Houston Texans are pretenders

[blacknell]

[QUOTE=Gibby23;24682855]

Doesn't he get hurt alot? SHould have had a better backup plan. Dallas has only been to the playoffs like 2 times in the last 12 years or something like that. They may have been good in the past, but right now are a hyped up team that isn't good and it has been that way for a while.

They had one Bruce Carter

[ManRamForPrez24]

Some people would agree with that but I think come playoff time they will get knocked out the first game because there won't be a Titans or Jags team for them to beat up on. They have to have a quality football squad which I hope will be the Broncos.

You can use this logic for just about everyone in the AFC. Who has Denver beaten? "They're gonna get knocked out the first game because there won't be a Raiders or Panthers for them to beat up on". If you're not impressed with Houston beating Denver, up until this weekend, who has NE beaten? Where's Baltimore's good win? Where's Indy's (well, I was there against GB...but besides that)? Where's Pittsburgh's nice win? They've all beaten up on bad teams, and few have impressive wins.

Is everyone a pretender in the AFC?

[Rtardz]

With all the injuried we have I didn't expect them to be in the hunt still,no team in NFL history has had more injuries than the cowboys this season. If not for that we would be winning the NFC East we lost multiple pro bowl caliber players. And don't give me that injuries don't hurt a team because every team has injuries bull crap no team has players like Sean Lee and Jay Ratliff out. Next I remember the 3 super bowls quite well and the people who knock that do so because their franchise has none like the Texans and Oilers. Like I said before the Texans has faced only 2 healthy talented teams and both times that have been BLOWN out badly on national TV

2010 Packers
56 Nick Barnett (IR)
-- Josh Bell CB (IR)
42 Morgan Burnett SS (IR)
54 Brandon Chillar ILB (IR)
88 Jermichael Finley TE (IR)
25 Ryan Grant RB (IR)
91 Justin Harrell DE (IR)
41 Spencer Havner TE (IR)
97 Johnny Jolly DE (Susp.)
59 Brad Jones OLB (IR)
29 Derrick Martin FS (IR)
-- Aleric Mullins NT (Did Not Report)
96 Mike Neal DE (IR)
74 Marshall Newhouse G/T (IR)
51 Brady Poppinga OLB (IR)
27 Anthony Smith FS (IR)
65 Mark Tauscher OT (IR

2012 Cowboys
79 Ben Bass
54 Bruce Carter
42 Barry Church
99 Kenyon Coleman
67 Phil Costa
6 Chris Jones
87 Donovan Kemp
50 Sean Lee
58 Orie Lemon
56 Caleb Mcsurdy
32 Orlando Scandrick
88 Dez Bryant (assuming)
2010 Packers have you beat and won the SB that year.

[Mudvayneowns91]

The Cowboys are mediocre to crap. No one should think otherwise. Do I think some of the Texan fans were overrating their team a bit? Yes, but they're still a quality team and far better than the Cowboys.

[SouthSideRookie]

The Cowboys are mediocre to crap. No one should think otherwise. Do I think some of the Texan fans were overrating their team a bit? Yes, but they're still a quality team and far better than the Cowboys.

Some were just coming to the defense of the team from people like D broncos or whatever his name is, all season he has been essentially doing what the OP here is doing.

Some Denver fans handle losing really bad. One Bronco fan even said that he knew New England winning last night would not be in the best intrest for Denver but he hoped it would happen just because of the Houston fans, quite pathetic if you think about it.

[ccugrad1]

I don't think there are ANY dominant teams in the NFL right now quite frankly.

[BDawk4Prez]

Knew this thread was coming.

[subroc]

I don't think there are ANY dominant teams in the NFL right now quite frankly.

What does the word dominant mean to you?

[Dr Cyanide 28]

pretenders? i wouldnt say so. i dont think they are the best team in the afc though as their record would indicate. patriots are the best with the broncos and texans fighting for 2a and 2b.

that being said, pats could lose to either of these teams any given sunday. texans are not as bad as they played last night. schaub had a dreadful game. all the injuries on defense are really starting to catch up to that defense. its too bad as they were one of my favorites to watch last year, along with a smash-mouth run game.

[ManRamForPrez24]

I don't think there are ANY dominant teams in the NFL right now quite frankly.

Right now the Patriots are the closest thing, but I'm not sure I disagree. New England has been on a roll lately, obviously, as has Denver. But their schedules have been pretty darn easy. We'll continue to find out a lot about the Pats next weekend, and if they handle San Fran pretty easily than I think they'll emerge as a clear favorite. Denver looks nice too, but they haven't played a playoff team in 8 weeks, and lost to ATL, HOU and NE. I've turned into a very cautious Patriots fan the past few years, and I'm still hesitant to boast too much about them. A win against SF might change my tone. It will be hard to argue that they haven't turned into a dominant team with a win next week. They've seemingly corrected a lot of their defensive problems, and the offense is again playing at a historic pace.

I think there's more balance at the top, in both the AFC and NFC, rather than a few obvious elite teams.

[SenecaValley46]

Any intelligent football fan could see Texans are pretenders... theyre so overrated.

[lvlheaded]

I've said since the beginning of the year that the Pats are going to the SB out of the AFC. That opinion hasn't changed.

That said, this sounds like a Cowboys fan with Texan envy

[Jets Fan Tdot]

We should probably just all agree that blacknell is butthurt and move on.

[Missing56&33]

The Texans are missing something....maybe they'll get it in a year or two but they dont have it right now

[cwick925]

This Thread is not Houston Texan Worthy.