MacDee1975
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So how many Ballard second rounders is it now that that have completely underwhelmed? I’ve lost count.
I know.....Darius Leonard, Braden Smith....blah blah blah. How about the half dozen busts though?
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17 minutes ago, csmopar said:
If it was any other Houston player I could see your point. J.J. Watt is a down to earth guy. Really wish he was a colt as his character is a perfect fit. My unit responded to the Houston hurricane flooding the other year, guess who was at the first responders tent serving meals in the evenings for 2 days, without any media presence either. J.J. Watt. Not to mention all the millions he donated and raised.
Some guys you just hate to see stuck on IR, he’s one of them. Plus the implications are huge for our division
Absolutely nobody could contest that Watt is a quality guy. Not even a matter of opinion.....it’s a fact.-
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F Houston. Nobody sheds any tears when any of the other dozens upon dozens of guys lose their season to injury. This situation is no more special than any other time it happens.
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56 minutes ago, Lucky Colts Fan said:
Ummm... you're a Colts.com message board poster...
Does that mean what you say should carry zero weight with the rest of us?
On something like that.....yes!
If Tom House comments on Luck's velocity, i'm listening.
If "ColtLover4Life" from Colts.com comments that Luck just doesn't look the same after viewing the game closely on tv from his couch.....I really don't give a crap.
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5 hours ago, stitches said:
It wasn't about the number of throws. He was throwing a ton from game 1.... It was about the average depth of target and about the velocity on his balls on any throw over 15 yards dowfield...he was dinking and dunking a ton and whenever he tried some more ambitious passes the ball seemed to float on him and lack velocity.
Yeah, I remember people *said* there was a "lack of velocity." I never saw any lack of velocity, though. And I know there were no facts to substantiate such a statement. Only Colts.com message board posters were saying that....which carries zero weight with me.
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1 hour ago, stitches said:
Why do we keep doing this when we all thought Luck's arm was shot the first 4-5 weeks of the season while he was getting it back in shape after returning from his injury and while we were trying to avoid killing Luck because neither AC nor Smith were yet staring and the run game was non-existent?
Numbers are good to have, numbers without context are useless. What's this incessant desire to prove Jacoby is playing close to Luck's level? He's not. And he very likely never will. Believe me, this is NOT a comparison you will want to be making in the long run. Nothing good will come of it for Brissett. Let Brissett succeed or fail on his own terms.
we knew it wasn’t shot, though, when in week 4 he threw it 62 times for 464 yards. -
57 minutes ago, Jdubu said:
I don’t know about Glow, the eye test hasn’t looked grand but I am way more concerned about Kelly. He hasn’t looked world beater either with the simple eye test. I mean if Kelly was going to become some dominate center for us, he hasn’t lived up to that piece yet. If he can’t dominate his position with Q dominating next to him, then I’m not sure we have the long term center here. I wouldn’t be shocked to see 1 or 2 guard/center guys picked in the first 3 picks along with a DL guy, whether it’s a rusher or an anchor type. Braden has certainly held his own, we could do better but we could certainly do a whole lot worse out there. I’m not sure grabbing another RT and sliding him inside to relearn that spot for next year is the real answer either as many have called for him to do. At this time, Smith is either our RT or he is a back up type guy moving forward and bounces around the league. That’s my take anyways. Glow could stand an upgrade but like I said, my bigger worry is Kelly not dominating his position at center.
We have a top 5 line in the NFL but you think we need to upgrade 3/5 starters? Makes sense.-
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6 hours ago, Coffeedrinker said:
Glow is struggling a bit with the new coach's philosophy and technique. He still seems good in a phone booth but when he has to move first to engage is where he seems to be struggling to get proper position on the defender.
A couple of examples. I think it was against the Raiders the DT lined up on Glow's right shoulder, the play called for Glow to get to the defenders left shoulder but Glow over extended himself and did not stay square to the LOS. The result was the DT, looped towards Glow's left shoulder and got in the backfield nearly untouched.
On another play, the blocking called for Glow and Smith to crash left but there was a DT directly over glow, a near impossible distance to Smith to cover. Glow's technique should have been to extend his arm while moving to the left to slow the guy over him and give Smith a chance to get into position. But again, Glow turned his body too far and did not even attempt to get a hand on the DT. The result was the guy Smith as supposed to get blew the play up in the backfield.
Another issue that Glow is having to deal with is teams are not lining someone over Nelson very often, so they shift towards the offensive right side so Kelly is not able to help with Glow as much as he did last year.
Lastly, a lot of the technique in this blocking scheme requires excellent balance and playing with the ball of the foot and heel being in contact with the ground at the same time. And Glow seems to be thinking a lot about his body position and foot placement, so his mirroring ability and hand placement are suffering.
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31 minutes ago, bhougland said:
How are you figuring this? Is it completion percentage, interception per pass, number of touchdowns, etc?
There are a lot of variables for each stat if it isn't taken in context. For example, completion percentage isn't the best metric unless you are take account each throws and figure in distance. For instance, below is the average completion percentage by distance. Where do you think Brissett was on this chart vs Andrew. In the beginning of the year, there probably wasn't a big difference but later in the year there would be at this point.
It was just a fun comment on how good Brissett has been this year, guy. I wasn't looking to get into some deep rooted statistical debate. Don't take things so literally.
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I still think they'll finish 9-7, get a wildcard, and be a tough out in the playoffs.
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Love it.
Way better than the lame all white uniforms.
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18 hours ago, CR91 said:
I have a theory to why the texans are having issues beating the colts and texan fans, you can correct me if im wrong. The texans for the first time in their franchise have a legit superstar QB, but the problem of having a superstar QB is mentally they think they need to make every play for their team to win which causes them to do more then whats needed for example throwing a pass off balance up in the air for an easy pick. Now im not blaming Watson. I think hes amazing. I blame Bill O'Brien and his inability to put the game on anyone else's shoulders besides Watson. Four trips inside the 10 and I might have saw one run that being the end around by coutee. Thats ridicious especially knowing the o-line, while has improved from last year, was still getting Watson killed. I counted atleast 2 sacks that were avoided because Watson being Watson. You cant win games being a one player team. We learned that the hard way mutiple times
Except that they don't have a superstar qb.
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If you give Brissett the same amount of passing attempts that Luck had thru 7 games last year, his numbers are actually superior.
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17 hours ago, Coffeedrinker said:
personally, I think it's because they think they have a superstar Qb and play accordingly but they don't and so they put him in situations where he has to be a superstar to win and he cannot do that often enough.
Although I will admit Watson seems improved this year over last year but I still think he is just a good QB who can extend plays but looks pretty lost in the pocket when his first ready is not open.
This is spot on.
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3 hours ago, runthepost said:
Watson is not overrated his first 2 year stats are on par with Russell Wilson and his year 2 was better than Luck’s.
Wilson wasn’t considered great due to the stats he put up.
Luck was the 18th rated qb in the NFL his second year; Who cares if Watson’s year 2 was better (even that is arguable). What a meaningless set of data points you’ve chosen.....lol
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3 hours ago, luv_pony_express said:
Yeah, Watson’s an excellent QB. Top 10, I’d say. Most of the Texans’ woes are in spite of what he does.
As for the Titans, I don’t know if Tannehill or Mariota is better. But I do know that I’m glad they aren’t our top 2 QBs.
lol....he’s just not. It’s not even a matter of opinion. You’re just wrong.
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7 minutes ago, Smoke317 said:
Superior numbers? He scored 2 td’s in garbage time vs KC’s prevent defense. Then he scored 12 points last week. It’s more than just being about numbers. A QB is not a receiver. Regardless, he’s not looking bad for a rookie. I’m sure he’ll get better with time. Or D Coordinators will adjust & he’ll regress some like most QB’s do when there’s more film of them.
Yes, superior numbers. Which AFC South qb has better numbers than Minshew?
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1 minute ago, runthepost said:
Watson is a borderline top 10 qb base off his play from his first 2 years with a trash coach and trash line
Yet he’s talked about like he’s number 1.
id say he’s more like top 12-15. There are numerous guys who are superior.
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21 minutes ago, Jared Cisneros said:
Most QB's do bad Vs the Jags def. I still like Watson a ton. Best QB by far now in the division.
You don’t say? He’s better than the 6th round rookie backup, the scrub who’s about to be benched after tonite in favor of Ryan Freaking Tannehill, and the backup turned starter after real starter suddenly retired 2 weeks before the season started? Compare him to real quarterbacks like Pat Mahomes. He’s not in the same galaxy. Mahomes destroyed Jax defense week 1, while Watson was helpless against it last week.
What’s hilarious is the 6th round rookie backup has superior numbers to any qb in the division. Watson hasn’t established himself as the best of anything.
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1 hour ago, Jared Cisneros said:
He also looks better than Brissett.
And he also looks better than Watson.
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1 hour ago, LuckyHorseShoe§ said:
If Houston is so bad, hopefully that means the Saints are bad enough to where we can beat them lol
Yeah, because saying they’ll win fewer than 11 games against a tough schedule is me saying they are “so bad”.
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22 minutes ago, bhougland said:
I am sorry if you thought you were narrowing the discussion of the thread, but the thread is about AFC South and last I checked we are in that division.
Apology accepted. And you are correct: I did successfully narrow this particular discussion into a debate with Myles in regards to the Texan-Saint game.
Side discussions occur all the time on internet message boards. Welcome to the internet.....is this your first time?
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22 minutes ago, bhougland said:
Did you think our defense did? I think that Saints offense looked more dynamic than the Chargers in the second half.
What does that have to do with anything? Myles and I were discussing the Texans vs the Saints. Feel free to chime in on our discussion if you can stay on topic.
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4 minutes ago, Myles said:
In the first half both the O-line and the defense looked good. The Saints made the needed adjustments in the second half.
So in other words, outcoached.
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Houston at Baltimore
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No, he doesn't.
His performance is almost always dependent on the defense he's playing against. The better the pass defense, the more ineffective he is.
The top pass defenses he's faced this year according to Football Outsiders advanced defensive efficiency ratings are:
Carolina - #3
KC - #5
Indy - #6
Bal - #8
His combined numbers are 92 / 138 917 Yards 2 TDs 5 INTs
So, your statement is patently false.