Houston Texans WILL make the....

[AllDay28]

AFC Championship Game and the Indianapolis Colts will be watching from home. I believe firmly that Andre Johnson and Co. will take the rematch from the Colts up in Indy and here's why:

Tony Ugoh. The Texans probably figured some things out about Ugoh in the first game and will exploit them no doubt in the rematch.

I look at our schedule and I see very winnable games vs. the Falcons, Dolphins, Raiders, Saints, Jags, Bucs...and

tough games, but winnable games vs. the Chargers and Titans

I've said it before and I'll say it again. 12-4 is not impossible THIS SEASON for the Texans.

I know that Rick and Gary said we're a couple of years away, but I'm sure they didn't expect a start like this. I wouldn't be surprised if even they're changing their tunes a little bit after this start.

[SuperstarII]

Man, when don't you drink alcoholic beverages?


I think its the overdose of Prozac.....

[HydrOshocK]

Okay....

I don't drink alcohol or caffeine. I don't smoke. I don't take any medications.

I knew something was wrong with you ;)

j/k

[1337texansfan]

AFC Championship Game and the Indianapolis Colts will be watching from home. I believe firmly that Andre Johnson and Co. will take the rematch from the Colts up in Indy and here's why:

Tony Ugoh. The Texans probably figured some things out about Ugoh in the first game and will exploit them no doubt in the rematch.

I look at our schedule and I see very winnable games vs. the Falcons, Dolphins, Raiders, Saints, Jags, Bucs...and

tough games, but winnable games vs. the Chargers and Titans

I've said it before and I'll say it again. 12-4 is not impossible THIS SEASON for the Texans.

I know that Rick and Gary said we're a couple of years away, but I'm sure they didn't expect a start like this. I wouldn't be surprised if even they're changing their tunes a little bit after this start.

crazier things have happened ya know. so i wouldnt exactly discount something like this happening. but odds don't look good. but any odds are better then no odds at all.

[South Texan]

IF AJ, Green, JJ and the others get healthy in 2 weeks and there are no more major injuries,
IF Spencer makes it back 100% in a few weeks,
IF the secondary, as a unit, suddenly improves drastically,
IF we get some help with the other teams in the conference splitting wins and losses to each other and we do well in conference play,
IF IF IF IF...
OK, I am not saying we don't make the playoffs, either outright or as a wild card, but I have it more in the catagory of possible rather than probable.
If the Texans win 10 games this year I will consider it a huge success no matter the playoff implications.

What I find most encouraging is that we are not far away from being a power house, and with cap room next year I really think Rick Smith will fill in a lot more of the missing pieces and even more important, good depth for when the injury bug bites. The tide is turning, the Texans are on the way up!

[BigTymeTitan]

AllDay28 you suffer from a common condition among sports fans called "Homerism" its allright, all true fans have it to some degree. Yours is a little extreme. You should have stopped when you thought the Titans was a winnable game. Glad to see other fans are more sensible.

[ubecool454]

Because you come up with some off the wall posts.. That and you seem really drunk off the non-alcoholic koolaid..

Maybe that guys thread from yesterday wasn't such a bad idea.. LOL I couldn't resist.. j/k

I just bet last year you thought the new orleans saints would go to the NFC championship. If the Saints can turn around a 3-13 season and miss the superbowl by one game, i don't see why this guy has to be on dope or drinking to think we can make 12-4. Keeeeep the faith!!!

[DeclanJr]

Look at what the Chargers did 2 years ago. They were the laughing stock of the league, now they are a contender every year and did so in 1 year, so yeah why not this team?

I'm not seeing it this year. Too many injuries. People are counting on getting AJ and JJ back within two weeks, but I don't see that either. If they do somehow make it back, they are one hit away from being out for the season. Injuries suck.

[HuttoKarl]

I wouldn't go quite as far, but some games I chalked up as L's when the schedule was released are definitely a bit more hazy now.

Denver hasn't been an offensive juggernaut this season and defensively hasn't been great either. San Diego's got problems. Nothing's clicking there. I think Indy is going to be tough and the other AFC South teams as well. If we can sweep Tennessee or Jacksonville and split with the other, I think a 10 win season can be had.

This is always reliant on getting AJ and Ahman and Jacoby back on the field though. Without them, it's a tough road no matter who we play.

[Sportswriter79]

AFC Championship Game and the Indianapolis Colts will be watching from home. I believe firmly that Andre Johnson and Co. will take the rematch from the Colts up in Indy and here's why:

Tony Ugoh. The Texans probably figured some things out about Ugoh in the first game and will exploit them no doubt in the rematch.

I look at our schedule and I see very winnable games vs. the Falcons, Dolphins, Raiders, Saints, Jags, Bucs...and

tough games, but winnable games vs. the Chargers and Titans

I've said it before and I'll say it again. 12-4 is not impossible THIS SEASON for the Texans.

I know that Rick and Gary said we're a couple of years away, but I'm sure they didn't expect a start like this. I wouldn't be surprised if even they're changing their tunes a little bit after this start.

Of course they expected a start like this. Anything less would have been a losing start of 1-2 or 0-3.

Although it's meaningless, if one extrapolates a 2-1 start throughout a 16 game season, the result is 10 or 11 wins. That's a wildcard berth.

[infantrycak]

AllDay28 you suffer from a common condition among sports fans called "Homerism" its allright, all true fans have it to some degree. Yours is a little extreme. You should have stopped when you thought the Titans was a winnable game. Glad to see other fans are more sensible.

If you don't think the Texans have a chance at winning either Titans gams, i.e. either one is winnable, then you are 10 times the homer you are accusing AllDay of being.

[DeclanJr]

WTF are all yall talking about? Seriously, ALL THE INJURIES? 3 GUYS ARE DOWN AND ONE IS A BIT BANGED UP! You people act like the whole freaking team is on IR! The #1 WR, the #3 WR/PR and a Center and now the WHOLE season is a wash? Man when you folks got to extremes, yall go all the freaking way! 3 guys do not make up a team of 53! If one of those guys were the QB, then I could listen to reason or if half the defense went down, but 3 guys, 2 starters and a rookie, and a banged up RB and yall are ready to throw in the towel. Yall think the Patriots are throwing in the towel with "ALL THE INJURIES" they have? You think the Colts? This is the difference between winners and losers and I guess since this team have been losers for so long, yall can't see the forest for the trees... Unbelievable, come on Texans fans, yall are better than this.....

I think you are forgetting Killings, Mathis, Kalu, and Ahman Green. Those aren't all starters, but they all contribute to special teams. They are also solid backups that we desperately need right now. You can still be a fan and recognize the fact that this team is really banged up.

[Pantherstang84]

I think you are forgetting Killings, Mathis, Kalu, and Ahman Green. Those aren't all starters, but they all contribute to special teams. They are also solid backups that we desperately need right now. You can still be a fan and recognize the fact that this team is really banged up.

Kalu will go.
Green will see limited action.

Killings- He made a good story this week. But he was just one piece of the puzzle. I don't think his absence is that devastating but will serve as a good motivational tool.

Mathis- Very disappointed in him if he doesn't go. If there is no medical diagnosis, he better be on the &$^% field. Otherwise, I say he should be released at the end of the year. There is no excuse for laying down when your team needs you the most.

[BigTymeTitan]

And why wouldn't it be a winnable game? Please I would love to hear this... Yall Titans fans act like Vince is InVINCEable. Yall keep thinking that. You contain Vince on the ground, he's not gonna beat with his arm so then what? Pacman isn't there to bail yall out again, see last years game in Tenn, so then what? Chris Brown? White? Please tell me your hopes don't lie with Eric Moulds. Yall threw everything yall had at the Colts and still lost. Schaub was playing with 2nd and 3rd string players and **** near beat them with his arm....

I'll Start where the plays begin. The lines, both sides. Please I would like to hear what you have to say about them. I hope your coaches don't think vince can beat them with his arm. You're right, you're very lucky Pacman is out but we also eliminated our two weakest links in our secondary so they are much more solid this year. White and Brown are shaping up to be quite a nice tandem. Our receivers are coming around and we have a lights out tight end, actually two if Troupe can come around. You act like **** near beating the colts was as good as a win. Here's to hoping all of our starters are healthy in our match up. I want both teams at full strength for this.

[Pantherstang84]

I'll Start where the plays begin. The lines, both sides. Please I would like to hear what you have to say about them. I hope your coaches don't think vince can beat them with his arm. You're right, you're very lucky Pacman is out but we also eliminated our two weakest links in our secondary so they are much more solid this year. White and Brown are shaping up to be quite a nice tandem. Our receivers are coming around and we have a lights out tight end, actually two if Troupe can come around. You act like **** near beating the colts was as good as a win. Here's to hoping all of our starters are healthy in our match up. I want both teams at full strength for this.


Me too. No excuses from the flaming meatballs.

[sleepwalker]

So yea...We are playing the Falcons tomorrow. In case yall forgot.

Will someone post a thread relevant to the game at hand. Matchups, stradegies, play calling, exploits etc...Anything positive would be a nice change.

[BigTymeTitan]

If you don't think the Texans have a chance at winning either Titans gams, i.e. either one is winnable, then you are 10 times the homer you are accusing AllDay of being.

you're right any team has a chance on any given Sunday. However small that chance may be.

[HuttoKarl]

I'll Start where the plays begin. The lines, both sides. Please I would like to hear what you have to say about them. I hope your coaches don't think vince can beat them with his arm. You're right, you're very lucky Pacman is out but we also eliminated our two weakest links in our secondary so they are much more solid this year. White and Brown are shaping up to be quite a nice tandem. Our receivers are coming around and we have a lights out tight end, actually two if Troupe can come around. You act like **** near beating the colts was as good as a win. Here's to hoping all of our starters are healthy in our match up. I want both teams at full strength for this.


Sounds like what a lot of **** fans seem to be doing as well.

[rush2112mn]

Making the playoffs is what I am hoping for this year.

[Macaronitoni]

Ill go as far as to agree its very possible we make the playoffs this year, but no way we get past the colts or the patriots in the playoffs. They are just too experienced in the big games.

[Marcus]

Kalu will go.
Green will see limited action.

Kalu can't go. His broken hand is not healing while playing, and he won't play again until it does. And Green won't play either.

Mathis- Very disappointed in him if he doesn't go. If there is no medical diagnosis, he better be on the &$^% field. Otherwise, I say he should be released at the end of the year. There is no excuse for laying down when your team needs you the most.

Absolutely agree with you on that one. I can't imagine how disappointed Kubiak must be with him.

[Pantherstang84]

Kalu can't go. His broken hand is not healing while playing, and he won't play again until it does. And Green won't play either.



Absolutely agree with you on that one. I can't imagine how disappointed Kubiak must be with him.

Green will go with limited touches.

I'm saying Mathis better grow a pair and be on the field.

[Marcus]

I'm saying Mathis better grow a pair and be on the field.

Well, as sad as it is to say this . . unfortunately, that is what I think his problem is. :(

[schaubisgod]

12-4? Well, it's certainly possible. It would mean that we would have to win 10 of our next 13 games. A daunting task for such a young team. I'll be a little bit more realistic and say that we do finish with a winning record for the first time in team history.

10-6

[HuttoKarl]

12-4? Well, it's certainly possible. It would mean that we would have to win 10 of our next 13 games. A daunting task for such a young team. I'll be a little bit more realistic and say that we do finish with a winning record for the first time in team history.

10-6

Your screen name reminds me of the most awesome sig pic ever.


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[Wolf123]

The texans will definatly not go 12-4 this year. I'm a huge fan and even I know thats not realistic. Atlanta will be a tough game this week as will miami next week. Lets wait till we've won 6 games and then try and predict what the outcome will be.

[Wolf123]

That defense can still show up any given week.

[Wolf123]

They played the cowboys tough right up until the end when turnovers killed them!

[Wolf123]

Alot of that is accurate but they tend to stay with team right up until the end.

[wildroot]

AFC Championship Game and the Indianapolis Colts will be watching from home. I believe firmly that Andre Johnson and Co. will take the rematch from the Colts up in Indy and here's why:

Tony Ugoh. The Texans probably figured some things out about Ugoh in the first game and will exploit them no doubt in the rematch.

I look at our schedule and I see very winnable games vs. the Falcons, Dolphins, Raiders, Saints, Jags, Bucs...and

tough games, but winnable games vs. the Chargers and Titans

I've said it before and I'll say it again. 12-4 is not impossible THIS SEASON for the Texans.

I know that Rick and Gary said we're a couple of years away, but I'm sure they didn't expect a start like this. I wouldn't be surprised if even they're changing their tunes a little bit after this start.

It cuts both ways...
I'm sure the Champs figured out all sorts of things about us as well that they'll exploit during the rematch.

[Wolf123]

I'd say he's more realistic!!

[BigTymeTitan]

No what you fail to realize is that they almost beat the Colts using 2nd and 3rd and even 4th string players while the Titans threw everything they had at them and still came up short. The Colts beat the Titans, the Injury bug beat the Texans, big difference. As far as the Lines O/D, they look about the same. Both have given up 4-5 sacks and both D-line have 7 sacks each in 3 games. DBs, are about the same. Our Pass offense is better and Titans run offense is better, due to the fact that the QB is basically a RB too. So they way I see it, these 2 game go either way, more than likely, they split and win at home so this whole "YOU CAN'T BEAT US BECAUSE WE HAVE VINCE!" crap needs to be put away...

Well you'll be able to play the injury card for a little while longer it looks like so I hope that it is satisfying for you. I also just want to mention that we are missing David Givens which is supposed to be our best receiver and Pacman. That's kind of like if you were missing Andre Johnson and the best player in your secondary. I however, don't like to use the injury card. There is a reason "depth" is such a vital part of a football team. Just for the future, I would like to know if you believe the Texans can beat the Titans with the injuries they have now or are you assuming you guys will be full strength when we play. I think there's more texan fans that believe you won't be able to beat the Titans because of Vince than Titan fans that believe the texans can't beat us because of Vince.

[Wolf123]

haha, There's no way you can compare givens to andre Johnson. Thats the most ludacris thing i've ever heard.

[Vincesanity10]

No what you fail to realize is that they almost beat the Colts using 2nd and 3rd and even 4th string players while the Titans threw everything they had at them and still came up short. The Colts beat the Titans, the Injury bug beat the Texans, big difference. As far as the Lines O/D, they look about the same. Both have given up 4-5 sacks and both D-line have 7 sacks each in 3 games. DBs, are about the same. Our Pass offense is better and Titans run offense is better, due to the fact that the QB is basically a RB too. So they way I see it, these 2 game go either way, more than likely, they split and win at home so this whole "YOU CAN'T BEAT US BECAUSE WE HAVE VINCE!" crap needs to be put away...

As well as the YOU CAN'T BEAT US BECAUSE WE FINALLY HAVE A QB crap. We lost to the Colts,but you best believe it wasn't the Colts that beat us!!! WE beat ourselves that game with bonehead moves and missed opportunities...I applaude the Texans for playing a great game against the Colts. This is the NFL and teams are supposed to be prepared for injury. I don't pay this kind of money for tickets to see my team give up because one of our main players is out. To say the injury bug hit the team is an excuse imo. Great teams perservere. Fact of the matter is that both teams are basically even though they are better in different areas. You have the better passing while we have the better rushing game. And keep on thinking Vince isn't getting better at passing... 3 weeks, teams have focused more on Vince running and it's caused major problems. Call him a RB if you want, but if you play him like a RB, he will kill you. BSPN can corrupt your mind. All in all, both games will be very intriguing and whoever capitlizes on mishaps will win both games...

[DeclanJr]

As well as the YOU CAN'T BEAT US BECAUSE WE FINALLY HAVE A QB crap. We lost to the Colts,but you best believe it wasn't the Colts that beat us!!! WE beat ourselves that game with bonehead moves and missed opportunities...I applaude the Texans for playing a great game against the Colts. This is the NFL and teams are supposed to be prepared for injury. I don't pay this kind of money for tickets to see my team give up because one of our main players is out. To say the injury bug hit the team is an excuse imo. Great teams perservere. Fact of the matter is that both teams are basically even though they are better in different areas. You have the better passing while we have the better rushing game. And keep on thinking Vince isn't getting better at passing... 3 weeks, teams have focused more on Vince running and it's caused major problems. Call him a RB if you want, but if you play him like a RB, he will kill you. BSPN can corrupt your mind. All in all, both games will be very intriguing and whoever capitlizes on mishaps will win both games...

I don't know who said that, but it's bs. The Texans and Titans are fairly evenly matched. I doubted Vince's passing ability until the Saints game. He looked real good. As far as BSPN, they love Vince. They love Reggie more, but I think that is going to change now. Enjoy the week off, we're looking forward to our first game against you guys in October!

[BigTymeTitan]

haha, There's no way you can compare givens to andre Johnson. Thats the most ludacris thing i've ever heard.


I thought about that before I posted but there's also no way to compare any of the players in your secondary to Pacman. It kind of evens out. Tough loss today Texan.

[BigTymeTitan]

o pacman the guy who is suspended...lmfao doesnt matter whos on your team if they dont play


You obviously haven't read the rest of the thread.

[circlecity317]

As well as the YOU CAN'T BEAT US BECAUSE WE FINALLY HAVE A QB crap. We lost to the Colts,but you best believe it wasn't the Colts that beat us!!! WE beat ourselves that game with bonehead moves and missed opportunities...I applaude the Texans for playing a great game against the Colts. This is the NFL and teams are supposed to be prepared for injury. I don't pay this kind of money for tickets to see my team give up because one of our main players is out. To say the injury bug hit the team is an excuse imo. Great teams perservere. Fact of the matter is that both teams are basically even though they are better in different areas. You have the better passing while we have the better rushing game. And keep on thinking Vince isn't getting better at passing... 3 weeks, teams have focused more on Vince running and it's caused major problems. Call him a RB if you want, but if you play him like a RB, he will kill you. BSPN can corrupt your mind. All in all, both games will be very intriguing and whoever capitlizes on mishaps will win both games...



The Colts have never won an NFL game, the other team just loses.

[DeclanJr]

As well as the YOU CAN'T BEAT US BECAUSE WE FINALLY HAVE A QB crap. We lost to the Colts,but you best believe it wasn't the Colts that beat us!!! WE beat ourselves that game with bonehead moves and missed opportunities...I applaude the Texans for playing a great game against the Colts. This is the NFL and teams are supposed to be prepared for injury. I don't pay this kind of money for tickets to see my team give up because one of our main players is out. To say the injury bug hit the team is an excuse imo. Great teams perservere. Fact of the matter is that both teams are basically even though they are better in different areas. You have the better passing while we have the better rushing game. And keep on thinking Vince isn't getting better at passing... 3 weeks, teams have focused more on Vince running and it's caused major problems. Call him a RB if you want, but if you play him like a RB, he will kill you. BSPN can corrupt your mind. All in all, both games will be very intriguing and whoever capitlizes on mishaps will win both games...

I know you're all hyped up because the final score in the Colts game was close, but their kicker missed 2 FG's and an extra point, so it really wasn't as close as you're making it out to be.

[sleepwalker]

"Houston Texans WILL make the........Hall of Shame" oops I mean injuries. I like your optimism now.

I'm with ya.

[TexansSB07]

AllDay28 you suffer from a common condition among sports fans called "Homerism" its allright, all true fans have it to some degree. Yours is a little extreme. You should have stopped when you thought the Titans was a winnable game. Glad to see other fans are more sensible.

1 word of caution...We are NOT the New Orleans Aints....

[TexansSB07]

WTF are all yall talking about? Seriously, ALL THE INJURIES? 3 GUYS ARE DOWN AND ONE IS A BIT BANGED UP! You people act like the whole freaking team is on IR! The #1 WR, the #3 WR/PR and a Center and now the WHOLE season is a wash? Man when you folks got to extremes, yall go all the freaking way! 3 guys do not make up a team of 53! If one of those guys were the QB, then I could listen to reason or if half the defense went down, but 3 guys, 2 starters and a rookie, and a banged up RB and yall are ready to throw in the towel. Yall think the Patriots are throwing in the towel with "ALL THE INJURIES" they have? You think the Colts? This is the difference between winners and losers and I guess since this team have been losers for so long, yall can't see the forest for the trees... Unbelievable, come on Texans fans, yall are better than this.....

AMEN!!! We lost to Colts, because we ran out of time. We lost to Falcons, because we failed to convert on 3rd downs...with that said we were not out of either of those games...they were still winnable in 4th quarter

[bsofa04]

A L IS A L. A W IS A W. NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS IN THE GAME. WHAT YOU GOING TO SAY WHEN MIAMI BEATS TEXANS? THEY DIDN'T HAD 11 MEN ON THE FIELD AND MIAMI HAD MORE?

Y'ALL FIND TOO MUCH EXCUSES FOR THESE GUYS.

Very true, a Loss is a Loss no matter how you slice it. It's HOW you lose that determines how you view your team. We've been very competitive these past two weeks and basically beat ourselves. It still doesn't change the outcome, and I'm also not making excuses.

With that said, this board will go to hell if we lose to the Dolphins but I wouldn't count on that. Coack Kubiak had some choice words with a few guys so I'm expecting them to come out very angry for how they played against Atlanta. The Texans win convincingly 30-12 and all the part time fans jump back on the band wagon.

[TexansFaninNC]

A L IS A L. A W IS A W. NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS IN THE GAME. WHAT YOU GOING TO SAY WHEN MIAMI BEATS TEXANS? THEY DIDN'T HAD 11 MEN ON THE FIELD AND MIAMI HAD MORE?

Y'ALL FIND TOO MUCH EXCUSES FOR THESE GUYS.

Do you have a caps lock on your keyboard or are you purposely trying to be annoying posting in all caps all the time?

[TripleThreat]

AFC Championship Game and the Indianapolis Colts will be watching from home. I believe firmly that Andre Johnson and Co. will take the rematch from the Colts up in Indy and here's why:

Tony Ugoh. The Texans probably figured some things out about Ugoh in the first game and will exploit them no doubt in the rematch.

I look at our schedule and I see very winnable games vs. the Falcons, Dolphins, Raiders, Saints, Jags, Bucs...and

tough games, but winnable games vs. the Chargers and Titans

I've said it before and I'll say it again. 12-4 is not impossible THIS SEASON for the Texans.

I know that Rick and Gary said we're a couple of years away, but I'm sure they didn't expect a start like this. I wouldn't be surprised if even they're changing their tunes a little bit after this start.


I'm confident that they will make the playoffs...but the AFCG is a bit lofty, and unfortunately, without some late-season injuries to key teams in the AFC, this isn't going to happen. The Colts don't appear to be ready to watch ANYTHING from home in January, and that could very well include the Superbowl.

I have no doubt that the Texans will be much improved, and fully manned in the rematch in Indy on 12/23, and won't be surprised if they take that game, to be perfectly honest with you. But I also expect the Colts to have pretty much taken care of playoff position by then as well, so...

Tony Ugoh. The Texans probably figured some things out about Ugoh in the first game and will exploit them no doubt in the rematch....Let me tell you something about Ugoh...he's not making the same mistakes twice. The preparation that he gets from Howard Mudd, Peyton Manning, and the other O-linemen is FAR and AWAY more than he would have received anywhere else. He is getting better each week, and like the Texans, by the time that game rolls around, I fully expect him to be playing a MUCH improved game than he does today (and he ain't bad today)

12-4 is not impossible THIS SEASON for the Texans, but it's HIGHLY unlikely. I stand ready to eat my words, because the Colts had a bigger 1-season turnaround than that between Manning's rookie and second seasons, but still...

I know that Rick and Gary said we're a couple of years away, but I'm sure they didn't expect a start like this. so...a 2-2 start gives room to be optimistic about a 12-4 finish? Again...possible, but HIGHLY unlikely.

FYI...your definition of "DIE-HARD FAN" is the same definition that most other people use for "HOMER".

I'm a big fan of the Texans, but I grew up in Indy, and was an inaugural season ticket holder their first year in the league. I'm a Colts fan since day 1, but at some point, you have to realize that it doesn't turn around overnight. These guys are improving, and this is a VERY exciting time for Texans fans. Enjoy it for what it is...I see great things for this team in the coming years.

[Texicano]

1 word of caution...We are NOT the New Orleans Aints....

ROFL Truer words were never typed on a forum tbh. We didn't even make the playoffs last year so yes we definitely are NOT the New Orleans Aints....:rolleyes:

[DeclanJr]

I'm confident that they will make the playoffs...but the AFCG is a bit lofty, and unfortunately, without some late-season injuries to key teams in the AFC, this isn't going to happen. The Colts don't appear to be ready to watch ANYTHING from home in January, and that could very well include the Superbowl.

I have no doubt that the Texans will be much improved, and fully manned in the rematch in Indy on 12/23, and won't be surprised if they take that game, to be perfectly honest with you. But I also expect the Colts to have pretty much taken care of playoff position by then as well, so...
Tony Ugoh. The Texans probably figured some things out about Ugoh in the first game and will exploit them no doubt in the rematch....Let me tell you something about Ugoh...he's not making the same mistakes twice. The preparation that he gets from Howard Mudd, Peyton Manning, and the other O-linemen is FAR and AWAY more than he would have received anywhere else. He is getting better each week, and like the Texans, by the time that game rolls around, I fully expect him to be playing a MUCH improved game than he does today (and he ain't bad today)

12-4 is not impossible THIS SEASON for the Texans, but it's HIGHLY unlikely. I stand ready to eat my words, because the Colts had a bigger 1-season turnaround than that between Manning's rookie and second seasons, but still...

I know that Rick and Gary said we're a couple of years away, but I'm sure they didn't expect a start like this. so...a 2-2 start gives room to be optimistic about a 12-4 finish? Again...possible, but HIGHLY unlikely.

FYI...your definition of "DIE-HARD FAN" is the same definition that most other people use for "HOMER".

I'm a big fan of the Texans, but I grew up in Indy, and was an inaugural season ticket holder their first year in the league. I'm a Colts fan since day 1, but at some point, you have to realize that it doesn't turn around overnight. These guys are improving, and this is a VERY exciting time for Texans fans. Enjoy it for what it is...I see great things for this team in the coming years.

That was the excuse Colt fan used last year. Are you saying that Manning and Co. aren't going to be trying to win that game? If they sit starters, I'll agree, but if something like homefield advantage is on the line, that excuse won't fly.

[vantheman1976]

AFC Championship Game and the Indianapolis Colts will be watching from home. I believe firmly that Andre Johnson and Co. will take the rematch from the Colts up in Indy and here's why:

Tony Ugoh. The Texans probably figured some things out about Ugoh in the first game and will exploit them no doubt in the rematch.

I look at our schedule and I see very winnable games vs. the Falcons:eek:, Dolphins:eek:, Raiders, Saints, Jags, Bucs...and

tough games, but winnable games vs. the Chargers and Titans

I've said it before and I'll say it again. 12-4 is not impossible THIS SEASON for the Texans.

I know that Rick and Gary said we're a couple of years away, but I'm sure they didn't expect a start like this. I wouldn't be surprised if even they're changing their tunes a little bit after this start.


I thought that this was pretty funny in hindsight.....

Me thinks Rick and Gary know more that you think he does now huh?