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September 26, 2008Houston Texans Remain Positive, and Maybe That’s the Problem
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October 7, 2008Tuesday Morning Quarterbacking: This One Was All Kubiak
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November 8, 2008Tuesday Morning Quarterbacking: Well, It Could Be Worse
November 11, 2008Wednesday Morning Quarterbacking: Special Post-Amsterdam Edition
So I was in Amsterdam for the weekend – working on those frequent flyer miles – and I missed the Texans’ 33-27 loss to the Indianapolis Colts. However, the BBC World Service did manage to show highlights from the Titans/Jaguars game. After the game, Gary Kubiak went with the “we had a good effort” excuse, coupled with the “we came up a couple of plays short” line of thinking. So in other words, I missed the game, but I didn’t miss the game. It was just like many games the
November 19, 2008Tuesday Morning Quarterbacking: Were You Ready for Some Boring Football?
I can't believe I wasted over three hours of my life watching the Houston Texans last night. Sure, they won the game 30-17, but damn, that was an awful game to watch. I found the document review I was working on to be more interesting than most of that game - and you attorneys out there know that watching grass grow is often more interesting than most document reviews. But there was one amazing thing I saw last night. For the first time in his years as Texans head coach, Gary Kubiak actually
December 2, 2008Tuesday Morning Quarterbacking: Really? That Good?
"That's as good a win as I've ever been around," Gary Kubiak said Sunday after the Texans 24-21 win over the Green Bay Packers. This probably explains why the Texans are a crappy team. Gary Kubiak was John Elway's backup on the day of The Drive, one of the greatest games in NFL playoff history. He coached Steve Young as the San Francisco 49ers won a Super Bowl. He was coaching John Elway when the Denver Broncos won their two Super Bowls, including that game against Green Bay when John E
December 9, 2008Tuesday Morning Quarterbacking: Jeff Fisher Outcoached by Gary Kubiak?
I'm a big guy - no literally, I'm 6'4", so I'm a big guy - so I can admit when I'm wrong. And I was wrong about Sunday's Texans/Titans game. And I was wrong big time. Andre Johnson had a day for the ages with 207 receiving yards and a TD. Steve Slaton rushed for over a hundred yards. The Texans defense held the vaunted Titans running game to just 100 yards. Very impressive all around. Of course, the Texans only won 13-12. The winning margin should have been much larger, and the Texans v
December 16, 2008Texans-Raiders: Don't Bet on Black
Lots of you don't like what I write about the Texans. You think I'm too negative. That I don't give the team proper credit. Hell, some of you have actually written that you want me to die. To which I respond, if you want homers who are always positive, go over to the Chron. I try to take a more objective view here. And in my objective view, the Texans just haven't shown me much this season. I would think more of the win over the Titans if various Titans weren't talking about how they took
December 19, 2008Tuesday Morning Quarterbacking: Hooters and Houston Texans
I'm in a Hooters in downtown Phoenix, Arizona and the Houston Texans are losing to the Oakland Raiders. And I'm the only one in the place watching the game. The requisite Redskins fans are scattered about, watching the Redskins on a majority of the TVs - really, is there any place besides Dallas that doesn't have any Redskins fans? Inexplicably, there is a large group of Minnesota Vikings fans agonizing over the game with the Falcons. And I hear the occasional Bronco or Jet fan screaming
December 23, 2008Tuesday Morning Quarterbacking: Texans Settle Into Mediocrity
Okay, so the Texans beat the Chicago Bears on Sunday to finish their second straight season at 8-8. That's two seasons in a row of mediocrity. Can I have a YAY TEAM! Over at the Chron, Richard Justice thinks the team is heading in the right direction and has turned the corner. He likes how Gary Kubiak gets the team mentally into the next game. Just like he got the team mentally into those games with Pittsburgh, Oakland, Baltimore, and Minnesota. (Never mind what Justice wrote earlier
December 30, 2008Texans Fire Three Defensive Coaches
And so it begins. Looking to deflect the blame from his incompetence, Gary Kubiak lowered the boom on three of his defensive coaches today, firing defensive coordinator Richard Smith, defensive backs coach Jon Hoke, and defensive line coach Jethro Franklin.
December 30, 2008The Texans-Broncos Connection: An Inter-Office Memo
From: Bob McNair, Owner To: Gary Kubiak Re: Defensive Coach Hirings Date: January 14, 2009 Gary: As you know, I've been most supportive of your work as head coach of the Houston Texans, though it might be nice if you would coach the team to a winning record. But I've tried to stay out of the football end of the operation, letting you handle all of those matters. When you told me that David Carr would lead us to the Super Bowl, I went along with you. When you told me that Matt Schaub wo
January 15, 2009Houston Texans Dime Out Kubiak On Illegal Drills
The people of Houston might want to know just what it is that the city did to anger the people at ESPN. That's the only explanation of which I can think to explain ESPN coming down hard on another Houston sports team. Last summer it was the story of the rapidly aging Miguel Tegada. And this coming Sunday, if you're in the mood to wake up early, you might want to check out ESPN's Outside The Lines because this time it's the Texans turn. In a story that hit ESPN.com today -- and by the way,
February 5, 2009Can the Houston Texans Get Garcia In This Rosenfels Trade? Jeff Can Come, Too
Photo by gr750 NFL free agency starts today. And since the Houston Texans are trading Sage Rosenfels to the Minnesota Vikings, they find themselves in desperate need of a backup quarterback. And with Matt Schaub as the number one QB, the Texans are going to desperately need a proven backup for those games when Schaub is injured. There are several semi-prominent quarterbacks who will be available on the free agent market, and some of them might actually consider giving the Texans a shot. Kerr
February 27, 2009Some Praise For the Houston Texans (No, Really!)
Photo by William Holtkamp Many of you out there probably think that I hate the Texans. But I don't. I just hold them to a high standard. A standard that I think everybody should apply to them. That said, I'm not here to criticize the Houston Texans today. No, I'm actually about to say some nice things. The Texans made three moves this past week that pleasantly surprised me, and they're on the verge of making what I think is another good move. Now will these moves make the team a playoff t
March 3, 2009Some Praise For the Houston Texans (No, Really!)
Photo by William Holtkamp Many of you out there probably think that I hate the Texans. But I don't. I just hold them to a high standard. A standard that I think everybody should apply to them. That said, I'm not here to criticize the Houston Texans today. No, I'm actually about to say some nice things. The Texans made three moves this past week that pleasantly surprised me, and they're on the verge of making what I think is another good move. Now will these moves make the team a playoff t
March 3, 2009Can the Houston Texans Get Garcia In This Rosenfels Trade? Jeff Can Come, Too
Photo by gr750 NFL free agency starts today. And since the Houston Texans are trading Sage Rosenfels to the Minnesota Vikings, they find themselves in desperate need of a backup quarterback. And with Matt Schaub as the number one QB, the Texans are going to desperately need a proven backup for those games when Schaub is injured. There are several semi-prominent quarterbacks who will be available on the free agent market, and some of them might actually consider giving the Texans a shot. Kerr
February 27, 2009Houston Texans Dime Out Kubiak On Illegal Drills
The people of Houston might want to know just what it is that the city did to anger the people at ESPN. That's the only explanation of which I can think to explain ESPN coming down hard on another Houston sports team. Last summer it was the story of the rapidly aging Miguel Tegada. And this coming Sunday, if you're in the mood to wake up early, you might want to check out ESPN's Outside The Lines because this time it's the Texans turn. In a story that hit ESPN.com today -- and by the way,
February 5, 2009The Texans-Broncos Connection: An Inter-Office Memo
From: Bob McNair, Owner To: Gary Kubiak Re: Defensive Coach Hirings Date: January 14, 2009 Gary: As you know, I've been most supportive of your work as head coach of the Houston Texans, though it might be nice if you would coach the team to a winning record. But I've tried to stay out of the football end of the operation, letting you handle all of those matters. When you told me that David Carr would lead us to the Super Bowl, I went along with you. When you told me that Matt Schaub wo
January 15, 2009Texans Fire Three Defensive Coaches
And so it begins. Looking to deflect the blame from his incompetence, Gary Kubiak lowered the boom on three of his defensive coaches today, firing defensive coordinator Richard Smith, defensive backs coach Jon Hoke, and defensive line coach Jethro Franklin.
December 30, 2008Tuesday Morning Quarterbacking: Texans Settle Into Mediocrity
Okay, so the Texans beat the Chicago Bears on Sunday to finish their second straight season at 8-8. That's two seasons in a row of mediocrity. Can I have a YAY TEAM! Over at the Chron, Richard Justice thinks the team is heading in the right direction and has turned the corner. He likes how Gary Kubiak gets the team mentally into the next game. Just like he got the team mentally into those games with Pittsburgh, Oakland, Baltimore, and Minnesota. (Never mind what Justice wrote earlier
December 30, 2008Tuesday Morning Quarterbacking: Hooters and Houston Texans
I'm in a Hooters in downtown Phoenix, Arizona and the Houston Texans are losing to the Oakland Raiders. And I'm the only one in the place watching the game. The requisite Redskins fans are scattered about, watching the Redskins on a majority of the TVs - really, is there any place besides Dallas that doesn't have any Redskins fans? Inexplicably, there is a large group of Minnesota Vikings fans agonizing over the game with the Falcons. And I hear the occasional Bronco or Jet fan screaming
December 23, 2008Texans-Raiders: Don't Bet on Black
Lots of you don't like what I write about the Texans. You think I'm too negative. That I don't give the team proper credit. Hell, some of you have actually written that you want me to die. To which I respond, if you want homers who are always positive, go over to the Chron. I try to take a more objective view here. And in my objective view, the Texans just haven't shown me much this season. I would think more of the win over the Titans if various Titans weren't talking about how they took
December 19, 2008Tuesday Morning Quarterbacking: Jeff Fisher Outcoached by Gary Kubiak?
I'm a big guy - no literally, I'm 6'4", so I'm a big guy - so I can admit when I'm wrong. And I was wrong about Sunday's Texans/Titans game. And I was wrong big time. Andre Johnson had a day for the ages with 207 receiving yards and a TD. Steve Slaton rushed for over a hundred yards. The Texans defense held the vaunted Titans running game to just 100 yards. Very impressive all around. Of course, the Texans only won 13-12. The winning margin should have been much larger, and the Texans v
December 16, 2008Hope for the Houston Texans?
Gary Kubiak and team search for their first winning season
September 4, 2008Arson Is Bad?
When will the state finally lift the arson ban?
February 2, 200625 Key Things To Watch For In The Texans' Pre-Season Opener
With the Houston Texans kicking off pre-season play tomorrow night, I thought I would throw out a list of 25 things to watch or listen for during the game.1. Does Matt Schaub make it through two series of plays without any type of injury?2. What kind of stupid catchphrase is radio voice Marc Vandermeer going to trot out this season?3. Spencer Tillman will find some way to refer to some fourth-stringer who will be among the first to be cut after the game as "great."4. Given enough time during
August 14, 2009Texans-Saints: New, "Improved " D Falls Flat In First Home Test
Run the ball, and stop the run.It's one of the oldest clichés on what determines NFL success. But if there's much truth to it, the Texans' potential breakthrough season might already be in some trouble.With Reggie Bush out with a calf injury, the Saints (2-0) gashed the Texans (1-1) on Saturday night at Reliant Stadium for 173 rushing yards on a whopping 6.4 yards per carry, dominating Houston in every phase in a 38-14 preseason victory.Making matters more embarrassing, the Saints rushed
August 24, 2009Who Anointed Gary Kubiak A Quarterback Guru?
Dan Orlovsky entered the Texans/Saints game in the second quarter. He did his best Rex Grossman at one point when he threw wildly for an interception. And he didn't really look that good throughout the game. But Joel Meyers and Spencer Tillman, the TV announcers on KTRK -- by the way, nice job on not being able to get the HDTV to work for the second game a row there, guys -- told me not to worry about Orlovsky because everything's going to be okay.And it's going to be okay because Gary Kubiak
August 24, 2009Which Houston Team Has The Dumbest Front Office?
Richard Justice actually had a decent blog post the other day. In it, he attempted to evaluate which of Houston's big three sports franchises was the smartest -- sorry Dynamo fans, he didn't include them because he says the team hasn't been here long enough, and I won't include them because I consider MLS to be a minor league when it comes to soccer. And for the most part, I think he got it right, but I would switch the Astros and Texans around.Without a doubt, the best run and smartest franc
August 26, 2009Hey Texans -- You Can't Disappoint Us If We Don't Have High Hopes
In our cover story this week, we take a look at the Houston Texans' brief-but-tangled history of breaking our hearts. A franchise that seems to begin each year riding on seemingly reasonable hopes of improvement consistently ends it with waves of disappointment.We also rounded up some predictions for the coming season; something like 10-6 seemed to be the conventional wisdom.We didn't just ask experts; we also sought guidance from politicians. With mixed results.Congressman Gene Green happily
August 26, 2009Some (Few) Good Things Emerge From Texans' Monday-Night Loss
It's never truly Texans season until there's the first Matt Schaub injury scare. This year, it came before the season even started -- when the Texans' QB ran out of bounds and turned his left ankle in Monday night's 17-10 preseason loss to the Vikings.But Schaub recovered, and so did the Texans, who despite a disastrous start finally showed a few glimpses -- emphasis on "few" -- of the winning team so many expected them to be in 2009.Adrian Peterson's 75-yard romp through the Texans defense o
September 1, 200915 Things To Watch For This Texans Season, And A Prediction
I can't put it off any longer. The Texans season starts on Sunday. So I guess I better get my act together and get my thoughts about the upcoming season on the record before kickoff. So here goes.1. Some good news: The offense returns many of the key players that made the offense the third best in the NFL in yards per game at 382.1.2. Some bad news: The offense returns many of the key players that made the offense reek when it came to scoring actual points as the team was only 17th in scoring
September 11, 2009The Gary Kubiak Experiment Should Be About Over, Shouldn't It?
Photo by William HoltkampStop me if you've heard this one before."We obviously weren't ready to play and that starts with me," Gary Kubiak said Sunday. "You play that poorly, that starts with the coach. I didn't have them ready to go."Yeah, that sounds pretty damn familiar to me. Take any Houston Texans loss since Gary Kubiak has been coach, especially a loss where the team looked bad -- particularly Pittsburgh and Oakland last season -- and you'll see where Gary Kubiak has made much the same
September 15, 2009Texans Refuse To Lose Easily, Instead Opting To Rip Your Heart Out
Now these are the Houston Texans we've grown to know and not love.A week after uncharacteristically taking care of business in a game they were supposed to do so against Oakland, the Texans laid an egg in the desert on Sunday, losing 28-21 to Arizona. But of course, that only tells part of the story. It wouldn't be the Texans if they lost with ease, as they appeared destined to with a 21-0 deficit at the half.Nope, the Texans in the Gary Kubiak era specialize in losing in the most heartbreaki
October 12, 2009Texans Finally Put Two Halves Together; Defense Finds Pulse
After three weeks of the season, the Texans were on a pace to allow more total yards and more yards rushing than any team in NFL history.So who the hell are these guys? And more importantly, have the guys calling the shots figured something out?The Texans' defense pitched a third consecutive second-half shutout in Sunday's 28-17 road victory against a very good Bengals (4-2) team, stifling what was the league's leading rusher -- Cedric Benson -- in the process.The former Texas star rushed
October 19, 2009Game Time: Weekend Review
I hope everyone had a great weekend, and that you were all able to enjoy the nice weather by moving your television and recliner into your driveway to watch football on TV. I'd like to start off by welcoming the Texans to this new thing for them called "November". Boys, I know in the past this has typically been the month where you start making hotel reservations for your first post season golf trip (or if you're a wide receiver, this is the month you hope and pray that Andre
November 2, 200925 Things About The Texans-Titans Monday Night Match-Up
For the second week in a row, it's homecoming week on Monday Night Football. This past Monday, it was the Baltimore Ravens returning to the place from which they came, Cleveland, to play the Browns. This coming Monday, the Tennessee Titans are returning to Houston to take on the Texans.With that said, here are a few things to watch for in the time leading up to, and including the game.1. Did you see that Bud Adams got fined $250,000 for flipping the bird at some fans from Buffalo? Can som
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