Ok. They will fix the line. You still have a running back that can't read defenses.
Get an OC that can simplify reads and accentuate his strengths.
Keep Justin Fields or draft a new QB?
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Get an OC that can simplify reads and accentuate his strengths.
So isn't it the coach's job to hire assistants that can adapt to the team you have, or are we waiting on Eberflus to develop too?
Fields was there before Eberflus, just like Trubisky was there before Nagy, just like Caleb will be there before whatever coach we hire in 2025 because wasting your first round QB's rookie year on a lame duck coach is dumb as fukk.
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jwonder
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Tell me you never played football without telling me. Coaches like to GET PLAYERS THAT FIT THEIR PHILOSOPHY. Of course if a player is a stud, then their isn't a change. Fields isn't a stud.
I can’t even lie, I have no clue. Completely torn
The pro Fields side:
-Fields has earned team and fanbase trust and support. To the point Caleb——who is potentially deficient in people skills——is gonna have an uphill battle winning them over
- Fields plus DJ & MJH is almost a can’t miss. In addition to the #9 pick and the haul they get for the #1 pick
The pro Caleb side:
-Fields still ain’t hit his stride and he’s in year 3. It should have happened by now
-There probably isn’t much difference from Fields-DJ-MJH and Caleb-DJ-Nabors/Odunze at #9. Plus Caleb can probably se ether whole field better and unlock Kmet and Mooney
The tiebreaker imo goes to Caleb its resettling the QB salary. I’d be confident that year 1 Caleb is probably just as good as if not better than year 3/4 Fields. At a substantially less price, for longer. Still have the young ascending defense, still with a boatload of assets, and they will get picks for trading Fields
The pro Fields side:
-Fields has earned team and fanbase trust and support. To the point Caleb——who is potentially deficient in people skills——is gonna have an uphill battle winning them over
- Fields plus DJ & MJH is almost a can’t miss. In addition to the #9 pick and the haul they get for the #1 pick
The pro Caleb side:
-Fields still ain’t hit his stride and he’s in year 3. It should have happened by now
-There probably isn’t much difference from Fields-DJ-MJH and Caleb-DJ-Nabors/Odunze at #9. Plus Caleb can probably se ether whole field better and unlock Kmet and Mooney
The tiebreaker imo goes to Caleb its resettling the QB salary. I’d be confident that year 1 Caleb is probably just as good as if not better than year 3/4 Fields. At a substantially less price, for longer. Still have the young ascending defense, still with a boatload of assets, and they will get picks for trading Fields
100%. Likely if that team has a good line, they’re not picking that high. But line and D are so important.
What year did you type this
Fans/media are doing too much treating all QB prospects the same. They are not
The Texans didn’t have a defense or run game, Stroud is just him
Joe burrow got murdered behind that o-line his first few years. Didnt matter, he’s just him. Then they double down again against conventional wisdom and took Chase.
The commanders took your advice and took Chase young ——built up those trenches
(plus Sweat, Payne, Allen, perhaps the greatest trench buildup in history) ——instead of taking Juston Herbert and Tua and we are suffering bc of itYou take the QB. Everything else can be figured out in a draft/offseason or two
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Yeah, we've seen time and time again too many very well built teams fall short because they don't have the quarterback or never find the quarterback to lead the team.What year did you type this
Fans/media are doing too much treating all QB prospects the same. They are not
The Texans didn’t have a defense or run game, Stroud is just him
Joe burrow got murdered behind that o-line his first few years. Didnt matter, he’s just him. Then they double down again against conventional wisdom and took Chase.
The commanders took your advice and took Chase young ——built up those trenches
You take the QB. Everything else can be figured out in a draft/offseason or two
Eventually the team blows up or falls apart as key players go elsewhere. When you got your quarterback in front of you, you should take them then and there. "A bird in hand is worth two in the bushes."
Only one team wins it each year and most of those teams have an elite QB or one that balled out like they were an elite QB (Flacco 11 TD's 0 INT's) for a postseason.
Additionally so many play-of games come down to a coach trying to manage time so that their elite QB gets the ball last with heroics on the line in a close 4th quarter. When you don't have that kind of QB or a liable QB then you can't match that game. A few coaches used to say that to Philip Rivers: keep the game close and he'll most likely make a mistake towards the end.
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A QB who needs everything around him to be perfect isn’t HIM.What year did you type this
Fans/media are doing too much treating all QB prospects the same. They are not
The Texans didn’t have a defense or run game, Stroud is just him
Joe burrow got murdered behind that o-line his first few years. Didnt matter, he’s just him. Then they double down again against conventional wisdom and took Chase.
The commanders took your advice and took Chase young ——built up those trenches
You take the QB. Everything else can be figured out in a draft/offseason or two
Burrow
Stroud
Herbert
They all proved this recently
EzekelRAGE
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The bump of this thread gonna be crazy at the end of next season 
yseJ
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yep, and because its such a divisive and difficult decision, it will be inevitable because one side will be "right"The bump of this thread gonna be crazy at the end of next season
Are you high?!?
Tank Dell is a 5’8 rookie 3rd rounder—-that Stroud himself had them draft….who the gets hurt but stroud still wins out to make playoffs
Nico Collins is a 3rd rounder who was a season away from being Leqoun Tredwell status.
Dameon Pierce a jag. Devin singletary a cast off on a $1M deal. Da hell you mean ‘perfect’. They are a bottom 10 team talent wise. And that’s conservative. If the Texans went 4-13 no one would have blinked an eye. Stroud is one of best modern examples of NOT needing ‘perfection’ and just being special
And rookie Joe Burrow—-before Chase—-was well on his way, we knew he was it. Even while Cincy had a terrible o-line, mid roster, and went 2-7. Stop it
yseJ
Empire strikes back
its funny how people act like texans have these amazing weapons and an amazing playcaller AFTER Stroud blew up.
you wont find these same people say this about texans BEFORE this season.
most pundits had texans situation as a terrible situation for a QB to be in, lol
Are you remedial or on drugs? I’m literally agreeing with your comment, hence why I dapped your post.
READ before commenting next time. Christ
Burrow, Herbert and Stroud didnt need everything to be perfect in order to ball out
You nikkas are slow, my god lmao. I’m literally saying Stroud is HIM because he didn’t need everything to be perfect