Monday Night Observations
That sucked
What a horrible game. As someone who stacked the Texans passing game in the Primetime, I have to say Joe Mixon is the bane of my existence. I also benched Anthony Richardson for CJ Stroud in that league (as well as Jonnu Smith for Dallas Goedert.) The Texans love to run Mixon every chance they get, especially near the goal line. To add insult to injury I lost in the Steak League to Josh Ross by .12 points due to that last PAT after Mixon’s third TD. And I had the Cowboys +7.5 in my picking pool.
Stroud almost started off the game with a bang on a screen to Nico Collins that went for a 70-yard TD, only to be called back on yet another infraction by penalty-machine Laremy Tunsil. Stroud looked fine except for missing Collins on another would-be TD later in the game.
Mixon still has it — he showed his speed on the long TD and ran over the Cowboys defense most of the night. He also produced in the passing game.
Collins showed he was healthy on the play that didn’t count. He’ll get his. Tank Dell got the same targets and production as Collins, but we’re not seeing him get those air yards like last year. Probably because the O-line sucks.
Cooper Rush looked like Joe Flacco — immobile, mistake prone but able to put the ball up and let his receivers make plays. Big improvement over last week, even though he was still bad.
The Cowboys running game does not exist, and midwit nonsense notwithstanding, that very much matters.
CeeDee Lamb looked like himself even with Rush. Low-key big news on the fantasy front actually. After last week, I had doubts.
Luke Schoonmaker had a nice game after Jake Ferguson got brain damage. Maybe they’ll send Ferguson to the Texans next year to replace Dalton Schultz and go with the new guy.
Brandon Aubrey hit a 64-yarder like it was a PAT. Hilarious it got nullified by a penalty, and the Cowboys wound up with zero points after failing to convert on fourth down. Let that sink in: they robbed Aubrey’s owners of 6.4 points and got negative-three to show for it. Even if it was the right football call to take the first down, there should be some ethical requirement never to take a 60-plus-yard make off the board. What if it were a 67-yarder, the all-time record? That would have actually been even more hilarious.