If I'm a Texans fan I don't completely hate the idea of going for it there, but have your offense do it.
When you combine this recklessly aggressive call with his needlessly conservative field goal decision at the other end, it feels like this is someone who doesn't have a clear idea of how to manage a lead. [Reply]
“We have to coach better. We didn’t do enough to put our guys in good enough positions to make plays,” said O’Brien, who did say he expected Crennel back but that he would meet with all his coaches in the coming days.
We may think that we could have come back 'no matter what,' but the truth is those calls were CRUCIAL to the mental game that made the comeback possible.
Being down 24-0 is rare enough, in the playoffs even rarer, coming back at all even rarer, etc. etc. accumulating and accumulating.
But a lot of that is premised on the opposition BUILDING on that advantage. Those calls, showed that the Texans were in the mental state to SQUANDER that advantage instead.
Kicking a chipshot FG at 4th and inches in the shadow of the endzone, then running a botched fake punt told the entire squad [AND their entire squad], . . . HOLY SHIT!!! They still scared shitless. They should be ready to pack bags for the next game, and they're STILL SCARED SHITLESS.
This amplified the effect of every little thing that fell our way thereafter.
It's like if you're in the ring with Deontay Wilder, and he's wailing on you, and you're thinking 'if he so much as breathes on me one more time, I'm going down.' Then all the sudden he starts going into a shell, covering his face with his forearms and dancing around the ring looking to get away, and you ask yourself 'Is he, . . . is he scared? Is he tired? Did I hurt him somehow? WTF?'
As I said in the game thread, we worked hard to come back, but starting with those decisions, the Texans laid on their back and showed their bellies, with every advantage in their corner at the time. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Baby Lee:
We may think that we could have come back 'no matter what,' but the truth is those calls were CRUCIAL to the mental game that made the comeback possible.
Being down 24-0 is rare enough, in the playoffs even rarer, coming back at all even rarer, etc. etc. accumulating and accumulating.
But a lot of that is premised on the opposition BUILDING on that advantage. Those calls, showed that the Texans were in the mental state to SQUANDER that advantage instead.
Kicking a chipshot FG at 4th and inches in the shadow of the endzone, then running a botched fake punt told the entire squad [AND their entire squad], . . . HOLY SHIT!!! They still scared shitless. They should be ready to pack bags for the next game, and they're STILL SCARED SHITLESS.
This amplified the effect of every little thing that fell our way thereafter.
It's like if you're in the ring with Deontay Wilder, and he's wailing on you, and you're thinking 'if he so much as breathes on me one more time, I'm going down.' Then all the sudden he starts going into a shell, covering his face with his forearms and dancing around the ring looking to get away, and you ask yourself 'Is he, . . . is he scared? Is he tired? Did I hurt him somehow? WTF?'
Then you start pummeling his ass into the ground. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Baby Lee:
We may think that we could have come back 'no matter what,' but the truth is those calls were CRUCIAL to the mental game that made the comeback possible.
Being down 24-0 is rare enough, in the playoffs even rarer, coming back at all even rarer, etc. etc. accumulating and accumulating.
But a lot of that is premised on the opposition BUILDING on that advantage. Those calls, showed that the Texans were in the mental state to SQUANDER that advantage instead.
Kicking a chipshot FG at 4th and inches in the shadow of the endzone, then running a botched fake punt told the entire squad [AND their entire squad], . . . HOLY SHIT!!! They still scared shitless. They should be ready to pack bags for the next game, and they're STILL SCARED SHITLESS.
This amplified the effect of every little thing that fell our way thereafter.
It's like if you're in the ring with Deontay Wilder, and he's wailing on you, and you're thinking 'if he so much as breathes on me one more time, I'm going down.' Then all the sudden he starts going into a shell, covering his face with his forearms and dancing around the ring looking to get away, and you ask yourself 'Is he, . . . is he scared? Is he tired? Did I hurt him somehow? WTF?'
As I said in the game thread, we worked hard to come back, but starting with those decisions, the Texans laid on their back and showed their bellies, with every advantage in their corner at the time.
First time ever trying this, so bear with me...
tl;dr
Shut the fuck up with this. We won this game in aggregate. The Texans didn't blow it. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Baby Lee:
We may think that we could have come back 'no matter what,' but the truth is those calls were CRUCIAL to the mental game that made the comeback possible.
Being down 24-0 is rare enough, in the playoffs even rarer, coming back at all even rarer, etc. etc. accumulating and accumulating.
But a lot of that is premised on the opposition BUILDING on that advantage. Those calls, showed that the Texans were in the mental state to SQUANDER that advantage instead.
Kicking a chipshot FG at 4th and inches in the shadow of the endzone, then running a botched fake punt told the entire squad [AND their entire squad], . . . HOLY SHIT!!! They still scared shitless. They should be ready to pack bags for the next game, and they're STILL SCARED SHITLESS.
This amplified the effect of every little thing that fell our way thereafter.
It's like if you're in the ring with Deontay Wilder, and he's wailing on you, and you're thinking 'if he so much as breathes on me one more time, I'm going down.' Then all the sudden he starts going into a shell, covering his face with his forearms and dancing around the ring looking to get away, and you ask yourself 'Is he, . . . is he scared? Is he tired? Did I hurt him somehow? WTF?'
As I said in the game thread, we worked hard to come back, but starting with those decisions, the Texans laid on their back and showed their bellies, with every advantage in their corner at the time.
Let's just be happy we have Mahomes to make up for all those mistakes almost no other QB could over come. [Reply]
This feels like the Falcons chokejob in LI. That organization has never recovered and their window is all but slammed shut now. There are a couple of good options available (looking at you, Bieniemy and Saleh) that should absolutely be given a chance with a team as talented as the Texans. As a Chiefs fan I'd be ecstatic if they just pry Caserio from the Patriots and don't change a fucking thing, but those players and fans deserve better. [Reply]
