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Houston v. Tampa Bay--Open Game Thread

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Even though the true focus of this fourth preseason game will simply be keeping everyone healthy, there are some starting positions and roster spots that will be decided tonight. Another intriguing subplot will be whether Keenan McCardell shows enough to make up for an injury-plagued preseason that threatens to end his triumphant return home before it even really begins. In other words, don't try to tell Bethel Johnson or David Anderson that this game is meaningless!

Leave your pre-game, in-game, and post-game thoughts in the Comments below.  GO TEXANS!

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Fingers crossed
If this somewhat illicit way to watch the game works, I'll be in on the live bloggerating.  I don't see any way we get to 400 posts tonight, though.
Is it too early to hook Jacoby Jones up with Darcy Maeda?

by MDC on Aug 30, 2007 6:25 PM CDT   0 recs

Agreed
First impressions:
  1.  Kubes is taking a long, hard look at Bethel.  First with the KR, then the first play from scrimmage.
  2.  Jacoby is still ridiculous.
Looking forward to a day when being a Texans fan doesn't mean that April is the highlight of my season...

by Tim on Aug 30, 2007 7:11 PM CDT   0 recs

Jacoby
With a nice catch at the sideline.  3rd and Goal for Houston.
Looking forward to a day when being a Texans fan doesn't mean that April is the highlight of my season...

by Tim on Aug 30, 2007 7:12 PM CDT   0 recs

Holy Feces!
Another UNBELIEVABLE catch in the corner of the endzone on a fade by Jacoby!
Looking forward to a day when being a Texans fan doesn't mean that April is the highlight of my season...

by Tim on Aug 30, 2007 7:13 PM CDT   0 recs

First Drive
Saw three catches, including one for a TD, by BFD's crush.
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by Tim on Aug 30, 2007 7:14 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

You have no idea...
how much I wish I was watching this game right now.  Damn it.  DAMN.  (I'll have to watch the replay tomorrow.)
Is it too early to hook Jacoby Jones up with Darcy Maeda?

by MDC on Aug 30, 2007 7:19 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Yup
The Texans look like worldbeaters right now.  I know, I know...it's only preseason.  But still...
Looking forward to a day when being a Texans fan doesn't mean that April is the highlight of my season...

by Tim on Aug 30, 2007 7:23 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

You don't have to tell me...
I'm dreaming playoffs based on how we owned Dallas.  I like to consider myself an optimist.
Is it too early to hook Jacoby Jones up with Darcy Maeda?

by MDC on Aug 30, 2007 7:32 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Spencer Tillman
Agrees with you.  He's calling 10-6.
Looking forward to a day when being a Texans fan doesn't mean that April is the highlight of my season...

by Tim on Aug 30, 2007 7:34 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Damn
I can't possibly be right, then, can I?
Is it too early to hook Jacoby Jones up with Darcy Maeda?

by MDC on Aug 30, 2007 7:37 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

JJ
I don't want him to get hurt celebrating all these TD's
I think people should have to earn a Superman tattoo, by getting shot in the chest first. You know, just to make sure.

by txnpwrlifter on Aug 30, 2007 7:13 PM CDT   0 recs

Defense Looks Great!
Fumble return for a TD by Fletcher!  After two stops on the run!
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by Tim on Aug 30, 2007 7:18 PM CDT   0 recs

Roster
Any of the normal first teamers starting?
Is it too early to hook Jacoby Jones up with Darcy Maeda?

by MDC on Aug 30, 2007 7:19 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Not Sure
I think Anderson is in; he looks to be the only one who could start.  Definitely all reserves on the line and in the secondary.
Looking forward to a day when being a Texans fan doesn't mean that April is the highlight of my season...

by Tim on Aug 30, 2007 7:24 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Pressure
Kalu is the man
I think people should have to earn a Superman tattoo, by getting shot in the chest first. You know, just to make sure.

by txnpwrlifter on Aug 30, 2007 7:18 PM CDT   0 recs

Kalu
Forced the fumble by taking McCown down.  Preseason or not, 14-0 with nine minutes left in the first quarter is reason for optimism.
Looking forward to a day when being a Texans fan doesn't mean that April is the highlight of my season...

by Tim on Aug 30, 2007 7:19 PM CDT   0 recs

Dare I Say It...
But the defense looks positively swarming.  And it's almost entirely second-stringers, which bodes well for the depth on the squad.
Looking forward to a day when being a Texans fan doesn't mean that April is the highlight of my season...

by Tim on Aug 30, 2007 7:21 PM CDT   0 recs

Nice Containment
Blown by a flag on the defense.  Tampa is marching.
Looking forward to a day when being a Texans fan doesn't mean that April is the highlight of my season...

by Tim on Aug 30, 2007 7:27 PM CDT   0 recs

Starting DBs
Who's out there at corner?  Fletcher and Bennet?

by DisplacedTexan on Aug 30, 2007 7:27 PM CDT   0 recs

Re: DBs
Yup.
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by Tim on Aug 30, 2007 7:29 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Good
I expect big strides from bennet.  I liked all teh scouting I read on him post-draft and I'm sure he's learning cover... er... hard-hitting from Dunta.

by DisplacedTexan on Aug 30, 2007 7:31 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Danny Clark
Is in.  Nice pressure on QB.
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by Tim on Aug 30, 2007 7:27 PM CDT   0 recs

The Assassin!
(I have nothing to add.)
Is it too early to hook Jacoby Jones up with Darcy Maeda?

by MDC on Aug 30, 2007 7:34 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Re: Clark
Just had a nice stop, albeit after a ten yard gain by the RB.  Dexter Wynn just got burned; Tampa is going no-huddle.
Looking forward to a day when being a Texans fan doesn't mean that April is the highlight of my season...

by Tim on Aug 30, 2007 7:40 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

TD Tampa
Littlc crossing route over the middle on Fletcher.  He looked like he was waiting on safety help that never came.
Looking forward to a day when being a Texans fan doesn't mean that April is the highlight of my season...

by Tim on Aug 30, 2007 7:31 PM CDT   0 recs

Jerramy Stevens?
He got a job after all that offseason crap?
Is it too early to hook Jacoby Jones up with Darcy Maeda?

by MDC on Aug 30, 2007 7:37 PM CDT   0 recs

Commandant Goodell
Would like to speak with you.

by DisplacedTexan on Aug 30, 2007 7:39 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

We Have
A McCardell sighting.

And now the Texans are fighting with the Bucs after failing to convert a third down.

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

by Tim on Aug 30, 2007 7:38 PM CDT   0 recs

Chris White
Is literally fighting for a job.
Looking forward to a day when being a Texans fan doesn't mean that April is the highlight of my season...

by Tim on Aug 30, 2007 7:38 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

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

by Tim on Aug 30, 2007 7:39 PM CDT   0 recs

Too little, too late?
God, I hope.

[readies pillowcase full of doorknobs, just in case]

Is it too early to hook Jacoby Jones up with Darcy Maeda?

by MDC on Aug 30, 2007 7:40 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

A sick part of me
Hopes he makes the team.  Just so I can read in the paper about the first punter-induced suicide.  I already got read about a back-up punter stabbing for the job.  (Turk take a page...)

by DisplacedTexan on Aug 30, 2007 7:40 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Correction
murder-suicide.  Tim is certainly taking Chad out with him.
Is it too early to hook Jacoby Jones up with Darcy Maeda?

by MDC on Aug 30, 2007 7:41 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

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

by Tim on Aug 30, 2007 7:42 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

There Will Also Be...
A BRB blogger suicide if Stanley makes the squad.
Looking forward to a day when being a Texans fan doesn't mean that April is the highlight of my season...

by Tim on Aug 30, 2007 7:42 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

The Defense
Doesn't look so salty anymore.  The Bucs are KILLING us over the middle.

End of Q1...Texans 14, Bucs 7.

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by Tim on Aug 30, 2007 7:43 PM CDT   0 recs

Who's at DT?
Travis "DumpTruck" Johnson?

by DisplacedTexan on Aug 30, 2007 7:43 PM CDT   0 recs

dt's
looks like they ar eswapping in everyone exept TJ and Manchild
I think people should have to earn a Superman tattoo, by getting shot in the chest first. You know, just to make sure.

by txnpwrlifter on Aug 30, 2007 7:44 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

How the hell
Has TJ earned a rest?  That fat-bastard should be out there every snap proving to me that the money I spent on therapy getting over passing on Derrick Johnson was money well spent.

by DisplacedTexan on Aug 30, 2007 7:45 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Dunno
But I definitely saw Maddox in there early in the game.
Looking forward to a day when being a Texans fan doesn't mean that April is the highlight of my season...

by Tim on Aug 30, 2007 7:45 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Also
Killings looks really active.
I think people should have to earn a Superman tattoo, by getting shot in the chest first. You know, just to make sure.

by txnpwrlifter on Aug 30, 2007 7:45 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

anderson
He's having trouble picking up his pass assignments. I've seen him have trouble with Stevens and whoever that little back is.
I think people should have to earn a Superman tattoo, by getting shot in the chest first. You know, just to make sure.

by txnpwrlifter on Aug 30, 2007 7:43 PM CDT   0 recs

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

by Tim on Aug 30, 2007 7:46 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

TD Tampa
The Assassin didn't wrap up on someone named B.J. Askew.
Looking forward to a day when being a Texans fan doesn't mean that April is the highlight of my season...

by Tim on Aug 30, 2007 7:46 PM CDT   0 recs

Michigan.
go blue.

Damn it.

Is it too early to hook Jacoby Jones up with Darcy Maeda?

by MDC on Aug 30, 2007 7:48 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Tied at 14
Clark did not wrap up Askew and he bounced in for a TD
I think people should have to earn a Superman tattoo, by getting shot in the chest first. You know, just to make sure.

by txnpwrlifter on Aug 30, 2007 7:46 PM CDT   0 recs

Crap
My HD on Channel 13 just crapped out.  JZ IN!  And an interception on his first throw.  But a flag is down...
Looking forward to a day when being a Texans fan doesn't mean that April is the highlight of my season...

by Tim on Aug 30, 2007 7:50 PM CDT   0 recs

Gaines Adams injured on the play?
Personal foul on Turnstile.  Jeebus.
Is it too early to hook Jacoby Jones up with Darcy Maeda?

by MDC on Aug 30, 2007 7:51 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Gaines
Got popped in the back.  But I think he'll be okay.
Looking forward to a day when being a Texans fan doesn't mean that April is the highlight of my season...

by Tim on Aug 30, 2007 7:53 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Turstile
Just got flagged for a cheap shot.  Cheap enough that Derrick Brooks came out on to the field to yell at him.

Z's INT stands.

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by Tim on Aug 30, 2007 7:51 PM CDT   0 recs

Why again?
Did we sign that guy?  KC was more than happy to let him go.

by DisplacedTexan on Aug 30, 2007 7:52 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

We're masochists, I guess
That's the only explanation.
Is it too early to hook Jacoby Jones up with Darcy Maeda?

by MDC on Aug 30, 2007 7:53 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

JZ
Comes out blazin...not a good result. TO. Penalty on Turnstile, he just blasted that dude.
I think people should have to earn a Superman tattoo, by getting shot in the chest first. You know, just to make sure.

by txnpwrlifter on Aug 30, 2007 7:51 PM CDT   0 recs

PI on Bennett!
BS call and a late flag, I think.  Ball is now on the one.
Looking forward to a day when being a Texans fan doesn't mean that April is the highlight of my season...

by Tim on Aug 30, 2007 7:54 PM CDT   0 recs

Bennett
May of gotten a penalty, but saved a TD. I like him being physicality though.
I think people should have to earn a Superman tattoo, by getting shot in the chest first. You know, just to make sure.

by txnpwrlifter on Aug 30, 2007 7:54 PM CDT   0 recs

physical
I think people should have to earn a Superman tattoo, by getting shot in the chest first. You know, just to make sure.

by txnpwrlifter on Aug 30, 2007 7:55 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Babin
In the backfield after a fumbled snap.  TB recovered, but Babin was there.
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by Tim on Aug 30, 2007 7:55 PM CDT   0 recs

SACK!
EARL COCHRAN!
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by Tim on Aug 30, 2007 7:55 PM CDT   0 recs

I like Earl.
Not like the mancrush I have on Babs, but still.
Is it too early to hook Jacoby Jones up with Darcy Maeda?

by MDC on Aug 30, 2007 7:56 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

loss of 14!
I think people should have to earn a Superman tattoo, by getting shot in the chest first. You know, just to make sure.

by txnpwrlifter on Aug 30, 2007 7:55 PM CDT   0 recs

3rd and 23
I think people should have to earn a Superman tattoo, by getting shot in the chest first. You know, just to make sure.

by txnpwrlifter on Aug 30, 2007 7:56 PM CDT   0 recs

Chucky is Pissed
I think people should have to earn a Superman tattoo, by getting shot in the chest first. You know, just to make sure.

by txnpwrlifter on Aug 30, 2007 7:56 PM CDT   0 recs

Re:
Just give him a new QB and he'll calm down.

by DisplacedTexan on Aug 30, 2007 7:57 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Chucky
Is simms playing tonight?
I think people should have to earn a Superman tattoo, by getting shot in the chest first. You know, just to make sure.

by txnpwrlifter on Aug 30, 2007 7:59 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Not Yet
But I sure hope he does.
Looking forward to a day when being a Texans fan doesn't mean that April is the highlight of my season...

by Tim on Aug 30, 2007 7:59 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

We know.
You are not exactly rational about Simms.
Is it too early to hook Jacoby Jones up with Darcy Maeda?

by MDC on Aug 30, 2007 8:00 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Even still
His chances aren't good.  It's in everyone's best interest he take the year off.  And apologize for the OU game.  All of them.  And the colorado game. And then get his strength back and ready for 2008.

by DisplacedTexan on Aug 30, 2007 8:01 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

OUsux
I think people should have to earn a Superman tattoo, by getting shot in the chest first. You know, just to make sure.

by txnpwrlifter on Aug 30, 2007 8:04 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

17-14
I think people should have to earn a Superman tattoo, by getting shot in the chest first. You know, just to make sure.

by txnpwrlifter on Aug 30, 2007 7:56 PM CDT   0 recs

Stopped on 3rd.
FG by TB.  Considering that they had 1st and Goal at the 1, I'll take it.
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by Tim on Aug 30, 2007 7:57 PM CDT   0 recs

Definitely
That's a great recovery, even if we did give up some points.
Is it too early to hook Jacoby Jones up with Darcy Maeda?

by MDC on Aug 30, 2007 7:58 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Agreed!
I think people should have to earn a Superman tattoo, by getting shot in the chest first. You know, just to make sure.

by txnpwrlifter on Aug 30, 2007 8:00 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

JZ Is Not Rosenfels
Despite what the broadcasting team says.
Looking forward to a day when being a Texans fan doesn't mean that April is the highlight of my season...

by Tim on Aug 30, 2007 8:01 PM CDT   0 recs

Should have
called the hook and ladder right there.
I think people should have to earn a Superman tattoo, by getting shot in the chest first. You know, just to make sure.

by txnpwrlifter on Aug 30, 2007 8:02 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Three and Out
But Z looked relatively elusive.  Before he tripped, anyway.
Looking forward to a day when being a Texans fan doesn't mean that April is the highlight of my season...

by Tim on Aug 30, 2007 8:02 PM CDT   0 recs

Statue of Liberty, baby!
Is it too early to hook Jacoby Jones up with Darcy Maeda?

by MDC on Aug 30, 2007 8:02 PM CDT   0 recs

Great Punt
By Turk.  End this already, Kubes!
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by Tim on Aug 30, 2007 8:02 PM CDT   0 recs

Sunflower Seeds?
Never seen those on a NFL sideline, but Jacoby just made it acceptable.
Looking forward to a day when being a Texans fan doesn't mean that April is the highlight of my season...

by Tim on Aug 30, 2007 8:04 PM CDT   0 recs

Jacoby
could make stem-cell research and pink WR gloves acceptable.  He has that kind of cache.
Is it too early to hook Jacoby Jones up with Darcy Maeda?

by MDC on Aug 30, 2007 8:05 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Awesome.
Is it too early to hook Jacoby Jones up with Darcy Maeda?

by MDC on Aug 30, 2007 8:06 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

If it's ok for jacoby
It's ok for me.  I'm going to the 7/11 to get a pack right now!

by DisplacedTexan on Aug 30, 2007 8:05 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Damn
Mitchell made a TD-saving tackle.
Looking forward to a day when being a Texans fan doesn't mean that April is the highlight of my season...

by Tim on Aug 30, 2007 8:06 PM CDT   0 recs

Mitchell
made openfield tackle after 50 yard gain.
I think people should have to earn a Superman tattoo, by getting shot in the chest first. You know, just to make sure.

by txnpwrlifter on Aug 30, 2007 8:06 PM CDT   0 recs

Which CB just missed that jump?
I think people should have to earn a Superman tattoo, by getting shot in the chest first. You know, just to make sure.

by txnpwrlifter on Aug 30, 2007 8:07 PM CDT   0 recs

Can't Tell
I thought I caught