Houston - a young team to keep an eye on

[Buffalo_Stampede]

So many teams are going to go after OC Bobby Slowik this offseason. Texans have a bright future but that was the fear in Buffalo for so long. Would the OC get a HC job right in the middle of developing a QB. Lucky for us Josh got 4 full seasons in the same offense. Texans might lose Slowik after one year.

Edited November 13, 2023 by Buffalo_Stampede

[Mark Vader]

2 hours ago, dorquemada said:

They're for real, playing with enthusiasm, as a team.  If the Bills continue their possum routine, i'll be cheering for Houston the rest of the year because the effort is there and they have some exciting young players

Bye

[Jauronimo]

22 minutes ago, GoBills808 said:

***** the texans

 

that is all

Glad to see someone else besides me gets it.  Common sense has prevailed.

[FilthyBeast]

2 minutes ago, Buffalo_Stampede said:

So many teams are going to go after OC Bobby Slowik this offseason. Texans have a bright future but that was the fear in Buffalo for so long. Would the OC get a HC job right in the middle of developing a QB. Lucky for us Josh got 4 full seasons in the same offense. Texans might lose Slowik after one year.

 

Not sure this is going to be the case especially since Stroud was a top prospect for a reason. But certainly coaching is a factor for a rookie QB that might end up having the best season ever under those circumstances.

[GoBills808]

10 minutes ago, Jauronimo said:

Glad to see someone else besides me gets it.  Common sense has prevailed.

[Freddie's Dead]

2 hours ago, Royale with Cheese said:

 

Good balls don't hang too low or high...right in the in between.   When you see a QB age and body is starting to break down, the balls will hang a little lower.  It's not as nice anymore and can get picked easier and those hurt.

Do your balls hang low, do they wobble to and fro....

[Dablitzkrieg]

I'll keep 2 eyes on them, just to be sure

[Sherlock Holmes]

1 hour ago, Dubie54 said:

The Bills Oline against the 49'ers Dline wouldn't be fun to watch. That Dline of the niners is sick and they have a perfect set of offensive weapons.

It'd be beautiful, we'd win with a Philly special.

[Royale with Cheese]

32 minutes ago, Freddie's Dead said:

Do your balls hang low, do they wobble to and fro....

 

Think of mud flags on an 18 wheeler.

[TheFunPolice]

Both Ryans and Pierce are defensive minded guys, so hopefully their success helps coaches on that side of the ball get a fair shake for HC gigs. 

 

Defense has played very well league wide this season after it was assumed that you didn't really need a good defensive coach and offense was all that mattered. 

 

 

 

[Low Positive]

1 minute ago, TheFunPolice said:

Both Ryans and Pierce are defensive minded guys, so hopefully their success helps coaches on that side of the ball get a fair shake for HC gigs. 

 

Defense has played very well league wide this season after it was assumed that you didn't really need a good defensive coach and offense was all that mattered. 

 

 

 

I really like Ejiro Evero as a HC candidate. This year's defense in Carolina notwithstanding, he coached some good defenses in Denver. Also Lou Anoramo in Cincinnati. Both of those guys will get interviews this offseason.

[DrBob806]

3 hours ago, RoyBatty is alive said:

As a fellow Houstonian Bills fan, i have 100% changed my mind on the Texans after they let Cal McNair "stand in the corner" and fired Jack Easterby, Lovie Smith and Culley.  Texans are a great team to root for now with a lot of draft capital still from the D Watson trade.  Stroud is a legit MVP candidate, certainly front runner for ROY and Demeco Ryans as coach of the year.

I still can't believe the NFL let them hold on to those 3 #1s, after discovering the Texans put him up in those hotel rooms, essentially enabling him with that behavior. It's total BS, they got off real real easy, just paid a fine & lost a 5th round pick. 

 

It helps when the lawyer representing the women lives across the street from the owner. 

 

Case

[Pete]

3 hours ago, dorquemada said:

They're for real, playing with enthusiasm, as a team.  If the Bills continue their possum routine, i'll be cheering for Houston the rest of the year because the effort is there and they have some exciting young players

Detroit too.  I wish the Bills had as much fun as them

[Big Turk]

CJ Stroud is going to be a problem sooner rather than later.  He already has leapfrogged Trevor Lawrence in that division.  They are a lot of fun to watch...kinda like the Bills were in 2020.  Throwing the ball all over the place, tons of people involved.  Likely will slow down once teams get a better read on him and the offense by middle of next year, but he is for real.

Edited November 13, 2023 by Big Turk

[RoyBatty is alive]

15 minutes ago, DrBob806 said:

I still can't believe the NFL let them hold on to those 3 #1s, after discovering the Texans put him up in those hotel rooms, essentially enabling him with that behavior. It's total BS, they got off real real easy, just paid a fine & lost a 5th round pick. 

 

It helps when the lawyer representing the women lives across the street from the owner. 

 

Case

Sorry but you are wrong, i am not going to go through the entire Watson debate again.  Yes the Texans paid for a room at the Houstonian during covid and didnt report it under the salary cap CBA, good then nail them on that $26,000 they didn't report (which is exactly what they did) but to to take some phantom leap the Texans "enabled him" to be a sexual predator is a joke.

 

And lets get this straight, since Buzzbee and McNair leave in the some $ neighborhood of River Oaks what are you implying?  Buzzbee was the protagonist going AGAINST Watson, he rounded up the masseurs' and SUED Watson who was under contract with THE TEXANS!  You have zero logic embedded in your comment.

 

The Texans lost a pick and were fined for not reporting the $26,000 hotel bill, it had NOTHING to do with what Watson did in the room.  That is like if my company sends me on a business trip and i invite hookers to my room, I guess my company "enabled" me to do it.  Same similar illogic.  

Edited November 13, 2023 by RoyBatty is alive

[90sBills]

3 hours ago, RyanC883 said:

 

bingo.  If we lost our #1 WR and RB most would be explaining away all manners of losses.  Instead, the Texans go and beat a very good team (that had its #1 WR, RB, and a great D.  

Bingo! Texans straight up beat them. I watched the whole game because I wanted to see how good the Bengals really are. If Stroud didn’t throw one of the worse interceptions of the season they would’ve likely won by double digits. All credit to them for beating an opponent that the Bills couldn’t  even contend with the week prior. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[DrBob806]

51 minutes ago, RoyBatty is alive said:

Sorry but you are wrong, i am not going to go through the entire Watson debate again.  Yes the Texans paid for a room at the Houstonian during covid and didnt report it under the salary cap CBA, good then nail them on that $26,000 they didn't report (which is exactly what they did) but to to take some phantom leap the Texans "enabled him" to be a sexual predator is a joke.

 

And lets get this straight, since Buzzbee and McNair leave in the some $ neighborhood of River Oaks what are you implying?  Buzzbee was the protagonist going AGAINST Watson, he rounded up the masseurs' and SUED Watson who was under contract with THE TEXANS!  You have zero logic embedded in your comment.

 

The Texans lost a pick and were fined for not reporting the $26,000 hotel bill, it had NOTHING to do with what Watson did in the room.  That is like if my company sends me on a business trip and i invite hookers to my room, I guess my company "enabled" me to do it.  Same similar illogic.  

Watson is no saint, that's a given.

 

Funny how after DW had a hissy fit regarding the Texans new GM, & said he wouldn't play for them, all this came out in the public eye. 

 

Where there's smoke, there's fire. You may have missed it (somehow), but it wasn't just a one-time event in a hotel. It was ongoing. 

 

Teams go to great lengths to protect their players, until the player/team relationship is ruined. They enabled him, got off due to public perception on DW's creepy habits. Be better.

[RoyBatty is alive]

30 minutes ago, DrBob806 said:

Watson is no saint, that's a given.

 

Funny how after DW had a hissy fit regarding the Texans new GM, & said he wouldn't play for them, all this came out in the public eye. 

 

Where there's smoke, there's fire. You may have missed it (somehow), but it wasn't just a one-time event in a hotel. It was ongoing. 

 

Teams go to great lengths to protect their players, until the player/team relationship is ruined. They enabled him, got off due to public perception on DW's creepy habits. Be better.

 I am more than familiar with what happened.  I am a Houstonian member, was there this morning. 

 

So it happened many times?  How many massages do you think these guys get a year, 5?    Are the Texans supposed to know he was sexually assaulting women in his room? 

 

As for the timing, it started when Bill O Brien decided to "give away" Watson's favorite receiver, De Andre Hopkins  for an old washed up RB and a 2nd, one of the worst trades in modern NFL history and he was pissed going forward.  If there is one person to blame for it all (besides   Watson), it was the room temperature IQ Owner Cal McNair for letting , as he would later say, (I think) "let the prisoners run the jail" meaning O Brien ruin the team.  Some speculate O Brien wanted to get fired and paid off, might be true.  He was finally  fired after going 0-4 and it was too late (IMO) at that point, damage was done.  Watson played the rest of the year and AFTER the season is when he started to voice his understandable displeasure.

 

Back to the Houstonian, it has always been a popular place for rich athletes to hang out.  It would be a very logical place for D Watson to hang out during Covid.  As would River Oaks would be the logical place for 2 uber rich Houstonians to life.  But if that is your "evidence", you ,must be a real sucker for conspiracy theories.  Where there is smoke there is fire, wow, got me on that solid evidence.

Edited November 13, 2023 by RoyBatty is alive

[ProcessTruster]

Weak division and easiest schedule in the league. 

 

Love watching CJ get it done, though.  super fun.  Kid can play a little for sure. 

 

Let 'em win the division and lets see how they do next year when they have a real schedule of opponents. 

[HappyDays]

Their OC Bobby Slowik is another young up and comer from the Shanahan tree. At this point you'd have to be crazy as a franchise not to have someone like that as your OC or head coach. That has far and away been the easiest and fastest path to success for several NFL teams over the past few years. Rams, 49ers, Dolphins, now the Texans.