After the Chargers game I said the AFCS is lost. And it still is.
We wont win out. This team is not playing for its HC and I suspect that they all feel Osweiler is the problem, and they have been wanting a change at QB but they know its not happening so theyre basically going through the motions. The psychology of it is just right there for everyone to see.
Whether they know, or have a theory, that its a directive from the FO and ownership or not isnt the issue. They just know that in the past the QBs have had ample time to prove themselves and BoB has made QB changes in previous seasons if he felt he needed to. Since hes not making the change, yet he has made changes in the past, its plausible that BoB has no choice and the owner and FO are telling him that he has to play Osweiler due to contract dollars attached. Thats why McNair said both Osweiler and BoB are secure in their jobs. This is, IMO, a situation of the owner and GM being so obsessed with contract dollars and the way the acquisition of Osweiler occurred that they are going to demand he be the QB this year and next year. Maybe even to the point that they leave BoB hanging in Year 4 to the degree of seeing what he can do with Osweiler and if it doesnt improve theyll not renew BoB and therefore keep Osweiler and hire a HC who they, and Osweiler, think will be better for him.
If my theory is right, BoB will read between the lines and realize that hes been painted into a corner and hell not want to be left twisting in the wind in Year 4 here in Houston. So hell bail and go back to NCAA where he can run the whole show from top to bottom and be his own GM, his own HC, and let McNair and RS continue to play Pretend Head Coach with their meddling bullshit that I think is now coming out and being revealed this year. IMO this owner and GM have been, theyve always been, more meddling in the HCs jobs than they have tried to make people believe. They give off the appearance of a system of cooperation and buy-in with their HCs but weve all taken jobs where we thought one thing and then when were on the inside we see how things really are. Happens all the time, and frankly I think thats the case for any HC who takes a job under McNair. The more McNair gets seasons behind him, the more I think he thinks he knows more and can have more influence
something he probably didnt do or want to have when the franchise first began. He let a guy like Capers and a GM like Casserly run the show, but once Rick Smith and Kubiak came aboard it sure seems that the owner has been growing more emboldened each season to comment on the team with things that he probably shouldnt say (if hes as Hands-off as he claims to be).
That his son Cal is tightly bound to Rick through a godson/godfather situation doesnt bode well for the future if Cal takes over. We wont be able to escape RS even if its warranted. Well have to fall into a lucky situation like the Cowboys where a QB just pops up out of nowhere and suddenly performs like a 10-year veteran. The Cowboys are the same team this year that they were last yearsame HC, same staff, virtually same players except QB and RBand yet they are a total turn-around this year. Thats how franchises overcome poor ownership, poor GM, etc. They hit it rich on a couple dynamic players at critical positions, most notably QB and then at RB, and suddenly all of the previous years of their franchises annual futility are suddenly washed away. Then everybody wants to pat the GM on the back for how smart he was.
We wont have a true, genuine hope for this franchise until we get our true, genuine franchise QB who can use whatever is on the roster to make game-by-game magic. Sadly the owner and GM seem to think that theyve got their guy. But they dont.
