Towards the end of the game, Kevin Bowen had tweeted that DeFo was getting looked at / attended to on the sidelines and thought that it looked like he was in pain.


And Steichen started the post game press conference saying that Buck had suffered a back injury in the game.

Really REALLY missed Downs today. Mitchell has potential but he’s not there yet.

I don’t think I’ll ever watch AR without the nagging thought in my head that he’s going to get hurt. He got nicked a couple times today but shook it off.

The touchdown to Diggs on 4th and goal was one of the most pathetic displays I’ve ever seen. I mean, what the hell were they thinking? It’s fourth and GOAL. No one is going to beat you over the top. Why on earth would you allow Diggs to run a simple out pattern into the end zone? Jesus Christ. At least press him at the line or run a linebacker under the route. Absolutely mind boggling how easy that was for Stroud.

Very very disappointing day from the defense.

AR was about what I expected. Could have been better on the short stuff and missed at least 2 deep balls but some of that is because Downs didn’t play.

But the defense was just atrocious.

Edited to add-that touchdown pass to Pierce was as impressive a throw as you will EVER see in your life. That was just amazing.

80% of that was the ridiculous vanilla scheme Bradley used. No matter the situation, no matter the personnel, the scheme was the same, outside of about four plays. Any competent QB will eat a defense alive if they are that predictable. Good thing we get Malik Willis next week.

I must have had higher expectations

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Ade Ade and Taven can’t stand up to the run. We got a backup NT but now we don’t have a backup 3-tech that can run defend with Buckner out. Also they held a lot. Notice no one was getting off blocks. They hand arms outside the numbers and were holding pads. No calls whatsoever.

Unpopular opinion: I think we win the next five. Houston is a better team than any of the teams we play (GB, CHI, PITT, JAX, TENN). They have a lot of playmakers, and a good defense. They were picked by so many to run away with the division, and it took Gus Bradley being a moron for them to beat us. None of those teams have near the team HOU has.

Great call out on the 4th down TD- that was insane! It's like Bradley is afraid of getting scored on with every single snap and keeps that mentality in place even when that conservative approach in a specific situation (red zone) is almost certain to get you scored on ala that critical play with an extra defender in place via the back line. Just an abominable defensive call in that position- he is incapable of adjusting and clearly both he and Ballard are firm in their belief that the D line studs will get home in time to protect the back end----- WHICH HAS BEEN PROVEN TO BE A FAILED THEORY! Every fucking QB we face is always like 25-32 for 320 and 3 TDs. It isn't working idiots! Fucking press, so what, if we get hit for a 70 yarder, the best news ever is-- more reps for the offense- we can clearly be explosive, so fuck it, play the shoot out game.

It's weird, Steichen must be cool with being ultra conservative on D despite his hyper aggressive offensive posture, otherwise by now we would have seen a change of scheme. Maybe he feels we have to have a counterbalance to prevent having a gassed D from his high frequency of boom or bust O possessions?

The thing about AR is that his ceiling is absolutely enormous. Which makes him a very fun watch every week. Yeah, I want to see a lot improvement too, but even without it the guy makes throws that are extremely impressive. His cannon may be the best I've ever seen.

I'm still upset about that 4th down defensive play call. It's like what part of "4th and Goal" don't these guys get.

Agree, we SHOULD win each of those games. I also think the running game is going to emerge really quick. If today did nothing else it served notice to the league that we can fucking hit you deep on any given snap. Just don't see how D's are going to stack the box after seeing us push the ball down the field like we did.