Kubiak's offense generates negative passing yardage
Your Houston Texans generated -5 yards passing today.
David Carr also had 3 fumbles (losing 2) for good measure.
That had to be just brutal to watch. Thankfully, I didn't see a minute of it, as I was watching the highly entertaining Cowboys-Giants NFC East battle.
UPDATE (12-04-2006): Chron columnist John Lopez writes the following today:
"There's just no excuse for putting the ball on the ground," Kubiak said. "If we don't protect and you get hit, you've got to protect the ball. (Carr) knows that.
"They were doing nothing defensively that we didn't prepare for. It got to the point that it looked like all he was doing was hurting us. So we decided to run the ball."
And so Carr only had three passing attempts in the second half. OUCH!
On the flip side, everyone knows quarterback is a weakness and the injured/sorry offensive line exacerbates the problem. It strikes me that in many games this season, the Texans have given up too early on the running game. At least yesterday, they proved they can win a game against a bad team (but a pretty decent defense) just pounding the running game, the way Pittsburgh has done it in the past. That's at least something positive to take from what sounds like a miserable game.
Posted by Kevin Whited @ 12/03/06 11:03 PM | Print | Comments (1)
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