Not much has been made of these quotes because it was another hastily published Chronicle article that got buried quickly underneath ten other NFL stories that weren't about the Texans, but this McClain piece with quotes from Bernard Pollard caught my attention
It's pretty typical rah rah stuff. We have to play better, we have to be smarter, etc. Until you stumble across this line:
↵↵"We have to do what it takes to play for 60 minutes. If you want change, don't buy in. If you don't want change, here's your chance. I don't know if everybody understands that. I can speak from experience. Change isn't always good."
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I realize this is a stretch, but could there possibly be a faction of the Texans defenders that have figured out that this defense is poorly designed? Ones like say, Mario Williams, who was caught screaming at defensive line coach during the Monday Night game in Indianapolis. Or say, Antonio Smith, who has lamented the Texans defense being in a desperate situation a few times in the past couple of months.
↵↵↵"It's an ongoing thing. You're in the huddle and you want to see guys fired, guys who play with passion. You don't want to be that team, where everybody says, 'Let's get things started up against them,' but right now, we're that team."
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Freudian slip, anyone?
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