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#1052

Fairbairn is 1 of the top 3 kickers in the NFL. 51 out of this last 54, 86.5% (#9 all time) for his career now. 39/39 on PATs.

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including today's game.

#1053
5 minutes ago, HtownHorn said:

Fairbairn is 1 of the top 3 kickers in the NFL. 47 out of this last 50, 86.5% (#9 all time) for his career now. 38/38 on PATs.

He crushed that game winner. Would have been good from 60+

#1055

As a guy that has literally pissed on Bud Adams’ grave, that was satisfying


This isn't me, but it could be.
#1057

I haven’t cared about pro football in Houston since the Oilers left. Today was extremely satisfying and shows it doesn’t pay to be an asshole. Fuck the Adams family and never forget that Bud was dead in his house for multiple days before anyone cared enough to do a wellness check. Hopefully his daughter joins him shortly.

#1058

Demeco Ryans / CJ Stroud / Tank Dell / Will Anderson Jr 

it’s amazing what happens when you draft good players with a good head coach 

#1059
The Texans held Derrick Henry to 16 Carries for 9 Rush Yrds 4 Rec for 1 Rec YrdThat’s the LEAST amount of Scrimmage Yards by a player with 20+ touches in NFL HISTORY 😮‍💨

 

#1060

I was able to put the Oilers behind me the day they lost that Super Bowl by 1 yard to the Rams. They were our team and the uniforms are badass, but they were as notorious a choke squad as anyone in the league and that is their legacy.

Moon, Campbell, and anyone who matters are Houstonians at heart, and there were a lot of fun memories that don’t mean anything to anyone outside Houston. They can have the jerseys and the “legacy”, as bad as it is.

As far as this sad try-hard pettiness goes… HAHAHAHAHHAHA that’s an aggy level joke on yourself.

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#1065

Goddamn that was good. That was a culture building win! On the road?? HATED division opponent trying to troll your fans??? Backup QB and missing probably the 5 best players???? The juxtaposition against the Cowboys and the culture they have had for 30 years is amazing!! Fuck shitty owners like BA and JJ!!!! Long live DeMeco!

#1066

Given the history of what thier running backs have done to the Texans (CJ and Henry) this speaks to what culture change that ryans has brought in.c176c86642d08fe06822228dd824a2b8.jpg

#1069
The Tennessee Titans ownership made sure that they went all out with the Houston Oilers colors to taunt the Texans fans…But they couldn’t get the win and that was way more important to the Texans…Watch how excited Hannah McNair was after the 19-16 win. #Texans #Sarge

Hannah continues to post dubs

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#1070

Also Levis appears to be OK as of some tweets in past hour or so, so that’s good.

Now let’s get Stroud, Collins, and Anderson back and add some value to our #1 pick next week.

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#1071

Damn, I love her. I may have to put her on my Top 5 list as she is local!

#1073

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https://www.tennessean.com/story/sports/nfl/titans/2023/12/17/tennessee-titans-houston-texans-oilers-uniforms-derrick-henry-afc-south-mike-vrabel/71845456007/


Tennessee Titans looked cool, but they don't scare anyone in AFC South anymore 

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This wasn’t just a cool throwback uniform. When this season’s Tennessee Titanshave personated the franchise’s past life as the Houston Oilers, they’ve leaned into it.

The scoreboard at Nissan Stadium said Oilers. The walls surrounding the field did, too. You had Mike Vrabel showing up Sunday in a cowboy hat, a la Bum Phillips. Cheerleaders wore ’70s era “Luv ya Blue” jackets. Even the players’ nameplates in the locker room were baby blue with Oilers logos.

Against the Atlanta Falcons, it was one thing. Against the Houston Texans, though, that’s a spicy move. The Titans knew it, too. Some might call it trolling an ex, or at the very least, kinda weird. Seemed oblivious to the fact that the Oilerswere the ones who left, deciding to instead become the Titans. Houston's loss at the time was Nashville's gain.

It’d be a little like the Baltimore Ravens going all-out to celebrate their Cleveland Browns roots while hosting . . . the Browns. Or the Indianapolis Colts hosting the Ravens and sending a band out there in uniforms that read “Baltimore.”

Probably won’t happen.

But who knows? On this Sunday, Houston played Houston, and it was a game so unsightly that Houston almost didn’t win. Ka’imi Fairbairn’s 54-yard field goal to end overtime was the only thing keeping this messy affair from ending in a tie.

So the Oil . . . uh . . . the Titans lost 19-16.

Fine. They didn’t deserve to win. All those Oilers trimmings had been hung with care, but the Titans didn’t play to the occasion. The shorthanded Texans were better. They sacked Will Levis seven times, stuffed Derrick Henry all game and outgained the Titans 340 yards to 204.

And the visitors did it without starting quarterback C.J. Stroud and their top two receivers. This was a gritty win for Houston — the real one — that was vital for its playoff aspirations.

Meanwhile, the Titans were eliminated with three games remaining.

Fine. They didn’t deserve to make the playoffs. Haven’t been a playoff-caliber team all season. While Monday’s thrilling comeback in Miami was fun, it didn’t change anything about the Titans we’ve been watching all season. They just aren’t very good.

They especially haven’t been good against AFC South rivals. This defeat dropped them to 0-4 in the division. Two of those losses were in Nashville, both coming in overtime.

The Texans probably enjoyed Sunday's victory as much as the Colts enjoyed sweeping the Titans this season. In the Texans’ case, I'd suspect the joy had little to do with uniforms.

It was more because of what they did to Henry.

Few running backs have tormented another franchise to the extent that Henry has the Texans. In five previous meetings, Henry had eclipsed 200 rushing yards four times. In 2020, he secured a 2,000-yard season by rolling for 250 in Houston. Even last year, when the Texans won in Nashville, Henry still gained 126. It was his third-highest total of the 2022 season.

 

But then came Sunday. Henry ran 16 times and totaled nine yards.

“It seemed like they had an answer for everything,” Henry said.

It was bad, and it only got worse. The Texans’ defense dominated the Titans up front so thoroughly that by game’s end, home fans were booing each stuffed run.

“We have to be able to establish the run,” Vrabel said. “ . . . We've won a lot of football games with that formula. We've seen where it's been some inefficient runs, and then we break one and turn things around. That didn't happen today.”

It's not just the Texans. For years, Henry has terrorized the AFC South and those poor defenses that had to face him twice in a season. In 2023, however, he is averaging 48 yards in division games.

The Titans scare no one in the AFC South anymore. They’ll now have to watch as the Jaguars, Colts and Texans all play on with postseason hopes intact, knowing they’ve been passed by all three. And knowing full well, too, that each was better — and more tenacious in the run game — than the formerly physical Titans.

Like most things in football, that glum fate also has been deserved.

It has been the consequence of deteriorating talent on the offensive line. Of poor draft classes and a misguided belief that accomplished, expensive offensive linemen like Taylor Lewan, Rodger Saffold, Ben Jones and Nate Davis can be replaced on the cheap — and we've learned that they can’t.

For the Titans, that lesson has come at a steep price. It has cost them their identity under Vrabel.

“Obviously, we want to get the run game going with Derrick. That's kind of who we are,” rookie left guard Peter Skoronski said.

Not quite.

It’s who the Titans were.

On Sunday, that tough-guy reputation simply felt outdated. Along with everything else about a franchise that sought to return to past glory and instead still found itself mired in gloomy ol’ 2023, where the Titans are no longer the bullies of the AFC South. Now they are the division's weakling.

 

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#1074
Here's the call of Fairbairn's winner - https://t.co/QDOfCaM7uW

 

#1075

As much as I don't like vandameer great call. Andre ware was all of us. Still miss Franklin, and bum calling football games .

#1076
Houston Cougars wore Oilers uniforms =WinRice Owls wore Oilers uniforms = winTitans wearing Oilers uniforms =?

 

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#1078

Fuck the Adams family. That was awesome. My 9 year-old son obviously has no emotional connection, but I explained how disrespectful and trolling it was, and we were jumping around like idiots when Fairbairn’s kick went through. Great win. 

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#1079
Good morning to everyone but Nashville, #Titans fans and the entire Adams Family. From the bitter old man in the ground to the daughter who looks like a thumb, your franchise is known for one thing: pettiness. Congrats on another come-from-ahead loss

 

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#1081
Damn, Case. Going National. https://t.co/HsjNFutrTg

 

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#1082
The #Texans claimed former Titans standout DT Teair Tart, according to @AdamSchefter Houston got a baller.

 

#1087
2 hours ago, Rip76 said:

Did he play yesterday?

No, he got waived after their last game for ‘attitude and lack of effort’. Apparently he’s been pissed all year about the lack of an extension. Whatever, maybe a change of scenery will make a difference. Zero risk, and the dude can play…

#1089

1) Fuck Bud Adams!

2) Fuck the Tennessee Titans and their "Luv Ya Blue" backfire!

3) Way to scratch and claw a way to victory and a shot at the playoffs Texans!

4) There was on positive of seeing the Columbia blue that I loved, that also brought so many disappointments.  Mainly was a vivid recollection of a drunk Ass Bum Phillips at Club No Minors at El Patio a few years after he stopped coaching.  So there was something good that came out of the visualization of that color. 

#1090
14 hours ago, billfromlaketravis said:

Clinching scenarios? 

I think we are in really good shape if we win our next 2 home games.

#1091

From late last night

#Texans quarterback C.J. Stroud remains in concussion protocol, making progress, still has symptoms, per sources, status undetermined for #Browns game. If Stroud isn't medically cleared, Case Keenum will start second game in a row @KPRC2 https://t.co/FBhFAdPqsR

 

#1092

If he’s still experiencing symptoms there is no chance I would let him play. The Browns defense is too good and the OL too beat up.

#1093
11 minutes ago, Hate said:

If he’s still experiencing symptoms there is no chance I would let him play. The Browns defense is too good and the OL to beat up.

Going to be another defensive game. The Texans DL needs to come ready to put Flacco on his ass.

#1094
39 minutes ago, HtownHorn said:

I think we are in really good shape if we win our next 2 home games.

The Indy game is really the big one; if we beat Indy and Tennessee, that gives us the tiebreak over Indy (by division record) even if we lose to Cleveland. That win over Cincinnati could end up being huge; really need Buffalo to drop another game as well…

#1095
4 hours ago, tx ind said:

Maybe I’m drinking kool aid, but a guy like that with Demeco in his ear could thrive


when your coach looks like he can still suit up and play, players buy in 

#1096

This doesn’t bode well for CJ’s recovery 

The #Texans are signing former #Jets QB Tim Boyle to the practice squad, source says. Boyle worked out for the team today.

 

#1097
20 minutes ago, TonyTexas said:

This doesn’t bode well for CJ’s recovery 

The #Texans are signing former #Jets QB Tim Boyle to the practice squad, source says. Boyle worked out for the team today.

 

Or for Davis Mills’ future….

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#1098
“What matters to our fans matters to us and to get that win, it mattered,” said Vice President of the Texans Foundation Hannah McNair about the victory over the Tennessee Titans who wore the Houston Oilers throwbacks. #Texans #Sarge

 

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