NFL Playoffs Open Thread: Bengals at Texans
by Sander on Jan 7, 2012 4:14 PM EST
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It's the first time the Houston Texans have made it to the playoffs - ever. It took that expansion team quite a while to get going and they were close to getting into the playoffs for years before finally making it.
Meanwhile, they face a Cincinnati Bengals team that hasn't won a playoff game since 1991 - ironically, that win came against the Houston Oilers.
One of these teams will do something that hasn't happened in 20 years: win a playoff game for their respective cities. Which one will it be? Can Andy Dalton get A.J. Green behind the Texans' secondary? Can Arian Foster run wild? Can T.J. Yates be effective?
Discuss the game, the playoffs, the Bucs, coaching searches and whatever else here.
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@Sander- What candidates on playoff teams should the Bucs be looking at for HC? Mike Zimmer is one but who else?
"I'm a little dysfunctional
You're the problem, Please don't awakin me
And I'm that way cause back in the day
Most have forsaken me"
Scott Linehan for the Lions maybe
Pete Carmichael Jr. for the Saints and maaaaaaybe Gregg Williams there. Can’t think of anyone on the Texans – Wade Phillips?
With the Steelers I could see Bruce Arians. With the Broncos Mike McCoy (OC). With the Falcons Mike Mularkey, and with the Giants Kevin Gilbride and Perry Fewell.
That should cover Wild Card weekend.
I wouldnt mind wade phillips being considered.
He is a very good defensive guy!!!!
East Coast Fan
by Bucfan on Jan 7, 2012 4:34 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
I don't like Wade.
Don’t know what it is. I know he turned the Texans’ D around but he always has that bewildered “deer in the headlights” look on his face. Like Ron Zook.
He's not a disciplinarian?
East Coast Fan
by Bucfan on Jan 7, 2012 4:45 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
His team reportedly slipped because he was too friendly with the players/couldn't control them
Reportedly. Those narratives always come up after the fact, though.
yeah, maybe so.
He probably wouldn’t to give up his DC gig in Houston to come here either!
East Coast Fan
by Bucfan on Jan 7, 2012 4:57 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
Tom Hammond, the NBC announcer
looks like a corpse after the mortician got to him. They either need to tone down the makeup or just go full ret*rd and put him in a powdered wig.
Yep
The next big thing at receiver.
Also, that was one hell of a throw by Dalton. Normally don’t see him heave it downfield.
Dalton looks like the real deal.
East Coast Fan
by Bucfan on Jan 7, 2012 4:57 PM EST via mobile reply actions
Looks better than I expected
Better arm. Though I’d like to see him sustain that. We all know young QBs can look good for a season in a Gruden system.
I don't really care
I can’t bring myself to watch it anyway. It has diluted the importance, though, as it precludes any Super Bowl players from participating.
I think they made a mistake moving it.
I don’t know if it’s affected the ratings, but you’re right about it diminishing the importance.
It used to be a great way to decompress after the season. One last bit of football before the long offseason.
I try watching it every year
And then three plays in some receiver catches a 60-yard TD because the cornerback just didn’t bother, and I turn it off.
In the NBA, they try to win in the last 8 minutes of the game
"I'm a little dysfunctional
You're the problem, Please don't awakin me
And I'm that way cause back in the day
Most have forsaken me"
by 4QB on Jan 7, 2012 5:24 PM EST up reply actions
I think they should turn it int a touch game
and have the players wear Hawaiian shirts and let them drink Mai Tais on the sideline. Now THAT I would watch.
With the 5th pick of the 2012 NFL draft, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers select....
Yeah, the pro bowl is a great individual honor.
But it is hard to watch. I usually don’t…
East Coast Fan
by Bucfan on Jan 7, 2012 5:05 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
Wow- Yates really threaded the needle there
With the 5th pick of the 2012 NFL draft, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers select....
Gotta root for whoever wins this one
Love a good Cinderella story vs. the same-old, same-old contenders in the AFC. I’d be OK with the Ravens. But the Steelers or Patriots again? Yawn. And because I’m sane, I have to imagine the Broncos are one and done.
With the 5th pick of the 2012 NFL draft, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers select....
Nah, Tebow was just hustling everyone.
He’s gonna turn it on and win it all. lol.
I can dream, can’t I?
He'll also come out at game time with 666 tattoed on his face
and after every TD, he’ll look up at the sky and give it the finger.
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They'd all be dead
or recovering from the heart attack.
With the 5th pick of the 2012 NFL draft, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers select....
Looks like offenses are starting to get it going...
East Coast Fan
by Bucfan on Jan 7, 2012 5:07 PM EST via mobile reply actions
Houston fans have to be really excited
Took them a long time to get here.
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Seriously
That could seriously come back to bite them in the ass.
With the 5th pick of the 2012 NFL draft, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers select....
Is this Andrew Johnson a WR?
"I'm a little dysfunctional
You're the problem, Please don't awakin me
And I'm that way cause back in the day
Most have forsaken me"
by 4QB on Jan 7, 2012 6:26 PM EST up reply actions
I believe Sander added a W to Andre there
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Just atrocious game management by Cincy
With the 5th pick of the 2012 NFL draft, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers select....
My initial thinking in this game was that it would be an opportunity to assess Mike Zimmer as a HC candidate
But I have to say that it’s Wade Phillips who’s catching my eye here.
With the 5th pick of the 2012 NFL draft, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers select....
Wade is not a HC as we seen him with the Cowboys.
He is a 3-4 guy anyway which isn’t a fit for our d-line. I acttually wouldn’t mind seeing what Zimmer has to offer.
He's not really a 3-4 guy
He runs a 4-3 under with the defensive end having his hand off the ground. Everything else is exactly like a 4-3, responsibilities and all. In passing situations he has four defensive linemen, too.
I'm not saying we shouldn't consider Zimmer
The fact that he helped get the Bengals to the playoffs after losing his best defensive player speaks volumes, as does how well Cincy’s defense played all year. But you have to be impressed with what Phillips has done with the Houston defense: worst to first is very impressive. And I think that a HC who failed with Dallas has to be given a Jerry Jones caveat: could they succeed with a different owner?
With the 5th pick of the 2012 NFL draft, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers select....
I do agree as long as Jerry Jones runs the team
he won’t bring in a real coach unless he feels desperate when he brought in Parcells. He likes to run the show so he hires yes men like Wade, Garret, Gailey, Campo guys like them.
What if Schaub didn't get hurt?
Do you guys think they would have been the favorites to come out the AFC? They were looking as complete of a team at 1 point.
Absolutely
This team has really impressed me. With Schaub and a healthy AJ, they would be the hands-down favorite in the anyone’s game AFC.
With the 5th pick of the 2012 NFL draft, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers select....
The Bengals are doing a terrible job of covering Andre Johnson
He’s been wide open so many times just through terrible coverage
Now THAT was a rookie mistake
With the 5th pick of the 2012 NFL draft, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers select....
+1
They have feelings, after all!
With the 5th pick of the 2012 NFL draft, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers select....
I'm thinking he ran out of bounds.
I seen the replays good awareness by him.
Stick a fork in Cincy
The crowd’s going nuts- good for them. A playoff victory has to feel good for Houston after all those years of frustration.
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Ditto
Gotta root for a fellow expansion team/former perpetual basement dweller.
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