TNF. Jets Texans. Who do we want to win tonight?

[JohnNord]

Wow first off what a horrible game.  But for weeks I’ve been hearing how Houston is a Super Bowl contender.  Remember the narrative about Stefon Diggs wanting to go to Houston because they have a better chance at winning a Super Bowl?  

 

Stroud was pressured bad and not having Diggs or Collins hurt for sure.  But he took some inexcusable sacks and fumbled the football in the red zone.    He also completed like 50% of his passes.  
 

Between this game and the game against Buffalo (with the exception of Q1), I’m

not too impressed with any facet of the Texans football team. 
 

They’ll probably still win the AFC South and Collins will probably help the offense.  But I don’t see the team coming anywhere near the lofty expectations set in the preseason.  

[Doc Brown]

11 minutes ago, Ralonzo said:

 

Looks like Allen without Shakir?

 

I still need to go over that Houston tape, watching live I put most of the blame on Brady. Nobody was open anywhere, I think there were double-digit throwaways from Allen. And they still almost won.

The major difference is Allen took one sack while Stroud took eight.  Some of them were just awful making life difficult on the kicker.  Plus the fumble lost.

[Big Blitz]

5 minutes ago, Awwufelloff said:

Getting Riddick and Adams definitely helps. I can see them making the playoffs still.

 

At best they can get to is 9-8.  
 

There are 2 losses guaranteed minimum on their schedule.  They will probably lose at Arizona next week.  Flacco is QB for the Colts.  Seattle is no gimme.  Miami twice.  Rams.  At Jacksonville.  And at Buffalo.  
 

The Texans are a shell of themselves on offense.  

Edited 1 hour ago by Big Blitz

[JohnNord]

10 minutes ago, Saxum said:

 

There IS a chance - critical injury for season for a Bills player.  It happens without even being hit stepping wrong especially on turf.

You could say the same thing about any team in the NFL

[stuvian]

great exhibition football

[BuffaloRebound]

Houston’s best pass rusher not playing in the 2nd half had big effect.  Houston had to blitz to get pressure leaving Lassiter and Pitre 1v1 on Adams and Wilson.  They got cooked more often than not.  

[JohnNord]

1 minute ago, Doc Brown said:

The major difference is Allen took one sack while Stroud took eight.  Some of them were just awful making life difficult on the kicker.  Plus the fumble lost.

The sacks he took around the red zone were just bush league *****.  I think Fairborn made one and missed the other.  Much like Josh I think CJ was trying to overcompensate due to bad pass pro and underwhelming WR’s.  But he was still bad

[NickelCity]

Health and availability matters. 

[Billznut]

Jets did what they had to in the second half, made some plays finally and got a much needed win.  That said, they are 3-6. They will lose at least 2 more along the line. At best they will be 9-8. Possibly they slide into the 7 seed. Not worried about them going on the road in January  and knocking someone off. 

Edited 1 hour ago by Billznut

[Saxum]

6 minutes ago, JohnNord said:

You could say the same thing about any team in the NFL

 

Some teams are in better critical shape than others.  Cleveland actually is in BETTER shape now that starting QB is out for season.

[Big Blitz]

I’m already penciling in the Ravens/Steelers as a WC team.  Then the Chargers.  The Bengals.  Maybe Indy - they have a game with the Jets.
 

If the Broncos get to 9-8 and tie with the Jets the Broncos are in.  Same if Jets tie with Pittsburgh.  
 

Jets really can’t lose more than 1 more game.  But yea a 9-8 team is probably going to get in this year in the AFC.  
 

There are 5 AFC teams with just 2 wins at the moment.  
 

I’m not laying this out bc I think the Jets could be a problem - far from it.  Just a prediction how I think the AFC shapes up.  

[HerdMentality]

What a win!!!!

 

# notscared

[JohnNord]

9 minutes ago, Saxum said:

 

Some teams are in better critical shape than others.  Cleveland actually is in BETTER shape now that starting QB is out for season.

That’s an outlier. Chiefs are likely sunk if Mahomes get injured.  We saw what happened to Cincy and Baltimore when their QB’s went down. 

[Thurmal34]

Jets might get to 10-7

[HerdMentality]

2 minutes ago, Thurmal34 said:

Jets might get to 10-7

So what

[Generic_Bills_Fan]

9 minutes ago, Thurmal34 said:

Jets might get to 10-7

And I might finally make it as an actor 

[Guffalo]

This game was a win-win for me, If the Jets do their normal meltdown, I get to hear the wailing of Jets fans about their team. If Houston loses, we are ahead of themI for a bit. I'm either going to listen to complaining of Jets fans (awesome) or hear them pontificate that this is the beginning of the new era, Either way, they will crash and burn, and I am happy. 

[ganesh]

32 minutes ago, JohnNord said:

The sacks he took around the red zone were just bush league *****.  I think Fairborn made one and missed the other.  Much like Josh I think CJ was trying to overcompensate due to bad pass pro and underwhelming WR’s.  But he was still bad

They needed to ride the tails of Mixon...They gaffed

[HappyDays]

 

[The Wiz]

This is actually good.