PUT YOUR NAME ON IT: What Will The Texans' Record Be At The End Of The Regular Season?

ALMOST everybody in here that made their predictions had the Texans winning the season opener. Then when it didn’t happen, we were almost ready to hit the panic switch.

And looking back at it, the only person that was pretty close with their predictions was Rivers. And I was right about the Bengals. Do I get bragging rights?

But my mind is all, screw you heart. 9-7. Maybe it’s because I’m afraid of having my hopes crushed again. I should point out that I predicted 8-8 before the season began, but I think it’s unlikely we fall that far.

They will finish 6-1, 5-2 at worst, barring a complete meltdown. Losses to Indy and/or Miami

Look, we have the Colts and the Patriots on our schedule in addition to potential trap games with the Titans, Jags and Dolphins.

Hate VY or not, the fact is we have never played mobile QBs well. Our new defense will be put the test against guys like VY and Garrard.

Either way, we end the season with our FIRST wining record but we are not going to the playoffs. The AfC is too strong this year for us to get in at 10-6 in my opinion unless the Chargers stumble and we win against the Jags.

If we lose to the Jags they will own the tie breaker going into the playoffs and they WILL be in the hunt for the wildcard right alongside us.

We MUST win out or go 5-1 (with the one loss NOT being to the Jags) in order to have a legitimate shot at the playoffs this year unless some other AFC teams (Chargers, Jags, Steelers) just completely collapse.

7 game winning streak to close it out.
and NO..
im NOT high.

I just got a feelin.

we always finish strong. INDY is just beggin’ for an ass whuppin… and i think it starts with a monday night statement game against the TITS.

we go 10-5 into the pats game

they HAVE something to play for, but the texans pull it out

indy, pats, cinci, san diego, pitt, and the texans.

texans go to san diego, win, then lose in new england

ill take this anyday

hou – 44 TITS – 7

vince. just. throws. picks.

chris johnson just wins

contain CJ, contain the TITs

11. Titans — WIN. Monday night? Battle Red? Inferior opponent? Hot crowd? Yeah, I gotta say I like our chances.

12. Colts— WIN. They’re not going 16-0. If not for a blunderful first half, the Texans win. At home, I think the Texans relax. The Colts will lose and probably be better for it.

13. Jaguars— WIN. These teams seem to split their series a lot. Close, competitive game, but the Texans won’t lose 2 times to them.

14. Seahawks— WIN. Seahawks get shredded via the pass. Texans love to pass.

15. Rams— WIN. If we lose this game, I will no longer be a Texans fan.

16. Dolphins— LOSS. Don’t like the Wildcat, the 3-4, just definitely know the Dolphins will be spoilers.

17. Patriots— WIN. This one will be huge. Playoff birth may be on the line. Pats may not have anything to play for, but the Texans sure as heck may.

6-1 finish because they do end seasons well under Kubes. 11-5 is possible and that is good enough for a Wild Card birth.

and those 2 losses are going to come from indy and miami…..still puts the texans finishing with 10 wins, but lose the wild card game in the playoffs….

My greatest fear, right now, is having to live through a week of this “VY just wins games” bullshit. If you watched yesterday, the D and Chris Johnson carried them.

I say we stick 10 in the box and try to make VY figure out who’s not actually covered.

I love the attitude, F VY we should ignore the fact he is even in the game and stack the box, if VY scrambles or CJ runs eiter why we are fine. Because VY won’t beat us through the air!

I really do believe 11-6 is a possibility. I expected them to lose to the colts on the road just like I expect for them to beat them at home. I think this team can beat every team they play the rest of the year, including the Pats, but will f up at least one game.

The bye week has turned everybody in this blog CRAZY!

I think this teams turnover issues and short yardage issues are going to really hurt down the line.

At the same time, I think every game we have left on the schedule is winnable, like I wrote in the fanpost. I would say that the Colts game is a particular must-win, but at this point practically every game is a must-win. I would not overlook the Sisterfuckers either, they are playing completely different football right now…the good news is we have bottled up some good running backs in our sudden “good run defense” steak, but when you have to have a spy on Radio that hurts.

I guess I can say I’m pretty confident we walk away from Jags-Seahawks-Rams-Dolphins with 3 of 4. If I was bookkeeping I’d have the odds for 9-7 be lowest. I think we’re going to settle in right around there. I hope it’s enough.

Also I should add, if we get above .500, credit should go to the pieces that have overperformed my expectations: Duane Brown, Cushing, and Glover/Pollard have played far beyond what I expected, and they are the ones weathering the losses of OD and the middle of our o-line being a joke..

As easy as it is to get excited about this team, it’s equally difficult to feel confident about their performance week in/week out. Lurking in the back of my head is this knowledge that we’re going to do something stupid – Chris Brown up the gut, Kris Brown missed FG, fumble, Schaub’s Stupid Pass of the Game™ – something is going to put the game in jeopardy. To me, the cleanest full game we’ve played this year was at Buffalo, and we were down 10-9 to start the fourth. Plus, I still don’t think the Pass D is even average.

That said, here are my prognostibations:
11. Titans — Win. For the love of Durga please. The could beat us 2-0, and somebody (here, even) is going to talk about how VY just wins and we should’ve taken him over Mario.

12. Colts— Loss. I don’t think we can stop Captain Forehead.

13. @Jaguars— Win. Is our run D for real? I don’t think it’s been tested since the last time we played the Jags. If it is, we win. If it isn’t, MJD goes off again.

14. Seahawks— Win. How boring are the seasquawks? Really?

15. @Rams— Win.

16. @Dolphins— Loss. This one is all about the 3-4 to me, and it’s on the road. This also depends on the severity of Ronnie Brown’s injury. He’s the key to their Wildcat, but he’s also their best offensive threat.

17. Patriots— Loss. This is a very poor matchup for us defensively. If the Pats play, and I think they’ll probably have to, this could be a stinger of a game.

Which leads us to 4-3 and a 9-7 record.

I am optimistic we can take a 10th win out of this bunch, but I wouldn’t bet my daughter on it.

could not have come at a better time. gives the guys a chance to reload re-arm and get ready for the final assault….

Also was wondering who you guys think r the top RB s in the NFL. The top five

mine looks like this

1 AP
2. S jax
3a. Cj
3b. D will
5. Mjd

I think d will is great but the speed seperates him and cj

and no Patrick Willis cannot play RB, or I guess flying back…?

Titans – W – We stack the box and make VY throw the ball, which he as trouble doing.
Colts – W – Can’t stop Manning from producing, but we don’t make the mental mistakes we made the first time around and we are playing at home.
Jags – W – Clean up our division with our improved run defense.
Seahawks – L – Come in and shock us, should win this game though and I couldnt put 11-6 for our overall record.
Rams – W – Try and make Bulger beat us, because we are going to stack the box against Jackson.
Dolphins – W – Henne cant do it and the wildcat is shut down.
Patriots – L – Belichek is pissed and is going to try and kill everyone from now on.

Just HAVE to contain Chris Johnson. Disciplined play from the edges and the backend. Do not let him turn the corner unless it’s straight out of bounds. VY just doesn’t scare me.

On offense, we have to hold the line up the middle. If the Schaub can step up in the pocket to avoid the outside pressure he’ll pick the Titans apart….running game or not. Dre gonna have a big day!

Ultimately, if the Texans contain CJ, we’ll outscore them and win big.

11. Titans—WIN. Somehow, I am confident we can contain Chris Johnson. It is just too strange to have any sort of confidence in our run defense. Plus, fuck VY and fuck the BE-SFs.
12. Colts—LOSS. Forehead is just way too good. I think it will be close, and I think it will be another heartbreaker.
13. @ Jaguars—WIN. We can shut down CJ, we can shut down MJD. Plus, revenge.
14. Seahawks—WIN. I can’t see us losing this. Trap games are against teams with talent and poor coaching. The Seahawks don’t really have the talent to hang with us.
15. @ Rams—WIN. Only because I don’t think my liver could handle a loss to the Rams.
16. @ Dolphins—LOSS. Road game, 3-4, I don’t like this game one bit. I don’t think the Texans are going to get it done in Miami
17. Patriots—LOSS. I see the Patriots getting upset in a game they should win, which I think will make Belichick unlikely to rest his starters against us. And I think that can only mean a really painful lopsided and painful defeat in which Tom Brady and Randy Moss torch Dunta for like 400 yards.

But at least I can see possibilities in which the Texans take one or two or even all of these games. And that makes me happy.

Beat the Titans, Colts, Jags, Seahawks, & Rams. We will lose to the Dolpins & Patriots

Titans – Loss (sigh)
Colts – Win (IT HAS TO HAPPEN SOMETIME)
Jags – Win (LOL and JAX “home” game)
Seahawks – Win
Rams – Win
Dolphins Loss (If we lose to the Jags, we win this one. Just because)
Patriots – Loss

So 4 and 3, for a final of 9 and 7

a probability breakdown on our playoff chances.

Should be finished tomorrow.

For now its 50-50. Either we make it, or we don’t.

We still control our own destiny!

With a loss against Seattle and Miami.

With that said. I would LOVE to see Houston be the team that lays out a QB in the middle of a Wildcat and knock him out of the game for being dumb enough to be in the WR spot.

Just got through all the comments here. The volume of ignorance is impressive.

YOU GUYS HAVE NO IDEA WHATS GONNA HAPPEN TO YALL MONDAY NITE ..NO IDEA