The Josh Innes Show - It's Official..The Texans Suck

Episode Date: September 22, 2025

I really didn't think it would get to this point. But, the Texans are bad. Not only are the Texans bad, they are unwatchable. Think about that..A team with Nico Collins and CJ Stroud is unwatchable. Now what? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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about C.J. Stroud. Let's talk about how inept they are offensively. Let's talk about the offensive line. Let's talk about the fact that even as bad as they are, they're only like what? They lost by what, seven in this one. They lost by five. They're like 15 points away from being three and oh. That's one way to look at it. But they're not. They're 0 and 3. And generally speaking, 0 and 3 means end of the season. So let's get into it. With Amex Platinum, access to exclusive Amex pre-sale tickets can score you a spot trackside. So being a fan for life turns into the trip of a lifetime. That's the powerful backing of Amex.

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So the Texans are unwatchable. And that's a bad place to be. Like even when the Texans had that six and ten season in 2010 where, like, they just found different ways to lose, right? They finished six and ten. No, sorry, he was at 2010, right? Because they went nine and seven and had their first winning season ever in 2009. They beat the Patriots at the end of the year.

It's a weird game they beat the Patriots because Brady started. Then he came out and came back and it was weird, but they beat them. Bernard Pollard had, I believe, a fumble recovery for a touchdown and an interception, I think. Why I remember these things, I don't know. I couldn't tell you a fucking thing that happened yesterday, but I can tell you what happened. in the final game of the regular season of a nine and seven lost Texan season in 2010, or nine, weird world. But 2010, so 2010, the Texans finished six and ten. But they found just wacky-ass ways they'd fall down big and then all the sudden,

then this was kind of a hallmark of the Gary Kubiak, Matt Schaub, Andre Johnson, Owen Daniels teams. And part of that was they'd fall down 173 in the first quarter and then spend the rest of the game opening shit up and slinging it and they were fun like they might have gone six and ten but they had a lot of games and some of them they ended up winning where they were down 17 3 in the first quarter they're down 24 to 7 whatever it is and then they just start fucking throwing and they start crushing it was fun to watch and even in that year like i think of like lost texan seasons that i remember right and there were some boring bill o'brien teams i think we can all agree with that like they went to the playoffs but they were nine and seven and you're like

They're in there because the divisions are the lowest it's ever been. And no one believed they were going to win playoff games or make any sort of real run. They just, you know, they won some bad divisions. They didn't beat teams that were worth a shit. They just beat the teams they should have beaten. And they got in and fine. But in 2010, they just found wacky ways to lose. They would always find a way to lose.

You know, the Hail Mary play, the spiked ball in the end zone that was caught on the Hail Mary and the Jaguars win. Or there was a Thursday night game. I want to say it was against the Jets or the Eagles that they blew. Like, they just found creative ways. Pick six. I mean, they just found all sorts of wacky ways. But the games were always exciting and they always came down to the wire. So watchability-wise, you're like, oh, this is fun.

Like, they sucked. But, like, as a radio guy, you can go, shit. Like, at least the game's going to be exciting. And they're going to lose in such a way that you can, you know, turn on the, the, you can go on the mic the next day and talk about. Like, they lost a, I want to say it was a Monday night or a Sunday night game. against the Ravens, in which they went to overtime and Matt Shaw up through a pick six, I want to say in overtime. And it's like, wow, the drama is fucking nuts.

And it's great. There's no drama here. The offense is unwatchable. CJ looks like a zombie. The offensive line is a joke. And there's no scoring on either side because the Texans defense holds up very well. I give Demico credit there. They are a salty, nasty defense.

Like, there are certain teams that if you took that defense and combined it with the offense that other team has. That'd be a great team. Give that defense to the Cowboys and the Cowboys will probably win 12 games. Give that defense to just insert whatever team. Give that defense to teams that have an explosive offense and you go, eh, it's pretty sad. The Bears. You know, the Bears offensively are pretty strong. You know, you put that defense on the Bears. Bears probably win 12 games. I mean, it's just that's the way that defense is. That is what he does and his defense is great. But the worst thing you can say about a team other than oh, they suck, is they are

unwatchable. I have no desire to turn the Texans games on. And I have a lot of options we have. Here's a humble brag. We have the Sunday ticket, right? We watch whatever game we want to watch. There's not a single game in the NFL that we cannot watch on a given day. And it used to be we'd flip the Texans on and that was the main thing.

And then we'd kind of bounce around like the lions. I need to watch the Lions. because I live in Detroit. We talk about the Lions a lot on the radio show. So I need to watch them. They're not on yesterday. So I have it wide open. I can watch whatever game I want to watch.

And I'm watching the Texans. And I'm like, I don't want to watch this. This is not fun. This is not exciting. This offense is dreadful. I mean, in the tweets you were seeing people put out about this game, people that cover the team are like, like I think it was Lance Zerline,

who had something, and I'm paraphrasing. I don't remember it exactly. but he said there are some games where they say that this has something for everybody. This game has nothing for no one. Like there was nothing about that game. Now, it got a little interesting late. But, you know, the game had a little back and forth

and the Texans got a turnover and a touchdown to tie it. Like, you know, it got a little exciting late. But it's just bad. It's unwatchable. It's not interesting. CJ doesn't look like the same dude. I don't know if like his buddy, like blowing out his knee just completely wrecked his fucking life. But the dude has not been the same.

Since that dude cried over home boy busting up his leg, old buddy ain't been the same. He has not been the same dude. So, and that was last year, in the middle of last year, this dude does not look like the same guy. And you talk about regression. You talk about turning from, you know, what we thought to now. Like who would have thunk two years ago? when CJ takes the world by storm right out of the gate and they win a bunch of games, go to the playoffs, win a playoff game.

Who would have thunk two years ago that we'd be sitting here today on September 22nd of 2025? Who would have thought at the end of 2023 when they went a playoff game against the Browns and then I guess they lost to the Ravens? Who would have thunk after that season that we watched? That we'd be watching this guy go from that to we're questioning whether or not. he's even any good. Now, part of it is he's probably sick of getting his ass pummeled. And I think that's part of it because this offensive line is embarrassingly bad. It is arguably the worst line in the league.

Like, you could make a case that this is the worst line in all of the NFL. I mean, you could. And usually that's reserved for just a dreadful team. And hey, you're 0 and 3. So guess what? You're a dreadful team. But holy shit. like this is just like the guy has no time to throw like do i think c j stroud sucks i don't think so

man i think we saw enough of him in his first year where you go okay i don't think this guy sucks a rookie coming into the league making plays the way he did i don't think he sucks but he doesn't look like the same guy and not just productivity but attitude wise like he just doesn't seem like the same dude it doesn't feel the same when i watch him play what game was it last year that um that the injury occurred to Tank Dell. What game did Tank Dell get hurt? Let's see. What game was that?

I forgot which game he got hurt. But go back and I guarantee they're well under 500 since Tank Dell got hurt. Let's see. Was it against the Dolphins? No, I don't think it was against the Dolphins. It was a touchdown catch. I know that. So it was it before or after the Dolphins?

I'm trying to remember. Was it against Jacksonville? I forgot who it was. But Tank Dell gets hurt and they've never been the same. sense. Let me see. Now I've got to look this up because I should have known this, but I don't know it. Tank Dell injury. When did Tank Dell get hurt? That was against the Chiefs. Okay, my bad. So he got hurt against the Chiefs. So that means he got hurt and it was the next week after the Dolphins. So December 21st, they lost that game. Now, again, these are games I probably

would have lost anyway, but they lost, they got just bludgeoned by the Ravens after that. I mean, look at what they've done since then. So they lost. They lost that game to the Chiefs. They scored two points against Baltimore on Christmas. They beat the Titans who aren't very good. They were eventually going to have the number one pick. They beat the Chargers, lost to the Chiefs in the play. Then we go to the playoffs.

They beat the Chargers in the playoffs, which impressive. And then they lose to the Chiefs. And then they've lost three games to start this year. So since the Tank Dell injury, they are two and six, including the playoffs, since Tang Del got hurt. Again, I don't know what happened to the guy when he watched his buddy get hurt. I don't know what happened to the guy. I know I watched him cry on the field over it.

But since that moment, and even some last year, obviously, it's not like he was perfect, but they were 5 and 1 at one point last year. Their ass is kicked by the Vikings early in the season. But outside of that, they were 5 and 1 at 1 point last season. And since that point, they went 5 and 6 to end last regular season. they went six and seven if you count the playoffs now they're oh and three so counting the playoffs there's six and ten football teams since starting last year five and one and offensively they are dreadful like unwatchable that is the worst thing you can be in my eyes at least that's the worst thing you can be the worst thing you can be is a team that is unwatchable i do not want to turn your games on you become the titans like i have no desire to turn a titans game on, even though they have the number one overall pick, whatever, they are not interesting to me. I have no desire to turn a Brown's game on.

The Browns, the Titans, I have no desire, the Giants. I have no, like, that game last night was not an enjoyable watch. These are teams that, like, if you have the option of turning them on, if you're not gambling, these are games that if I'm not gambling on them, I have no interest. Like last night, if you're just like, Josh, if gambling didn't exist, if you were not allowed to gamble on the Chiefs and the Giants, would you just watch the Chiefs and Giants? And the answer is 100% no. And Texans Jaguars was the same damn thing yesterday.

And the more the Texans play, the more they fall into that category of, I have no desire to watch them. They're falling into the unwatchable category. Giants, Jaguars, Titans, Browns. If their teams are involved in a game, I'm like, I'll pass. Unless I've got money on it and it's exciting at the end. I'll flip it on at the end. It's like, no, thank you.

Chiefs Giants last night, if it wasn't for gambling, I would have watched the Charlie Sheen documentary at 8 o'clock when the game started. And there's going to be more like it because you know what next week is? The Titans. Two oh and three shitbox teams. That might go down. That might be the official, like, early season contender for the least watchable game of the year.

Titans and Texans next week at NRG. there's nobody in there, then I'm like, I got to see them. So offensive line play is dreadful, quarterback play is dreadful, wide receiver play is dreadful, play calling is dreadful, just an overall disgusting and boring form of football. And the season's over. They're not bouncing back. One team has done it in a quarter century, and I'm well aware that it was Bill O'Brien's team that did it. It's over. You're already three games back in the division.

O and three, you're not coming back. For whatever reason, I don't understand why that's the case. It is fascinating that somehow once you get to O'N three, it's over. But it is. He ain't making it. So, anyway, more to come.