Texans 27, Jags 30

At least, not until like Tuesday.

This was a hell of a game.

I know it’s fashionable to crap on the defense but you have to give credit to the Jags. We put a lot of pressure on Garrard and he made some great plays. If our coaches don’t have a brain fart in the first quarter, we’re all talking about how brilliant this was, etc.

Schaub was awesome, and I think our d did a very good job of keeping MJD and Taylor from beating us.

It sucks that we let Garrard beat us with his legs, but all in all, this outfit is light years ahead of where they were even last week. It’s like Houston’s professional football team finally showed up.

colts… Nevermind.

You always play us tough. Fantastic game. I look forward to our Monday Night Showdown.

Slaton is a stud, I was high on him during the draft season and was sad to see the Texans pick him. Cause he’s the real deal.

Good game!

-Chris

In the big scheme of things, a loss is a loss, and it hurts our chances for a playoff/winning season. But coming off this one, I can say with honesty that I think the Texans can win at least 3 of the games in the upcoming 4-game homestand.

Has anyone looked at the box score? Texans went 9-13 (!!!!) on 3rd down conversions. Only committed 2 penalties. Held Fred Taylor and MJD to a combined 17 carries for 57 yards.

And how bout Slaton? We have a legitimate backfield threat now, both on running plays and passing plays. Opposing teams will have to plan against screen passes and wheel routes now. Also, great games by OD and Walter. The original ’Dre had a big 4th quarter catch and opens up the underneath/middle of the field for the other guys.

Yes, we lost; and yes, Garrard ate our lunch most of the time. We did get in his face a lot in the second half, though, and most qb’s (peyton, collins, among others) would not be able to scramble away as effectively, nevertheless run for 4th down conversions. But honestly, you have to feel good looking back at the game. We played them drive for drive, and you just know if we won the OT coin toss we probably would have won.

My bottom line is that we played very well. About as well as we knew we were capable of before week one, in fact. And I see greener pastures ahead.

I’m dead fucking serious.

Guys…just wanted to thank you for a masterful and hard fought game. I hope you can take away from this that the Texans are soon to be a team to be feared…because I can see that the weapons are in place….just execution and solid effort from all members of the team at one time and you will be over the hump.

Just like the Texans, the Jags have been going thru this rebuilding and “putting the pieces” together for several years now and we havent quite been able to get over the hump…so be patient because it appears that the Texans will be over the hump in a shorter amount of time than the Jags. I personally love the extreme rivalry between our two teams, as it makes for good football games. I hope this rivalry continues over the years and becomes similar to a Redskins/Cowboys type of thing in the future where it gurantees that anytime our teams play we get national billing on TV due to the intensity of it.

In addition, I would also like to show some love to some of the great Texans fans that have dropped some love over at Big Cat Country and have done so with much respect and not whining or crying or being hateful…that is a sign of the great fans here at the Battle Red Blog..and I wanted to return that favor….THANKS!

I still hate sports.

So I’ll put it here: Texans sign fullback Cecil Sapp. I’ll give you one guess as to where he played last year.

Is it just me or is Steve Slaton the best running back the Texans ever had. And I’m a big fan but they need to learn how to draft better overall

Davis was damn good. What ever happen to him? It’s like he fell of the face of the earth.