We're probably going to lose tomorrow...

and that's alright. I mean, it's not like 0-4 is a big hole or anything. It's not like we were all hopeful that this year - yes this very year - might be the year the Texans finally post a winning record. I didn't really buy the "we're going to make the playoffs" talk - we don't have a secondary or running game to speak of - but I still maintained hope that the Texans might make it out of the league's "laughing stock" category for once.

This team's got significant problems, and the last four weeks have only cemented that judgment in my mind. You can list the good defensive players on one hand - Mario, DeMeco, Okoye (though he's in a slump), and that's pretty much it. Everyone else is awful. This is particularly disturbing, since the front office has spent most of their top draft picks on the defense.

The offense is better this year. The receiver corps has improved, and Schaub (if he doesn't fuck up) will probably prove himself to be worth the investment. And Steve Slaton has been one of the few happy surprises for the Texans (most in our history have been of the "Surprise! Your #1 pick sucks!" variety).

But you look at where the Texans are as a franchise, and you're seeing a team that has been killed, time and again, by poor luck and poorer decision making. And I think that goes all the way back to Mittens.

The thing with Carr, I think, was that he could have been a good QB. As noted by so many over the years, he has good fundamentals, but he was just never developed. I think that the Texans really should have brought in a veteran free-agent in their first few years, giving Carr time to learn as a back up behind someone who knew what he was doing. I have no idea who was available in 2002, but that's not the point. The bar was set pretty low - they could just grab a journeyman backup for all it mattered. Just somebody who was competant. I don't know if that would have given Carr time to develop - it's entirely likely that he'd still develop into the terrible QB we all loathe - but it seems like that would have been a better strategy.

I don't know what to say about the Texans, otherwise. They're fucked. Maybe they'll tank the season and we'll get the Andre Johnson of safeties in the draft.