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Houston Texans Dominated by New England Patriots, Lose 42-14

December 11th, 2012 at 1:36 PM
By Mack Lester

'Matt Schaub' photo (c) 2010, AJ Guel - license: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ The New England Patriots showed up Monday night looking like the Super Bowl caliber team they’ve shown for the past decade and took a win against the Houston Texans, with a final score of 42-14.

The Patriots' defense took the life out of the second ranked Texans offense, led by Matt Schaub, robbing their best drive when free safety Devin McCourty grabbed an interception in the end zone. The Patriots’ number one offense, led by star quarterback Tom Brady, riddled the Texans’ defense with three touchdown passes, and went into halftime up 21-0.

The second half wasn’t much better for Houston; after letting Brady pass Johnny Unitas to be 4th in all-time leading touchdowns, with his 18th game with 4+ touchdown passes, the Texans put points on the board with a quick goal line rush from Arian Foster. New England would go on and score again when WR Brandon Lloyd picked up a fumble (by Partriots teammate RB Danny Woodhead) for a touchdown.

The Texans headed home with an embarrassing 42-14 loss, ending their winning streak at six, while New England extends theirs to seven games in a row. Brady finished with a 21/35 passing ratio and 296 yards with four touchdowns, two of them to TE Aaron Hernandez. Texans' QB Schaub threw 19 for 32 and 232 yards, no TDs, just an INT.

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Houston Texans’ J.J. Watt Credited with Extra Sack

December 6th, 2012 at 11:03 AM
By Dan Benton

'jj-watt-houston-texans' photo (c) 2012, NFL News Desk Admin - license: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/2.0/ Week 14 of the NFL season is already upon us, yet for Houston Texans defensive lineman J.J. Watt, he's still earning rewards from his play in a week 13 victory over the Tennessee Titans (24-10). It's almost like catching a much needed ace on the flop to win the final table at partycasino.com.

The NFL announced on Thursday that it would credit Watt with a sack of Titans quarterback Jake Locker, bringing his total on the year to 16.5. Initially ruled as a team sack and fumble, the NFL decided the sack should go to Watt after reviewing the film. It statistically marks his second of the game and sixth over the past three weeks.

Watt remains second in the NFL in sacks, behind only San Francisco 49ers linebacker Aldon Smith (17.5 sacks), and on pace to finish the season with 22 sacks – a half a sack shy of the NFL record, which was set by former New York Giants defensive end Michael Strahan (22.5 in 2001).

In addition to his 16.5 sacks, Watt has 15 passes defended, making him the only player in NFL history to record 15 or more sacks and 15 or more passes defended in the same season.

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Houston Texans Vs. Tennessee Titans: Week Thirteen Key Matchup

November 28th, 2012 at 12:08 PM
By Mike Wood

All NFL coaches and personnel will always tell you a team has room for improvement. That being said, the levels of each respective team’s need for improvement vary greatly. At 10-1, the Houston Texans are one of those teams with fewer holes to fill when compared to their weekly competition. However, this week, one of the Texans’ growing weaknesses will be on display and alert as they take on the Tennessee Titans.

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Currently, the Texans are very banged up at linebacker, particularly the inside linebacker spots with injuries to Brooks Reed, Bradie James, and Tim Dobbins. Factor in Brian Cushing’s season ending injury back in October and the Texans could be heading into Sunday’s game with the Titans with only one of their four opening day starting linebackers (Connor Barwin). 

Enter the Titans, a team struggling some at 4-7 coming off a bad loss to the now two-win Jacksonville Jaguars. The Titans didn’t give the Texans might of a fight when they played back in week four, a 38-14 Texans victory. Now, the game is in Tennessee and if the past two games are any indication, teams seem to have figured out the Texans. Furthermore, since the Titans have already seen the Texans once, it gives them a bit of an advantage as a divisional foe. 

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Matt Schaub Calls Out Ndamukong Suh, Wouldn’t Want Him as Teammate

November 27th, 2012 at 10:02 AM
By Mike Wood

'Ndamukong Suh' photo (c) 2011, Jeffrey Beall - license: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/The NFL ruled Monday that they would not suspend Detroit Lions DT Ndamukong Suh for his actions on Thanksgiving Day that saw his flailing foot connect with the Houston Texans’ QB Matt Schaub below the belt. The thinking is that Suh’s kick, oddly reminiscent of his stomping of Green Bay Packers Evan Dietrich-Smith last Thanksgiving, was simply incidental and had no malicious intent. Regardless, Schaub is convinced that Suh would have no place on the Texans and the organization and team would never tolerate a player like him.

Schaub was SportsRadio 610 in Houston Monday and was asked whether he would want Suh as a teammate. Schaub replied, “No. You don't want a player like that. The stuff that he stands for and the type of player he is, that's not Houston Texan-worthy." Schaub continued, “That's not what we're about as a football team, as individuals, collectively as a group, we're not that type of person.”

Schaub’s comments have been greeted with mixed reviews. There is the train of through that in a fantasy football type of universe, the Texans’ defense would be that much better if Suh were playing next to DE J.J. Watt. This notion is of course held by few and certainly not by fans of the Texans. 

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Have Opponents Figured Out the Houston Texans?

November 26th, 2012 at 8:06 AM
By Mike Wood

The Houston Texans currently hold the AFC’s best record at 10-1, also tied for the top record in the NFL. However, as the Texans continue to pile up wins, their opponents continue to bring their “A” game in hopes of playing spoiler and knocking off a legit Super Bowl contender. The past two weeks, the Texans have put together a pair of thrilling, hard fought, close overtime victories, but against poor competition in the Jacksonville Jaguars and the Detroit Lions. This begs the question, are the Texans simply going through a bit of a midseason slump, or have opponents figured out the formula to defeat them?

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The answer to this question might be a little bit of both. Coming down the home stretch of the regular season, the Texans are virtually a lock to simply make the playoffs (were one Dolphins loss away from actually clinching Sunday), the AFC South divisional crown seems in hand baring a complete late season collapse, and the Texans are still in great position to take the AFC’s top seed with a one game lead over the second place Baltimore Ravens and tiebreakers with those Ravens and AFC West division leading Denver Broncos. 

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