnson who is a lead pipe
lock to make it to the hallowed halls of the pro football hall of fame. Outside
of JJ Watt the other 50ish players have 0 shot to make it such a high level.
What do Johnson and Watt have in common, they aren’t loud mouths and let their
play speak for its self. The game against the Oakland Raiders was a statement
game in the fact that, the Texans made a statement to the rest of the league,
we aren’t playoff contenders.
The Oakland Raiders came in seemingly limping, losing 2 in a
row before playing the Texans and even went to a 3rd string
undrafted rookie QB Matt McGloin a day before the game. The Texans went in
riding a small wave of momentum from the Texans own undrafted rookie QB Case
Keenum. Texans Head Coach Gary Kubiak at halftime made a change at QB and put
in struggling starter Matt Schaub who had missed the past 3 games due to being
a back and being injured. On the final play of the game for the Texans ended in
an incomplete pass from Matt Schaub to Andre Johnson, the following ensued….
The struggling QB yelled at the over performing future hall of famer WR.
The two even had to be separated on the sideline, and
resulted in Johnson running of the field before the game ended. Yea that can’t
EVER happen, Andre Johnson has done so much for this team this city. Short of
Johnson catching the pass and handing it to the defender there is 0 reason to get
mad at Johnson. Post-game when Johnson was asked if he still wanted to be here,
Johnson said “I’m under contract”. Bob McNair you need to do something about
this situation before it becomes a VERY bad situation. No McNair won’t do
anything drastic like that.
If the leaders like Johnson want something to happen, he
needs to demand it! Johnson needs to come out be honest, be passionate, and be fiery.
He needs to demand change, he needs to share what he wants. It’s so true the
one thing we love about Johnson is he is so great and not a diva, but he needs to
bring out his inner diva to turn this ship around. If Johnson came out and said
“I am done catching passes from Matt Schaub” Case Keenum would be the starter
for the rest of the season… If Johnson came out and said “Coach Kubiak is
unfair and treats players different and I won’t play for him anymore” Kubiak would
be on the next slow boat to China. If JJ Watt and Andre Johnson want something
to change on this team, they need to demand it!
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Sunday, November 17, 2013
Texans Game Time Decisions
Texans going in to the game with the Raiders, have already
ruled out 2 players, both TE Ryan Griffin (concussion) and CB Elbert Mack
(hamstring) will not play this Sunday. The team listed another 4 guys as
questionable/game time decisions, CB Kareem Jackson (chest), P Shane Lechler
(flu), MLB Joe Mays (knee), and MLB Mike Mohamed (hamstring), none of the four participated
in Friday’s practice. The team also
listed another 12 guys as probable must notably MLB Darryl Sharpton (foot), RB
Ben Tate (ribs), and LG Wade Smith (knee) the three were limited in practice on
Friday but should start on Sunday.
It has been announced that Jackson, Mays and Mohamed will
not play this Sunday vs. the Raiders. It does seem that Lechler will give it a
go today after spending a chunk of the week in the hospital with the flu.
Saturday, November 16, 2013
Terrelle Pryor Out vs. Texans
Texans chances on winning tomorrow and the chances that Bob
McNair fires everybody after the game have just increased significantly. The
Raiders didn’t wait till game time and went ahead and announced that starting
QB Terrelle Pryor will not start. Pryor in his last game suffered a sprained
MCL in his right knee and was a game time and questionable heading in to Sunday’s
match up. Pryor on the season has played 8 games and lead the team to 3 wins
and 5 losses. He will be replaced undrafted rookie Matt McGloin and in 1 game
played for the Raiders this season he was 7 for 15 for 87 yards and the team
lost to the Eagles 49 to 20. McGloin in 4 years at Penn State in college,
completed 513 passes and attempted 894 passes for 6,390 yards. The Texans D
gets to sink its horns into an undrafted rookie and at home they will be primed
for a win. If they find a way to lose to a 3 and 5 team starting an undrafted
rookie the team will have hit the franchise’s rock bottom.
Thursday, November 14, 2013
Texans Future Hall Of Famer Hospitalized
Coach shared the Punter Shane Lechler has spent the past few days in the hospital with the flu and could be released tomorrow. Per Kubiak Lechler did reach out to him and said he will be back, if Lechler does not return in time and healthy Kubiak said that Randy Bullock would have to pull double duty and handle everything punting, field goal kicking and kick offs.
Bullock in 4 years at Texas A&M he made 2 punts for an average of 22.5 yards a punt, which I don't need to tell you is WAY below what Lechler is capable of.
Tuesday, November 12, 2013
Ed Reed has been released
Ed Reed the Texans most prized offseason free agent acquisition
is gone as quickly as he came. Reed today was released by the team just days
after making the comment of being outplayed and outcoached. Reed recently was
also benched in favor of Shiloh Keo, who has more years in the system and this
season Keo has made more plays then Reed.
Reed signed with the team in the offseason and then after
signing it was learned Reed would need hip surgery. He sat out of all training
camp and did not play until week 3 when the team played his former team the
Ravens. Reed on the year had 14 tackles 0 impact and plays were made against Reed
left and right. Reed today sent out a tweet thanking the Texans (for the money
I am sure) and the Houston (jokingly I am sure) and now the team will move with
how the season started, Shiloh Keo at the Safety position.
Thanks to the Texans! And the City of Htown!
— Ed Reed (@TwentyER) November 12, 2013
Today I caught up with Texans Tight End Owen Daniels and
while he mentioned he was on track to return (3 more games). Daniels also
mentioned he was stunned by the news of Ed Reed being released “you don’t see a
lot of guys released at this point in the season especially a guy like him”. The
question now is can Ed still find work, lots of teams are looking but the Ed Reed
we all once knew is long gone.
Sunday, November 10, 2013
Texans vs. Cardinals week 10 preview
Texans vs. Cardinals: 2 teams going in opposite ways,
Cardinals have won 3 of their last 5 games, Texans on the other hand have lost
6 in a row. Cardinals at 4 and 4 are in the mix for a wildcard playoff berth,
the Texans on the opposite need binoculars just to see the Titans and Colts who
are ahead of them in the AFC South. While both teams are in different places
this season the 2 teams do share 1 thing in common, future hall of famers at
Wide Receiver. Andre Johnson (813yrds) and Larry Fitzgerald (470yrds) have been
rocks for their teams this season and will be a big part of this game.
Texans last week came out strong against a now top 5 team in
the Colts. Texans Head Coach Gary Kubiak made a change at quarterback in hopes
of giving the team a spark. Case Keenum the QB entrusted with giving the team a
spark, did just that. He seemingly shocked and stunned the Colts in the 1st
half of that game to the tune of 21, 1st half points including tossing
3 long bombs to Andre Johnson WR. Then the 2nd half came, no need to
go in to what happened but needless to say the team was confused and out of
sorts during the 2nd half and gave up another come back to the
Colts.
This week the gets 2 new changes for this week at the very
least, DC Wade Phillips moves up to Head Coach and OC Rick Dennsion takes over
as the play caller on offense. Shiloh Keo FS and DeAndre Hopkins WR both down
played worry when I asked if there is any concern in the 2 coaches taking over
new roles on this team for the week, both gave support for their respective
coach.
The Cardinals are coming off a bye week and have had plenty
of time to breakdown every aspect of the Texans game. They now have 2 games of
film of the newly revamped Texans, they have had plenty of time to see what
works and doesn’t work. It took the Colts a half to figure out Case Keenum, can
Keenum continue to impress or can he make adjustments if the Cardinals come out
and shut him down early.
The match up will come down to the Texans D vs. the Cardinals
O….. The Texans last week allowed touch down after touch down to Andrew Luck
and crew. While Carson Palmer is no Andrew Luck you can make an argument Palmer
has better toys. Texans minus Brian Cushing can still win, JJ Watt and Antonio
Smith bring the pressure and collapse the pocket the problem is not many others
bring the pressure. The Larry Fitzgerald and Michael Floyd vs. Kareem Jackson
and Johnathan Joseph should be a good match up. You worry if the game comes
down to 3 points, can Randy Bullock knock it in for the win or the tie.
Below is audio from Antonio Smith DE and Duane Brown LT who
talked a little bit about the upcoming game today
Arian Foster Out For The Season
Texans Running Back Arian Foster will miss the rest of the
season and will be out with a back (lumber) problem. The buzz is Foster will
have surgery sometime this week, last week Foster injured his back early in the
game and was ruled questionable for a return, and then ruled out for the rest
of the game. The report is Monday the team will IR Foster and the team will
have an open roster sport. Throughout the preseason and season Foster has been
dealing with hamstrings and back issues, but has not missed a regular season
this season till now.
Foster this season has had 542 yards on 121 carries and was
projected to go over the 1000 mark again. Texans going forward will have Ben Tate as the feature back with Deji Karim who are also the teams only remaining veteran RB’s and the will team also have undrafted
rookie free agents Dennis Johnson and Ray Graham on the roster.
Friday, November 8, 2013
Randy Bullock Isn't Worried About His Job
The easiest job in the NFL is being the 2nd string QB, and the toughest job in the NFL is a struggling field goal kicker. Houston Texans Randy Bullock has had a tough career; he was drafted by the team in 2012 and entered camp with veteran Shayne Graham to push him and help him get ready to be an NFL player, but during the preseason he was injured and the team placed him on IR. This season Bullock started the year without any competition. Bullock and Kubiak both played down the no competition factor early in the preseason saying that undrafted rookie Punter Andrew Shaprio, out of Fresno State, was really pushing Bullock, which in its self should have been worrisome. At the time people saw the potential in Bullock and kinda moved on and worried about other aspects of the team.
Bullock this season has an NFL worst 61.9 field goal percentage, Bullock is a perfect 6 for 6 on kicks inside 39 yards. The problem is when you inch on in to the 40 plus yard range Randy is a little bit shaky, 7 for 15 to be exact. While you could say it’s not his fault the coaches keep throwing Bullock out, you do expect a lot of a guy the team spent a 5th round pick on. Bullock mentioned during Friday’s open locker room last week it really wasn’t the wind from the open roof he was just off “there was a little bit of wind but they (the kicks) were just a hair off”. Bullock missed field goal after field goal against the Colts and even the eventual game tier.
The Texans this week brought in 3 kickers for tryouts. This is nothing out of the ordinary, as the team brings a different position group in every week. The players brought in were 2 ex Texans, Neil Rackers and Shayne Graham, and ex Panther Justin Medlock. Even with the team bringing in eventual “maybe” replacements he didn’t worry about his job stating, “I was never really worried about it, it never crossed my mind”. He may not say it yet but the heat has got to start getting to him, NFL Kickers need ice running through their veins. Everyone seems to have an opinion on poor Randy Bullock, even yesterday on national TV NBA analyst and former Houston Rockets Head Coach Jeff Van Gundy compared Bullock to a designated free throw shooter that couldn't make a free throw… Bullock today tried to deflect everyone’s anger saying “none of those fans or anything matter right now, it’s more what’s in here the locker room those are the guys whose opinions that really count, they have confidence in me, I have confidence in myself and the outside noise is outside noise that’s all it is.”
Bullock this season has an NFL worst 61.9 field goal percentage, Bullock is a perfect 6 for 6 on kicks inside 39 yards. The problem is when you inch on in to the 40 plus yard range Randy is a little bit shaky, 7 for 15 to be exact. While you could say it’s not his fault the coaches keep throwing Bullock out, you do expect a lot of a guy the team spent a 5th round pick on. Bullock mentioned during Friday’s open locker room last week it really wasn’t the wind from the open roof he was just off “there was a little bit of wind but they (the kicks) were just a hair off”. Bullock missed field goal after field goal against the Colts and even the eventual game tier.
The Texans this week brought in 3 kickers for tryouts. This is nothing out of the ordinary, as the team brings a different position group in every week. The players brought in were 2 ex Texans, Neil Rackers and Shayne Graham, and ex Panther Justin Medlock. Even with the team bringing in eventual “maybe” replacements he didn’t worry about his job stating, “I was never really worried about it, it never crossed my mind”. He may not say it yet but the heat has got to start getting to him, NFL Kickers need ice running through their veins. Everyone seems to have an opinion on poor Randy Bullock, even yesterday on national TV NBA analyst and former Houston Rockets Head Coach Jeff Van Gundy compared Bullock to a designated free throw shooter that couldn't make a free throw… Bullock today tried to deflect everyone’s anger saying “none of those fans or anything matter right now, it’s more what’s in here the locker room those are the guys whose opinions that really count, they have confidence in me, I have confidence in myself and the outside noise is outside noise that’s all it is.”
Wednesday, November 6, 2013
NFL Week 10 Power Rankings
1 - Kansas City Chiefs -Their still undefeated…. But the biggest win of their season was the Cowboys?? Big test vs. the Broncos this week
2 - Seattle Seahawks - Eeked out the last two games vs. Rams and Buccaneers, where is the team that beat the piss out of the 49ers
3 - Denver Broncos - John Fox to be replaced by Jack Del Rio they still got Peyton Manning, no need to worry.
4 - New England Patriots - Oh damn Tom Brady finally woke up, well I guess the down fall of Brady was premature.
5 - Indianapolis Colts - Andrew Luck was able to overcome the loss of Reggie Wayne, Luck again was able to make a COMEBACK…. Are the Colts ever out of a game?
6 - New Orleans Saints - Just got beat by the J-E-T-S JETS JETS but they still are fairly good, Rod Ryan goes back to Dallas this week Ye Haw!
7 - San Francisco 49ers - Had a bye week and they look good, they are rushing 153 yards a game, that is pretty good!
8 - Detroit Lions - Like the 49ers had a bye week and this Calvin Johnson fella looks good
9 - Cincinnati Bengals - Every time you start to believe in them they rip your heart out…. Really a loss to the Dolphins?
10 - Chicago Bears - DA Bears made it pasted the Packers after Rodgers went down, and guess who is coming back… Cutler to start this week.
11 - Green Bay Packers - Had Packers at 10 and Bears at 11 but this week Packers lost, and they lost Aaron Rodgers so they could slide farther.
12 - Dallas Cowboys - Cowboys barely made it out of Minnesota and now will face the Saints, I bet Rob Ryan has some tricks up his sleeve.
13 - Carolina Panthers - Reeled off 4 in a row, and will now go to San Fran to face that buzz saw, can Newton be the better QB in this game?
14 - New York Jets - They came back after being showed up by the red headed stranger and beat Drew Brees oh and Chris Ivory found his groove.
15 - Arizona Cardinals - Beat the Hawks had a bye and now get a chance to beat the Texans, which would give them 2 wins over last years playoff teams
16 - Cleveland Browns - They went through QB's like nobody else and they still have a chance
17 - Miami Dolphins - Only one game they had no business winning and they stopped a 4 game losing streak by beating the Bengals.
18 - Tennessee Titans - A dark horse playoff team, and they get Jake Locker back for the remaining stretch
19 - Washington Redskins - Just when you write off the Redskins they go and win a game, their still in the NFC East race crazy right?
20 - Philadelphia Eagles - Hi-O 7 TD's from Nick Foles was exciting but can it really last
21 - San Diego Chargers - If only they could string some wins together they be in the mix for a wildcard
22 - Buffalo Bills - Had a chance with EJ Manuel and he is coming back so maybe there is some upside.
23 - New York Giants - Can you say the hottest 2 win team in the NFL, your damn right you can…. They are still in the NFC East race.
24 - Oakland Raiders - Terrelle Pryor looks to be a real deal, I feel like Al Davis would be proud.
25 - Baltimore Ravens - Yea the mighty keep on falling like a rock, where they stop nobody knows
26 - St Louis Rams - 3 straight loses but these guys haven't quit, you wish they hadn't lost Sam Bradford, but they got a TOUGH game vs. the Colts upcoming
27 - Houston Texans - Holy Moly a change at QB gave them a spark, till HC Gary Kubiak fell to the ground on SNF, the season fell at the same time he did.
28 - Pittsburgh Steelers - Beatings by the Raiders and than an absolute beatdown by the Patriots will make you a sucky team
29 - Atlanta Falcons - This team is as confusing as the Texans they were suppose to be a great team, what HAPPENED.
30 - Minnesota Vikings - You wonder how they manged to beat the Steelers, and now the Redskins come calling on Thursday.
31 - Jacksonville Jaguars - Whomp whomp no QB no defense and they suspended troubled WR Justin Blackmon off the team.
32 - Tampa Bay Buccaneers - Just like Jacksonville expect they also have no head coach, if their were 40 teams, they'd be number 40.
2 - Seattle Seahawks - Eeked out the last two games vs. Rams and Buccaneers, where is the team that beat the piss out of the 49ers
3 - Denver Broncos - John Fox to be replaced by Jack Del Rio they still got Peyton Manning, no need to worry.
4 - New England Patriots - Oh damn Tom Brady finally woke up, well I guess the down fall of Brady was premature.
5 - Indianapolis Colts - Andrew Luck was able to overcome the loss of Reggie Wayne, Luck again was able to make a COMEBACK…. Are the Colts ever out of a game?
6 - New Orleans Saints - Just got beat by the J-E-T-S JETS JETS but they still are fairly good, Rod Ryan goes back to Dallas this week Ye Haw!
7 - San Francisco 49ers - Had a bye week and they look good, they are rushing 153 yards a game, that is pretty good!
8 - Detroit Lions - Like the 49ers had a bye week and this Calvin Johnson fella looks good
9 - Cincinnati Bengals - Every time you start to believe in them they rip your heart out…. Really a loss to the Dolphins?
10 - Chicago Bears - DA Bears made it pasted the Packers after Rodgers went down, and guess who is coming back… Cutler to start this week.
11 - Green Bay Packers - Had Packers at 10 and Bears at 11 but this week Packers lost, and they lost Aaron Rodgers so they could slide farther.
12 - Dallas Cowboys - Cowboys barely made it out of Minnesota and now will face the Saints, I bet Rob Ryan has some tricks up his sleeve.
13 - Carolina Panthers - Reeled off 4 in a row, and will now go to San Fran to face that buzz saw, can Newton be the better QB in this game?
14 - New York Jets - They came back after being showed up by the red headed stranger and beat Drew Brees oh and Chris Ivory found his groove.
15 - Arizona Cardinals - Beat the Hawks had a bye and now get a chance to beat the Texans, which would give them 2 wins over last years playoff teams
16 - Cleveland Browns - They went through QB's like nobody else and they still have a chance
17 - Miami Dolphins - Only one game they had no business winning and they stopped a 4 game losing streak by beating the Bengals.
18 - Tennessee Titans - A dark horse playoff team, and they get Jake Locker back for the remaining stretch
19 - Washington Redskins - Just when you write off the Redskins they go and win a game, their still in the NFC East race crazy right?
20 - Philadelphia Eagles - Hi-O 7 TD's from Nick Foles was exciting but can it really last
21 - San Diego Chargers - If only they could string some wins together they be in the mix for a wildcard
22 - Buffalo Bills - Had a chance with EJ Manuel and he is coming back so maybe there is some upside.
23 - New York Giants - Can you say the hottest 2 win team in the NFL, your damn right you can…. They are still in the NFC East race.
24 - Oakland Raiders - Terrelle Pryor looks to be a real deal, I feel like Al Davis would be proud.
25 - Baltimore Ravens - Yea the mighty keep on falling like a rock, where they stop nobody knows
26 - St Louis Rams - 3 straight loses but these guys haven't quit, you wish they hadn't lost Sam Bradford, but they got a TOUGH game vs. the Colts upcoming
27 - Houston Texans - Holy Moly a change at QB gave them a spark, till HC Gary Kubiak fell to the ground on SNF, the season fell at the same time he did.
28 - Pittsburgh Steelers - Beatings by the Raiders and than an absolute beatdown by the Patriots will make you a sucky team
29 - Atlanta Falcons - This team is as confusing as the Texans they were suppose to be a great team, what HAPPENED.
30 - Minnesota Vikings - You wonder how they manged to beat the Steelers, and now the Redskins come calling on Thursday.
31 - Jacksonville Jaguars - Whomp whomp no QB no defense and they suspended troubled WR Justin Blackmon off the team.
32 - Tampa Bay Buccaneers - Just like Jacksonville expect they also have no head coach, if their were 40 teams, they'd be number 40.
Monday, November 4, 2013
Texans post day thoughts: Week 9 edition
Any one remember the Texans played a game on SNF and lost? During halftime as the teams were heading in to the locker room Texans HC Gary Kubiak collapsed untouched on his way back to the locker room. Which seemingly halted every inch of momentum the Texans gained up to the that point.
Texans started off the 1st half of the game playing the football we had all hoped they were capable of at the start of the season. Case Keenum sliced and diced the Colts secondary to the tune of 208 yards on 9 completions, 7 completions went Andre Johnson's way for 190 yards. Ben Tate hobbled by injures even gave you 14 carries for 47 yards, this offensive explosion was good for a 21- 3 lead over the division leading Colts.
The second half started with Texans defensive coordinator Wade Phillips taking over the head coach headset as Gary Kubiak was on the way to the hospital. And as mentioned before the momentum the Texans had, left with Kubiak as he rode to the hospital. The Colts outscored, out gained, and out coached the Texans in every aspect of the game in the final half of the game. Colts pulled out the miracle win killing the Texans season and cementing the Colts as one of the elite teams in the NFL
Below are the post game comments from Colts TY Hilton and Robert Mathis
Texans started off the 1st half of the game playing the football we had all hoped they were capable of at the start of the season. Case Keenum sliced and diced the Colts secondary to the tune of 208 yards on 9 completions, 7 completions went Andre Johnson's way for 190 yards. Ben Tate hobbled by injures even gave you 14 carries for 47 yards, this offensive explosion was good for a 21- 3 lead over the division leading Colts.
The second half started with Texans defensive coordinator Wade Phillips taking over the head coach headset as Gary Kubiak was on the way to the hospital. And as mentioned before the momentum the Texans had, left with Kubiak as he rode to the hospital. The Colts outscored, out gained, and out coached the Texans in every aspect of the game in the final half of the game. Colts pulled out the miracle win killing the Texans season and cementing the Colts as one of the elite teams in the NFL
Below are the post game comments from Colts TY Hilton and Robert Mathis
Saturday, November 2, 2013
Texans vs. Colts preview SNF edition
Texans at 2-5 as goofy as it sounds still control their own destiny in the AFC South. While that may be a pipe dream in all actuality it is safe to say crazier things have happened in football. Last season the Texans started hot but faded in the end, could this season be the inverse of last season, struggle but ball out the rest of the season?
This game against the Colts as cliche as it sounds is a MUST WIN, Do or Die or whatever else you want to say. The 2 and 5 Texans have 0 wiggle room the rest of the season, for the rest of the season it’s pretty much win or plan on which top 10 draft pick you are going to take next season.
Texans at the start of the week ended all speculation and named undrafted free agent, last years practice squad QB Case Keenum the starter for the second week in a row over. The Texans are heading in to this game with a question mark at running back going in to the game both Arian Foster and Ben Tate could both play but no way will either be at 100 percent. The Colts on the other side will be with a future hall of famer on offense in WR Reggie Wayne and you wonder how Andrew Luck will fair not having Wayne to throw too. Last season Wayne caught 1,300 plus yards and this season had 500 plus it’s a huge part of their offense that is now gone.
The big match up tomorrow will be between Colts Robert Mathis (DE) vs. Texans Derek Newton (RT) no doubt Mathis is good for at least one sack tomorrow but if you let Mathis tee off on Case Keenum the Texans will have a VERY long day. Look for the Texans to help out tremendously on Newton’s side with TE’s or RB’s chipping him all day long. This is a MAJOR MATCH UP the Texans have to win, limit Mathis and Texans chances on winning improving by 1,000 percent.
This game against the Colts as cliche as it sounds is a MUST WIN, Do or Die or whatever else you want to say. The 2 and 5 Texans have 0 wiggle room the rest of the season, for the rest of the season it’s pretty much win or plan on which top 10 draft pick you are going to take next season.
Texans at the start of the week ended all speculation and named undrafted free agent, last years practice squad QB Case Keenum the starter for the second week in a row over. The Texans are heading in to this game with a question mark at running back going in to the game both Arian Foster and Ben Tate could both play but no way will either be at 100 percent. The Colts on the other side will be with a future hall of famer on offense in WR Reggie Wayne and you wonder how Andrew Luck will fair not having Wayne to throw too. Last season Wayne caught 1,300 plus yards and this season had 500 plus it’s a huge part of their offense that is now gone.
The big match up tomorrow will be between Colts Robert Mathis (DE) vs. Texans Derek Newton (RT) no doubt Mathis is good for at least one sack tomorrow but if you let Mathis tee off on Case Keenum the Texans will have a VERY long day. Look for the Texans to help out tremendously on Newton’s side with TE’s or RB’s chipping him all day long. This is a MAJOR MATCH UP the Texans have to win, limit Mathis and Texans chances on winning improving by 1,000 percent.
Wednesday, October 30, 2013
Texans health update
During the rain and wind while you were indoors the team
took to the field another day with Case Keenum as QB 1. Coach said the team practiced
well and with “good energy” coach said. Today not taking the practice field for
the Texans were RB Arian Foster, LG Wade Smith and MLB Daryl Sharpton. Coach
did describe that it is no biggie that Wade Smith did not practice and it will
be this way the whole season. “It’s just routine” in reference to Smith
continuing to miss practice time, he also followed with “he’ll only practice 2
days a week weather he likes it or not”. Coach Kubiak also mentioned that Arian
Foster still could be in the mix come the end of the week “he went out and stretched,
did some stuff, did some walkthrough” but he knows Foster will do everything he
can to be there. Below is coach Kubiak talking about all the 3 new running
backs he signed on Monday…
Tuesday, October 29, 2013
Remembering The Legend Bum Phillips
How do you remember the man in the Stetson hat, you remember have well..... And that's what happened 10-29-13, the service was MC'd by former Houston Oilers Tight End and current minister Mike Barber. The crowd may not have been max capacity, but the atmosphere
was electric! Former players, politicians and even a warden from the largest
maximum security prison all came to pay their respects and share stories of the
legendary Bum Phillips. The night started with the ole Luv Ya Blue fight song,
the crowd sung along and clapped in unison.
Carl Mauck a former Oilers Center shared “Our numbers are shrinking, we lost our head coach, but we still got our town” followed by a verse from the Oiler Cannnonball.
Everyone Oiler, every person that came up to speak mentioned
to just how awesome and special of a person he was. The overall take away from
the event is this love for one person one coach will never be duplicated again
because their will never be another Bum Phillips again. Bum was a marine raider
survived through war, Bum coached the Houston Oilers to the greatest highs in
team history, but overall Bum was a person will could only hope to be.
Afterwords I was able to catch up with one of the nights speakers a should be Houston Oilers Hall of Famer Robert Brazile aka Dr Doom and we talked about Bum's send of and Robert shared for the younger generation what exactly is Lov Ya Blue......
Monday, October 28, 2013
Gunslinger Gets A Second Start
Texans last week went about the mindset of checking the tape
and improving going forward. Today coach Kubiak named the Gunslinger Case Keenum
the starter for Sunday Night Football against the AFC South leading Indianapolis
Colts. The saying all along was when Matt Schaub is healthy he will get his
starting job back, and spoiler alert Schaub is healthy and will back up Keenum.
Coaches must have seen something from Case Keenum that no
other QB has given them this year. Keenum in one game was able to do something
we haven’t seen in a long time, give the team a down field passing attack. If
not for a pass that went straight through the fingertips of Garrett Graham you
could have seen a team go in and beat the best team in the NFL (Chiefs).
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Sunday, October 27, 2013
Texans to add 5
After what can only be described as Bloody Monday or interesting footnote that will definitely be needed to be added to the wiki page at the end of the season. Sam Montgomery, Willie Jefferson and Cierre Wood all 3 undrafted rookies were cut on the Monday following a heartbreaking loss to the Kansas City Chiefs 17-16. As a result of that game standout MLB Brian Cushing was also lost for the season with a broken leg, with 4 roster spots open the team decided to add a 5th spot by cutting MLB Tim Dobbins.
With injuries to running backs Arian Foster and Ben Tate the team was left with Greg Jones as the only active back. Per John McClain the team is adding 3 running backs including adding RB Ray Graham from the teams practice squad. Joining him in the roster will be 2 backs he competed with in camp, Deji Karim and Dennis Johnson will be joining the team on Monday. Also joining the team are MLB’s Tavares Gordon and Jeff Tarpinian. These 5 guys fill the void left by the open roster spots the team created last week.
Friday, October 25, 2013
What To Watch
Your time and your DVR will be full of stuff to watch this
weekend lots of happenings in sports, I will try to help you find just the
important stuff to watch so you don’t watch something silly and meaningless.
MLB World Series Red Soxs vs. Cardinals games 3
& 4 (FOX) will be Saturday and Sunday in St. Louis, now I am not a
baseball guy but the series is tied at 1, so tune your ass in!
College Football: Penn State vs. Ohio State (ABC night game)
I am not a huge Penn
State especially after (the incident) but I am even less of a fan of Ohio
State, plus Penn State did beat Michigan… Can they pull out another win against
a better opponent?
College Football: Baylor vs. Kansas (ESPNU night game)
I am watching to see if Baylor can score 100 points!! Kansas
allowed 54 to Texas Tech and Baylor is better than Tech so it’s possible.
College Football: Texas Tech vs. Oklahoma (FOX afternoon
game)
As a Texas Tech supporter (GO RED RADIERS) you should watch
to see if Tech is real, if they can get past the Sonners it may be time to
build a statue to Kliff Kingsbury
NFL: Dallas vs. Detroit (FOX early game)
This game just SCREAMS shootout at the OK carol gunslingers
Tony Romo and Matt Stafford could throw for a 1,000 yards between the 2 of them
NFL: New York vs. Cincinnati (CBS afternoon game)
A week after beating the Patriots have people saying
PLAYOFFS?!?!?!?! About the J-E-T-S and if that is true they are going to have
to get past Cincinnati which will not be easy.
UFC Fight Night 30 (FOX SPORTS 2 formerly Fuel TV afternoon)
Free Fight card why not watch, plus long time Light
Heavyweight contender Lyoto Machida drops down to Middleweight to face standout
Mark Munoz in the Main event.
Labels:
CARDINALS,
Cincinnati Bengals,
COLLEGE FOOTBALL,
COWBOYS,
JETS,
LIONS,
MLB,
MMA,
NFL,
OHIO STATE,
PENN STATE,
RED SOXS
Wednesday, October 23, 2013
NFL Hot & Cold plus The Texans
1. Kansas City Chiefs – Well they are the only 7-0 team in
the NFL so it’s kinda a no-brainer. QB Alex Smith may not be the greatest thing
on earth but they got this good RB named Jamaal Charles and a hell of a good
defense.
2. Denver Broncos – They are coming off a loss and scored
the fewest points they have this season (33) but still have this guy named Peyton Manning and that
makes them better than 99.9 percent of the other teams.
3. Seattle Seahawks – If the Chiefs have the number 1
defense, than the Seahawks defense is 1.1 they are just about the same as the
Chiefs, but have a better game manager at QB.
4. New Orleans Saints –A magical final minute from Tom Brady doesn’t make the Saints not good, they are still miles ahead of last year’s Saints.
5. Cincinnati Bengals – Young team, good defense red headed QB, what’s not to like? Oh losses to the Bears and Browns but they are still damn good.
22. Houston Texans – For a team with so much talent to be in
such a disarray, has to madding for Texan owner Bob McNair and Texans fans.
28. Oakland Raiders – Yeah they aren’t very good, but they
have a promising QB in Terrelle Pryor so the rest of the season is to see if he
is the future.
29. New York Giants – They are a GIANT pile of po*h a flaming
disappointment and this year Eli is the complete inverse of his brother.
30. Minnesota Vikings - The team has a stable of QB’s that
shouldn’t be on anybody’s team, if they didn’t have Adrian Peterson and Jared
Allen they would be the laughing stock of the league.
31. Jacksonville Jaguars – unlike Tampa Bay these guys have
just a little bit more of an upside, but don’t get me wrong they are still a
joke.
32. Tampa Bay Buccaneers – This team has no hope and there
is a good bet the coaching staff is gone at years end this team is ripe for the
picking if you’re a team in need of help.
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