Marco79

Yeah, as I said last week facing the Jags off of their beatdown, I hate facing teams coming off of big losses. The Ravens exposed the Bills pretty badly through, so hopefully the Texans can pick up on some things that kept Allen at bay.

Great job by Slowik killing the momentum of the drive by calling a reverse for STEVEN SIMS.

Slowik is so bad in the red zone. 1st down - low percentage goal line fade 2nd down - Collins AND Diggs off the field so everyone and their mother knows it’s going to be a run, negative play Creates a third and long and lucky they got bailed out my penalty.

I hate playing teams right after they get rocked and are in need of a wake up call -- I feel like they always go poorly. This being a home game makes me feel better though, but I don't think Trevor Lawrence will continue to look as bad as he looked through last night, so hopefully it's not a get right game for him. I think this is a big week for Slowik -- he's a smart guy, but can get in his own way by just overcomplicating and doing the most unnecessary things sometimes (like lining up Cade Stover to block Greenard one-on-one multiple times last week). I feel like this happened throughout last season too, where every now and then he goes away from what was working well, so I hope he just gets back to the basics this game. Get the ball into his playmakers hands quickly and let them go to work.

Well, that sucked. Even though, they lost 34-7 it does feel like they had their chances, but the ball was just not bouncing their way at all. Darnold was really trying to give the ball away sometimes, but they just were a split second late every time. I’m not very concerned about either side of the ball for now, it’s still early, but I’m more concerned about the offense than defense at this point. The offense left the defense out to dry early and they couldn’t recover from it, even though the defense really clamped down and was giving the offense chances to get back into it and they just couldn’t do anything with the ball. My biggest concern is that the offense just stalls out way too frequently. This week the penalties were drive killers, but the same thing was happening last week too. They faced tough defenses the last two weeks, but still, with the weapons they have, it shouldn’t be this consistent of an issue. Slowik has got to find a way to get this offense clicking and I think a big part of that would be to get Dell more involved. You have Nico turning into one of the best WRs in the league, Diggs being a great safety valve, but Slowik hasn’t been able to scheme anything for Dell and, also while we’re at it, Schultz looks bad too. Before the season, Stroud called Nico, Diggs, Mixon, Dell, and Schultz their 5 headed monster, but right now they only have 2 or 3 (if you want to count Mixon). Hopefully, next week at home, and with Mixon back, the offense can start to get back on track.

It’s so nice to have a running back you can rely in the 2nd half. I was not a big fan of the Mixon deal because I felt the contract they gave him was unnecessary, but I will gladly eat crow if a version of this guy shows up these next two years. Also, I love how much of a bully he is running the ball, it’s fun to watch (same can be said about Nico too, they both just punish defenders). I can’t wait to see how the offense continues to develop throughout the year.

Maybe it finally gives them some leverage in Tunsil’s contract negotiations.

Very happy they took a tackle here. It allows them to play Howard at guard for another season. Third times a charm!!!

1. Isaac Guerendo 2. Ray Davis 3. Javon Baker 4. Luke McCaffrey 5. Kool-Aid McKinstry 6. Maason Smith 7. Michael Hall Jr 8. Braden Fiske 9. Kris Jenkins 10. Payton Wilson 11. Edgerrin Cooper 12. Mike Sainristill 13. Qwan'tez Stiggers 14. Jaylin Simpson 15. Javon Bullard

But they could have had both considering the remaining amount on Diggs’ contract is pretty reasonable and the fact there were no guarantees left you could had leverage in renegotiations down the line. Also, I really don’t buy “this is going to motivate him even more!” — he was going to be motivated regardless because he had no guarantees left! If he came out and had a bad year and was constantly in a bad mood on the sidelines, the Texans would cut him and he’d have a hard time getting a good contract next offseason. Again, overall, like the trade, love the offseason, just think what they did here was unnecessary at this current moment barring more additions. If they sign Simmons, Diggs, etc with the extra cap space I’ll get it.

Yeah same — I’m still happy, but just between this and the Mixon contract extension, I’m just not sure what the point of either of those things are. I like both trades from a value perspective, but you have leverage with both guys and just gave it up? If it’s to clear salary cap to make more improvements, I’ll understand it (the Diggs contract update, still won’t get the Mixon extension), but definitely a head scratcher at the moment without additional context.

They kind of remind me of the Falcons.

Interested to see if this is a true extension (adding three years to his current deal) or if this is just replacing his current contract. If it’s the former, I don’t really see why they had to do that. He’s entering his age 28 season so even if he has a great year, it’s not like people will be clamoring to sign a 29 year old, so I can’t imagine him getting getting more than what Henry or Jones just got.

Would he have been an ideal fit? No, but Henry performed perfectly fine in zone runs last year and that was with a terrible Oline.

Yeah I don't love this trade. Just looking at his production alone, it's fine but also at this point in his career with his workload, running backs start to fall off a cliff. There are exceptions to the rule of course (like Henry) but I feel like Mixon is not an exception. I could see this being a Todd Gurley/Steven Jackson in Atlanta situation. In addition to that, you have his off-the-field stuff, so I would have just rather paid Henry a very similar amount. Alas, if Henry was always going to Balt, Mixon was the best of the remaining options.