mAgnoliAg said:

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Loved the JSN TD starting him out in the backfield. Why didn't we hire Kubiak? I don't remember the exact situation.

You also have to be fair and note that this game is in perfect weather not a snow storm. Wish we were in the NFC if for no other reason than to play in good weather in the playoffs.

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superaggie73 said:

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mAgnoliAg said:

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Loved the JSN TD starting him out in the backfield. Why didn't we hire Kubiak? I don't remember the exact situation.

You also have to be fair and note that this game is in perfect weather not a snow storm. Wish we were in the NFC if for no other reason than to play in good weather in the playoffs.

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We actually interviewed him and passed on him twice in the past 3 years

And his name is football royalty in this town

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Max Power said:

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Watching Seattle and LA it's pretty clear we are not a football team like these two. Watching our offense it doesn't even feel like we're close, it feels like a huge gap. These are both real teams on both sides of the ball. I can really appreciate what they're both doing in comparison to what our team was this season, especially with the playoffs.

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superaggie73 said:

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Max Power said:

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Watching Seattle and LA it's pretty clear we are not a football team like these two. Watching our offense it doesn't even feel like we're close, it feels like a huge gap. These are both real teams on both sides of the ball. I can really appreciate what they're both doing in comparison to what our team was this season, especially with the playoffs.

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The creativity used by McVay with motion is so fun to watch. Stuff I thought Caley would have brought over with him, but he did not. The TD to Williams with all of the eye candy confusing the Seattle defense was great.

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gambochaman said:

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Our defense held these rams to 14 points

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The Texans are expected to “make a run” at Panthers starting center Cade Mays once FA opens in March via @TonyPauline.

Mays has played 1,221 snaps over the last 2 years for Carolina grading out relatively well (66.1 & 62.4 last 2 years). pic.twitter.com/KBqxynRLPl

— Jacob (@TexansJacob) January 25, 2026

Panama Red said:

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CharleyKerfeld said:

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Will get Bingo money collected and sent out this week.

As always, it's a pleasure to stagger through another season of Houston sports with you lot.

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Let me know how to pay.

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Max Power said:

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gambochaman said:

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Our defense held these rams to 14 points

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Sadly, that was enough to win. Just like the Aggies held Miami to 10 points, and that wasn't enough to win. Regardless of how elite your defense is, the offense still needs to get into the end zone.

FWIW Houston played all 4 of the teams that played yesterday, and they went 0-4 against them which tells the tale of this season. In those games Houston lost a total of 87-59, which is an average of 7 points per game. CJ was knocked out early in the Denver game so I included his stats 6-10 for 79 yards and Mills 17-30 for 137 yards with no TD's or turnovers.

I went through the stats of all 4 of those games and most of them are pretty close.
Houston QB's were 85-163 (52%) for 820 yards passing and a total of 6 turnovers lost including picks and fumbles.
Their opponents QB's were 72-124 (58%) for 810 yards and 6 turnovers.
The big disparity is Houston's QB's scored a total of 2 touchdowns in those four games and their opponents QB's scored 7.

Rushing tells a similar story.
Houston had a total of 295 yards rushing on 94 carries in those games for an average of 3.1 yards/carry.
Their opponents had 395 yards rushing on 113 carries for an average of 3.5 yards per carry.
Houston had no rushing touchdowns in those four games and their opponents had 3.

Houston had 2 TD's all passing in those 4 games, no rushing TD's and the other teams had a total of 10 split between passing and rushing.

Conversely, Houston kicked 13 FG's and their opponents kicked 3. Houston trades TD's for FG's because they can't get into the end zone. This is the exact same issue as last year so the transition from Slowik to Caley did not change the issue that this team does not score enough TD's to beat the best teams in the league.

If the team does not invest in improving the offensive line substantially it will be the same thing next season. It doesn't matter how many draft picks hit or free agents are brought in anywhere else, if they don't fix the offensive line, their success will be limited by offensive lack of TD production.

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JCA1 said:

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Max Power said:

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gambochaman said:

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Our defense held these rams to 14 points

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Sadly, that was enough to win. Just like the Aggies held Miami to 10 points, and that wasn't enough to win. Regardless of how elite your defense is, the offense still needs to get into the end zone.

FWIW Houston played all 4 of the teams that played yesterday, and they went 0-4 against them which tells the tale of this season. In those games Houston lost a total of 87-59, which is an average of 7 points per game. CJ was knocked out early in the Denver game so I included his stats 6-10 for 79 yards and Mills 17-30 for 137 yards with no TD's or turnovers.

I went through the stats of all 4 of those games and most of them are pretty close.
Houston QB's were 85-163 (52%) for 820 yards passing and a total of 6 turnovers lost including picks and fumbles.
Their opponents QB's were 72-124 (58%) for 810 yards and 6 turnovers.
The big disparity is Houston's QB's scored a total of 2 touchdowns in those four games and their opponents QB's scored 7.

Rushing tells a similar story.
Houston had a total of 295 yards rushing on 94 carries in those games for an average of 3.1 yards/carry.
Their opponents had 395 yards rushing on 113 carries for an average of 3.5 yards per carry.
Houston had no rushing touchdowns in those four games and their opponents had 3.

Houston had 2 TD's all passing in those 4 games, no rushing TD's and the other teams had a total of 10 split between passing and rushing.

Conversely, Houston kicked 13 FG's and their opponents kicked 3. Houston trades TD's for FG's because they can't get into the end zone. This is the exact same issue as last year so the transition from Slowik to Caley did not change the issue that this team does not score enough TD's to beat the best teams in the league.

If the team does not invest in improving the offensive line substantially it will be the same thing next season. It doesn't matter how many draft picks hit or free agents are brought in anywhere else, if they don't fix the offensive line, their success will be limited by offensive lack of TD production.

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Informative. Thanks.

And I agree with everything you say. Fixing the line has to be the no. 1 priority by a mile (with adding a RB being the second priority). And I hope they go after some established guys in free agency. At this point, I just do not trust our ability to evaluate and draft college OLs.

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W said:

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the Texans certainly kick a ton of field goals

Fairbairn tied for 1st in the NFL with 48 FG attempts in 15 games

(Wright attempted 4 FG's when he subbed for injured Fairbairn)

so 52 FG attempts for the season -- an average over 3 per game

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Thompson tied for 4th in the NFL with 72 punts in 17 games

it appears the Texans don't go for 4th downs very often

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Mathguy64 said:

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I wonder if anyone else will take a chance on Mixon or if he gets blacklisted. He's certainly not ever playing here again. If he was healthy and played this season who knows how things would have turned out.

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07ag said:

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CharleyKerfeld said:

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Will get Bingo money collected and sent out this week.

As always, it's a pleasure to stagger through another season of Houston sports with you lot.

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any updates on this? i haven't seen a message, but i can't send/receive texags pm's. email me at 7002ga at gmail

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Panama Red said:

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chrislindstrom@yahoo.com

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