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

[Arky]

The 1-9 Jacksonville Jaguars come to Reliant this Sunday to take on the 2-8 Texans. The Jags are coming off a home loss of 27-14 to the Arizona Cardinals. The Texans are coming off a home loss of 28-23 to the Oakland Raiders.

TV = CBS (channel 11 local), Sunday, noon CST

Announcers = Bill Macatee, Steve Tasker, Steve Beuerlein (the "Z" team)

The line = Texans by 10 to 11.5

[painekiller]

I'm wondering do we really want to loose this game? If we lose out we then have the #1 pick? But who si that pick?


To me picking top 5 in this draft get us a good player but outside of Clowney and Matthews, does the guy really help us? I'm not seeing the "it" QB just yet. And can you imagine Clowney and Watt coming off the ends?

[nunusguy]

Originally Posted by painekiller

I'm wondering do we really want to loose this game? If we lose out we then have the #1 pick? But who si that pick?


To me picking top 5 in this draft get us a good player but outside of Clowney and Matthews, does the guy really help us? I'm not seeing the "it" QB just yet. And can you imagine Clowney and Watt coming off the ends?

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.

[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.