Myself and many others suspected this game would spell disaster for the Texans… turns out, it was. I’d like to be able to say the Texans would have won if they hadn’t been decimated by injuries, but that would be a fabrication. The Texans defense was absolutely, positively ATROCIOUS. The play-calling at times, was equally [...]

Yes, the Falcons are pretty bad so far this year, but they will be fired up to win in front of the home folks – especially with ex-Falcon Matt Schaub leading the Texans in with a 2-1 record. Let’s go down the extensive (and pretty depressing) laundry list of injuries for Houston: Starting running back [...]

Reggie breaks his TD drought, Vince rolls on, and Mario struggles. If you’ve got a beef with this week’s winner, this is the place to say so.

Ah, reality. You knew it would show up eventually. The Texans played tough and only lost by six points to the undefeated Super Bowl Champions despite all of the following: Starting WR, one of the top 5 receivers in the league Andre Johnson – Injured, did not play. Starting RB Ahman Green – injured in [...]

Sure they do. The smart money of course is on Indianapolis this weekend against the Texans, but hey – when a team is riding as high as Houston is right now, you have to give them a shot. Of course we all know that the last team to beat the Colts was the Texans – [...]

Several observers, and one team – the Chicago Cubs – are loudly complaining that the Astros aren’t fielding the best team possible against teams still in the playoff hunt. On the surface, it sounds like sour grapes – but really – if the shoe was on the other foot, I’m pretty sure Astros fans would [...]

The updated draft tracker for week 2 is up! Disagree? Tell me so.

Wow. Remember back to last season, or the horrible 2-14 season from two years ago. Imagine either of those teams on the road, against a playoff-caliber, top defensive team like these Carolina Panthers. Imagine those teams being down 14-0 with ten minutes gone in the first quarter. Those games would have been OVER, and would [...]

UPDATE: Mario Williams has been named the Associated Press Defensive Player of the Week. If you look under ‘pages’ you’ll see a new feature on HoustonDiehards.com… in the spirit of continuing to agitate the never-ending Mario/Reggie/Vince debate amongst Texan fans – I’m going to keep track of the three of them and try and determine [...]

Rick Smith went out and signed veteran strong safety Will Demps to the roster today. Sunday, the Texans lost their starter at that position for the SECOND TIME this year. Apparently several other teams wanted to lock this guy down, but Smith came through once again. Rick Smith has made so many of these shrewd [...]