Thread: Texans will double Marshall

Yeah me too LB. I hope the play calling is better and Jay can look for other open wr. I think Bmarsh gets shut down this game.

It will be interesting. The receivers have dropped a lot of key passes. So have our TE's. We get hurt having to max protect Cutler so much too. If we turn 1-dimensional and just try to run Forte, we are screwed. You have to mix it up.

If we had an oline, we could do so much more. Without one, and facing solid teams now, we're in a tough spot. The Texans protect the ball pretty well, so don't expect scoring from the defense.

Scares me too guys.

I'm hoping the O-line surprises us all & plays well. We can't have stupid penalities against that defense & like you said SFB, the play calling has to be better. Quick passes, some roll outs & a heavy dose of Forte & company, especially early should help avoid some sacks, get some 1st downs & hopefully get some rhythym on offense. If they consistently double Marshall other guys can't be dropping passes & if no one is open Jay has to run or just throw it away. I don't think we can lose the TO battle & win the game. Houston's defense is damn good & their offense isn't too shabby either.

Why the hell would this scare you? Cutler can still over throw the DB and Marshall can out jump any DB. The odds of an INT are higher, BUT, with the middle of their defense being their weakest point, I'd call for a lot of runs up the middle and throw slants out the ass. Keep things moving smoothly and the right time to throw to Marshall will present itself.

This is why we were all talking about spreading the passing game to more than one WR BEFORE we started playing the better teams. Now is not the time to get our timing right against these guys.

If anyone can beat double coverage, it is Marshall. But he can be shut down - anyone can. I forget which game it was but in one of our earlier games they bracketed Marshall pretty well and he was not a big factor.

The game is going to be a dogfight. We have to be firing on all cylinders to win this. We have to have Cutler play within himself, the game plan actually has to account for ALL of our weapons, and the line has to give Cutler some time.

I have a concern about several of them - one being the line and if they fail then Cutler will start reaching and the wheels will fall off. The team needs to have a good plan and play disciplined ball.

We can beat them, but the opposite is also true.