NFL.com: Texans '09 playoff contenders

[Arky]

Nice little article, albeit, a little puffy, on the Texans chances in '09 over at NFL.com:

Given an offense that shows the potential to emerge as one of the league's most explosive units, Kubiak seemingly has the pieces in place to get the Texans into the postseason for the first time in franchise history. But he will need the team to hit the ground running coming out of training camp to avoid the slow starts that have derailed playoff hopes the past two seasons. Though the team bounced back from 3-5 marks halfway through each of the last two years, including an 0-4 start in 2008, to finish 8-8, the early season deficits have been too difficult to overcome in the highly competitive AFC.

Hey, just 6 weeks to go till training camp and 8 weeks before the first pre-season game...