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Here’s a thought. Maybe get aggressive for once and make a big trade up. At some point, Ballard’s going to shock us and be aggressive in the offseason… or he’s going to set his predecessor up with a young roster, well managed cap, and no lost draft inventory. 2024 is the year. I can feel it. Aggressive in free agency. Aggressive moving up the board for the talent this team needs.

cool. What was Minshew’s stats- 3rd down conversions- red zone %? Just curious… you know the stats that actually make up the difference in the game and certainly did last night. Not the risk/reward of a fieldgoal try to take the lead.

@holeymoley99 Adios amigo. We’re both stubborn. No one is going to win here. You play the hindsight and what-if game. I don’t.

Nah. You are playing the what if game as if they would have punted. What if goes both ways. They could have still scored and it wouldn’t have mattered. Still had a chance to win and couldn’t because we couldn’t score. He was right at the time to try for the points and the lead. Points were low percentage to come by. That kick was damn near as high percentage of a look as we got last night.

it didn’t burn him. Still had chances. Players didn’t execute.

I didn’t say it didn’t. But it didn’t affect his game last night. He was booting them. He missed by inches on a 57 yard try. It was a risk. Steichen trusted and needed the guys that could score to deliver. They didn’t do enough.

I know the injury. Man, it sure affected that 52 yarder and him hitting the upright on a 57 yarder didn’t it?

nah- you are just angry you aren’t the coach. I’m sure we would have won if we punted…

they would have needed two plays… That they seemingly got often when it mattered in the game. No difference.

you are using recency bias, when if you are truly using recency bias, you should be focused on the made 50 plus yarder within the same game…

35 seconds left. He misses, it’s the same situation. No difference in risk/reward. The reward is points when your qb can’t convert 3rd down or in the redzone. The risk is missing and still not being able to score as the game went on… Points were needed. Punts were not. The mouthful that you should have focused on was that our kicker proved he could make it, and had the leg, just missed by inches.

he had just drilled a 52 at the end of the 1st half… We wanted to take a lead, and everyone on here would have punted… give me a break. The hindsight bias is so strong on this forum. Hilarious

all that and yet still won by a sliver with Chris Ballard’s pick at qb on IR and with Gardner minshew performing like he did last night… The Texans won last night because of cj stroud outperforming Gardner minshew, period… Everything else you posted is just rambling.

I mean what did he say that the guy responded with moral victories on? I can’t see the initial post and it won’t let me view when I click on it. nevermind- found it

what did he post? I don’t have twitter- can’t see.

oh you know damn well that pagano with Andrew luck under center and 4th and 4 or under on the scoring side of the field would have punted… with viniateri as kicker too. Pat McAfee influenced that some, though, so I won’t be too hard on that.

Probably longer. When Ballard gives his presser, it will be “we’re going to evaluate.” and they will. Meaning- not just his performance, but what other options they have. my favorite mantra- grass is always greener…

too reminiscent of Carson Wentz lobbing overthrows against the raiders 2021… “just make the layups.”-Chris Ballard I would love to have been a fly on the wall next to Ballard and Irsay that last play. I wanna know what they looked like.

To be competitive- check To find out what this team was made of- check Accountability-check dreams Winning season- check Have a chance at division title- check My expectations went out the window when #5 went down. They overachieved. They gave me new reasons to be excited again. Disappointing for sure. Heart wrenching. So close.

Stroud could have thrown a 99 yard td to Nico Collins the very next play too could he not? rigo could have shanked it or punted it into the endzone. We can go on and on. Had a chance for points. Was inches from getting them. Would have been awfully nice.

Yeah. That’s one play to Nico Collins. Unless it’s 3rd and 35, then it’s worth more.

All-in-all, I stand by my long time stance that your team is only going as far as your qb takes you. For the Texans, cj stroud won them a division. For the 2023 Colts, we weren’t winning that game without throwing again. Just very little chance. They were putting the ball in Minshew’s hands and we took what they gave.

couldn’t you say he was trusting his defense to keep them out of fieldgoal range on a short field by taking the chance for points?

unless it’s 5 yards out of bounds, or not thrown at all…