Brees still has it - Step of the ledge, at least for now

But that was last year. What I watched Saturday was very concerning the Texans are not that good. I know it's preseason but the OL line looked terrible and you can't blame it all on one position.

Agree I think Peat would be okay at guard. I don't think Lelito blocked anyone all night. When is Armstead back?

Yup!

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But that was last year.

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Yes it was. And those players were young last year and even had Armstead miss some time during that stretch.

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What I watched Saturday was very concerning the Texans are not that good.

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Their defense, even without Watt, is very, very good (and we didn't really have Armstead. They crushed us last year

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I know it's preseason but the OL line looked terrible and you can't blame it all on one position.

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I didn't blame it on 1 position. I blamed it on 2-3 positions.

LT: replace Peat with Armstead = instant upgrade
G: replace Tim with Peat = instant upgrade

You can hide weaknesses on the oline when you can plan for it and know where the pressure will most likely come from. You can't plan around it when you have 3 holes. Strief is easily serviceable at RT, but he can't have the guy next to him getting dominated play in and out.

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Lelito playing pathetic

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Finally a thread with some people with common sense and a footbal IQ.

Lelito has been getting abused, and I completely agree you need to stop moving Peat from RG to LT to RT and so on. That is so hard to do.

This defense looks much, much better. It's crazy people aren't focusing on that. The way Fairley was playing has to get you excited. Also the young corners we have are 100 times better than Browner was. I even liked when the WR caught a crossing route in front of PJ, because he popped that dude after the catch. He is going to be solid. He plays fluid and with confidence and that is what we need at CB. He gave up the TD and came right back with a pass break up and an INT.

What is so funny is that everyone is freaking out about the offense after a whole 4 series with the first string.
Since Payton got here the offense has finished outside of the Top 5 just once. So 9 out of 10 season the offense has been a Top 5 offense in the NFL. There is not really any reason to think the offense will not be fine

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This defense looks much, much better. It's crazy people aren't focusing on that

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Well yes we are talking about it.
Its just drowned out by trolls, trolltards and clickbaiters.

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But that was last year. What I watched Saturday was very concerning the Texans are not that good.

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Texans were 9-7 last year and made the playoffs.

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They have a decent defense

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That's what beat us what their defense. 9 points and 4 turnovers.

If that was a regular season game I would have puked.

OL play has to get better, true, but game 1 Drew plays one drive, game 2 he doesn't have his top 2 targets. We'll see.

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They have a decent defense that is it

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What?

They have a great defense. And I mean a GREAT defense. Their secondary was absolutely awesome the 2nd half of the season.

Now they're adding a healthy Clowney. Hell, they are a good defense without JJ, he just makes them great.

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. And they aren't Seattle or Ravens dominant take over games with Ray Lewis in his prime good

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If they stay healthy, they are going to push Denver for the best defense in the league. Their pass rush is insane.

Edit: They held 5 of their last 9 opponents to under 7 points, including the Saints. Their opponents averaged under 13 ppg in those games. They finished 3rd in ypg despite their slow start to the season.