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So many things send NFL coaches into a tizzy. Most of them get addressed immediately.The one item they can't get done quickly http://www.houstontexansteamonline.com/d.j.-reader-jersey , and often not at all, is finding consistency.Rarely have the first six weeks of a season provided so many up-and-down performances, from weaklings to world beaters, from turnover machines to takeaway monsters.Consider that there are seven teams with 3-3 marks, and another one, Green Bay, at 2-2-1 heading into its Monday nighter against San Francisco. There also are eight other clubs within a half-game or full game of the break-even mark. Had the Panthers and Redskins, both 3-2, and Lions (2-3) not had byes, they might well be .500 clubs now.Those with a positive approach will call it competitive balance. We'll stick with mediocrity.And, most maddeningly, inconsistency."Yes, it always hurts more when you know you beat yourself, but that's part of the game," Carolina wide receiver Torrey Smith said after a 23-17 defeat at Washington in which the Panthers lost the turnover battle 3-0. "Sometimes you overcome it, sometimes you don't. There's no one particular person at fault. We know it's us as a team."Great teams play well all four quarters. Good teams do it sporadically. If we want to be great, we have to be consistent. We had our chances, but we got to be able to do it every Sunday."What so many NFL teams do is dominate one week, deliver a dud the next. In Week 6, we had:鈥擟hicago (3-2), so powerful in its previous game before a bye, blowing a big lead at Miami (4-2), which was coming off messing up a 17-0 edge at Cincinnati in Week 5.鈥擠allas (3-3) http://www.houstontexansteamonline.com/ryan-griffin-jersey , inept offensively in a prime-time failure at Houston, turning around and pummeling Jacksonville 40-7. The Jaguars seemed like a special group after a 3-1 start that included beating New England. They are now 3-3 with two poor showings in a row.鈥擳ennessee (3-3), which has followed three successive victories with two awful displays of invisible offense, including falling at Cleveland (2-3-1), a team that was hammered Sunday by the Chargers. Indeed, the Titans, Jaguars and Texans, who lost their opening three before winning the next three games, are tied atop the AFC South. At .500.鈥擲eattle (3-3), where Pete Carroll is doing one of the best coaching jobs of his career in keeping a retooling 鈥?say rebuilding in the Emerald City and you will be thrown into Puget Sound 鈥?club competitive. But still inconsistent, despite a 27-3 thrashing of the hapless Raiders.鈥擯ittsburgh (3-2-1), which once again stole a win at Cincinnati, a regular occurrence over nearly the last two decades. The Steelers have so many issues on and off the field that keeping them from sinking the season is paramount now compared to finding any steadiness.Don't expect much of this to change as we move deep into autumn and then into winter. While there are a few teams that are quite good and a bunch that are very bad, the truth about the NFL these days is that the majority of clubs are so-so.Some can't find a consistent offense to balance a solid defense, including the three AFC South leaders."I also know that we're not going to be able to be where we want to be unless we figure this thing out on offense," Houston coach Bill O'Brien admitted Sunday. "And figure out what we have to do to be able to run the ball, throw the ball consistently, and at times we look like a good offense, not really today, but at times we have this season. We have to figure that out."Others can move the ball, put up some points, but not regularly stop anybody. The Steelers and Vikings, two teams with a history of strong defense Authentic Lamar Miller Jersey , won't remind you of the Steel Curtain or the Purple People Eaters right now.Even some of the true contenders, such as Kansas City and New England, have great offenses and sieve-like Ds.Injuries always are a plague in the search for consistency. The schedule, especially when weather becomes an issue, can be, too.Still, the folks at the league offices won't bemoan ordinariness when it means those teams will be carrying the playoff races down to the end of the schedule. And fans of those teams will be thrilled that, even at 9-7 or 8-8, their guys are in the thick of things, consistency be damned. The sour taste left behind from last Saturday’s season-ending shellacking of the Houston Texans may not go away for a very long time. Sure, Houston set some sweet records along the way, including the nine-game win streak and Deshaun Watson’s miraculous rise from the ashes to becoming who we hoped he would become. People can say the Andrew Luck-led Indianapolis Colts are a great team all they want, but Houston lost that game far more than the Colts won it. From several dropped passes, missed throws, NCAA level bad offensive line work, and head-scratching play calling to an overwhelming sense the team just didn’t appear ready to take the field, it really seemed like Week 1 all over again (insert “Groundhog Day” clip with Bill O’Brien instead of Bill Murray).Now, since it’s probably a foregone conclusion Cal McNair won’t make any sweeping organizational changes, we’re going to hand that virtual duty over to you. That’s right, it’s time to put on your Emperor of the Universe hat and point out who you see as the common denominator for why the Texans have once again made it to the NFL Playoffs only to get run right back out by the first team they faced. Coaching: Is this all on Bill O’Brien? Well, to hear him talk, yes, it is. Ultimately Authentic Jadeveon Clowney Jersey , he's right. At the end of the day, a head coach who can’t get his team ready for the biggest game of the year will most likely find himself in the unemployment line soon thereafter in most NFL cities. General Manager: Overall roster deficiencies can clearly be laid at the feet of the general manager, but first year GM Brian Gaine did a decent job of trying to clean up the mess he inherited. Was the ending his fault? Or is it more his predecessor’s fault, as Rick Smith neglected so many position groups for his entire run? Position Groups: Speaking of position groups, do you blame the offensive line, secondary, or running backs the most?Specific Players: This is a team game, but many like to say the ultimate fate of a team falls on one or more key members of the roster.Can you point the finger at one or two players alone?Leadership: Was it a player leadership failure? Coaching leadership failure? Organizational level failure? Blind Luck (no, not Andrew): Did the injury bug and horrifically bad officiating cause our beloved Texans to collapse? I mean, how many times can J.J. Watt and Jadeveon Clowney get mugged in broad daylight, right in front of a stripped shirt who seems completely blind to the offense, before people start wondering if the NFL is rigged? Or, maybe, the injury bug is just a cruel, cruel mistress...If none of those answer suit you, then obviously Thanos, in an effort to bring peace to the galaxy, wiped out one third of the Texans’ ability to function to the level of their potential when he donned the Infinity Gauntlet. Hopefully, Dr. Strange and the remaining Avengers can find a way to undo that before the NFL Draft.Vote here, and then give us the why behind the what in the comments section.