You think this is good? You should see what he can do with a few pairs of pliers and a bag of ice. I know, I’m confused too.
Bill Belichick is not amused.
Archive for the ‘Houston Texans’ Category
DeVier Posey is a pretty good juggler
Posted by Sean Tomlinson under Houston Texans, Moving pictures on Jan 13, 2013
Watt’s pre-game ritual seems exhausting
Posted by Kyle Smith under Houston Texans, Moving pictures, New England Patriots on Jan 13, 2013
Houston Texan defensive end J.J. Watt pumped himself up for today’s playoff game by doing several unnecessary push-ups.
I’m so out of shape that if I did this before a football game, I would immediately be placed on IR due to extreme exhaustion*.
That’s like a week’s worth of exercise.
*This isn’t much of an exaggeration.
Playoff Primer: Texans @ Patriots
Posted by Sean Tomlinson under Analysis, Houston Texans, New England Patriots on Jan 12, 2013
Nearly one month ago to the day, this matchup ended poorly. Or very well. Whichever.
A Patriots offense that easily led the league in average points per game (34.8, over four points ahead of the second-place Broncos) posted 42 points on the Texans (final score: 42-14). For Houston, that loss started a conclusion to the regular season which came with a beeping sound, as they dropped three of their last four games, with all of those losses to playoff teams. It also tied a season high in points allowed.
For New England, it was…meh, as that Week 14 win marked the fifth time they scored 40 or more points. But what was particularly impressive about this debacle is that they scored 28 points before the Texans scored even one.
A win is a win is a something: Texans win, but it was ugly
Posted by Sean Tomlinson under Cincinnati Bengals, Houston Texans, Reaction on Jan 05, 2013
If the Texans somehow beat the Patriots in New England a week from now and then keep chugging to the Super Bowl through an AFC road that will likely go through Denver, none of this will matter. We’ll look back on today’s game, and then regret looking back on today’s game. Let’s never speak of this again.
The Tape Never Lies: Five keys for offensive success against the Texans
Posted by Alen Dumonjic under Cincinnati Bengals, Houston Texans, The Tape Never Lies on Jan 04, 2013
“Spread ‘em and shred ‘em” is the cliché most often associated with the ever-growing use of spread formations, and it’s something that the Cincinnati Bengals will have a chance to do in their Saturday afternoon matchup with the Houston Texans. To take it one step further, it’s something that the Bengals will have to do to pull off an upset win over the Texans, because it’s the best way to attack an injury-riddled brigade.
It’s also something that they didn’t do at this time last year. In last year’s Wildcard matchup, the Bengals traveled to Houston and got tamed with a 31-10 loss. Andy Dalton threw three interceptions and the offense, overall, didn’t look good. Not enough creativity, not enough matchup advantages, and simply not enough output.
They featured “12″ (one back, two tight ends) personnel with compressed formations far too often it seemed, trying to run the ball at the heart of the sturdy Houston front-seven and finding little to no success, and they didn’t spread the defense out until they were down by two touchdowns late. This time, play caller Jay Gruden can’t be down two touchdowns and scrambling to find something that works, especially if he wants to impress any potential future employers. There are several keys strategies that he should, in my opinion, aim to implement against Texans defense.
Playoff primer: Bengals @ Texans
Posted by Devang Desai under Analysis, Cincinnati Bengals, Houston Texans on Jan 02, 2013
Cincinnati travels to Houston for the first game in what should be — fingers crossed — an exciting weekend of football. Almost exactly one year ago, the Bengals made the same trip, losing in a 31-10 blowout. One year later the expectations for both teams are considerably different.
Houston’s late season swoon — losses to New England, Minnesota and Indianapolis — cost them their first postseason bye in team history. Meanwhile the Bengals head into Saturday afternoon’s clash riding high, winning three straight games to close out the year. To the tape. Read the rest of this entry »
The NFL’s darkest minute-and-a-half
Posted by Dustin Parkes under Detroit Lions, Editorial, Houston Texans on Nov 26, 2012
It is difficult to imagine a single play resulting in a higher production of justified finger-pointing and warranted blame than what occurred during Thursday’s Thanksgiving Day game between the Houston Texans and Detroit Lions.
When something happens that is considered contentious, the controversy typically arises out of differing perspectives. What seems obvious to me is anything but for someone else. What’s so remarkable about the hullabaloo that erupted out of last week’s 81-yard touchdown run by Texans running back Justin Forsett is the lack of disagreement over the sequence of events.
Down by ten points, more than half way through the third quarter, Houston quarterback Matt Schaub handed the ball off to Forsett on second down with ten yards to go. The running back was granted a hole by his offensive line as devastating as a wound in need of suture. However, six yards after the line of scrimmage he was tackled by Lions safeties Erik Coleman and Louis Delmas.
Despite a knee and an elbow both touching turf, Forsett popped up in one continuous motion, in a manner that only the supremely athletic would even attempt, and ran 75 additional yards into the end zone through a why-bother Detroit defense.
