Texans Postgame

[mooby]

I think I'm pretty sold on Gruden not being the coach to get us over the hump. Kicking the 63 yarder at the end that you know there is no chance in hell of making (seriously he barely has the leg for the 56 yarder he made earlier this year with the wind assist) was effectively giving up on the game.

Not to mention the lack of o-line depth (coming off a year when the o-line got brutally destroyed by injuries), the fact that McCoy looked better in one half than Smith did all year (I know, McCoy's got years under Gruden when Smith doesn't), the fact that as good as our defense is, we are still ranked 25th against the pass. I'm still not sold on Manusky as coordinator, which would be Gruden's 3rd or 4th consecutive coordinator he's hired that didn't pan out.

Was it close at the end? Yeah. Did it matter? No, because everybody who's ever watched Hopkins kick (except for Gruden) is aware he can't make a 60 yarder, let alone a 63 yarder.

McCoy did what he does, which is make just enough plays to keep us in the game and give us hope things won't be all bad, but that 3rd down pass to Doctson was very ill-advised and wasted our last good shot at winning the game.