Houston Texans at Miami Dolphins - Five Questions with Battle Red Blog

They liken the 3 TE set to be a problem for 4-3 defenses, which we do not run. I’d be more than happy to have Vontae Davis locked up on Owen Daniels instead of Jacoby Jones. I would take that matchup any day. At least with the 3 TE sets we can use Bell for coverage assist from SS and have the options to put in Burnett, Wake, or Misi on Dreessenn or Casey.

It also benefits us to have very good CBs against the run in Vontae Davis and Will Allen. Somehow, I don’t feel all frightened that Miami can’t stop the run if we’re in a nickel package. Miami can still crash right with Langford, Soliai, and Odrick/Starks in the middle. Sure, Foster can bounce right, but at least we still have Starks/Odrick, Wake, and Burnett there on the left side. Let’s not make it sound so easy to run on Miami, even if they’re in nickel.

For coverages, these are simple zones. I would love the chance to line up Wake on the right side and force Winston to try to move by 3 TEs to get to Wake. Won’t happen. That puts Wake vs Foster in pass blocking, if Foster is supposed to stay in. Win.

Houston should stick to 2-TE sets with Jones and Johnson on the field at WR.
The Texans are a good team, but so are we. I don’t expect a defensive relapse like Miami and so many other teams had last week. This will be a close and tough game.

But hey, I wish the Texans and their coaching staff thought so low of Miami as Bossman does. They’d surely be caught off guard.

It’s pretty easy to click “rec” since it’s anonymous…. Really gutsy, Houston.

by ignoring him he may go away.

letting some asshole rile me up. My bad for letting him get to me, but wow…he must be a miserable person.

Look, the draw of this sight for me is honest football talk, and interacting with knowledgable football fans. Verbal swordfights with juvenile, inadequate intellectually challenged teenagers does nothing for me, and really shouldn’t do anything for you. We have all seen trolls before, and they will never change. Does anyone ever actually prevail in these things? No, it just brings the level of integriy and maturity down a few notches for everyone. So, as respected members of this website, lets be better. The couple of Texan fans running their mouths here are irrelevant here, as I am sure he is in all phases of his life. His day is about riling people up, and you are all taking the bait. Just ignore him, give him a patronizing pat on his lil’head, and lets return to the high level of conversation I know we are capable of. Trolls ten to be very little people in real life, and this is no exception. And if it makes you guys feel better, you should know that HE knows it too. He has spent his life, all 16 years of it, being irrelevant and small. He is deserving of our pity, but not our energy. Be better, and walk away…THere are, im sure, some real Texan fans around here interested in real conversation. We should devote our energy to them….

The Dolphins were stomped by a no-huddle no-substitution offense for a game that they, in all likelihood did not prepare for, given that Sparano admitted the offense would not be installed by week one. We had our hands full just executing the playbook and Belichick, drawing on his veteran QB, took full advantage. As for our defensive gaffes, I’m not worried. Nolan’s defense is still more likely to recover and play well throughout the season than Daboll’s offense — which is why our offensive success is so more important than our defensive failure.

As for the Texans, they obviously played a great game but I’m not convinced. Beating the Colts without Peyton is no great accomplishment. We’ve known for at least a couple years now that Manning is where that team begins and ends. They have no run game, no defense, no nothing. Despite a fantastic season, Foster’s long term viability is still a question mark. Jonathan Joseph was a decent addition, but the jury is still very much out on just how good the Texans secondary is, even though they are stout up front and have a good crop of linebackers.

If the Henne of last week shows up and our defense is what most people think they are, then I’d say Fins win.

You should be acknowledged for the objective, proffesional way in which you handled the answering of those five questions. You were honest, and willing to acknowledge the obstacles our own team faces. THis is more than I can say for your counterpart at the Texans blog. Regarding his answers: I don’t really need every answer to revolve around him telling me how awesome his team is, and how we don’t have answers for them. His team has flaws, he just seems be in denieal of them. And the questions he asked you are worse. Each question dealt with how bad our team is, and really circled back around to how awesome Houston is. Conversely, the questions you asked him reflected a genuine thirst for information, and a real inquisitive mind. Not someone with an agenda
  “Thats enough about me, lets talk about you. WHat do you think of me?”
Texans blogger Question 1: Henne is awful. THink he will get any better?
Question 2: Mario Williams is awesome. Dont ya think?
Question 3. Benny Sapp is terrible, so you brought in Will Allen. Is that REALLY gonna make a difference?
Question 4: Now, imagine you worked for the Texans. Can you tell me more about how awful your team is and how great we are?
Again, Mosul, good for you for being abjective and professional. And I feel bad for you that you had to endure those amateur, self-serving questions. You represented this website extremely well with your questions , and your answers.

Attendance has been said to be a problem with Florida teams (with the threat of blackouts and all). With all the University of Miami alumni we have on our team, are you worried that there could be more fans in the stands cheering for the Texans instead of the Dolphins?

And you guys think us Jet fans are bad, wow. Have to give it to you guys, you showed a lot more patience and restraint than I would have thought possible. Good luck this Sunday.

One thing is to stand by your team, another is being a complete moron who starts sh!t just to piss people off.

Sorry guys for getting a bit outta line.

It sounded really entertaining….