First, some light housekeeping before we get into the Sunday Night game… Several thousand astute readers (actually none at all) pointed out that I failed to give out my coveted player and play of the week awards for Houston’s win against the Jets on Monday night. So, quickly: Player of the game, offense: Clearly, Arian [...]
While we all should be elated that the Texans are 5-0 going into the toughest stretch of their 2012 schedule, the loss of Brian Cushing is quite a dark cloud. Cushing will be sorely missed, not just because of how good he is, but because of how limited their options are. Nobody is going to [...]
Before I unleash my postgame thoughts, I just want to quickly say that I do think Trindon Holliday should and will be cut this week. Despite the perfect record, clearly the Texans have field position and special teams issues. Of course it’s not all Holliday’s fault. The blocking hasn’t been there. But to me the [...]
…as to exactly HOW, I can’t tell you. Here’s all I can come up with. On offense, they have no prayer (even with Tebow). Defensively, this is all I’ve got – Rex Ryan tells one of his pass rushers to absolutely obliterate Matt Schaub on a play-action play, whether Schaub comes off the turn with [...]
Nicknames are silly, unless you earn them. JJ Watt has more than earned the thousand nicknames he’s had bestowed upon him. Recently I came up with “JuggerWatt” for our unstoppable force of a defensive end (who just won the AFC Defensive Player of the Month, by the way). So (what I think) is a solid [...]
The Texans took a calculated risk when they jettisoned Eric Winston from the team and allowed Mike Brisiel to walk in free agency over the offseason. The team almost literally had no choice on Brisiel, who signed a deal in Oakland that Houston would have been out of their minds to match. With Winston, his [...]
To this point in the season, I have avoided this topic. Now that we are a quarter into the season, I’m putting it out there. *Deep breath* Never mind Arian Foster’s huge workload – right now he doesn’t look like the same player to me. Before you freak out, get with the “spirit” of this [...]
Yet again, the Texans did what they were supposed to do. The NFL put a vastly inferior team in front of them, and they took care of business. The Texans looked a little bit sluggish in parts of the game, but even while the Titans were hanging around at 14-7, it never really felt that [...]
463 yards per game. That’s what the Titans are giving up in 2012 through their 1-2 record. Chris Johnson is rotting garbage. Kenny Britt isn’t going to play due to an ankle injury. What more can be said? The only way the Texans can lose this game is if they not only come out flat, [...]
Houston Texans Record: 3-0 Week 3: Defeated Denver 31-25 Next: Hosts Tennessee The Texans have a stranglehold on the AFC South after week three. They are dominant on defense, and after a win in Denver the offense has shown its quick-strike ability to go along with their typical grind-it-out one-two punch running game. Though they [...]
