![]() ![]() “Nothing travels faster than the speed of light, with the possible exception of bad news, which obeys its own special laws.” Bravo Zulu – Zach Cunningham & Kareem Jackson Fiedorowicz (concussion) Movie Quote (name it): TE – Ryan Griffin (concussion): Questionable. TE – Stephen Anderson (concussion): Questionable. WR – Bruce Ellington (concussion): Questionable. ![]() WR – Will Fuller (collarbone): Returned to practice.ĬB – Johnathan Joseph (shoulder): Expected to return to practice.ĬB – Kevin Johnson (knee): Out 4-6 weeks. "I'm a doctor, not a mass casualty documentarian!" The Colts were blown out on the road in the season opener against the Rams (yes, THE RAMS!!) 46-9 and then lost at home against Arizona 13-16. More on that later.Īndrew Luck continues to be sidelined with a shoulder injury, so this may be the worst team in the league this year. To my knowledge, the Jags are the only NFL team to have defeated an aircraft carrier. Jacksonville dismantled the Texans 29-7 at NRG Stadium in Houston to open the season and were then promptly put back into the dungeon by the Titans in a 37-16 shellacking. Tennessee lost to the Raiders in their season home opener 26-16 and then went on the road to embarrass the Jaguars 37-16. Summary of Key Stats ( Game 1 ): Summary of Key Stats ( Game 2 ): Around the AFC South. We still pull for the Texans, though, no matter how bleak things appear. Who am I kidding? They’re going to get obliterated by the best and most hated team in the league. The Texans are all but certain to start the season 1-2 as they head to face their ultimate demise in the slaughterhouse of Foxborough, but I’m reminded of the phrase “any given Sunday.” There is always a chance, no matter how slight, that a rag-tag team packed full of numerous injuries, star holdouts, star suspensions, crappy linemen, terrible schemes, awful play calling, and a rookie quarterback can take down the champs from the previous year. We’ll take what we can get given the number of injured receivers (WR and TE), a miserable offensive line (sans Nick Martin, who looks like an All-Pro center), and a special teams unit that continues to defy all odds to remain the worst in the league for over a decade. Things improved slightly in Week Two on the road against the Bengals with another of O’Brien’s classic one-possession victories against a bad team. Watt’s prime being consumed while the team struggles on offense. The bummer is that this defense has been, and still looks to be, capable of winning it all now. I’m as excited as anyone that we finally HAVE a rising star at quarterback. That is also the challenge we’ll have as fans, as 2017 is now very likely going to be a year of developing a rising star instead of contending for a championship. Instead, we’ll likely endure some rough outings as a rookie quarterback gets up to speed in the NFL through “on-the-job-training” fashion. The criticism here is that they should have had a clearer evaluation of Savage and recognized that Watson should have been given the maximum time to prepare as the starter. I have no idea what the Texans thought they accomplished up at The Greenbrier in the offseason, but it was all tossed into a shredder at halftime when O’Brien yanked Tom Savage from the game and started Deshaun Watson in the second half. This forces us to once again ask questions that we have asked in the past, like: “Is the offense too complicated? Is the defense too complicated?” Yikes! Another season, and another O’Brien team that started slow out of the gate. Before it’s all said and done, there’s a credible risk that this 2017 season may also be one to toss into the abyss and strike from the records, but we’ll cross that bridge as it unfolds before our Hurricane Harvey-ravished bloodshot eyes.īill O’Brien kicked off this year by getting pantsed in the home opener by the Jaguars, with his team looking completely unprepared throughout the entire game on all sides of the ball. Watt, let’s just agree that 2016 didn’t exist. Given the shenanigans last year with the player who shall not be named and was such a disaster at quarterback, not to mention the season-long loss of our beloved J.J. ![]()
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