The upcoming Ravens game, 10/16/2011

[Arky]

The Texans take their 3-2 record on the road this Sunday with a late afternoon game in Baltimore. The Texans are coming off a home loss to the Oakland Raiders falling 25-20. OLB Mario Williams had a season-ending pectoral injury in the game. The Texans will need to play "clean" (limit turnovers, mistakes, mental errors, etc) to have any shot at victory.

The Baltimore Ravens (3-1) are coming off their bye week and have had no trouble in the their three victories. Baltimore's great strength is their turnover-generating defense. The strong Ravens defense helps make up for some of the weaknesses in their offense. The Ravens only hiccup was a road-loss to the Tennessee Titans where the Raven offense coughed up the ball three times to only one turnover by the Titans. Tennessee QB Matt Hasselbeck was able to throw for 358 yards in that game on 30 of 42 passing.

TV = CBS (channel 11 local), 3:05 pm CST

Announcers = Greg Gumbel, Dan Dierdorf

Favorite = Ravens by 7 to 7.5