Myself, MDC, and special guest star Morlon Greenwood* will be live from various chairs across America to discuss MDC's passionate love affair with the linebacker and also, supposedly, this "offseason" the kids are talking about.

This thread has many aims. One of them is to solve UprootedTexan's mystery before he even gets to chapter three, but that really requires a lot more reading than I'd like. I'm guessing it has something to do with a butler though, because that's how all mysteries end.

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Your Houston Texans outlasted the Cincinnati Daltons of Katy Texas to sample victory in their first-ever playoff appearance. J.J. Watt is pretty good at the footed ball, as I hear. Will that momentum carry over into Baltimore as the Texans take on the Ravens?

Join myself, Tim, and UprootedTexan at 9 p.m. CT as we take on pertinent questions such as "How far would you be willing to go to stop Wade Phillips' interview with Tampa Bay?" and "How nervous does the thought of Kareem Jackson versus Torrey Smith make you?"

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Today we'll be paying as much attention to the Titans game as the Texans did. Which is to say, we might ask a single question about it.

Join myself, Tim, and BFD. We will talk about these "played-offs," I believe they are called. Featured segments will include "Tim ranting about Kareem Jackson" and "Do they now suck, or do they just not care?"

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Tonight at 9pm central time, we'll have a very special episode of Battle Red Radio. You know those old Christmas variety show episodes where Bing Crosby would eventually wind up beating a small child with a bag of sweet Valencia oranges? It's going to be precisely like that. Join myself, MDC, and a very, very special guest host as WE BURN THIS JOINT DOWN! Details after the jump.

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The Carolina Newtons laugh, in cradles of wrought gold,
Houston claps their hands together, and half close their eyes,
For they will ride to the playoffs when the season flies,
With no Amobi Okoye, and a run defense fallen cold:
I bite my nails and press the Andre Johnson bobblehead to my breast,
And hear the shallow mediots calling for my child and me.
Desolate winds that cry over anyone not named Drew Brees;
Desolate winds that hover in the flaming AFC West;
Desolate winds that make sure not to criticize Tim Tebow after his defeat
The doors of a first-round disappointment blow open; with many a whimpering ghost;
As the boos come raining down from the unappeasable host

-- W.B. Yates.

Well, that suck-diddly-ucked. The short turn around leaves the Texans looking to pick up the pieces in Indianapolis as they attempt to keep pace in the race for a first-round bye.

Join myself, Tim, and MDC. We will break down all the fallout from the last few days. Featured segments will include "Let's never praise Shaun Cody again" and "Did this game upgrade Wade Phillips' statue from bronze to gold?"

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I am worn out with dreams;
A weather-worn DeMeco Ryans
Viewed by webstreams;
And all day long I look
Upon this win's beauty
As though I had found in a book
Andre's coup (of the evil Finnegan) fees,
Pleased to have filled the eyes
Or the discerning ears,
Delighted to be but wise,
For teams improve with the years;

--W.B. Yates.

That happened. And yet, I'm still not sure it did. I'm going to have to have people tell me that it happened for a few more weeks before I really believe in it.

Join myself, Chris from Houston Diehards, and (INSERT GUEST 3 IF AVAILABLE). We will break down all the fallout from the last few days. Featured segments will include "Gary Poopiak one year later" and "amount you would be willing to pay to have tickets to the first playoff game in Reliant"

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'O blessedness comes in the night and the day
And whither the wise heart knows;
And one has seen in the redness of Battle
The Incorruptible Jacob(y),

'That drowsily drops balls left on him
And Andre is our desire,
While the time until the playoffs is ebbing away
In twilights of dew and of fire.'

--W.B. Yates.

Turns out the Texans didn't need to be completely dominant on offense to win. Arian Foster got his, and Matt Ryan spent the day making sure none of the Falcons receivers got theirs.

Join myself, MDC, and Tim. We will break down all the fallout from the last few days. Featured segments will include "punt or use Matt Turk" and "Number of children you will name after Wade Phillips"

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We rode in sorrow, with strong hounds three,
Matt, Matt, and another Matt with no hair,
On a morning misty and mild and fair.
The mist-drops hung on the fragrant trees,
And in the blossoms hung a fellow named Roddy.
We rode in sadness despite the words of Charlie Sheen,
For our best were dead on Florida's green.

OK, so it probably isn't that dire. Still, your Houston Texans find their season in the hands of W.B. Yates and his untested cannon.

Join myself, MDC, and Chris of HoustonDiehards.com. We will break down all the fallout from the last few days, including a segment on "things we would rather do to ourselves than watch Jake Delhomme ruin our team." Other featured segments will include "at least we don't employ Blaine Gabbert," and "Let's make fun of Frank Bush."

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