So, the Texans played amazingly yesterday in their stomp of the Indianapolis Colts.
What we always knew about the Texans is the fact that they posses a solid amount of talented players. What was always in question is whether or not these players/coaches could handle winning in a professional and legitimate matter (winning by fine play as opposed to circumstantial events or mistakes by the other team). Although it was only our first game, I think the Texans fans should be happy to see that our team showed a high level of professionalism and game management. As a team that is not really regarded as a run-the-football team, we sure did show the nation that we could indeed dominate on the ground game. In fact, a screaming majority of our offense evolved around the running game.
So, now we have fans who are concerned..."well, that is great, but are we going to see a balance between the running game and the passing game?...we need more balance".
How stupid can you be to make balance your priority when running an offense?
I suggest the goal to be scoring at at the expense of any measure. The Texans recognized that their running game was going to help them win the game so they stuck to it. If they were preoccupied with "balance" as opposed to being occupied with scoring, then you would have seen less success out there.
What is ideal in an offense is to have a balance of capability...versatility in order to adapt to situations. But that's it.
You can use the analogy of a painting. Why would one who is trying paint to a certain mood or thought use anything that may deflect them from their goals in the moment? Should they add trivial factors to the work just so they can fulfill some formula of what makes a good painting?
so, as you can tell, I hate hearing about people worrying so much about maintaining more balance in our offensive attack as they seem to forget that we dominated a game against a great Colts team that will prove to be a strong super bowl contender yet again.
