The Texans Are In DEEP Trouble...

The Texans are in deep trouble as following the loss to the Giants this afternoon, Houston now sits at 2-5 headed into the bye week. Where does this team go from here? And is it even possible to salvage this season? What's up, ladies and gentlemen? Welcome back to Texans Digest. I'm your host, as always, Isaac Estrada. So, this week is officially wrapped up with the Houston Texans taking the L to the Giants. We're going to dive into all that more today on Texans Digest because this really affects the Houston Texans going into the bye week and headed into the rest of the season. But right before we dive into all that, man, about 90% of you guys still not subscribed and we just hit 3,200 subs. So if you are not a part of this channel yet and you would like to be, please do your boy a favor and hit that subscribe button. You're going to be getting daily updates here on Texans Digest. But regardless, I appreciate you for tuning into this video. But man, we got to talk about it today because the Houston Texans took a really bad loss to the Giants. It was a really fun game. I'll say that. It was a really fun game to watch, but falling to 2-5 on the season is rough. So, we're going to dive into all of that right now, man. Texans lose to the Giants in overtime. Texans now 2-5 on the season. So, diving right into it, man, this was a really back-and-forth contest. This was a really back-and-forth contest. One of my biggest issues with Houston is, again, again, the slow start in the first quarter. We've seen that a lot throughout this season, and I feel like that was really prevalent again. Obviously, in the second quarter, we started getting it together. We were able to knot it up at 14 apiece, but after the first quarter, all the offensive weapons in the world Woody Marks isn't terrible at all and you know this team just after the first quarter seven to three it really feels like there was a lot of drives that we weren't able to capitalize on second quarter looked a lot better ended up beating them in the second quarter 11 to 7 points wise third quarter both teams put up sneakers and in the fourth quarter exchanged touchdowns Texans not ended up late in the fourth quarter very proud of them for that but in overtime weren't able to do anything when it mattered the most and of course those two huge chunk plays by Cam Scadaboo and also by Devin Singletary. We're going to dive right into it, man. So in overtime, that run game and throughout, I'm not going to say just overtime, throughout the game, this run game absolutely killed us. Let's pull up the stats here for the Giants. Put it on the big screen. You can look at the running game here. Cam Scadaboo from going last week to running the fullback position for the Giants and getting zero touches to turning around against Houston and getting 17 carries for 124 yards and a touchdown. And in the biggest moment of the game, 42 yard rush in overtime was a great game by him can't lie I didn't think Cam Scarbrough had that in him I'm not gonna lie a lot of people counted him off after his numbers had steadily decreased and after last week getting no carries um can't believe they would do that towards my fantasy team I benched him this week what an L but yeah man Cam Scarbrough absolutely torched us up Devin Singletary looked like Bill's Devin Singletary out there was getting some good chunk plays as well Tyrone Tracy also got himself a touchdown this is something that this team should not be doing. Four rushing touchdowns against the Houston Texans defense. That's not anything we should be seeing at all. Four rushing touchdowns is absolutely diabolical. I don't know what happened, man. That defensive, I'll say it right now, I was wrong. I was 100% wrong. You guys, if you guys follow this channel closely, you would know that every single day I sit here and say this Houston Texans defense is so much better than people are making it seem. I think our run-stop game is great. I think especially after drafting Katie McDonald, but obviously did not show up today at all. I will say through the pass, through the air, J.J. McCarthy looked pretty solid. There was a lot of underneath routes, a lot of looking screen routes that they got and they were able to get eight or nine chunkyards out of us. We saw it most prevalent in the fourth quarter and in overtime. So that was a big deal as well. So I'm not sure what happened, man. I'm not sure what happened to this defense. This defense looked pretty solid after the first half, but in the second half, just offensive or defensively just shut down. Just absolutely shut down, man. Cam Scadaboo getting a 42 this was the play man 42 rush in overtime that just that shouldn't be happening in the red candy unis too bro in the red candy uniforms this happened can't believe it Will Anderson Jr. today he was pretty solid had himself four tackles not a single sack on the day and obviously I don't want to hold him to that high of standard but every single week every single day I feel like we're talking about him being the defensive player of the year and today he didn't really have the best game but either way just really disappointing by Houston we're gonna look that offense now offense wasn't bad at all CJ Stroud still did his thing obviously not as efficient as you would have wanted him to be only 153 passing yards and two touchdowns Woody Marks is somebody I really want to talk about we're going to talk about it right now Woody Marks a lot of people have been giving me slack throughout this season because I said hey Woody Marks is good Woody Marks is a solid back I don't think he's the running back of the future under no circumstances do we need to be thinking about trading him for Saquon Barkley like these dumb rumors say but I don't think Woody Marks is that top 10 RB1. I've been saying it all season long and a lot of people for whatever reason have been telling me, hey, you're absolutely wrong. Woody Marks is that guy. He should be getting the R1 stabs. He could be a top 10 running back in this league and I was telling people, hey, I just, I don't see it. I get that that offensive line is not the best in the world but I'm just not seeing it with Woody Marks. I think Woody Marks is a very solid back. He's proven that he can be a very solid second and third down back multiple times throughout that game where Woody Marks maybe went nowhere but all of a sudden you give him to Woody Marks and he popped six or seven free on second or first or second down that's that's a great back so instead of saying third down back I should say first and second but just I just I've told people I just don't see it and for whatever reason that was a very hot take in this game I think it kind of proved itself obviously one game doesn't doesn't define everything but just to hear man Woody Marks 19 carries 66 yards and 11 11 yards was his longest rush and I believe that was somewhere in the fourth quarter right before that touchdown drive by CJ Stroud to not up the game and send us to overtime but either way man I just I know a lot of people are going to give me slack for it but one of the things that I think has to change in the offseason because obviously I think for the rest of the season you guys are right for the rest of the season let's run it with wing marks let's run it with woody marks obviously David Montgomery is going to be healthy soon and Jawan Jordan obviously he's on IR I'm not sure when he's going to be back but run it with Woody Marks for the rest of the season I think in the offseason don't trade for a running back go draft a young man in the third or fourth maybe even fifth round and get to get four or five years out of him and hopefully even more because I don't think Woody Marks is that star running back that a lot of people want to make him seem like he can be. I don't know if that's just me guys, but what I saw today, I saw a solid back. I didn't see that top 10 caliber that some people are making him out to be. So that happened with Woody Marks. Obviously the run game was not clicking for us. That offensive line wasn't, I don't even want to talk about that offensive line man, but going into the pass game now, Dalton Schultz was our best receiver. I'm not sure why in the world that even happened I know it cut it off here but Marvin Harrison Jr. had himself one catch for six yards he was targeted multiple times I think he had about four or five targets but targeted multiple times could not haul it in had himself one catch for six yards in the end zone we got to see more out of him offensively just not able to get it going Tank Dell shout out to him man third quarter huge grab by Tank Dell for 43 yards we were saying that's the Tank Dell we all know and love I was sitting here saying hey that's where we needed him the most deep threat. Kayshawn Booty had one catch. Xavier Hutchinson had himself three catches. Obviously, the one in the back of the end zone to send us into overtime was very clutch. Also, just not quite sure where Nico Collins was tonight. Obviously, he had a few catches, but nothing too special. Pass game just was not really clicking. It doesn't help that the run game with Woody Marks was not clicking as well. Houston falls to 2-5 on the season. Giants look great, man. Giants look great. And now we're going to talk about it, man, because this is looking really bad for the Houston Texans but what does this mean for Houston moving forward two and five is a rough hole to dig your way out of let's talk about it man let's talk about it two and five on the season two and five is a rough hole to try to dig yourself out of for Houston obviously I don't think the whole blame should go on CJ Stroud and I remember watching this game and I was thinking hey you know what that was a great game at the end of the day the defense needs to focus more I'm not sure what's going on since D'Amico's led that defense they've looked a little more sharper but today they really fell flat on their face. Today they really fell flat on their face. And you can argue about last week. I think last week when it mattered the most, this defense clutched up. Obviously late in the fourth quarter, T-Law was on a drive. They held them to three. We were able to get the ball in overtime and kick the game winning field goal This week, same circumstance, defense this time wasn't able to clutch up at all. Cam Scadaboo pops three for a 42-yard gain. I think that run alone was more than he had in the past two weeks. Singletary right after that pops it free for a touchdown and wins the game. So very obvious that there's some holes in this defense. but yeah man just where do they go from here something I want to ask you guys I'm going to ask you guys now who do you blame for the loss today because I was talking about it today man here actually I'll say it after we get to this question but a Texans defense because that defense did not look too hot be Texans offense because CJ Stroud didn't look too sharp through the air again it's not all his fault the run game also was struggling with what he marks see coaching staff because I know at the end of the day no matter if we put up 50 points or we put up zero points coaching staff is going to get some kind of blame so I put that one up there as Well, a specific player or unit on this team. I know a lot of people, I'm not trying to throw as much shade under Woody Marks as possible, but that run game's gotta be stronger, man. That offensive line has to be stronger. That's why I'm talking about specific units or players or E, no one. It was a great performance by the Giants because it was, man. It was a great performance by the Giants. They really shocked everybody. Houston was a big favorite coming into this game and Houston turned some head man, or Giants turned some headmans. They proved a lot of people wrong today and something I do want to talk about really quickly. I put E there because I was in this category for a little bit after the game ended. I remember after the game ended, I was like, you know what? It was a good game. It was a good game either way. You know what? We should be happy as Houston Texans fans that we got a good game. And then I remember that this team is 2-5. If we were sitting here and even were 2-2 after the first four weeks of the season, this would be a lot more, a lot easier pill to swallow. But for a team that had so many hopes coming into the season, playoff caliber hopes, Super Bowl caliber hopes, defensive player of the year right here, this team looking like they had the best defense headed into the season now Minnesota for whatever reason has the best defense and we weren't expecting that all that mixed together I was sitting here saying hey it was a good game I know we lost but it was a good game it would have been a lot easier pill to swallow if Houston didn't start off the season 0-4 that was Houston's biggest issue my takeaway from this game is it's close games like that that you look at and they snag away and you say darn it but we started off 0-4 so that hurts us a lot more than it usually would. Even let's say we started off two and two at the start of the season. Let's say we were able to clutch up against Indianapolis and we were able to clutch up against Dallas. And we start two and two. Then you went back to back. Now we're four and two. And we take this L and you're saying, dang it. Got to get back out there. Got to be better. There's a lot we need to work on. But hey, this team is still willing to win. We can do this. We're not looking at that. We're looking at a Houston team that dropped all four of their first games. Even if they went one and three in their first four games this would be a lot more easier pill to swallow but because they had such an abysmal start the first four weeks of the season we're sitting here with a two and five team wondering what in the world is going on saying hey these close games we cannot afford to lose them because this team started off zero and four so as always I want to know what you guys think who do you think it is to blame for this loss but regardless something's got to change man run game has to change things got to get better not everything can fall on CJ's shoulders so as always let me know what you guys think in the comments below but that's what we talked about today on Texans Digest a long way back to victory for Houston they got a lot to dwell on headed into the bye week but regardless we're hoping to come back strong in that first week against chargers first week of november so thank you guys so much for watching today on Texans Digest have a great day have a blessed day i'll see you guys tomorrow