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Your Week 14 Rooting Guide For The Houston Texans

After seeing, hearing, and feeling the atmosphere in Reliant on Sunday, it becomes more apparent than ever that securing home field advantage could be just the thing the Texans need to make a run all the way to the Super Bowl. If the crowd was raucous and noisy when the Texans played an NFC team, imagine the atmosphere when the stands are totally full and the Texans are in the playoffs. I'm excited by that. Are you?

Let's examine last week's results:

Star-divide

Falcons @ Texans - Texans win (+)

Ravens @ Browns - Ravens win (-)

Colts @ Patriots - Patriots win (-)

Bengals @ Steelers - Steelers win (-)

Raiders @ Dolphins - Dolphins win (+)

Jets @ Redskins - Jets (-)

BE-SFs @ Bills - Hillbillies (-)

Slightly better record than last week at 2-5. The leaders of the AFC keep pace with one another, as nobody wants to be the first to drop out of the four-way tie. Here's this week's slate of games.

The Making History

Houston Texans (9-3) @ Cincinnati Bengals (7-5) - Texans

The Texans take on the Bengals as they come off a grueling 4 game stretch against the AFC North. This is the last major test for our team this season as things stand today.

New Orleans Saints (9-3) @ Methopotamia BE-SFs (7-5) - Saints

With a Texans win and a Saints win, the Texans clinch the AFC South and are guaranteed a playoff berth in Week 14. I never thought I would get to type that sentence.

The Race for the #1 Seed

Indianapolis Dolts (0-12) @ Baltimore Ravens (9-3) - Colts

The "team from Indianapolis" take on the Ravens in Baltimore. Baltimore's history of playing down to the competition this season didn't show up last week, so let's hope they saved up some of their suck for this game (the rest being for if they meet the Texans in the postseason).

New England Patriots (9-3) @ Washington Redskins (4-8) - Redskins

The Redskins will have to get it done without Fred Davis and Trent Williams. I doubt they're up to the task but pray I'm wrong.

Cleveland Browns (4-8) @ Pittsburgh Steelers (9-3) - Browns

In a reversal of my wishes for the Ravens, maybe the Browns have been saving most of their not-suck for this game.

The Rest of the AFC (That Matters)

Oakland Raiders (7-5) @ Green Bay Packers (12-0) - Packers

This game is sort of a win-win. Either the Raiders lose and fall further from threatening the Texans in any way, or the Packers lose and this perfect season nonsense can end.

Chicago Bears (7-5) @ Denver Tebows (7-5) - Bears

I'm actually interested to see how Tim Tebow pulls out yet another absurd and overly hyped comeback. But it benefits the Texans if he collapses hilariously at the last minute, so yeah. Out of respect to Mike Clark, I guess it wouldn't be too awful if they were able to win again.

The Texans fell to the #2 seed this week on strength of victory. I can never get the ESPN playoff machine thingy to work on this computer, so I'm uncertain what would happen should all four 9-3 teams in the AFC advance to 10-3. Another exciting week of football awaits, and it's a good time to be a Texans fan.

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I have yet to make us the in the top 2 seeds, in the playoff machine

with out having Baltimore orNew England lose.

The Texan Floater, you wanna flush it but you can't.
Wade Aid Is the Best Drink in the League.
Whitest, I mean Best Front Seven in Football.

by WreckNTexan on Dec 6, 2011 9:07 PM CST reply actions  

no i dont think we can

someone else posted on this earlier.

- Feeling the five stages of grief since 2002.

"It's either gonna make you a man or a coward. One of the two. I'm a be a man. I ain't never seen a coward, heard a coward, coward not in ma vocabulary." - Lawrence Vickers

by NoSafetiesNeeded on Dec 6, 2011 10:48 PM CST up reply actions  

Bumped To Front Page

Looking forward to a day when being a Texans fan doesn't mean that April is the highlight of my season...

by Tim on Dec 6, 2011 10:33 PM CST reply actions  

Denver doesn't really scare me

I think they’re more of a paper tiger. We’ll see against Chicago (who has a nice defense), but I don’t think Da Bears will be able to put up enough points without Forte. It’s a shame, Lovie deals with enough heat as it is.

My thoughts are like Brian Cushing on the field: Everywhere.

by f22a4bandit on Dec 6, 2011 10:53 PM CST reply actions  

In a one-game scenario, Denver scares me

I think they scare other teams, too.

"All our lives we're taught to get in line. The ones who conform never discover." - Undrafted Free Agent and NFL Rushing Leader Arian Foster

by Rip Jersey on Dec 7, 2011 7:20 AM CST up reply actions  

As a very long term Broncos fan they shouldn't

The game against the lions should show that.. They just don’t have the offence to hang with a good team.

That said I wouldn’t fell comfortable until I had a 30 point lead on them.

You can't fix Dumb or being a VYFB

by Texans-Brocos on Dec 7, 2011 10:21 AM CST up reply actions  

Not me

This defense will crush Tebow.

I'm a man!! I'm forty!!

by Hydroshock on Dec 7, 2011 4:16 PM CST up reply actions  

I WANT Denver for a playoff game

We would kill them

Follow me on twitter: @Super_Stud2100

by Antho10000 on Dec 7, 2011 4:54 PM CST up reply actions  

ESPN says if the top four win:

1) Texans
2) Ravens
3) Pats
5) Pittsburgh

"He walked 18."
"New league record!"
"Struck out 18."
"Another new league record! In addition he hit the sportswriter, the public address announcer, the bull mascot twice...also new league records! But, Joe, this guy's got some serious shit."

by Elephande on Dec 6, 2011 10:54 PM CST reply actions  

THat slam on the Pats SOS is something we';ll get hit with at the end of the season.

'Without change something sleeps inside us, and seldom awakens. The sleeper must awaken.' -Frank Herbert

by chuckiepoo on Dec 6, 2011 11:03 PM CST up reply actions  

Yeah. I know Pitt has the short end of the stick when it comes to tiebreakers, but I don’t get how we’re ranked above Baltimore.

"He walked 18."
"New league record!"
"Struck out 18."
"Another new league record! In addition he hit the sportswriter, the public address announcer, the bull mascot twice...also new league records! But, Joe, this guy's got some serious shit."

by Elephande on Dec 6, 2011 11:06 PM CST up reply actions  

I assume it’s because we lead our div and they don’t

by HTown80 on Dec 6, 2011 11:14 PM CST via mobile up reply actions  

Baltimore does, I thought. Same record as Pitt, 2-0 against ’em.

"He walked 18."
"New league record!"
"Struck out 18."
"Another new league record! In addition he hit the sportswriter, the public address announcer, the bull mascot twice...also new league records! But, Joe, this guy's got some serious shit."

by Elephande on Dec 6, 2011 11:33 PM CST up reply actions  

you're right

Forgot about the two poundings they gave the squealers. Huh. Things that make ya go hmmm

by HTown80 on Dec 7, 2011 12:30 AM CST via mobile up reply actions  

Maybe bspn is finally bowing down to the alter that is smikubiwade

by HTown80 on Dec 7, 2011 12:31 AM CST via mobile up reply actions  

although

They did lose to the glitter kittens

by HTown80 on Dec 7, 2011 12:32 AM CST via mobile up reply actions  

It has to do with three way tie breakrs?

Somehow: pats>ravens + texans>pats = texans>ravens, despite texans=ravens- .5

by IThinkItsIndecision on Dec 7, 2011 1:18 AM CST via mobile up reply actions  

Its all about conference play. The first tie breaker when not in the same division is conference play. The pats play Washington this week, so they play the nfc. We are tied with the pats in record for conference play. So if we beat cincy, it doesnt matter what they do as we assume the better conference record by them not playing an afc team. Also, the ravens have lost 2 of their 3 games to afc teams while we have only lost 1. (See BESF’s and Jags vs Raiders).

Miss-placed Houstonian living and going to school in the wilderness of Wyoming.

by BigNate7 on Dec 7, 2011 2:09 AM CST up reply actions  

2 of our 3 losses are to AFC teams. Raiders and Ravens. I think we will really need to be rooting for San Diego against Baltimore, because we’d want Pittsburgh to win that division.

by MadMartygan on Dec 7, 2011 8:16 AM CST up reply actions  

Or cincy

If the Ravens drop one, it’ll more likely be Cincy. But hey I keep an open mind.

If everybody was somebody, then nobody would be anybody - Gilbert and Sullivan

by professortex on Dec 7, 2011 10:17 AM CST up reply actions  

Yeah I could see that, especially if Cincy is fighting for a playoff spot. I guess I just always expect San Diego to go on some late season winning streak.

by MadMartygan on Dec 7, 2011 10:26 AM CST up reply actions  

Ya, and I'm still rooting for SD. That is one team that can pull an upset.

If everybody was somebody, then nobody would be anybody - Gilbert and Sullivan

by professortex on Dec 7, 2011 10:33 AM CST up reply actions  

vote weejay for rookie of the week over at nfl.com

otherwise we won’t get national recognition.

/could win the next 10 super bowls and the media still wouldn’t give a shit
/personally likes it that way

- Feeling the five stages of grief since 2002.

"It's either gonna make you a man or a coward. One of the two. I'm a be a man. I ain't never seen a coward, heard a coward, coward not in ma vocabulary." - Lawrence Vickers

by NoSafetiesNeeded on Dec 6, 2011 11:42 PM CST reply actions  

Voted early and often.

Dallas Cowboys, all hat and no cattle since 1996.

"Will it never be noon?" Duke of Orleans to the Dauphin and Constable of France every Sunday before the Texans play.

by Jonathan Fosburgh on Dec 7, 2011 8:15 AM CST up reply actions  

Same here

Murphy’s 20th Military Law:
If it’s stupid, but it works, it ain’t stupid
"Fuck em all. Go Texans."

by The Night Owl on Dec 7, 2011 11:40 AM CST up reply actions  

If he wins out with decent stats I'd vote for him.

Otherwise I think Newton, Dalton, Green are all more deserving.

by jkcheng122 on Dec 7, 2011 10:38 AM CST up reply actions  

Merit based ROY?

…chil, please…
:- )

'Without change something sleeps inside us, and seldom awakens. The sleeper must awaken.' -Frank Herbert

by chuckiepoo on Dec 7, 2011 2:14 PM CST up reply actions  

I might throw a bone JJ Watts way on ROY

"All our lives we're taught to get in line. The ones who conform never discover." - Undrafted Free Agent and NFL Rushing Leader Arian Foster

by Rip Jersey on Dec 7, 2011 2:20 PM CST up reply actions  

Rookie of the *week*

Not year…

Dallas Cowboys, all hat and no cattle since 1996.

"Will it never be noon?" Duke of Orleans to the Dauphin and Constable of France every Sunday before the Texans play.

by Jonathan Fosburgh on Dec 7, 2011 4:09 PM CST up reply actions  

this guy


should beat this guy

With the injuries to Quarterbacks Matt Schaub, and Matt Leinart, the entire fate of the Houston Texans 2011 season rest on the right arm of.... T.J Yates????

Oh boy...

by Carter Liles on Dec 6, 2011 11:59 PM CST reply actions  

maybe one day ill figure out how to post pictures.

With the injuries to Quarterbacks Matt Schaub, and Matt Leinart, the entire fate of the Houston Texans 2011 season rest on the right arm of.... T.J Yates????

Oh boy...

by Carter Liles on Dec 6, 2011 11:59 PM CST up reply actions  

lol

me too.

Follow the invalid toad.

by Gerbillogic on Dec 7, 2011 12:14 AM CST up reply actions  

put them on photobucket

then paste the link that refers to the pic, and it will appear on the page. I don’t think you can upload and post an actual picture, probably to conserve server space or something.

ex:
Photobucket

MeMongo obviously knows a faster way, maybe he can tell us both

by JBal on Dec 7, 2011 10:01 AM CST up reply actions  

A lot of the problem is when people look things up on google.

If you don’t click on Full size image the link is ridiculously long and does not work.

.................

by Schlauton on Dec 7, 2011 10:34 AM CST up reply actions  

I just learned to go to imgru.com

upload pics and post the url.

Beer, it's not just for breakfast anymore

by Chrxtopher on Dec 7, 2011 11:45 AM CST up reply actions  

step by step...ALWAYS include a subject line so the image can be hidden!! click on subject to hide the text box.

1. Find image on google images or wherever.
2. Click on desried image.
3. Click on Full size image (may want to check other sizes and find a smaller one if more than about 600×400; some are huge)
4. once picture is in viewer, copy the url address.
5. Return to BRB. 6. place curser in text box. 7. click on the tree (image button).
8. that should open a window with the http// highlighted. Right click and paste the url directly into url box (replacing the http:// )
9. Click OK. 10. Make sure to preview before to launching.

'Without change something sleeps inside us, and seldom awakens. The sleeper must awaken.' -Frank Herbert

by chuckiepoo on Dec 7, 2011 2:29 PM CST up reply actions  

how can you hide an image?

Why should I hide an image?

Your help is appreciated.

"All our lives we're taught to get in line. The ones who conform never discover." - Undrafted Free Agent and NFL Rushing Leader Arian Foster

by Rip Jersey on Dec 7, 2011 2:38 PM CST up reply actions  

Just click on the subject line.

It keeps the pictures from loading and slowing down your site environment. If there are just a couple it shouldn’t be a problem but on long open threads and threads with lots of bewbs, it has a tendency to slow ya down.

'Without change something sleeps inside us, and seldom awakens. The sleeper must awaken.' -Frank Herbert

by chuckiepoo on Dec 7, 2011 2:48 PM CST up reply actions  

poor methopotamia

Just saw a post(posted 5 hrs ago)on nfl mobile stating that if houston beats cincy, and the titans win out(yeah), they would need us to lose to either indy or JAX to clinch the div.

I explained to him that we had already beaten the glitter kittens twice, and that meth was an amazing drug. WOW

by HTown80 on Dec 7, 2011 12:44 AM CST via mobile reply actions  

also saw

A jets fan claim that houston is terrible. I know they do meth in jersey too, but once again….WOW

by HTown80 on Dec 7, 2011 12:50 AM CST via mobile reply actions  

or a Jets coach

/rimshot

Season Prediction v2.5.1 beta lite: Our Houston Wrexans will finish 11-5 and go UNDEFEATED within the AFC South!

by theSpaceCityKid on Dec 7, 2011 3:20 PM CST up reply actions  

No kidding....

How BE-SFs smoke it up in Methopotamia:

How Jets fans smoke it up in Jersey:

by MeMongo on Dec 7, 2011 8:31 AM CST up reply actions  

Neither one of these apparati appear nearly as efficient as...

…/considers….not.
I have no knowledge of such matters.

'Without change something sleeps inside us, and seldom awakens. The sleeper must awaken.' -Frank Herbert

by chuckiepoo on Dec 7, 2011 2:51 PM CST up reply actions  

Pic 1: after having sex with sister
pic 2: after having sex with snooky

by HTown80 on Dec 7, 2011 11:07 PM CST via mobile up reply actions  

So somebody tell me...

wasn’t it really bad for the seedings that Al Davis passed away a few days before we met the raiders. Really bad in hindsight that we had to meet them when they were posessed…

Swede that like the Houston Texans and Chelsea FC

by Fredrik Nyman on Dec 7, 2011 1:43 AM CST reply actions  

That would be inspirational...

…and Mike Clark would be on fire for the Bulls on Parade!

'Without change something sleeps inside us, and seldom awakens. The sleeper must awaken.' -Frank Herbert

by chuckiepoo on Dec 7, 2011 6:30 AM CST up reply actions  

The Raiders played "UP" for sure

but our biggest enemy was from within. Our lovely #74 Wade Smith took that game off for an unprecedented NINE third down conversions that failed completely by his missed blocks. Two of those were screen passes where he pulled and missed his blocks by a mile (the film was horrendous to watch on this).

Five of the other third downs were blown as his guy blew him off the line and jumped up to block passes.

Two of the other third downs he just watched his guy blast by and sack Shaub.

I seriously hope we replace Wade Smith next year. The guy is the biggest liability we have on offense.

by MeMongo on Dec 7, 2011 8:37 AM CST up reply actions  

I know Tj was 12/25, andre drop 1&1 that he got hurt is 2. Jacoby drop, does anyone have stats on total drop passes?

And i want to say he threw the ball away twice, so by my count he was/should have been about 15/23 or so.

by Hstntxns on Dec 7, 2011 7:40 AM CST via mobile reply actions  

I think if not mistaken I heard on the radio this morning tha the Texans were 2nd or 3rd in the league

in completion to target ratio. Not fricking shabby so our view may be a little skewed, as in we expect every pass to be a completion. Apparently the stat compensates for OB tosses.

'Without change something sleeps inside us, and seldom awakens. The sleeper must awaken.' -Frank Herbert

by chuckiepoo on Dec 7, 2011 2:35 PM CST up reply actions  

He was on the mark enough to get the job done

No matter who we play. As long as he doesn’t turn the ball over, he’s a superstar.

"I am not a number. I bleed, I think, I feel, I hurt, I mourn, I cry, I laugh. We and you are the same. You are us. Love with me." -Arian Foster's twitter... Follow him, hilarity ensues.

by RayFinkle1985 on Dec 7, 2011 8:09 AM CST reply actions  

Beautiful

I’ve worried about the last game of the season since I saw the schedule, worried that one game would determine whether or not we made the playoffs. Wouldn’t it be great to already have the division won and have a chance to knock the Tits OUT of the playoffs?

by Big T33 on Dec 7, 2011 10:34 AM CST reply actions  

That is correct

Both NE and Balt can potentially lose the last game of regular season as they are both going against reasonably competent teams, Baltimore more so than NE.

If everybody was somebody, then nobody would be anybody - Gilbert and Sullivan

by professortex on Dec 7, 2011 10:49 AM CST up reply actions  

Guys just remember....

As much as we are enjoying this season imagine how much fun next season will be ,with all our injuried players healthy, a draft to improve an already bad ass team, not to mention the increased national attention and national games. I LOVE IT!!!!!

Dirt dog pimp

by jahunter221 on Dec 7, 2011 10:53 AM CST via mobile reply actions  

A full off-season too.

I’ve been thinking about next year too. I’m already excited.

.................

by Schlauton on Dec 7, 2011 10:59 AM CST up reply actions  

It’s gonna be a pretty exciting 2012. We’ll have games against Green Bay, New England, either Pittsburgh or Baltimore. I’d say we’ll get at least those 3 in a prime time game.

by MadMartygan on Dec 7, 2011 11:01 AM CST up reply actions  

That'll be tough

but a good primer for playoffs. What would the Titan’s schedule look like (too lazy to check myself)?

by Big T33 on Dec 7, 2011 11:04 AM CST up reply actions  

They will for sure get Green Bay and New England. Then the team out of Pitt and Balt that we don’t get. And they have to play us, but we get to play them.

by MadMartygan on Dec 7, 2011 11:05 AM CST up reply actions  

The AFC south gets the NFC north and AFC east next year. Well I’m pretty sure that’s correct.

by MadMartygan on Dec 7, 2011 11:07 AM CST up reply actions  

That would be awesome.

by MadMartygan on Dec 7, 2011 11:13 AM CST up reply actions  

Please no....

I’d rather focus on the food on Thanksgiving.

"Lord, beer me strength."

by TexansDC on Dec 7, 2011 11:13 AM CST up reply actions  

Yeah this would not be good.

Could be a great game, but too much going on to really watch it.

by Big T33 on Dec 7, 2011 11:24 AM CST up reply actions  

if TG is at my mom's it's not a problem

but if it’s at my sister in law, it could be, I think we would be late to dinner.

Beer, it's not just for breakfast anymore

by Chrxtopher on Dec 7, 2011 11:53 AM CST up reply actions  

Who has time for food

with so much stuff to buy on the internet!

I wish we could hire coaches without "having grown up in Houston" being a job requirement.

by DaGoaT on Dec 8, 2011 7:31 AM CST up reply actions  

Replace South Oklahoma?

Ohhhh… the indignity and arrogance of those Texans

'Without change something sleeps inside us, and seldom awakens. The sleeper must awaken.' -Frank Herbert

by chuckiepoo on Dec 7, 2011 2:39 PM CST up reply actions   1 recs

Im going out on a limb here

and say, if the Pats win this weekend, we want KC to beat the jets. The Pats would then clinch their division and maybe try to coast the last game or two.

If everybody was somebody, then nobody would be anybody - Gilbert and Sullivan

by professortex on Dec 7, 2011 10:59 AM CST reply actions  

i dont think so

they would be the in the same position as we would be if we clinched the division this week

regardless of division being clinched they or we would still be trying to get a #1 or #2 seed

by jags52982 on Dec 7, 2011 11:04 AM CST up reply actions  

Heartily agree. One thing at a time.

"My idea of an agreeable person is a person who agrees with me." -- Benjamin Disraeli

"If you really want something in life you have to work for it. Now quiet, they're about to announce the lottery numbers." -- Homer Simpson

"There is no rehab for stupid." -- Chris Rock

Never try to baptize a cat.

by texanslady on Dec 7, 2011 11:16 AM CST up reply actions  

But i can't do that!!

I am compelled to speculate

If everybody was somebody, then nobody would be anybody - Gilbert and Sullivan

by professortex on Dec 7, 2011 12:52 PM CST up reply actions  

I won’t feel safe until I see that little z denoting a clinched division.

by MadMartygan on Dec 7, 2011 11:16 AM CST up reply actions  

BUT....

THE FUTURE HOLDS GREATNESS!!!!!

Dirt dog pimp

by jahunter221 on Dec 7, 2011 12:26 PM CST via mobile up reply actions  

Annnnnnnd we can make it green.

Agreed.

Although, in all honesty, I will be keeping an eye on the other scores.

by USMC_JA on Dec 7, 2011 1:45 PM CST up reply actions  

another big W this Sunday

for our boys and I really like our chances at a bye.

But first things first, like TDC said. Eliminate BE-SFs from the division first. They can’t even win the division when Peyton Manning doesn’t play on the worst team in NFL history and the Jags start Blaine Gabbert! How pathetic!

After that, and because of that, I’m rooting for the Raiders and Denver this weekend. The difference between 3 and 4 seed is pretty large, looking at the playoff machine. And with our loss to the Raiders I’d like to keep a safe distance. But go Denver, keep the BE-SFs out of the playoffs, again.

Yates - our current game manager.

by texanphil on Dec 7, 2011 11:52 AM CST reply actions  

I hope Denver makes it into the playoffs

I think they’d be very beatable.

"Lord, beer me strength."

by TexansDC on Dec 7, 2011 2:37 PM CST up reply actions  

BESFs steal one.

It feels to me like a Saints’ bed-shitter at Methville Sunday.

Road game after a prime time game? Bad history.

Chris Johnson risen from the tomb? Bad future.

BESFs 27, Saints 24

"Gut Feeling"
Gastrointerologists confirm the human gut contains no rational thoughts.
What it IS full of is fairly well known.

by FreedomRide on Dec 7, 2011 12:28 PM CST reply actions  

I see the mirrors through CJ's smoke

He turned it up over the past 2 weeks against bad run defenses. It reeks of fraudiness.

"Lord, beer me strength."

by TexansDC on Dec 7, 2011 2:38 PM CST up reply actions  

Also draft priorities.....

The more I see Wade Smith play the more I see a need for an OG in the second or third round.

Dirt dog pimp

by jahunter221 on Dec 7, 2011 12:29 PM CST via mobile reply actions  

^^This.

I’d even go 1st round if there’s a real Uruk-Hai available.

"Gut Feeling"
Gastrointerologists confirm the human gut contains no rational thoughts.
What it IS full of is fairly well known.

by FreedomRide on Dec 7, 2011 12:32 PM CST up reply actions   1 recs

How about

David DeCastro?

"Gut Feeling"
Gastrointerologists confirm the human gut contains no rational thoughts.
What it IS full of is fairly well known.

by FreedomRide on Dec 7, 2011 12:39 PM CST up reply actions  

He'll be gone before we have a chance to pick

Murphy’s 20th Military Law:
If it’s stupid, but it works, it ain’t stupid
"Fuck em all. Go Texans."

by The Night Owl on Dec 7, 2011 1:03 PM CST up reply actions  

I don't think we're trading up for a WR in the 2nd

We could take Dwight Jones in the 1st round & that would solve our WR need right there. However, if Dwight Jones absolutely kills it at the combine & gets drafted ahead of our pick, then we better hope Nick Toon is still on the board by then. I don’t see us trading up for anybody in the 2nd round except Josh Chapman from Alabama. O-Line probably won’t be addressed until the 4th round

Murphy’s 20th Military Law:
If it’s stupid, but it works, it ain’t stupid
"Fuck em all. Go Texans."

by The Night Owl on Dec 7, 2011 1:28 PM CST up reply actions  

WRs coming out

Several HIGH quality WR in this years draft… There should be value in the 2nd and 3rd rounds. The Texans won’t trade up or reach for a WR. The position is too hit/miss.

by ahem! on Dec 7, 2011 1:38 PM CST up reply actions  

Dwight Jones is too much of a fit for the Texans to pass up on

Size, speed, hands, already knows the offense since they run it at UNC, & no known character issues. He’s exactly what they need

Murphy’s 20th Military Law:
If it’s stupid, but it works, it ain’t stupid
"Fuck em all. Go Texans."

by The Night Owl on Dec 7, 2011 1:42 PM CST up reply actions  

plus if were picking 32

Than any relationship w/ or new franchise QB T.J. Yates is a plus.

/not 100% serious but still fairly serious.

by nirvash on Dec 7, 2011 1:54 PM CST up reply actions  

Anywhere between #26 & #32, we should be taking Dwight Jones

Murphy’s 20th Military Law:
If it’s stupid, but it works, it ain’t stupid
"Fuck em all. Go Texans."

by The Night Owl on Dec 7, 2011 2:00 PM CST up reply actions  

I don't know

I certainly have no conduit to the braintrust of the Texans, but I don’t see them taking an O player in the 1st round unless it’s an elite lineman. I think, for skill position players, they are comfortable waiting until the 2nd round or later to fill those spots. I think of it this way; their offense is so scheme oriented, that they might tend to think they can fill those spots with a quality player and those quality players can be found in later rounds than the 1st round. Also, the new-found defensive success may lead to the desire to continue filling those spots with top athletes.

Also, they expect more than just stats-monsters fror their skill players on offense. They are looking for guys that aren’t just accumulating yards, receptions and such. They want guys that are proven blockers and not ego-driven. Who am I talking about? No one.

"All our lives we're taught to get in line. The ones who conform never discover." - Undrafted Free Agent and NFL Rushing Leader Arian Foster

by Rip Jersey on Dec 7, 2011 2:18 PM CST up reply actions  

now i said before

that i didn’t want the texans drafting for offense early until the defense was better than the offense.

Well guess what

With the injuries to Quarterbacks Matt Schaub, and Matt Leinart, the entire fate of the Houston Texans 2011 season rest on the right arm of.... T.J Yates????

Oh boy...

by Carter Liles on Dec 7, 2011 2:22 PM CST up reply actions  

I think you want them to draft for offense

Since, as I stated, I don’t have a conduit to the braintrust, someone else will have to pass that onto them. Maybe they will read this and make note of your desires.

"All our lives we're taught to get in line. The ones who conform never discover." - Undrafted Free Agent and NFL Rushing Leader Arian Foster

by Rip Jersey on Dec 7, 2011 2:35 PM CST up reply actions  

All true, but Dre's health issues are becoming chronic,

and without him the Texans have no one who scares other teams’ defenses deep.

Even when ’Dre’s healthy, he’s not the bomb threat he once was.

"Gut Feeling"
Gastrointerologists confirm the human gut contains no rational thoughts.
What it IS full of is fairly well known.

by FreedomRide on Dec 7, 2011 2:23 PM CST up reply actions  

This is all true

Is there a guaranteed “Dre” in the draft? I guess I need to research the names everyone is passing along and form an opinion on that.

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by Rip Jersey on Dec 7, 2011 2:37 PM CST up reply actions  

There my not be another guaranteed "Dre" in the draft

for a l-o-o-o-o-n-g time. He is, after all, The Baddest Man in the World. They don’t come along often.

It is just a damned shame that he’s had all these injuries. His HoF spot is in danger if he doesn’t come back and have another monster year or two.

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What it IS full of is fairly well known.

by FreedomRide on Dec 7, 2011 3:00 PM CST up reply actions  

There probably isn't

But I think Dwight Jones is the closest thing that we’ll have a chance at getting

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If it’s stupid, but it works, it ain’t stupid
"Fuck em all. Go Texans."

by The Night Owl on Dec 7, 2011 3:41 PM CST up reply actions  

Justin. Blackmon.

He is the next great WR. The dude is a mutant.

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by TexansDC on Dec 7, 2011 5:41 PM CST up reply actions  

With some off field issues

Regardless, he’s not dropping to the bottom of the 1st round & the Texans won’t trade up for him

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If it’s stupid, but it works, it ain’t stupid
"Fuck em all. Go Texans."

by The Night Owl on Dec 7, 2011 6:31 PM CST up reply actions  

Oh agreed

but Rip asked if there were another Andre….and this kid reminds me of him. Whether it’s St. Louis or Minnesota…some team is about to find a monster of a stud.

"Lord, beer me strength."

by TexansDC on Dec 8, 2011 9:13 AM CST up reply actions  

Also agreed

There’s no way any team lets him drop below #10. His production and athleticism are to good to pass up; he’s like the A.J. Green of this draft. He’ll be the first WR off the board, and like Night Owl says Texans won’t trade up to get him.

by Regular_Joe on Dec 8, 2011 10:00 AM CST up reply actions  

His 3 DUI arrests pretty much guarantee the Texans won't do that

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"Fuck em all. Go Texans."

by The Night Owl on Dec 8, 2011 11:40 AM CST up reply actions  

And that right there makes him not-Andre

Houston loves Andre not because of his talent, but because of the grace and poise with which he wields it.

by Karsh on Dec 8, 2011 12:06 PM CST up reply actions  

Exactly, which is why I'm high on Dwight Jones

No character issues at all, size, speed, hands, knows the system, & he just might be available when we pick

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If it’s stupid, but it works, it ain’t stupid
"Fuck em all. Go Texans."

by The Night Owl on Dec 8, 2011 12:31 PM CST up reply actions  

"He'll be gone before we have a chance to pick"

Maybe not. OGs usually don’t get picked as high as they are ranked. I think he could be there.

"Gut Feeling"
Gastrointerologists confirm the human gut contains no rational thoughts.
What it IS full of is fairly well known.

by FreedomRide on Dec 7, 2011 2:16 PM CST up reply actions  

We're gonna be picking in probably the last 8 picks in the round

He may be gone in the low 20s

Murphy’s 20th Military Law:
If it’s stupid, but it works, it ain’t stupid
"Fuck em all. Go Texans."

by The Night Owl on Dec 7, 2011 3:43 PM CST up reply actions  

Probably too uncoachable

Cut blocking to this guy involves a rusty sword.

by Spektr6 on Dec 7, 2011 1:15 PM CST up reply actions  

Ya gotta admit, he'd look good in the helmet, though.

"Gut Feeling"
Gastrointerologists confirm the human gut contains no rational thoughts.
What it IS full of is fairly well known.

by FreedomRide on Dec 7, 2011 2:28 PM CST up reply actions  

rec'd.

love this guide. good stuff bud.

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Gob: It's not like envy, or even hungry...

by chrisd21 on Dec 7, 2011 3:31 PM CST reply actions  

It is hard to believe

But when I Bo$$man’d the first game thread Sunday – it was prophetic… in almost in a scary way – I think I will have to channel my inner Bo$$man more often!

I$ that the Texan$ are going to kick the dirty Bird$’ a$$e$! Cu$hing will dominate on defen$e and TJ Yate$ will have a re$pectable game! Andre Joh$on will rock and roll all over Dunta. Fo$ter and Tate will rack up over 150 yard$ on the #2 run defen$e!

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by Barryfromtexas on Dec 7, 2011 5:30 PM CST reply actions   2 recs

Rec'd for Nostradamus complex

Murphy’s 20th Military Law:
If it’s stupid, but it works, it ain’t stupid
"Fuck em all. Go Texans."

by The Night Owl on Dec 7, 2011 6:32 PM CST up reply actions  

...shifty time machine in his garage...

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by chuckiepoo on Dec 7, 2011 7:36 PM CST up reply actions  

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