Texans NFL Power Rankings Week 8

by Jake on Oct 27, 2009 6:07 PM CDT in News Comment 41 comments

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Week 7 has come and gone and the Houston Texans have their first streak, winning or losing, of the season. This win raised the average ranking from 19 last week to 17. There are only 13 teams with a better record than 4-3, but the second half defensive collapse probably cost the Texans some confidence points.

ESPN: 17

If the Texans beat host Buffalo, they'll have a 5-3 record for the first time ever.

Fox Sports: 21 (Writer's Note: Notice that the 49ers are ranked 17)

So far, it's been mission accomplished for Matt Schaub. His goal entering the season was simply to stay healthy and play all 16 games for once. The results? Schaub leads the league in both passing yards and TD passes.

CBS Sports: 16

At 4-3, they're over .500 and the offense is playing good football. I still wonder about the pass defense, especially after what Alex Smith did in the second half.

Yahoo Sports: 16

With two former presidents serving as honorary co-captains for the Houston Texans on Sunday, did any fans at Reliant Stadium think they were witnessing a remake of "Point Break"?

Pro Football Weekly: 16

Breathing a sigh of relief over Andre Johnson's chest inury.

Pro Football Talk: 15

If they make the playoffs, there will be no more dangerous team than the Texans.

NFL Experts Average Ranking: 17

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They are who we thought they were

Kind of Jeckyl and Hyde, wouldn’t you say? But, they are winning. I think they can continue to win more than they lose and what I think it will all be setting up for is one hell of a final game of the season this year against the New England Patriots. Just imagine, the Tom Brady comes to town tied with Matt Schaub for the league lead for TD’s on the season and the Texans needing a victory to pull out a Wild Card berth. THAT is what it’s all about!

I suppose if all of the stars, moons and planets align it could be possible, but what are the chances of that?

by Rip Jersey on Oct 27, 2009 7:34 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Jake?

Is your tallying accurate enough to tell us who the AFC teams are ahead of the Texans that they have to beat out to get the Wild Card berth?

I suppose if all of the stars, moons and planets align it could be possible, but what are the chances of that?

by Rip Jersey on Oct 27, 2009 7:36 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Right Now

The Steelers and the Jets have the two AFC wild card spots. The Steelers are tied with the Bengals but the Bengals are in front because of head to head, and the Jets are ahead of us for the same reason.

You know... for kids.

by Jake on Oct 27, 2009 8:03 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Glad to see

Chris Farley workin’ security at the stadium. McNair savin’ $$ on the benefits, I guess.

Smushiak will take us to the playoffs in 2009.

by texanphil on Oct 27, 2009 8:52 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

So I was perusing box scores this morning...

I got to the Philly-Washington game and noticed a certain “J. Babin” with a sack.

Also, anyone interested in the Astros should check out Justice’s latest column.

Say what you will about him, but he’s a pretty good baseball reporter. This is how sports journalism should be; asking legit questions even if it hurts your chances at getting invited to the next team-organized buffet dinner (I’m talking to you, McClain).

by Nashmeister on Oct 28, 2009 3:58 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

True

Justice always was (for the most part) a very talented baseball reporter. Then they assigned him to the Texans as well. And he lost his fucking mind.

So you're saying that now I have to think of some witty Sig that will be applicable across all the SBN sites? Go Texan Horn Stro Kets!

by Shake on Oct 28, 2009 8:53 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I really dont have a problem with Mclain

Why does everyone hate on him so bad?

by schillingb on Oct 28, 2009 9:48 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Long-time Houston football scribe John McClain on the Texans’ effort in their 31-24 loss to the Jaguars: “The Texans are an abomination, an embarrassment to the city, the county and to themselves.”

Be judgmental about the actions of the past, be hopeful about the actions of the future. -The Homers Creed

by DaGoaT on Oct 28, 2009 10:09 AM CDT up reply actions 2 recs

Emphasis on the county?

by Jordann on Oct 28, 2009 10:12 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Funny to me.

Because the next week he was right back on the bandwagon.

You are banned from Music City Miracles.
Happy Now Tits?
You are banned from Blogging The Boys.

by CFHTim on Oct 28, 2009 1:41 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I don't disagree with him him..

maybe he took it over the line, but there play durring that game was an adomination…Obviously they fixed it, but I am going to have to disagree with everyone..I like John

by schillingb on Oct 28, 2009 2:16 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I don't dislike him.

Just don’t take his reports too seriously.

You are banned from Music City Miracles.
Happy Now Tits?
You are banned from Blogging The Boys.

by CFHTim on Oct 28, 2009 5:36 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

He's a professional journalist (supposedly).

He needs to write like one, instead of sounding like a spoiled child every time something goes wrong for the Texans.

During the Arizona game, his half-time comments were most likely, “this team is an embarrassment, fire Kubiak, draft a QB, etc.”. Fast forward a quarter and a half when we’ve tied it up, and suddenly he’s back on the bandwagon. Fast forward five minutes when we stall on the goal-line and he’s right back where he started.

Pisses me off to no end that he gets paid to write like a pissy 12 year-old.

by Nashmeister on Oct 28, 2009 6:46 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs

Its a fine line

Especially because he writes Blog as a fan, but also writes his stories/reports as a Professional Sports Writer.

Maybe the line is a little blurred.

by distant_texans_fan on Oct 28, 2009 8:33 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Totally disagree on Dicky.

None of those questions was anything other than blindingly obvious. If he wanted to ask a tough question he might have asked something like: “Your gm has stocked the team with overpaid, mediocre talent yet you fired the manager wheb he couldn’t win with this talent. Why don’t hold the gm accountable instead?”

Instead we get softballs that Drayton could parry in his sleep. Justice is good at passing off the mundane as remarkable and at talking out of his ass. At least Pancakes is sincere instead of sickly smug.

And they both write as a college sophomore.

When I'm on the mic, I'm like global warming, you can't ignore me.

by tehGrindCrusher on Oct 28, 2009 10:46 AM CDT via mobile up reply actions 0 recs

"they both write as well as a college sophomore"

“‘Why don’t you hold the gm accountable instead’”

Irony, thy name is me. No more commenting while driving.

When I'm on the mic, I'm like global warming, you can't ignore me.

by tehGrindCrusher on Oct 28, 2009 10:49 AM CDT via mobile up reply actions 0 recs

Just wait to comment until you're driving through a School Zone

because you can concentrate more since you have to drive slower there

So you're saying that now I have to think of some witty Sig that will be applicable across all the SBN sites? Go Texan Horn Stro Kets!

by Shake on Oct 28, 2009 10:53 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

And if you hit a kid. Ten Points right?

A glorified security guard(Constable) pulled me over for checking what time it was on my phone while I was in a school zone.

I couldve bought a nice ass watch with that $200!

by Jordann on Oct 28, 2009 11:42 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

All kidding aside

Did they actually have the “No cell phone use” black & white signs posted under the school zone speed limit sign? Because if not, it turns out the law does not apply.

And thanks to another brilliant piece of legislature by our politicians, they created the law which requires signs….but didn’t provide any funding to the schools to buy signs….in a year when school budgets are very thin…..fucking brilliant.

So you're saying that now I have to think of some witty Sig that will be applicable across all the SBN sites? Go Texan Horn Stro Kets!

by Shake on Oct 28, 2009 12:02 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

You might have saved me $200 Shake.

Im gonna drive by there this afternoon and check. If they dont have that sign, expect a case of beer in the mail.

by Jordann on Oct 28, 2009 12:05 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Also

If it isn’t there, make sure to take a picture (or 6). And check both signs (on each end of the school zone), in case it is only posted on 1 side. Take a picture of the other one, and disavow all knowledge of the existing sign.

And if they do have signs posted, then you have 3 choices.
1. Pay $200.
2. Print your call log from your cell provider and show the judge that you were indeed not on the phone at the time of the ticket. Then ask if you would have received a ticket for checking the clock on your vehicle’s radio.
3. Go out at 3AM with a few crescent wrenches and remove the signs. Then make sure to show up at first light and get pictures of the speed limit with no cell phone signs. Just sayin’.

And for those who get all pissy about this, fuck off. If Jordann was swerving in a school zone while using Google to find new Filipino Tranny Porn on his cell phone, then it would be a different story. I have issues with a Constable just trying to get $200 because a guy looked at the time on his phone.

So you're saying that now I have to think of some witty Sig that will be applicable across all the SBN sites? Go Texan Horn Stro Kets!

by Shake on Oct 28, 2009 12:28 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Hahahha thanks man!

Im actually about to go do that right now on my lunch instead of googling porn(Filipino Tranny Porn of course) like I usually do.

I was already thinking about number three before I even thought about number one. Number two wouldn’t have crossed my mind at all so im definitely gonna do that too. But you forgot about number four though. Create a whole new identity and go by the name of Hugh G. Rekshin and not pay the $200.

Im too damn poor(cheap) to have internet on my phone. So I just have a picture of a Filipino Tranny Hooker as a screen saver. Saves me money and time.

I don’t wanna get into the whole Constable talk. Im actually having to do work this week so I cant afford to waste a whole afternoon(or seven) talking about it. But im sure you know and feel the same way about it already.

by Jordann on Oct 28, 2009 1:15 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

How did the recon mission go ?

You are banned from Music City Miracles.
Happy Now Tits?
You are banned from Blogging The Boys.

by CFHTim on Oct 28, 2009 5:36 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Agreed

We need updates Jordann, so long as said updates do not compromise your plausible deniability.

If the Treasury Secretary doesn't have to pay taxes, then why do I?

by Shake on Oct 29, 2009 12:15 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Im definitely buying a watch with the $200 Bucks.

I scoped it out and I didnt see the new sign that they were supposed to have with the school zone sign. Checked every single street corner that comes before that school zone and there was no sign whatsoever. So I took about twenty pictures, four for each school zone sign and drove off.
As I was driving off, I realized that it wasn’t enough evidence so I got out of my car. Walked from the one end of the street where the school zone starts and where it ends with my phone recording video and im gonna use it as evidence.

That should suffice right?

When I got back in the office, I realized that I took waaay more than an hour(couple minutes short of two hours) on lunch so I couldn’t really update yall because I was already running an hour behind.

by Jordann on Oct 29, 2009 9:39 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Nice

Now you just need to pull up the legislation passed last month for this law, and print the page showing that it is only valid with posted signs. Then highlight that shit for the traffic court judge.

If the Treasury Secretary doesn't have to pay taxes, then why do I?

by Shake on Oct 29, 2009 10:50 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I think that should suffice.

You are banned from Music City Miracles.
Happy Now Tits?
You are banned from Blogging The Boys.

by CFHTim on Oct 29, 2009 12:08 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Also

Go ahead and bring your cell phone transcript with you as well. Just in case the judge is a prick……..or cunt (wouldn’t want to be politically incorrect by inferring a gender).

Cover all your bases, and you should avoid the $200 loss. Just be calm & collected, since ALL the facts are on your side for this one.

If the Treasury Secretary doesn't have to pay taxes, then why do I?

by Shake on Oct 29, 2009 4:10 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

mclain

is just boring and old, and doesnt ever give any ACTUAL analysis or input

its between cin,bal, jets, chargers and HOU for the 2 wildcards.

ill take cinci and hou

by Allen-OU on Oct 28, 2009 11:47 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Better hope the Jets start losing more..

"An open mind is like a fortress with it's gates unbarred and unguarded."

The ROSENFAIL : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAKAKE-uq-8&feature=related

by TexansForever on Oct 28, 2009 12:27 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

sweep Indy

shock the world

Smushiak will take us to the playoffs in 2009.

by texanphil on Oct 28, 2009 4:46 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Where's the love?

I don’t know about all the other polls, but in the ESPN poll the Texans are the lowest ranked team with a winning record.

The true test in the life of a Texans fan is how gracefully you endure it.

by TexanKurt on Oct 28, 2009 11:50 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

We will get no love

because historically, we don’t deserve it

So you're saying that now I have to think of some witty Sig that will be applicable across all the SBN sites? Go Texan Horn Stro Kets!

by Shake on Oct 28, 2009 12:03 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

MEMORY LANE:

Oh yeah….when Hope was at it’s peak…..

http://www.chron.com/sports/photogallery/Original_Texans.html#17808898

"An open mind is like a fortress with it's gates unbarred and unguarded."

The ROSENFAIL : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAKAKE-uq-8&feature=related

by TexansForever on Oct 28, 2009 12:28 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Oops

I thought this was when Hope was at its peak:
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://z.about.com/d/chicago/1/0//4/-/-/MichelleObamaElectionNightScottOlson.jpg&imgrefurl=http://chicago.about.com/od/chicagopeople/ss/MObamaPictures110.htm&usg=__9QUEmKhW8fD9vLMRJ2aOIJBF5Bc=&h=2000&w=3000&sz=1017&hl=en&start=1&tbnid=tr-iJUgOlALJlM:&tbnh=100&tbnw=150&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dobama%2Belection%2Bnight%26gbv%3D2%26hl%3Den

So you're saying that now I have to think of some witty Sig that will be applicable across all the SBN sites? Go Texan Horn Stro Kets!

by Shake on Oct 28, 2009 12:30 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs