Official Texans @ Jaguars Game Thread, 9/16/2012

[nunusguy]

My thought is that the Texans lose one or two division road games this year, so I'm thinking the Jags surprise us with something like a 17-14 score Sunday in FLA. Sure hope I'm wrong about this, but MJD is a far better back than Reggie Bush ever dreamed about being and he's always given us fits, it's the Jags
2012 home-opener, and Gabbert has gotta have a respectible performance one of these days.
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[barrett]

I don't think this Jags defense is that good, and we are a far more dangerous offense than the Ponder-led Vikings who moved the ball with no problems (26 points and 389 yards of total offense, Jags also had a total of 2 sacks for 4 yards and no INTs against the young QB). Not to mention the Jags are extremely banged up on defense and on the OL.

I think MJD can get some yards but he has never been a real big play threat and it is hard to string together long drives without your QB efficiently converting 3rd downs. I can't see Gabbert and a banged up OL converting enough 3rd downs to make even a 100 yard day for MJD move the scoreboard much.

I know as Texans fans many of us are conditioned to expect the worst, but Texans 27-13.

[HPF Bob]

There are two competing images for me. One is when we used to get road wins in J-Ville unexpectedly when we were a young franchise and the other is that hail mary deflection that won the game for the Jags there a few years ago.

For some reason, the Jaguars make things more challenging for us than it appears on paper but they are still a team in transition while the Texans are just tweaking before peaking.

Texans win, 23-13, but there's always that hail mary pass to haunt us.

[chuck]

My thinking is more or less the same as last week. If the Texans can't go on the road and beat what is basically a bad team to snatch a division win then they are not the team we think they are or want them to be.

Wade knows that the Jags have an exceptional running back. Kubes knows that the Vikings moved the ball with relative ease. The Texans are a far more talented team, a far more dangerous team. I expect them to get off the bus and demonstrate it.

[painekiller]

Originally Posted by chuck

My thinking is more or less the same as last week. If the Texans can't go on the road and beat what is basically a bad team to snatch a division win then they are not the team we think they are or want them to be.

Wade knows that the Jags have an exceptional running back. Kubes knows that the Vikings moved the ball with relative ease. The Texans are a far more talented team, a far more dangerous team. I expect them to get off the bus and demonstrate it.

Well said.

[Arky]

Texans win the toss and will receive.

Holliday brings the kickoff back to about the Texan 22.

[Arky]

Screen to Casey goes for 9.

Dumpoff to KW goes for 6.

Swing pass to OD goes for about 12. Ball at the Texan 48.

Dumpoff to Tate gets 11.

Tate rushes for 5.

Foster for 4. Brings up 3rd and 1.

Foster gets 3 off left guard and a 1st down.

Pass over the middle to OD good for 4. Ball at the Jags 25.

Tate goes left side for 9.

Tate for 3. 2nd and 7 coming up.

Dumpoff pass to Foster goes inc. 3rd and 7 coming up.

Pass to KW over the middle is inc. Texans to go for the FG.

Graham's 31-yarder is good.

Texans 3, Jags 0

9:25 left in the 1st quarter.

[cadams]

Well, top didn't work out so well for the jags today. Me thinks all the optimism about the jags flowed from them playing a terrible minn team much more than any real improvements.