On ESPN last night, one of the hosts said "everyone's temptation is to take their teams schedule and immediately put Ws and Ls next to each game" to which one of the analysts said "and they almost always come out with 10-6".
And, for the Texans, yep, 10-6 is the mean.
1 Sun, Sep 9 vs Miami 1:00 PM CBS W
2 Sun, Sep 16 @ Jacksonville 1:00 PM CBS W
3 Sun, Sep 23 @ Denver 4:15 PM CBS W*
4 Sun, Sep 30 vs Tennessee 1:00 PM CBS W
5 Mon, Oct 8 @ New York 8:30 PM ESPN L*
6 Sun, Oct 14 vs Green Bay 8:20 PM NBC L
7 Sun, Oct 21 vs Baltimore 1:00 PM CBS L*
8 BYE WEEK
9 Sun, Nov 4 vs Buffalo 1:00 PM CBS W
10 Sun, Nov 11 @ Chicago 8:20 PM NBC L*
11 Sun, Nov 18 vs Jacksonville 1:00 PM CBS W
12 Thu, Nov 22 @ Detroit 12:30 PM CBS W*
13 Sun, Dec 2 @ Tennessee 1:00 PM CBS W
14 Mon, Dec 10 @ New England 8:30 PM ESPN L
15 Sun, Dec 16 vs Indianapolis 1:00 PM CBS W
16 Sun, Dec 23 vs Minnesota 1:00 PM CBS W
17 Sun, Dec 30 @ Indianapolis 1:00 PM CBS L*
* - considered toss-up games that will determine our season.
About week 17, I can see two reasons we might lose this game. One is that we've never won at Indy and second, we may have the playoff spot sewn up and not need to win this game so we bench our stars and play our scrubs.
I think we benefit catching the Broncos early, even though they are on the road because this team isn't nearly as talented as last year's 8-8 record and they will not have worked out the kinks in the Manning offense by week 3.
Although the Packer game is at home, I just think they have too many weapons for us to defend and when it comes down to Kareem Jackson against their third-best receiver, we're toast. Same goes for the Patriots.
I think we can beat the Lions because they are as likely to lay an egg on Turkey Day (like last year) as they are to pull an upset. Their fans turn on them quickly too so an early lead can mean a big road win.
We've had no luck with the Jets and the only way I see us winning that one is if the Jets players are already in back-stabbing mode which could happen.
The Bills and Bears are the two greatest Jeckyl-and-Hyde teams in the league. You just never know if they'll be great or terrible. By mid-season, you could get either.
As i said previously, I could see us finishing anywhere from 8-8 to 12-4 but we ought to win the division almost by default.
Last edited by HPF Bob; 04-19-2012 at 11:20 AM.
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