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Originally Posted by nunusguy
With the exception of a strong home-field performance against a basically crippled Ravens team (certainly on D), the Texans really haven't been too impressive at all in their last 4 games.
To me the keys to the game are (1) the Texans' front 7 getting enough pressure on the Bears passing game to slow down the Cutler-Marshal combo,
(2) the Texans' woeful STs going against stellar Bears' ST units led by Kevin Hester, and (3) whether the Texans' rushing-game is able to move the chains against the Bears D ?
No matter how badly I personally may want the Texans to prevail in their second Sunday-night try this season in front of national TV to redeem themselves for the real stinker vs the Packers earlier in Reliant, I just don't see it happening, therefor 21-13, Bears.
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We've got a 3-1 record and a +30 point differential in the last 3 games. If we play that "unimpressively" the rest of the season we finish at 13-3 with home field advantage throughout.
And I don't see how you dismiss the Ravens win. They may have looked crippled against the Texans, but they look pretty good against everyone else. Their offense especially has been very good this year, has few injuries, and was destroyed by our defense. That game was far more about what we did than what they were missing. Ray Lewis would had little effect on Joe Flacco posting the worst QBR in the 5 year history of the stat.
I am pretty sure the Bears game will be decided by things like the 2 points you made, and I am pretty sure the Bears game won't be decided by how "impressive" the Texans looked in the last 4 games.