To say that Sunday was a good day would be a bit of an understatement.  Have I had better, sure - but last Sunday was the culmination of a week's worth of planning that came to fruition.  I caught a ride to the bar, met up with some buddies, and was able to watch the Texans dominate the Bengals for the better part of four quarters. Mix in a night of steady drinking, and you get another fuzzy rundown of another Texans win...

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Well, that sure was nice. I honestly cannot recall a more complete performance from your Houston Texans. Ever. Yes, there have been nice wins (though they've definitely been far fewer in number than we would've liked). But can you recall a win that featured the Texans looking like world beaters in every phase of the game? I can't.

Does that mean your Houston Texans have turned some sort of corner? I don't know. Fact is, they won three (3) out of four (4) games at home. Of those four (4) games, on paper, there's little doubt they should've won two (2) of them, as they were against opponents that have yet to win a game this season and are struggling mightily. The win over Miami was a hard-fought victory over a scrappy team that should push for a winning record, so you'd have to consider that the team's signature win thus far.

Now we're going to see what the Texans are made of the next two (2) weeks, first at Minnesota and then with the rescheduled home game versus Baltimore on 11/09/08. Win both of those, and things get reeeeeeeeeeeal interesting. Salvage a split, and the Texans are a dangerous team that probably needs a bit of help to play meaningful games in December. Lose both, and the last three (3) weeks look more like a mirage than a breakthrough. Truth be told, all of this is probably moot if the team doesn't mix in a couple of divisional wins as well.

I'm putting the cart before The Schaub, so let's turn our attention back to the here and now. Thoughts on the win over the Bengals:

1. Matt Schaub has thrown nine (9) incompletions the last two (2) weeks, along with five (5) TD passes and zero (0) interceptions. That does not suck.

2. I hope scientists discover a way to clone Andre Johnson, and that the Texans retain the draft rights to the 'Dre clones.

3. Not a bad showing against his old team for K-Dub, huh? Query: Name another player who has made the kind of quantum jump in value and/or importance to his new team that Kevin Walter has made since his days in Cincinnati ended.

4. Maybe it's the Rudy in me, but I have a fever. And the only cure for it is more David Anderson.

5. Owen Daniels was quiet yesterday. Bet you he's much louder in Minneapolis.

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