Wow, did that ever feel good. But let’s not get it twisted. Going into this game, the Titans had to be one of the worst 3-2 teams ever. They are just really, really bad. Chris Johnson looks like he couldn’t care less, their secondary is a disaster, especially that piece of crap Cortland Finnegan, who one of the announcers said “is back to his Pro Bowl-caliber level” (UM, WHAT!?).
Matt Hasselbeck did what he always does, he whined and cried and did his “woe is me” act on the field. Chris Johnson, once arguably THE Most dangerous weapon in the NFL, was held to 18 yards on 10 carries, and just looked like he didn’t care. The Houston defense was ALL OVER Tennessee from the jump, despite not having an overwhelming pass rush.
In a nutshell, the Texans dragged the Titans collective carcass out back and hammered it into a million shattered pieces, AND I LOVED EVER LAST SECOND OF IT. AND I WILL WATCH IT TEN TIMES THIS WEEK. AND I WILL LAUGH.
The Texans responded to their recent down trend this week in a big way, but until they actually play a good team, we won’t know what they really are. That said, all they can do is play the games on their schedule, a schedule which gets a bit soft now. Well – it got soft starting with this game, actually – against a bunch of bad players, on a bad team, who looked like they absolutely QUIT today.
Not only quitting, but a bit of indirect finger-pointing from Chris Johnson, from an excellent Tennessee Titans blog, Music City Miracles:
“If you are watching the game and you can’t tell what’s going on with the run game then I’d say you really don’t know football. I am just getting the ball and running hard and doing what I have been doing since I got here, reading my reads. I wouldn’t say I am the issue.”
Always good for a “star” running back to indirectly, but pretty directly call out his offensive line.
There were were a couple of bad things about today. First, and most important – safety Danieal Manning is out for a while after a leg injury. That’s terrible news and it really hurts. Second, no shots of Satan’s Bud Adam’s Satan’s sad face during the beatdown (maybe he was in Houston and not in attendance – I think that’s how he usually rolls).
Anyone who thinks this was a statement game – eh, I think you’re overreacting. But impressive? Sure. A blowout road win against a division opponent is a GREAT thing. Sadly, we don’t get to pummel them again until the last game of the season, but I’ll take today and bronze it. Maybe I’ll get a tattoo of the box score on my face.
Enjoy this one – and get ready for the Shiloh Keo era to begin at safety! (Yep, I had to go ahead and ruin it.)
Oct 23, 2011 at 19:41:41
Houston needed to act like the bully of the AFC South today and not just pull out the win. I was proud that they actually did act the bully for once. I was actually rather shocked that Kubiak didn’t go into maddening conservative mode at the beginning of the 4th quarter.
Oct 23, 2011 at 19:44:41
Don’t overthink and ruin it but we are 2-0 in division with two blowout wins. Just sayin’.
Oct 23, 2011 at 19:51:35
It’s really going to hurt losing Manning in my opinion. He’s not great by any means but Shilo’s coverage skills suck. I would entertain the idea of puting Rackers back there, at least we know he’s going to lay the wood…Speaking of which, how about Johnathon Joseph making some nice hits today?
I really hope Kareem Jackson loses those photos of Kubiak that he’s using as blackmail soon…I dont know what else it’s going to take to keep him off the field.
Oct 23, 2011 at 22:15:25
This is fun: http://live.advancednflstats.com/index.php?gameid1=2011102302
Oct 24, 2011 at 12:07:02
@KO
I do have to say this is shaping up to be a crazy year for the Texans. I mean, imagine how you’d react if someone told you:
Hey, next year, Andre Johnson will go down for a few weeks, Super Mario will miss most of the year as will your new safety your team will sign when Rick Smith finally musters up the brass to attack the free agent market…
…oh yeah, and you will be the unquestioned front runner to win your division.
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Oh, and, just to get it out of the way, anyone who tries to say that our future divisional win is tainted because Peyton wasnt playing is banned. Pure and simple.
Oct 26, 2011 at 08:51:50
MCM is an “excellent” blog?
Zuh?