Official Texans @ Giants Game Thread, 9/21/2014

[Arky]

Originally Posted by HPF Bob

I think Bills would be the best overall test to date for the Texans. They have playmakers on both sides of the ball. Traditionally, we have handled them well (one time I think was with Fitzpatrick as QB) but they will probably be a .500 football team this year so they'll be a good barometer to what type of team we have on our hands.

Yes, that is the way I see it, too. I thought the Giants were a .500-ish team and figured we could give them an even battle but too many errors by the Texans (while the Giants played mostly/surprisingly error-free) did 'em in. They (the Giants) coulda been had..... they didn't impress me but they were surely the better team last Sunday.

On the face of it, going out to the West Coast (Oakland) and then going out to the East Coast (NYG) - not too many teams would be able to pull that off - winning two big-travel road games in a row. Still, the Texans are 1-1 on the road, now and 1-0 at home. We've got the home field advantage against Buffalo and that is probably why the spread is around 3 pts in the Texans favor.

In the meantime, obviously, they gotta figure out how to stop the run and Fitz needs to go back to high percentage throws - using the TE's a tad more would be a good start...