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Courtesy of NFL Communications, I give you these numbers, notes, and food for thought as your 2-10 Houston Texans look to suck slightly less (or more, if you're looking for the first pick in the 2014 NFL Draft) than the 3-9 Jacksonville Jaguars in front of a national audience on Thursday Night Football this week.
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TEXANS |
JAGUARS |
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SERIES LEADER |
13-10 |
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STREAKS |
5 of past 6 |
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COACHES VS. OPP. |
Kubiak: 9-6 |
Bradley: 1-0 |
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LAST WEEK |
L 34-31 vs. Patriots |
W 32-28 at Browns |
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LAST GAME |
11/24/13: Jaguars 13 at Texans 6. Jacksonville RB Maurice Jones-Drew rushes for 84 yards & TD. Jaguars DE Ryan Davis records INT & defense holds Houston to 218 total net yards. |
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LAST GAME AT SITE |
9/16/12: Texans 27, Jaguars 7. Houston RBs Arian Foster (110 rush yards, 1 TD) & Ben Tate (74 rush yards, 2 TDs) set tone as Texans defense limits Jacksonville to 117 total net yards. |
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BROADCAST |
NFLN (8:25 PM ET): Brad Nessler, Mike Mayock, Alex Flanagan (Field reporter). Westwood One: Ian Eagle, Trent Green, Laura Okmin (Field reporter). SIRIUS: 88 (WW1), 92 (Hou.), 86 (Jax.). XM: 88 (WW1), 225 (Hou.), 86 (Jax.). |
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PASSING |
Keenum: 103-190-1,433-8-3-86.1 |
Henne: 218-355-2,319-6-10-74.4 |
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RUSHING |
Tate: 151-646-4.3-4 |
Jones-Drew: 194-616-3.2-5 |
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RECEIVING |
A. Johnson: 82 (3L)-1,123 (3L)-13.7-5 |
Shorts: 64-764-11.9-2 |
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OFFENSE |
365.3 |
285.6 |
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TAKE/GIVE |
-12 |
-4 |
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DEFENSE |
303.9 (1C) |
381.1 |
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SACKS |
Watt: 9.5 |
Babin: 4.5 |
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INTs |
Joseph: 2 |
Gratz (R), Posluszny: 2 |
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PUNTING |
Lechler: 48.2 (3C) |
Anger: 46.0 |
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KICKING |
Bullock: 82 (22/22 PAT; 20/29 FG) |
Scobee: 66 (15/15 PAT; 17/19 FG) |
TEXANS:
Aim for 3rd straight win at Jax…
QB CASE KEENUM has 4 TDs vs. 0 INT & 84.9 rating in 2 career starts on road. Posted 1st rush TD of career last week…
RB BEN TATE had 97 scrimmage yards with 2 rush TDs in last game at Jax. Tied franchise-record with 3 rush TDs last week & registered 1st 100-yard rush game of season (102)…
Rookie RB DENNIS JOHNSON had career-best 74 rush yards in last game vs. Jax.
WR ANDRE JOHNSON reached 900 career catches in 2nd fewest games (150) in NFL history. Has 19 career games with at least 10 catches & 100+ rec. yards, most in NFL history. For career, Johnson averages 6 receptions per game, best in NFL history (min. 100 games). Johnson averages 81.7 receiving yards per game vs. Jax.
WR DE ANDRE HOPKINS had career-long 66-yard reception last week. Is 2nd among NFL rookies in rec. yards (631)…
Since 2012, DE J.J. WATT leads NFL w/ 30 sacks. Has 5.5 sacks in past 4 vs. Jax…
JAGUARS:
Club has won 3 of past 4 games…
In past 3 vs. Hou., QB CHAD HENNE has completed 41 of 67 passes (61.2 pct.) for 616 yards with 4 TDs vs. 0 INTs & 111.3 rating. Henne had season-best 71.9 completion pct. (23 of 32) in last game vs. Texans…
In past 10 vs. Hou., RB MAURICE JONES-DREW is averaging 80.7 rush yards per game with 9 rush TDs. Had season-best 144 scrimmage yards (84 rushing, 60 receiving) in last meeting vs. Hou. Has 68 rush TDs, most in club annals & 2nd-most among active players (ADRIAN PETERSON, 86). Has 81 total TDs (68 rush, 11 rec. 2 return), most in Jaguars history…
WR CECIL SHORTS had game-winning 20-yard TD catch last week…
TE MARCEDES LEWIS posted 22nd TD rec. of career last week, 3rd-most in Jaguar annals…
LB PAUL POSLUSZNY (113) reached 100+ tackles for 6th consecutive season…
DE JASON BABIN has 2.5 sacks in past 3.
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