(10-04-2017, 11:12 AM)JaguarsWoman Wrote: Breaking the franchise record for most points scored in one game does not make Houston the NFL's best offense. The Texans have to score a lot of points regularly to prove they are better on that side of the ball than 31 other teams.

I actually completely agree. Strange day.

Watson has improved the Texans, no doubt, but remember the Rams where the #1 scoring option the first 4 weeks before they fizzed out against actual good competition. If Watson keeps throwing 3 TD's a game, they will definitely finish in the top half, which is huge improvement, but I doubt they keep their average this high over the season.

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(10-18-2017, 04:01 PM)Kane Wrote:

(10-17-2017, 03:10 PM)jradMITEX Wrote: Hopkins and Fuller didn't look so good with Osweiller last year.  I suspect the same of the Jags WR.
2016  Hopkins  78rec    954 yds    4 tds
         Fuller      47rec    625 yds   2 tds
A competent QB makes WRs live up to their potential, a bad qb makes them look pedestrian so I wouldn't be so quick to assume the Jags WR is that much worse than the Texans.

Hopkins was beast before Brockweiler showed up....

Truly great WRs are QB proof, imo. Like Calvin Johnson, AJ Green, etc.
But yeah... I think better QB play would probably give our WRs a boost.

Lee's drops however, are his own problem.

It is easier to crown a RB a good pick or "great" or whatever than a QB though.
If LF is doing what he's doing VS 8 and 9 men boxes, with an OL that is just OK at run blocking... one can assume he'll be pretty good for a long while.
Whereas, Watson at QB could have a sophomore slump.... once he has a full season of tape out there and teams can game plan vs his tendencies, we'll see if he can take another step or not.

I wasn't a Watson fan... it's looking like I could be wrong.
But like it has been mentioned before... we all thought Bortles was the real deal.... until we realized he wasn't.

I agree with what you wrote, but those were two bad examples. Dalton has played very good at different points and even now is still above average (he has looked decent even when AJ is out). Stafford is a top 10 guy, and improved when Johnson left. Jimmy Smith would have been a much better example. Cause he produced 1k seasons with Leftwich, Garrard (in his not as good early days) as well as Brunnel. Another guy that comes to mind is Andre Johnson. He made bad QB's look good for years.

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