Reasons Not To Beat Yourself Up Today

I like how he said “WE” weren’t in the right places yesterday. No. Nick, YOU weren’t in the right places. Everybody else was trying to compensate for your shittiness.

We need to make a move for a cornerback now. Harper is getting too old. We can’t have a corner standing back 20 yards from the LOS every single effing play. The play of the DL hid this weakness last year, but it’s definitly showing now.

For the most part I would say you outplayed the Texans, inparticularly Chris Johnson was nothing short of amazing! That said our Texans one the turnover battle (all be it with some luck and a funky rule) and that was the difference. Good luck next week with the Jets, and let me say you better be tuned up to keep KC from getting killed. Those Jets D looks nothing less than scarry. Although I do think that CJ might be able to expose some weaknesses in the Jets D.

It’s obvious our D isn’t going to be a dominant one, like last year, but that doesn’t mean we’re still not a good defense. We’re stopping the run, and we’re getting some push. Our D over the years has always been bend, but don’t break, and don’t give up the big plays. Which unfortunately, our secondary has in these two games. Some of it has been from bad play calls, some from miscommunication, and some from just bad individual play. Hopefully it’s mostly correctible, but it’s got to be done soon. On the other hand, our O is far better than in years past, good enough to keep giving us chances to win games.

We have 14 more games to go.

Opponents TEs seem to always be open, especially on 3rd and short. The LBs are having a hard time covering them. I would suspect that will be noticed by upcoming opponents and exploited.

Houston covered the screen passes to CJ very well yesterday. I was surprised that a double screen to a TE was not call at some point. Maybe that play is not in the book.

The term I would use is more explosive. However, that’s not necessarily a good thing unless it’s balanced with consistency. Our lack of ability to control the ball and run the clock down has hurt us both weeks. I figured it was forgivable against Pittsburgh, but against the Texans, you have to have a few times where you get 3 or 4 first downs, even if you still end up punting in the end. Plus 2 Touchdowns on draw plays on 3rd and 19…. Come on. That’s not happening again. A team forgetting to cover Johnson won’t happen again either. I’m not saying that CJ won’t have big plays, it’s what he does, but the Texans were downright retarded in those situations.

In the second half, 4 of our 7 drives were 3 and outs. We gotta get some first downs and kill some clock. Frankly, I think when we take a lead like 21-7, that’s when LenDale is invaluable because he almost always gets positive yardage, whereas Johnson is a bit more boom and bust.