Official Texans vs. Jaguars Game Thread, 11/24/2013

[barrett]

Originally Posted by nunusguy

Unlike last year, I thought this was supposed to be a really good Draft for QBs ?Anyway, in our remaining games we've got Denver & NE here, Indy & Tenn on the road, with 2 games vs the Jags. I think we should win the game Sunday, but have doubts about the road game in FLA especially with a short week for NFLNet game on a Thursday night. So we could easily end up 3-13.

I think it is. There just isn't a consenus #1 QB or even a guy who is much better at #1 than what you get at #5.

[HPF Bob]

Jacksonville will almost certainly take a QB since Gabbert has been a bust and Chad Henne is not the answer. Right now, the consensus is Bridgewater or Mariota (if he comes out) and I'm not ga-ga about either one although I think Bridgewater is the better prospect.

What scares me about Mariota is he'll be coming out of a spread offense (just like Keenum) and seems to save his worst performances for his biggest games.I think he and Manziel would both be smart to spend another year in college rather than being so hasty about turning pro.

Definitely, the QB class with Luck/Griffin/Tannehill was better than this one.

I never thought we'd be able to draft Clowney but he hasn't been helping his stock this season which might also be a red flag. I think somebody has given him some bad advice about protecting himself this season so he isn't injured for the draft and he's been half-assing all year. Dude has off-the-charts ability and he's from McNair's alma mater so we'd probably take him if he's there but I worry if he isn't a baller and gets complacent with a fat contract.

Back to the Jags, I think they are still playing hard but, without Blackmon, teams can just fill the box and stop Gary Coleman. They have some nice receiving weapons (Shorts, Lewis) but Henne probably still has nightmares from the last time he played against J.J. Swatt.

[nunusguy]

Originally Posted by HPF Bob

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Back to the Jags, I think they are still playing hard but, without Blackmon, teams can just fill the box and stop Gary Coleman. They have some nice receiving weapons (Shorts, Lewis) but Henne probably still has nightmares from the last time he played against J.J. Swatt.

And I'll bet the Texans still have nightmares from their last meet-up with Henne when he took them into OT at Reliant last year.
Do we win Sunday and split with the Jags, sweep them, or do they sweep us in our upcoming games with them ? Frankly, with this season I have no clue
and none of those scenarios would surprise me in this year of 2013.

[Nconroe]

I'd like to see Keenum progress a little , less fumble turnovers, longer drives if longball not there.

[Nconroe]

Sounds like Kareem Jackson out Sunday. And Texans picked up a 3 year CB Justin Rogers off waivers from Buffalo.

[Nconroe]

Find it interesting Texans defense is still ranked no. 1 in total defense and passing defense with yds/game metric.

Rk Team G Pts/G TotPts Scrm Plys Yds/G Yds/P 1st/G 3rd Md 3rd Att 3rd Pct 4th Md 4th Att 4th Pct Pen Pen Yds ToP/G FUM Lost
1 Houston Texans 10 27.6 276 579 286.1 4.9 15.9 48 134 36 2 5 40 68 510 28:33 10 4
2 Seattle Seahawks 11 16.3 179 697 293.3 4.6 19.3 56 148 38 4 9 44 60 586 31:02 22 10
3 Carolina Panthers 10 13.5 135 596 294.0 4.9 17.2 44 125 35 2 8 25 57 507 26:39 14 9
4 Cleveland Browns 10 23.8 238 689 306.5 4.4 19.2 66 155 43 3 6 50 67 571 31:04 9 5
5 New Orleans Saints 11 17.8 196 652 309.9 5.2 17.3 46 134 34 1 6 17 63 515 26:56 14 7
6 Cincinnati Bengals 11 18.7 206 745 313.1 4.6 17.8 60 168 36 3 10 30 43 479 30:01 12 8
7 San Francisco 49ers 10 17.8 178 654 323.8 5.0 18.5 50 143 35 6 12 50 60 559 30:29 17 10

[Nconroe]

And quite interesting our offense is also in top 10 overall on yds/game

Rk Team G Pts/G TotPts Scrm Plys Yds/G Yds/P 1st/G 3rd Md 3rd Att 3rd Pct 4th Md 4th Att 4th Pct Pen Pen Yds ToP/G FUM Lost TO
1 Denver Broncos 10 39.8 398 717 455.5 6.4 27.1 60 125 48 4 4 100 71 614 29:38 21 13 -2
2 Green Bay Packers 10 25.8 258 657 417.4 6.4 21.7 55 130 42 4 8 50 57 552 30:58 13 5 -6
3 New Orleans Saints 11 27.7 305 739 415.0 6.2 22.9 67 148 45 4 10 40 62 509 33:04 9 5 +4
4 Detroit Lions 10 26.5 265 690 414.3 6.0 22.7 56 134 42 3 11 27 70 587 31:16 14 8 -2
5 Philadelphia Eagles 11 25.1 276 719 412.4 6.3 21.4 58 149 39 3 7 43 72 634 25:16 14 8 +4
6 Washington Redskins 10 24.6 246 710 412.1 5.8 23.7 66 143 46 3 9 33 63 550 31:60 17 6 -2
7 San Diego Chargers 10 22.8 228 655 399.4 6.1 23.8 57 123 46 3 4 75 64 512 32:51 7 5 -6
8 Houston Texans 10 19.3 193 707 378.0 5.3 20.9 51 147 35 5 12 42 71 688 33:04 14 7 -11
9 Chicago Bears 10 28.2 282 629 367.3 5.8 20.3 48 127 38 6 9 67 53 468 30:01 10 4 +10
10 Cincinnati Bengals 11 25 275 756 364.5 5.3 19.9 61 160 38 7 13 54 70 729 32:22 15 7 -2
11 New England Patriots 10 25.4 254 700 364.0 5.2 21.9 49 137 36 5 11 46 46 457 29:19 13 5 +7
12 Seattle Seahawks 11 27.8 306 673 358.5 5.9 20.0 55 139 40 4 8 50 87 815 30:39 20 9 +11
13 Indianapolis Colts 10 25.2 252 637 349.9 5.5 20.3 50 127 39 0 4 0 38 313 29:50 6 4 +4