This Has Texans Fans LIVID...

This has Texans fans livid as following the loss yesterday to the Cincinnati Bengals, more information has come out regarding the offense's struggles in yesterday's game. How does this affect the team as they look forward for a big bounce back win in week three? What's up ladies and gentlemen, welcome back to Texans Digest. I'm your host as always Isaac Estrada. Man, I'm excited to be here today. We got a lot we need to talk about, especially following that loss yesterday against the Cincinnati Bengals. But before we dive into all that, man, 90% of you guys are not subscribed. Come on, do your boy a favor, hit that subscribe button. You're going to be getting daily updates here on Texans Digest, whether you like it or not, especially following this 0-2 start for the team. So we're going to dive right into it, man. So as you guys know, yesterday we took the loss to the Cincinnati Bengals, 20-6. Really, the offense struggled from start to finish to get going. We had talked about it yesterday in the post-game reaction, but just from start to finish, man, this team could not get their wits about them offensively. The defense was doing everything they needed to do. Daniil Hunter and especially Will Anderson Jr. flying around all over the place. I think Derek Stingley had a much better week two performance. It was a great game for the defense. Obviously, Reed Blankenship still had some sloppy plays that he needs to clean up on, but the defense as a whole did fairly fine. Did fairly fine. I think they took advantage of the fact that Joe Burrow was coming into this game with some back soreness. Just completely kept swarming him. And also Chase Brown, the running back for the Cincinnati Bengals, couldn't really get going at all either. He had a few chunk plays, but other than that, we did a great job stopping him. The offense could not keep that same energy. The offense fell flat on its face time and time again. And we looked at the stat sheet yesterday. We saw that CJ Stroud had over 350 passing yards. You see that and you say, how in the world could this team not score a touchdown? And then yesterday, I told you guys why. I'll say it again. Every single time, we got a good chunk play. We got the offense finally starting to work. It just stalled out once we got past midfield. Don't know why, but just constantly happened. And yeah, man, today we're going to take a deeper look at that along with some quotes we got regarding the struggles, especially with that offensive line. That offensive line struggled traumatically this week, not only this week, last week, not only last week, last season. And now we're going to start looking at what needs to change. Does somebody need to get fired? Does somebody need to get traded? That's what we're going to talk about here today on Texans Digest. Right before we get into all that though, I know the elephant in the room regarding yesterday, CJ Stroud was limping around a lot, especially after the game. He said not anything to be worried about, as well as the fact that we did get some unfortunate news. Again, this is a grade one hamstring injury for a guy who's constantly injured. And this is what Aaron Wilson had to say, reporter for the Houston Texans. Not currently expected to play versus the Colts next week. Likely same receiver, personal this week again. So, looks like we're going to be working with the same wide receiver core, which you hate to see it. Obviously our receivers aren't the worst in the league by any mean, but missing out on Nico Collins, not having Tank Dell on the team as well. You hate to see it, man. You absolutely hate to see it. But let's dive into what you really came here to talk about. That's the offensive line. And I want to start off with this man right here. This man right here that's on your screen. Cole Popovich, offensive line coordinator and run game coordinator for the Houston Texans. Yesterday, a lot of fingers were being pointed at this man. A lot of fingers were being pointed at this man. And it's not just because, you know, we had a bad outing this past week. Get better. It was not only this week. Last week, the line was a little bit shaky. Buffalo Bills don't have the best defense in the world by any means, but it was shaky against a solid defense, I guess. Last season, this offensive line was absolutely horrendous. We talked about how much CJ Stroud struggled because of this offensive line last year. I'm starting to see a lot of people, including myself, start pointing the finger and say, okay, what needs to change here in order for this offensive line to get better? We drafted Rutledge, 26th overall in the draft. We got Wyatt Taylor and free agency. We also added some other big blocks to the offensive line. And still, this offensive line, again and again and again, keeps falling flat on its face. I do not have the quote here, but you can look it up on Twitter. You can look it up anywhere. Dexter Lawrence said during the game, they had him miked up. You know what he had said about our offensive line? He said they can't run it up the middle. They can't run it up the middle. We're fine. And guess what? He was absolutely right. We couldn't run it up the middle to save our lives. David Montgomery here. I'll pull up the stats right now. David Montgomery had himself a phenomenal game last week. This week, he had 10 yards. I mean, it helped me a little bit. I was playing against him this week in fantasy, so I can't complain that much. But as a Houston Texans fan, that's horrendous. Woody Marks had eight carries for eight yards. And it seemed like the Houston Texans were like, you know, not going to work out, I guess. Just refused to run it. And it caused CJ to have a lot of pressure on him. And it just caused for an offensive outing that was absolutely abysmal. And I want to take a look here at what some of the things that D'Amico Ryans had said yesterday in the post-game interview about this offensive line. So, this is what he firstly had to say regarding the Bengals defensive line. Gotta give credit to the Bengals defensive line. Really good job. Not easy blocking those guys. He is right about that. We got to stay with it. Stay committed to the run game. They outplayed us. Offensively, they outplayed us. That defensive line outplayed that offensive line. Man, seeing your head coach say, hey, that defensive line just outplayed our offensive line. I mean, it's absolutely true. Shout out for D'Amico Ryan for not trying to be like, no, absolutely. Like, he's right. But at the same time, man, hearing your head coach say that your offensive line that you revamped in the offseason got outplayed is just like, man, it feels like a little bit of a gut punch. But he's absolutely right. It is. And something else I want to take a look at here. This is what PFF posted yesterday. Most dropbacks under pressure this season. Who is number one on this list? When I saw this list, I immediately thought Bryce Young was going to be number one because Carolina always has a bad offensive line. Caleb Williams, I'm pretty sure 90% of those came from yesterday against the Vikings. But number one is C.J. Strout. Again, most dropbacks under pressure this season. C.J. Strout, we saw it last week. Twice he fumbled in that game because that offensive line couldn't hold up. And I know some people are saying it's his fault. He had plenty of time to throw. Regardless, that offensive line has, last year and this year, so in recent memory, they've been pretty bad. They've been pretty bad. And now a lot of people are starting to ask, what does this mean for Cole Popovich and that offensive line? Because you can say all you want, oh, it's not, it's not Popovich's fault. He's a great, he's a great coordinator. He's been in this league for a long time. He knows his way around the parks. He was with the New England Patriots. I understand that. But when you revamp the offensive line and you're still constantly finding holes, it's like, okay, what are we going to do now? And it's, and it's, oh, it's early in the season. We're only 0-2. It's time to start pointing fingers just a little bit or start questioning, at the minimum, start questioning why this is happening. Again, this is what D'Amico Ryan said, again, post-game interview yesterday about the offensive line. We're double-teaming Dexter Lawrence. Our center has to stay on Dexter Lawrence. That block is not on Rutledge himself. Again, this is, I didn't give enough context. This is regarding that fourth down play we had in the game, fourth and one. You hand it off to Damon Montgomery. He goes on the right side. Dexter Lawrence swarms in behind the line. Let's go through this again. We're double-teaming Dexter Lawrence. Our center has to stay on Dexter Lawrence. That block is not on Rutledge himself. We know we're playing one of the best defensive tackles in the league. We got to stay on him, four hands on him, like I mentioned earlier this week, which he had said earlier this week. You got to double-team that guy if you expect to get a yard. Fourth and one offense is already struggling. It was once again another gut blow to see Dexter Lawrence absolutely blow up. I believe it was Damon Montgomery behind the line of scrimmage. What is it going to take for this offense to finally get going? And I have a bigger question. What is it going to take for this offense and this defense to finally get going at the same time? Last week, offense was great. Defense, terrible. This week, offense was terrible. Defense was great. You got to start asking, what is it going to take? Who is the blame going to be on? Is it on Cole Popovich? Popovich has had a job in this league and he's done a fairly good job at it, but the past few years, all people are going to remember is what you've been doing the past few years. We saw with the Baltimore Ravens head coach last year. It didn't matter how good he had been in the past. All people care about is what you're doing recently. Harbaugh lost his job because of that. Is it time we start looking at that for Cole Popovich? I've been seeing a lot of people on social media and people across Houston Texans page saying, okay, this might be Popovich. This might be on Popovich to do something about it or just start pointing the finger at it and start having him on the hot seat. Obviously, D'Amico Rhymes. I don't think that's a guy who needs to be on the hot seat this season. After all he's done with the Houston Texans, I don't think he needs to be on the hot seat. I think it might need to be Cole Popovich. But let me know what you guys think as well. This Houston Texans offense has to get rolling. This Houston Texans team has to get rolling as a whole. We have a big game this week against the Indianapolis Colts. You saw what the Colts did last night against the Kansas City Chiefs. So they're a pretty solid team. What is the Houston Texans going to do to combat that and finally get on the win column for the first time this season? Thank you guys so much for watching today on Texans Digest. Have a great week. Have a blessed week. See you guys tomorrow.