I blame the offense for the state we are in...

The dolphins have clearly caught on to the run...Shaub going to have to win this one...

Prove yourself...

Thomas for 6. 2nd and 4 coming up.

Pass to Marshall good for 4 and the 1st down.

Bush for about 6. 2nd and 4 coming up.

Wow, nice catch by Hartline for 25 yards. 1st down at the Texan 16.

Short pass to Bess inc. 2nd and 10 coming up.

Pass to Marshall too long, inc. 3rd and 10 coming up.

Pass in the endzone is inc. Dolphins to go for the FG.

Carpenter's 34-yarder is good.

Texans 16, Dolphins 13

12:57 left in the game.

Come on Shaub make something good happen...

Kubiak please don't come out with the "run right...run left...incomplete pass...punt"

The fact that they went to Slaton tells me Foster is not coming back today. I don't know if he's reinjured or the Texans are just playing extra-cautious with him.

Let's go offense, take advantage of Mannings KR.

Nice return by Manning on the kickoff - Texans ball at their 37.

Dump to Tate goes for 13. Ball at midfield.

Pass to AJ gets 7. 2nd and 3 coming up.

Tate pops it for 16, 1st down.

Tate for 4 up the gut. 2nd and 6 coming up.

Whoop! Deep pass to AJ complete for the TD! 23 yards!

Texans 23, Dolphins 13

10:06 left in the game.

The radio guys are puzzling over this, too. In other words, no one knows.

Yes sir...

That's how you lead Shaub...that's how you lead...

That makes me feel a little better.

Apparently Jacoby hurt himself celebrating.

Mcclain tweeted that Foster has reaggravated his hamstring and is questionable...

I like braman from west Texas A & M dropping gates from ACU and then letting him hear about it.

Pretty sure it's the latter. 10 carries, that's it....

edit: but I could be wrong...

Dolphins bring the kickoff back to just their 7 yard line.

Henne rushes for 2. 2nd and 8 coming up.

Bush for 3. Makes it 3rd down 5.

Henne comes up about a yard short on the scramble. 4th and 1, Dolphins are going to go for it.... 8:36 left in the game.

Dolphins try to draw the Texans offside and then call a timeout.

Dolphins to punt.

JJ fields the punt, goes backwards and is tackled. Texans ball at their 18.

Sparano has a real dirtbag/jack del rio thing going for him.

Tate for 7. 2nd and 3 coming up.

Tate for 7 more, 1st down. Ball at the Texan 32.

Tate for 7 more. 2nd and 3 coming up.

Tate for about 2. Makes it 3rd and 1 coming up.

Timeout Texans. 5:17 left in the game.

Tate gets 3 and the 1st down.

Tate TFL -2. 2nd and 12 coming up.

Tate picks up about 4. 3rd and 8 coming up.

Tate for 2 so Texans to punt.

Hartmann's punt is returned about 9 yards by Bess to the Dolphin 20.

Henne is sacked by A Smith! Makes it 2nd and 19.

Pass to Hartline inc, out of bounds. Brings up 3rd and 19. 2:16 left in the game.

Henne's pass is batted down by Watt. Dolphins to go for it on 4th down.

Pass by Henne goes inc. but flag on the play. Holding on Dolphins is declined. Texans take over on downs.

Wasn't pretty, but I'll take it. A W is a W.

HUGE test coming next week. Let's hope we get healed up, and Wade can correct some of our defieciencies.

Texans ball at the Dolphin 11.

Tate for 1.

2 minute warning.

Tate for about 8.

Tate gets about 1. Less than a minute left in the game.

Tate gets the 1st down at the 1/2 foot line.

Schaub kneels it out.

Final Score:

Texans 23, Dolphins 13

Got hairy there for a while but the defense came up big.... Way to go fellas!

I'll take 13 points allowed and whatever the yardage is. Especially against a team that moved it well against new England last week. Great job today defense, I knew all along you would play great today.

I'll take it man. I'll take it.

That was my self congratulations for my vague earlier predictions.

Well earned.

2-0 and all alone in first place in the division. All that with almost nothing from Foster. Can't quibble too much about that.

Jonathon Joseph clearly matters. Whether from how good he is or from how bad our other options, or some combination of the two, I'm not sure. But we were very different without him.

I am happy for another Texans win.

Too bad you were wrong twice Chuck. Maybe next week.

Amen to that x2.

Given the appalling state of public education in Texas I suppose I should assume that many of you will have difficulties with reading comprehension. You obviously do.

And then:

Despite barrett's ridiculous criticisms I am not being vague or arranging a scenario where I cannot be wrong no matter the result. I watched the entire game, closely. I saw much to be concerned about with respect to the two specific areas I mentioned prior to the game. Since your attention was obviously divided among the game, today's exciting Funny Car racing and live coverage of the Professional Noodling Championship on the Trailer Channel you may have missed the weaknesses I'd described. I can assure you that they will be in full view next week.

1. We made Henne look like a better QB than he is.

2. We better shore up that middle against the run, and do it quick, or the rest of the league is gonna run up the gut on us all day long.

3. We still need more help in the secondary than just JJo, Manning and the Mighty Quin. Will Kareem ever be any good? Allen doesn't appear to be the answer either.

4. Kubiak is too damn conservative when he has the tools to open up the offense. And I take nothing away from the running of Tate.

5. Was it just me or was Phillips not using his blitz package to good advantage? Or was it just Kubiak being conservative?

6 I'm happy that we won. I just think we made it tougher than it should have been.

It wasn't pretty, but we are still 2-0 and that feels great ! I know we've started like this before, like just last year, but hopefully it's a different kinda year for us. OK now the schedule gets tough, so we shall see ?

Chuck, during the game you told us all how bad the Texans defense was while it was playing great. When I said something you told me you were right because of what Pitt and NO would do to the Texans. But you were charitable enough to tell me that if the Texans go 10-2 I am right and you are wrong (not that I ever said I was on board with this team, you'll never find a post close to that, all I've posted about is the first 2 games).

So what if they go 9-3, are you wrong then? What about 8-4? That is why you are vague. You are predicting doom and then interpreting that doom to mean whatever you think you see (I am not sure what you saw in a game where we allowed 13 points).

So how about you set an over/under on Texans wins after 12 games (your arbitrary time to admit you were wrong). That way, rather than ignoring facts for "what you see" while we are all all watching the wrong game, we can actually evaluate what you are saying based on what happens on the field (like 13 points allowed would allow the normal person to give the defense a passing grade).

Or you can keep pissing in everyone's cornflakes because you are bitter about the head coach not being fired (or wi-fi not being available in the stadium, or whatever other current soap box you have).

Loolks loile Chuck can't take a joke or criticism either. Just keep revising your statements, you'll get it right eventually with a little hindsight. Just relax man.

Henne struggled all day. He completed %40 of his passes for under 200 yards, an interception, and was sacked multiple times.

Kubiak was plenty aggressive in a game we never trailed. If a team is worse than you and you never trail, no reason to air it out.

I think your #3 is dead on though. Whenever we don't get pressure, we struggle with making a play on the ball in the backend.

I complained about Kareem Jackson after he got torched and was called for a pass interference penalty. Maybe you think he's great. I don't. Maybe you think the secondary is good enough to stop the Saints' passing attack. I don't. Maybe you think that beating Collins and Indy and Henne and Miami is a sign that the team's defense is suddenly ferocious. I don't.

That's not black cloud pessimism; that's reality. I think a healthy Texans will win the division handily. Is that the doom and gloom you keep talking about? Winning the division or any taste of the playoffs would be a hell of a lot better than what we've experienced to date. But I don't want the team to win the division. I want the team to win the Super Bowl.

So no prediction on record? Just some serious fence riding where you get to attack everything, call everyone else homers, and then predict division championships?

You are a true voice in the wildernes.

And you did more than talk about 1 Jackson PI. You told me they ran at will and abused our CBs in a game they barely hit 300 yards and scored 13 points. But maybe you were splitting your attention between the game and dancing with the stars off your DVD (I can actually do that too and it doesn't make any point).

I'm aware that I stand to gain very little by making game by game predictions but since I seem to amuse you so much it would be uncharacteristically uncharitable for me to deny you your entertainment.

9/25 at New Orleans L
10/2 Pittsburgh Steelers L
10/9 Oakland Raiders W
10/16 at Baltimore L
10/23 at Tennessee L
10/30 Jacksonville Jaguars W
11/6 Cleveland Browns W
11/13 at Tampa Bay W
11/27 at Jacksonville W
12/4 Atlanta Falcons L
12/11 at Cincinnati L
12/18 Carolina Panthers W
12/22 at Indianapolis W
1/1 Tennessee Titans W

A guy who had never played in an NFL game ran for more than 100 yards against the Texans, mainly by running straight up the middle. Did you notice that at all? You may recall that I had voiced a concern about that prior to the game.

You can accuse me of not paying attention all you like but you and I both know that you're the one pretending like things that are happening in fact aren't.

Kind of like you just pretended the CB comment wasn't there. That kind of selective memory is the problem. Your spin doctoring could get you a job in DC.