State of the Texans

Texans have been exposed. They have more holes than Swiss Cheese, and I don't see them jumping back into contender status in just one offseason. I'm afraid that the next regime is going to have their work cut out for them.

 

Thanks, informative. Here is hoping we have a new coach, even if its a half measure and we keep smith around. I like the idea of getting a defensive coach (mike zimmer has been the guy thats most intriguing to me), drafting defense+oline, and trying to make a go of the baltimore/tampa bay model. May not work in todays nfl, but with AJ, foster and a revamped line and scheme we may be able to trot a better offense than either of thos 2 while still limiting opponents to 14 or 17. Alas, too many variables to see what the offseason might bring...

 

Reed, Joseph, Manning, Daniels, Schaub should all be cut.

Resign Tate, Graham, Mitchell, Braman with those savings and set aside money for JJ.

Pick up a RT, LG, RG, MLB, DE, S in the draft

 

Rebuild mode... Case is are starter going forward.That much is for sure. Sure he holds on the ball a little long so far, but he made Andre Johnson relevant again.

 

Cutting guys in this league generally isn't too hard to do.

The bigger problem facing the Texans is that they have failed, in a big way, to offset losses with new pieces. You can't shed guys and then blow 7/9 draft choices and get away with it. And you can't expect rookies to step in and immediately replace strong starting vets, especially not on the O-Line or in the secondary.

We've atrophied at too many positions, sometimes accompanied by a train of bad draft picks.

Hopefully the problem is solved by wholesale liquidation of the front office, scouts, and coaching.

 

Are they holes or bad coaching?

Rocket River

 

State of the Texans

DHop D Pick For The Win

 

I miss Demeco Ryans...

http://www.philly.com/philly/sports/eagles/20131114_Ryans_is_performing_like_a_Pro_Bowl_player_again.html

I think losing him was hard for this team, bc this team needed a real vocal leader...and he was perfect. Happy to see him have success in Phili...

 

Thanks for the breakdown Drewd17!

Question: where are you getting those cap #'s? My understanding is that the cap info is not public, hence it has always been difficult to know exactly how much the Texans are under or over the cap.

That said, thanks again for bringing all that to light.

I actually don't think Graham has done much to deserve good money at the TE position. he's a good complimentary TE, but not a starter (as he's proved since OD's been out). I don't think there's any way the Tate, Antonio Smith or Wade Smith are back. They will all cost too much money. The only way Tate is retained is if Foster is cut, and i just don't see that happening before they get a good look at Foster in camp. By that point, Tate will have signed with another team.

I'm completely supportive of cutting Reed, Schaub, and Manning. Don't see the benefit of cutting JJo, OD if they count zero against the cap. Think we need to see how foster does in his recovery before we cut him.

I'm all for rebuilding. i think we need to address secondary depth, ILB and OLB, the right side of our O-line, RB, and QB. It's gonna take two years to fill those holes. Also, keep in mind, much of the cap room we'd gain from letting FA's walk and cutting players will likely go to a JJ Watt contract extension this summer (likely to be the most ever for a defensive player)

 

http://insider.espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/9975444/nfl-debating-where-houston-texans-go-now

 

I just had to choke back some puke.

 

The state of the Texans?

End of an Era... Arrogance in practices/rigidity/personnel gambles seemingly coming to bite the team in the arse in every way possible... Fan disgruntled left with only teases of greatness.

Things got to change because this culture has been exposed as one of failure and heaven help us if Keenum and AJ manage to break Andre's single season TD record in a handful of games... Kubiak, Rick Smith and Wade Phillips are good men but only one of them should possibly remain with the team going forward but it should probably be none.

 

Didn't that JUST happen two years ago after a team full of holes went 6-10?

That being said, I like the Texans to have a turnaround in '14.

 

KC went from 2-14 to 9-0. NFL has more variance then any other league.

 

It's because of the profound advantage picking high in every round gives you. The NFL more than most sports is about coaching athletic players. As a GM it becomes pretty straightforward: draft athletic guys who don't have their heads up their asses. Rule out the headcases, the guys with red flags like run-ins with the law or strong signs that they will not fall in line with authority. Then choose the most athletic. Aside from QB, CB, and maybe WR with the "hands" attribution, it really doesn't help you very much to be a veteran as opposed to a rookie.

So that being said, so long as your GM doesn't suck, and your team doesn't have a godawful QB who throws pick 6's game in and game out, you can easily reverse your entire franchise's fortunes in one offseason. In the cases of KC and SF, both teams were drafting athletic players high in the draft who were underperforming due to their coaches. Once those coaches got replaced by capable ones, you saw all this talent rise to the forefront. The Texans can be the same way with Watt, Cushing, Mercilus, Reed if you move him to ILB, and another good pass rusher taken early in this draft.

 

AJ blowing up at Schaub.

/StateOfTheTexans

 

In the NFL, "rebuilding" doesn't mean overhauling the team roster. SF and KC kept most of their core pieces. Seattle too. No, rebuilding is about the replacement of one piece. The head coach.

Come on Bob McNair. You know what to do, and it needs to happen right now in the postgame press conference. Monday at the latest.

 

Texans have had like 5 games where they lost by 5 or less points. What a difference it would be if they score 6 or more points in each of those games. I'm not sure if it's a meltdown, because they would be getting blown the **** out of the water if it was.

The Texans are 9th in total offense and 1st in total defense coming in today's game! Honestly, I don't think ANYONE can explain what the hell is going on with the team. You can say it's the coaches, but I honestly don't think that's the problem. All I know is that the Texans can't continue forward with Schaub at the helm 'cause his days as the Texans starting QB after this season should be over.