Week 11, 2020, 1PM at Texans

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Burkhead could be toast... for good. I like the guy but watching the replays on that hit his knee could have been destroyed...
 
Roberto71 said:
Can’t blame the offence this time. Defence couldn’t get it down again in the backfield. Not helped by having no pressure coming on Watson.
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The ol was awful today, and Cam needs to straighten out his mcnabbian dirtball issue.
The D sucked most of the game though, true.
 
What a terrible defensive performance. Could not rush, could not tackle, could not cover. Watson had his way with us all day with 2 of his top receivers missing and half his Oline out.
 
Scam had a few good throws...among many grounders. No running game. OL was sleepwalking. Defense, what defense?
 
The next 3 weeks we have Murray, Herbert and Tua. We have to figure out the secondary and pass rush.
 
This team just does not have the talent anywhere to compete. RBs aren't bad, but everywhere else... they simply suck. No playmakers. We're fucked for the next 3-5 years at best.
 
Big/Sky/Fly said:
Scam had a few good throws...among many grounders. No running game. OL was sleepwalking. Defense, what defense?
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They kind of stopped trying to run, but yeah it was not the best. I am kind of shocked that we could not put up more than 20, the texans defense is gross, I mean its not good anywhere.
 
Inspector_50 said:
They kind of stopped trying to run, but yeah it was not the best. I am kind of shocked that we could not put up more than 20, the texans defense is gross, I mean its not good anywhere.
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After going down 11 points and letting the Texans walk into into the end zone three touchdowns without much of an issue, it seems the offense abandoned the game plan and began to sling it. Which is fine, but Texans began to tee off. The OL struggled with blitz pick up and the rest is history.
 
I'm very disappointed in the loss.

I'm going to be seeing JJ Watt batting down passes with his sternum in my sleep. That was, by far, the best game he's ever had against us. I'm tempted to suggest that Romeo had a great defensive game plan. They didn't cave on the run like Baltimore did when they lost great NT Brandon Williams early on and our guys had trouble figuring out where Watt was from play to play. In addition, Isiah Wynn struggled all day on his bad ankle before suffering what appeared to be a knee injury. We don't defend Tight Ends well enough and Baltimore built their first half lead targeting their 3 huge TEs. Newton's release point is so low that it negates his height and Houston was looking for it. His short touch was non-existent today. Our pass rush was MIA and remains a major problem. Deatrich Wise was stuck on blocks like rat in a glue trap-- not to pick too much on him.

I'll have flashbacks of watching Ryan Izzo attempting to iso block Watt and ending up a toad in a lawnmower. That was predictable. I pick on poor Ryan, but it's not his fault that he is too damn small to block the big guys and too athletically challenged to do much to help us in the air game. He's working hard, but his ceiling is lower than an igloo.

DeShaun Watson was deadly accurate most of the day which is what happens when you've got all day to throw. He's still a hell of a QB and we get just about all of them this year.

We don't do enough things well. The things we can do well we don't do well enough to depend on game in game out. We don't stress people into busting coverages because nobody is particularly worried. They just focus on the 2 or 3 useful guys we have and let the chips fall.

If I was looking for some rays of hope, we now have two WRs that can be depended on, which is two more than we had 3 weeks ago. Harry caught a few and appears to still be technically alive, at least. Cam threw downfield pretty well and didn't dissolve into tears in the postgame presser. Carl Davis looks pretty damn strong in the middle and it was good to see Gilmore return. We continue to get glimpses of what Kyle Dugger will be when he figures out he isn't facing the Newberry Wolves anymore. Also, I found it comforting when I noted that the McCourtys are twins instead of triplets.

So we go back to work and keep grinding. And we listen to the banshees howl until we're good enough to shut them up.
 
Probably next season, with a better qb, the Patriots smoke teams like the Texans, and beat better teams, too. There may or may not be a different head coach, but Newton doesn't have that extra winning attitude, like Brady did. They're going to need a better quarterback. And soon, it'll be time to go with Stidham, for experience sake. I don't think they'll finish 10-6 anymore. I'm thinking more 6-10 now. Or 5-11. It's okay, and it is what it is. Obviously, they need to get better pass rushers and a good tight end, and wide receivers. They may. I like the offensive line this year, though.
 
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