SB Nation User Blog: texanphil

Don't Look Now

texanphil — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 04:07:07 -0000

But we're 1 game out of the wildcard hunt.

Our playoffs don't really start now, but we are potentially in control of our own destiny.

We have 0-7 Cincy next, so we should knock off a few of those (9) who are one game ahead or tied. The flipside of that is only 2 teams are worse, and can't say the same thing. So that puts us 3-4, nearly halfway through the season.

Look at our November schedule, and look at the last two weeks of the year. Possibly 6-7 wins there. 1/3 in the first three weeks of December, and we win 9. Is that possible?

Even if 9 wins is a stretch, looking at the standings, 8 may do it this year. Problem is, we're 0-3 in the division... AGAIN. That needs to be a focus during the offseason. Just like turnovers was the focus this offseason. How's that workin' out for us?

I'm optimistic, but I really would have liked an easy game this week against an obviously inferior team. We lack the knockout punch, obviously, but I hope we're holding back that loser attitude that permeated into the first 4 weeks, especially weeks 3 and 4.

So let's not look past Cincy, we can't lose to them. Lets just go through our reps, get a good lead at the half, then shut it down. Knowing that you're primed for an upset never works, so lets reverse the psychology and just say they don't belong on the field with us, even if it's their field.

What does the division look like today?

texanphil — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 01:55:53 -0000

The only not terrible news today

The titans beat the jags. The colts are not dominant.

The division is up for grabs. This could still be our year.

We don't belong on the same field as the Steelers, obviously, but the jury is still out on how we compete with the lower to mid-echelon teams, of which 10-12 are on our schedule.

I think our defensive play calling was slightly better than our offensive play calling. That either says a lot, or doesn't, and it really doesn't matter when you lose so badly. Big fumble/recovery/return and we run two vanilla runs??

Hopefully the players hold their heads high and erase this from their memory quickly, and the co-ordinators do some deep soul searching this week.

So What Does The Division Look Like Now?

Reasons to drink the kool aid

texanphil — Fri, 02 May 2008 17:07:20 -0000

There are a lot of different opinions on how we screwed up this draft. Think of it from Smithiak's point of view, was there a pick at each spot we had in the draft that would have made all of US happy? We all know that is not possible, so whatever their picks were, some group of people would be screaming we missed some Longhorn backup waterboy.

So the ones that are paid and responsible to make the picks did just that. And they did it last year. And the year before, where we have a significant number of roster players and starters from those drafts. An arguement can be made that in 05 we were bad enough that it wasn't hard to get a lot of starters from the 06 and 07 drafts, but even if that is true, we are at least moving in the right direction (down in the draft!).

I say we thank the front office for their picks, and welcome all the new starters and competition to our roster. Just heal most of the injuries from last year and we are 10-6 with that roster. I think the Colts are on the decline, and this may be our year against VY. The Jags have the dreaded "expectations" and we are a last place team with nowhere to go but up!

So if he ever testifies, and the judge is a Texans fan, he'll go easy on him...

texanphil — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 17:27:16 -0000

http://www.nepatriotsdraft.com/2008/03/charles-godfrey-just-waiting-to-get.html

With this level of commitment to our team, and knowing we don't have a second round pick, is he making a play for the first round???