Really Mallett, really?

[Malakai432]

Mallet may have missed a flight but the Colts missed the first three quarters of the game today.

Two quarters.........

[Valpo2004]

I thought that last year. They look further than just a Qb away this year.

 

Agreed. . . Their defense has not stepped up this year like it did last year.  JJ Watt hasn't even stood out this year.

 

I also think that they downgraded when they let Fitzpatrick go and got Hoyer.  

 

Mallet is an unfortunate waste of talent.  I've given him the benefit of the doubt for too long.  

[SteelCityColt]

I hate how people say the Texans are a QB away from contending. Their defense still has issues.

 

The same could be said for the Colts.... 

 

 

 

 

Too soon?

[King Colt]

Mallett is fighting for a job because he does not have the talent to start anywhere in the NFOL. I don't see him anywhere even as a backup. If Savage was not injured mallet would be sweeping the streets.

[dw49]

The Houston Chronicle's Brian Smith reports coach Bill O'Brien wanted to release Ryan Mallett after he missed the team flight to Miami, but GM Rick Smith overpowered O'Brien and vetoed the move.

We have a good ol' power conflict atop an organization that is heading in the wrong direction. O'Brien runs a tight ship and doesn't tolerate malcontents like Mallett, who was already on thin ice after showing up late to a training-camp practice and acting like a pouting toddler on the sideline when he was replaced by Brian Hoyer a couple weeks back. After further discussions, we wouldn't be surprised if Mallett ultimately gets the boot. O'Brien was hired partly by owner Bob McNair, and Smith is a holdover who hasn't done much right. McNair is big on character.

Source: Houston Chronicle 

Oct 

[Cynjin]

The Houston Chronicle's Brian Smith reports coach Bill O'Brien wanted to release Ryan Mallett after he missed the team flight to Miami, but GM Rick Smith overpowered O'Brien and vetoed the move.

We have a good ol' power conflict atop an organization that is heading in the wrong direction. O'Brien runs a tight ship and doesn't tolerate malcontents like Mallett, who was already on thin ice after showing up late to a training-camp practice and acting like a pouting toddler on the sideline when he was replaced by Brian Hoyer a couple weeks back. After further discussions, we wouldn't be surprised if Mallett ultimately gets the boot. O'Brien was hired partly by owner Bob McNair, and Smith is a holdover who hasn't done much right. McNair is big on character.

Source: Houston Chronicle 

Oct

I was surprised that Mallett didn't get the boot after this, not sure why Smith wants to keep him.

[jvan1973]

I was surprised that Mallett didn't get the boot after this, not sure why Smith wants to keep him.

Because savage is hurt

[SilentHill]

Everyone in the AFC South should send their coaches one team to the right and then we'll see how the season plays out.

 

I'm not sure if there is a division coached worse than the AFC South in football history.

[Cynjin]

Because savage is hurt

Because savage is hurt

That's right. I think they should have brought in another Qb though, get him up to speed and then dump Mallett.

[PeterBowman]

Mallet just got canned today.

[O-Ther]

Well that was quick. Mallett just got cut.

[jvan1973]

He is gonna be really upset when he gets up this afternoon

[amfootball]

Smart move by Houston. Go with Hoyer and get rid of the baggage.

[WoolMagnet]

It's not a defense issue, a quarterback issue, a key player issue, etc. The Texans are lost. Their coach has lost them. They were flat footed out there today. They flat out weren't trying. Bill needs to be the next midseason axe imo.

Texans should dump him like he did to Penn State.

It was classless what he did to those kids.

[WoolMagnet]

That's a bad way to measure if one team is better than another. But okay.

Well, that is the way sports are structured. You know, if you win more games or beat someone you are considered better.

Its not rocket science.

[WoolMagnet]

Agreed. . . Their defense has not stepped up this year like it did last year. JJ Watt hasn't even stood out this year.

I also think that they downgraded when they let Fitzpatrick go and got Hoyer.

Mallet is an unfortunate waste of talent. I've given him the benefit of the doubt for too long.

JJ WATT looked average at best against us in the first game.

He was a non-issue all game.

[WoolMagnet]

He is gonna be really upset when he gets up this afternoon

When he gets up at the crack of noon ?

[BullsColtsFan1]

Since Mallett got released who is the Texans backup QB behind Hoyer?

[Qwiz]

Well, that is the way sports are structured. You know, if you win more games or beat someone you are considered better.

Its not rocket science.

It's stupid. There are teams that beat and are beaten by the same team sometimes more than once in multiple sports. But you guys like to pull anything out of your behinds to make your arguments work, so go ahead and think what you will.

[Qwiz]

Since Mallett got released who is the Texans backup QB behind Hoyer?

T.J. Yates is back.

[BullsColtsFan1]

T.J. Yates is back.

Oh nice.  Did they just bring him in or has he been there?  Isn't Savage on ir?  I thought I read one QB was on ir

[csmopar]

Since Mallett got released who is the Texans backup QB behind Hoyer?

No one

[csmopar]

T.J. Yates is back.

they must have done that in the last 15 minutes, I was just reading on your guy's forum and nfl.com and there was no such announcement

[Qwiz]

Oh nice.  Did they just bring him in or has he been there?  Isn't Savage on ir?  I thought I read one QB was on ir

I'm not sure on the details, but I've heard multiple reports that he has a new contract with the team. The reason Mallett wasn't disciplined after the first incident was because Savage was on IR, but I don't think BOB was gonna tolerate his insubordination more than once. He was embarrassing himself and his team. But yeah, Tom the Savage is on IR lol.

[Qwiz]

they must have done that in the last 15 minutes, I was just reading on your guy's forum and nfl.com and there was no such announcement

It's been reported on CBS and other places. I know, it was pretty quick lol.

[jvan1973]

The Texans are in some trouble. Their defense is terrible, the qb situation is again an issue and now foster is done.

One less obstacle in the the Colts winning the terrible division

[Superman]

The Giants have both beat and lost to the Cowboys this season. So are they worse or better? Any given game. Especially for division rivals.

 

Texans have lost six straight to the Colts, sooo... Colts are better.

[Superman]

The Texans are in some trouble. Their defense is terrible, the qb situation is again an issue and now foster is done.

One less obstacle in the the Colts winning the terrible division

 

Yeah, but they still have DeAndre Hopkins!

[jvan1973]

Yeah, but they still have DeAndre Hopkins!

Very true. That kid is a stud. But I have to believe defenses are going to give him even more attention now that foster is gone.

[Qwiz]

Texans have lost six straight to the Colts, sooo... Colts are better.

So you're operating under the assumption the Texans don't beat the Colts the next time they play. I'll keep that in mind if we do win.

[Qwiz]

Yeah, but they still have DeAndre Hopkins!

The Colts defense is worse than the Texans'. As is their offense. So it's not like Hopkins is our only option when it comes to winning games.

[Qwiz]

Very true. That kid is a stud. But I have to believe defenses are going to give him even more attention now that foster is gone.

Foster wasn't present the first four or five games of the season and Hopkins was just fine.

[jvan1973]

Foster wasn't present the first four or five games of the season and Hopkins was just fine.

Defenses adjust as the season moves along. Hopkins just had his worst game of the season

[Qwiz]

Defenses adjust as the season moves along. Hopkins just had his worst game of the season

...and still averaged 8 yards per catch. Defenses can adjust if they like, but they still haven't stopped the likes of Julio, Green, Brown, Johnson...Hopkins isn't going to just suddenly start being unproductive just because he didn't have 100 yards receiving for one game.

[TheBlackHand]

I think BB sends his "faux coaches" out to all other teams to destroy them from within because all of them whom ventured out have sucked so bad .......well u know what that means

[King Colt]

Good reddens to a loser and cry baby.  His costume (a football jersey) was removed one week before Halloween.

[Superman]

So you're operating under the assumption the Texans don't beat the Colts the next time they play. I'll keep that in mind if we do win.

 

I'm DEFINITELY operating under that assumption, and given the Texans history in Indianapolis, so should everyone else.

 

However, that's future. As of right now, the Colts have beaten the Texans six times in a row, on the road, at home, doesn't matter. If someone says "Colts are better than Texans," I don't understand how there's an argument.

[Superman]

The Colts defense is worse than the Texans'. As is their offense. So it's not like Hopkins is our only option when it comes to winning games.

 

[jvan1973]

They have a better offense and defense, yet they lost to the Colts and their 40 year old second string qb.

Seems legit

[Qwiz]

I'm DEFINITELY operating under that assumption, and given the Texans history in Indianapolis, so should everyone else.

However, that's future. As of right now, the Colts have beaten the Texans six times in a row, on the road, at home, doesn't matter. If someone says "Colts are better than Texans," I don't understand how there's an argument.

Okay. But we were discussing the meaning of being better as a whole, not concerning just the Texans and Colts. And that was what I was finding issue with.