Houston at Chiefs injury report

[uninja]

1 hour ago, YoloinOhio said:

Nobody talking about the Bobby Trees 3x DNP

 

That injury report reminded me that Bobby Trees is still in the league and playing for the Texans, so there's that ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 

[GoBills808]

52 minutes ago, GunnerBill said:

 

Yea just cos of volume. You could plough anyone into the line a ton of times for 4 ypc.

So your contention is that the Texans giving him a lot of carries...means he's not very valuable to them

 

got it

 

 

[BillsFan130]

I wouldn't get my hopes up on this upset gentleman.

 

Whether Houston is Healthy or has a few injuries, it is extremetly unlikely they pull off this upset in Arrowhead

[Success]

I watched a lot of the Chiefs/Texans replay last night.  The Texans hung w/ them really well - it really hurt when they lost Dell.

 

They can compete.  The match-up of their pass rushers against KC's tackles is their big advantage.  If they get a couple of breaks, it could happen  - obviously not likely, but it's not as lopsided as the narrative is.

 

[GunnerBill]

1 hour ago, GoBills808 said:

So your contention is that the Texans giving him a lot of carries...means he's not very valuable to them

 

got it

 

Oh I think they value him. They think he is important. I don't think he matters much. Volume running backs who plough into the line for paltry ypc numbers don't make much difference to wins or losses, even by running back standards.

[Brand J]

1 hour ago, GunnerBill said:

Where they had luck this year was the Broncos FG block, that is a 1 in every 50 play, the Raiders botched snap when in FG range, and Likely's toe v Baltimore week 1. I do think they have had the break of the ball a time or two.

You can add the pass interference call against the Bengals on 4th and long that bailed them out and a week later, the no call for pass interference in the endzone that should have put the Falcons on the 1 yard line late in the 4th. They’ve had a year of good fortune and bounces, hopefully it’s over in these playoffs.

[BuffaloBillyG]

2 hours ago, GunnerBill said:

 

Yea just cos of volume. You could plough anyone into the line a ton of times for 4 ypc.

That's called the Najee Harris effect. 

 

As a runner Mixon is painfully average between the 20s. As a matter of fact I personally think Dameon Pierce is a better runner. But he has a nose for the end zone, is good out of the backfield and is a decent pass blocker. He also fires the team up and adds playoff/Super Bowl experience...which is all helpful IMO.

[GunnerBill]

5 minutes ago, BuffaloBillyG said:

That's called the Najee Harris effect. 

 

As a runner Mixon is painfully average between the 20s. As a matter of fact I personally think Dameon Pierce is a better runner. But he has a nose for the end zone, is good out of the backfield and is a decent pass blocker. He also fires the team up and adds playoff/Super Bowl experience...which is all helpful IMO.

 

Sure. I am not saying he sucks. I just don't think their chances to win or lose are dependent on him.

[Draconator]

3 hours ago, YoloinOhio said:

Nobody talking about the Bobby Trees 3x DNP

It's expected.

[Beck Water]

3 hours ago, Sojourner said:

Looks bad but the reports are they’re expecting both Mixon and Al-Shaair to play. 
 

There’s still a chance!!!

 

Any word on Bobby Trees?

[Sojourner]

32 minutes ago, Success said:

I watched a lot of the Chiefs/Texans replay last night.  The Texans hung w/ them really well - it really hurt when they lost Dell.

 

They can compete.  The match-up of their pass rushers against KC's tackles is their big advantage.  If they get a couple of breaks, it could happen  - obviously not likely, but it's not as lopsided as the narrative is.

 

Stroud is the biggest question mark. Which dude is going to show up. 
 

Their defensive line, like ours, will be the absolute catalyst behind the majority of the success this weekend. If they can get to Mahomes early and often they stand a good shout providing CJ doesn’t turn into the week 17 against the Ravens version of himself. 🤞

 

It’s tough man, part of me wants to face KC if we win as the narrative is always we haven’t been able to beat them; which is true. The other side of things is they’re theoretically a better match up and we could get some redemption for earlier in the year and that WC when Watson was playing. 
 

 

4 minutes ago, Beck Water said:

 

Any word on Bobby Trees?

Maybe he fell down in a deserted forest…

 

 

On a serious note, they need him. His volume went way up when Dell was done for the year. I saw a report earlier that there’s rumblings he will play?

[SaulGoodman]

1 hour ago, TheBrownBear said:

No.  I'm referring specifically to the playoffs as "this time of year" clearly infers.  Rice was out all season and they pivoted to Hopkins  I'd say that's a wash at worse. 

Wash at worst? Rice was on pace for 1600 yds, and he’s much more explosive. 
 

But I do think Hopkins is going to have a big role in the postseason.

[JP51]

Texans D needs to bring the wood and create multiple turnovers plus 2 at least if not Mixon playing or not won't matter imo

[Governor]

Stroud still looks really slow and confused in the pocket. I see 8 sacks coming.

[TAinLack.]

6 minutes ago, Governor said:

Stroud still looks really slow and confused in the pocket. I see 8 sacks coming.

KC has been off for nearly 3 weeks but you may be on to something.

[dave mcbride]

3 hours ago, GunnerBill said:

 

Yea just cos of volume. You could plough anyone into the line a ton of times for 4 ypc.

Mixon is really good, as per the eyeball test. Put him on Philly, and he’s averaging 5+ yards a carry. He’s never played behind a good line.

[GoBills808]

54 minutes ago, dave mcbride said:

Mixon is really good, as per the eyeball test. Put him on Philly, and he’s averaging 5+ yards a carry. He’s never played behind a good line.

Mixon is good. He adds the kind of physicality a lot of backs lack. Houston (like Bengals before them) goes to him for hard yards and he typically obliges

[Richard Noggin]

The Mixon discussion here is interesting. His career avg yards per carry is 4.1. That's not special pr even good. But when the Texans were dangerous early in the year, and also when the Bengals were previously dangerous in past seasons, Mixon brought impactful physicality and juice to both offenses. Reminds me of David Montgomery, to be honest (also 4.1 avg). 

 

He might be even more important to the Texans offense now that their WR corps is significantly reduced, despite his lack of explosive dynamism. It's depicted in his RAS to some extent: great size and speed for the position, with borderline good explosion and just okay agility. He tested a LOT better than RBs we want to group him with, like Najee Harris or David Montgomery. So he's no stiff. But he's also not special. Would be an ideal #2 RB on a contender (like Montgomery), if he could accept that role. 

[beebe]

19 hours ago, TheBrownBear said:

Pretty wild how the Chiefs are always healthy at this time of year. Nice that we can finally say the same for once (knock on wood).

 

i generally agree that the chiefs have been more healthy than unhealthy in the playoffs for the mahomes era but they've taken some brutal lumps of their own. their shot at b2b super bowls was pretty much crushed due to injuries all along the offensive line before the bucs game (bucs DL chased mahomes all over the yard.) 

 

last year, they lost all pro left guard joe thuney and their best non chris jones pass rusher charles omenihu to season ending injuries in the playoffs.

 

mahomes has had to leave two different playoff games (didnt finish the game vs browns in 2020, forced to the locker room by andy vs jags in 2022) and his injury was believed to be so limiting before the bengals '22 afc title game that the chiefs opened as 3.5 point home underdogs. 

 

mahomes was limited during the super bowls vs bucs and eagles. 

 

but yes, they've ran pretty well on injuries as a whole, certainly haven't racked up major cluster injuries at a position outside of the aforementioned OL disaster in 2020. 

[PastaJoe]

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