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Think you're optimistic about the 2010 Texans? Probably not as much as Tom Jackson: "I think this is a team that is ready to get to the playoffs. I know that they’re in a tough division with a team that always wins 12 games, and much will be found out in that first game. But keep in mind that the last two years, we have had the New Orleans Saints win the Super Bowl and the Arizona Cardinals in the Super Bowl. This is not a league of haves and have-nots. It’s the haves and the ‘we will have pretty soons.' I think that Matt Schaub is highly underrated for what he does, and I think that Gary Kubiak has them thinking they are a successful team. So I’m taking my shot with a team that has plays pretty darn good defense and has an awfully good passing game. You watch a team, you get a feeling and you go. I could be wrong, but we’ll see." Phil Simms, Bill Cowher & Dan Marino also chime in on Jackson's prediction.