2013 Houston Texans Thread

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After an unusually close nail biting win over San Diego Monday night the Texans came through pretty much healthy including DE JJ Watt who pulled his quad and LB Joe Mays who also had quad issues. S Ed Reed who is continuing to rehab after having hip surgery earlier in this year will be a game time decision Sunday morning on whether he plays. Even if Reed is active Shiloh Keo will make his second start for the Texans in 2013.

 

Speaking of Reed he celebrated his birthday this week and his teammates surprised him with a gift and a cake. On September 11 the team gave the now 35 year old Reed a walker to tease him about his advancing age and the cake was in the shape of a Hall of Fame jacket like the one Reed will surely wear 5 years after he retires when he becomes HOF eligible.

 

Tuesday was also a big day for DL Antonio Smith. He was the first man at the Texans practice facility and he greeted his teammates as they began showing up for work. It will be the first time he has been able to hang with the team after he was suspended the last two preseason games and the Week 1 game due to an incident in the Miami preseason game involving Dolphins lineman Richie Incognito. Smith is excited to be back with the team and excited to begin his season vs Tennessee on Sunday.

 

DeAndre Hopkins got a full week of work in after making a very successful debut last week in San Diego easily outplaying starter LeStar Jean. Gary Kubiak told reporters this week that Hopkins is gaining confidence the more he gets to practice. He also said that when he got the game plan for this week's game against the Titans it didn't overwhelm him like it did last week when he got the game plan for the Chargers game. Hopkins is still playing a little catch-up after missing the last half of training camp with a concussion. It looks like Houston finally has a worthy compliment to Andre Johnson.

 

According to Texans.com's Drew Dougherty here are five things to watch when Houston hosts division rival Tennessee tomorrow at noon.

 

http://www.houstontexans.com/news/article-2/5-Things-to-Watch-Texans-vs-Titans/574d4aa4-7842-4155-a077-9202c6e1ed08

 

[LUSportsFan]

Texans came back to win in overtime against the team formerly known as the Houston Oilers in a game they should not have needed too. Schaub 2 picks, Randy Bullock very inconsistent. Adrian Foster had some good runs. Ben Tate had a really nice run at the beginning of the game. DeAndre Hopkins had a great comeback and a great day overall. Hope Andre Johnson did not have a serious injury. Texans defense looked dominating for a lot of the game, but did not look very good during the Titans 99 yard drive.

 

Highpoint was the Texans comeback after I was about to give up on them. Glad I stuck it out except for Randy Bullock's muffed chances to win in regulation.

 

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Randy Bullock has caused me to start looking at the free agent player list in one of my fantasy leagues. The guy has a strong leg but when the lights come on he goes out to lunch.

 

The two point conversion by Foster was all guts and determination. Really nice run. Ben Tate is making a free agent case for himself. He's looking really good and if he keeps it up he's going to need more touches.

Hope Andre Johnson did not have a serious injury.

 

Highpoint was the Texans comeback after I was about to give up on them. Glad I stuck it out except for Randy Bullock's muffed chances to win in regulation.

 

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Reported by Texans.com's Drew Dougherty:

 

Tight end Owen Daniels had encouraging words about Johnson's status.

"I talked to him and he said he was all right," Daniels said. "He wanted to go back in, but protocol is that you can't at that point."

Johnson finished with 76 yards receiving on a game-high eight catches.

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Gary Kubiak said in media conference call today that he expects WR Andre Johnson to play of Sunday when the Texans travel to Baltimore to battle the Ravens this Sunday. His availability was in doubt after he suffered a concussion in last Sunday's game vs Tennessee on a hit in the 4 qtr by the Titans' Bernard Pollard. Pollard was fined $42K by the NFL league office for that hit. It will be good to have the 2013 leader in total catches through the first two games of the season but Johnson is still going through the NFL's concussion protocol and his availability won't be known for sure until late in the week. The Ravens D is still pretty good but their offense has struggled so far in 2013. This will be nice opportunity to not only pound on the Ravens in their home stadium but to go to 3-0 on the season. The last thing I want to hear is the Baltimore crowd chanting the "1000 Nation Army" chorus. That is a really annoying noise. I guess it's because I don't like the Ravens very much.

 

Randy Bullock struggled in the win over Tennessee last Sunday a week after he won a game ball for his work in the comeback win over San Diego. Bullock could have cost his team a win with a missed field goal at the end of regulation that sent the game into overtime. The first attempt was from 51 yards out and Bullock drilled it right through the center of the uprights but Tennessee called time out a moment before the snap of the ball. The second attempt was blocked but the Titans were off side giving Bullock another shot 5 yards closer. This time he had the distance but he hit the left upright sending the game into the extra frame. After the game Bullock said team chairman and CEO gave him words of encouragement and he said everyone has been really supportive which should give him a real boost in confidence to know the team, from the top down is behind him.

 

Last week it's now being reported that Ed Reed was "really, really close" to playing against Tennessee. With that in mind we should expect to see him make his Texans debut in his old stomping grounds in Baltimore. It will be nice to see Reed in the lineup and he should have a little extra motivation going back to the field where he forged his Hall of Fame career. I'm sure Reed would have liked to finish his career in Baltimore but it didn't work out so he may want to show his old GM and head coach, Ozzie Newsome and John Harbaugh, they cut bait too soon on him.

 

I think the Texans have found the compliment, and ultimate replacement for Andre Johnson at long last. DeAndre Hopkins broke out against the Titans and was the leading receiver for the Texans logging in 7 balls for 117 yards and the game winning TD in overtime. It was Schaub to Hopkins that led the team for that winning score and it's clear Hopkins is the real deal. He still has plenty to learn about being an NFL receiver but so far his star has been shining bright in the first two games of his career.

 

Let's back the truck up a little bit about Ben Tate. Yes, he's looked good so far but his stats, especially last Sunday was skewed by one 60 yard run in the game that saw Tate rush for 93 total yards. His stat line looks awesome, 9 carries for 93 yards for 10.3 ypc average. But, if you take away that one run he goes 33 yards on 8 carries which is only 4.1 ypc. Arian Foster's line was 19 carries for 79 yards and a TD which is also 4.1 ypc. Tate has looked good but it's not time to replace Foster. Remember Foster missed off season work and training camp. He has been having to work his way back into game shape. So, while Ben Tate has looked good Foster is still the bell cow in Houston and he is going to get better each week.

[LUSportsFan]

If Tate and Foster's egos don't get in the way, I like the running back by committee possibility. The challenge is to get both to buy into the concept and find a way to keep both in the flow of the game.

 

On the other hand, there are some running backs that seem to get stronger as the game progresses. If the committee experiment results in a production reduction, then maybe a feature back / closer back arrangement should be quickly picked up. I think the challenge either way is to keep both happy and working as a team member rather than as an individual that happens to be on a team.

 

I like both Foster and Tate. I'm glad both are on the Texans team. I don't want the talents of either to be wasted.

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WR Andre Johnson was a full partcipant in today's practice and Gary Kubiak said later in the day Johnson should be a full go against the Ravens on Sunday.

 

Duane Brown will likely miss this week's game with a turf toe injury. It's looking like Ryan Harris will get the start Sunday.

 

Garrett Graham and Ed Reed were listed as limited. I'm sure both the Texans and Reed are hoping he can play against his old team in their home stadium. We'll be keeping our fingers crossed.

 

Owen Daniels and Jonathan Joseph were given a veteran day off today. They were listed as full participants but they did not participate. No worries here.

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What the heck happened to Houston yesterday? They couldn't find their ass with both hands, a road map and a guide. It looked to me like they successfully beat themselves allowing a pick-6 and kick return for a TD and despite having Ed Reed make his first start of the year at his old stomping grounds in Baltimore it wasn't enough to overcome stupidhead that manifested itself as 14 penalties for 113 yards. Houston laid one great big red, white and blue egg in Baltimore yesterday. That's ok. They are currently tied for the division lead with a surprisingly better Tennessee Titans (who Houston has beaten already) and the Indy Colts (who pulled off a surprise win over the 49ers in San Fran yesterday) at 2-1 with the woeful Jacksonville pulling up the rear at an 0-3 (with little hope for something better than 0-16 on the year). It would be better for Houston to just burn the film of yesterday's game in which Andre Johnson suffered a shin bruise and Matt Schaub suffered a through a really lousy game. He played like crap in my opinion. The run game was non-existant with both Arian Foster and Ben Tate equally effective with Foster gaining 54 yds on 12 carries (4.5 ypc) and Tate getting 36 yds on 9 carries (4 ypc) but they never got the chance to do much with Houston trailing most of the game and Matt Schaub (25 for 35/194 yds/0 TD's/1 INT) having to pass so much. Even more than that was the fact that both teams time of possesion was virtually equal Houston could do nothing against the Ravens D which hadn't been that impressive so far until yesterday. That's okay, next week they will be at home to face --- OMG --- the 3-0 Seahawks. Oh, crap. You'd sure want to be playing better going up against the dreaded Sea-chickens.

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Gary Kubiak said today that all the x-rays and tests came back negative on Andre Johnson. He has a pretty bad shin bruise and will be considered day-to-day as the week progresses. Good news for Johnson, the Texans and their fans.

 

Kubiak also said T Duane Brown worked out on the field with trainers on Monday which is a good sign he's making progress with the turf toe issue that caused him to miss the Ravens game. Brown will continue to be day-to-day as he rehabs the injury.

 

In his first game action of 2013 Ed Reed practiced Monday and said he was fine and feeling no soreness. This is good news going forward as the Texans can at least claim reletively good health so far this year.

 

Gary Kubiak said Monday he's very frustrated because his team has yet to gel as a team and play with any consistancy so far in 2013. They have shown a lot of heart and resilience needing both to eek out victories in the first two weeks of the season. Neither served the Texans well as nothing went right in the loss to the Ravens. The good news is it's early in the season and there's plenty of time to right the ship.

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The good news is Andre Johnson is scheduled to start against the Seachickens on Sunday. Semi-good news is Duane Brown has been practicing and will be a game time decision on whether he'll play.

 

Houston's offense, most notably Matt Schaub, will need to play better against Seattle. Against the Ravens he made some poor decisions especially the ball he threw for a pick-six that turned the game around. Houston was winning and in Ravens territory when he threw a ball he should never have thrown. It should be a heckuva defensive struggle. The good thing is Seattle is not as good on the road and Houston's crowd can get LOUD. The Texans will have to be stout against the run and shut down Marshawn Lynch to have a chance in this game. I am rooting for the Texans but I'm not confident they can pull it out.

 

Here is an aritcle from Texans.com by Texans beat writer Drew Dougherty about the 5 things we should be watching on Sunday.

 

http://www.houstontexans.com/news/article-2/5-Things-to-Watch-Texans-vs-Seahawks/483160f6-cbf9-42fc-8f34-e4548ac85ca0

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There has been some question about whether or not Matt Schaub is the guy to lead Houston to the top of the league. It's looking more and more like he's not. I was talking to a friend of mine who is also a big Texans fan and he was at the game Sunday and he said it's a shame to have the team Houston has but no quarterback to lead them. It was reported that people were burning Schaub jerseys in the parking lot of Reliant Stadium. Part of the blame has to go on Gary Kubiak for calling a naked bootleg when the Texans were gaining yards on a steady diet of Arian Foster in an effort to eat up clock. Don't make a first down, no problem. Punt it a way and let the defense continue to pound the Seahawks offense. Run out the clock, Texans win 20-13. Not this day. Schaub handed the game over on a silver platter and I'm really getting to hate Pete Carroll. The Texans travel to San Francisco who woke up against the Rams last Thursday. If Houston, i.e. Schaub, doesn't wake up as well Houston will be looking at 2-3 square in the face. Houston is better than that but you have wonder if that's true with Schaub under center.

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DeAndre Hopkins was named Offensive Rookie of the Month for September the NFL announced today. Hopkins is the first Texan to receive the honor since Brian Cushing in November and December of 2009. Hopkins posted 20 catches for 270 yards (13.5 YPC) and a TD in September.

 

Duane Brown returned to practice today. The practice was just a light walk through but Gary Kubiak said Brown was a full participant making his first return to practice since he injured his toe in the Week 2 game against Tennessee. Kubiak also said despite Brown's participation he was still considered day-to-day.

 

Here is an article from Texans.com called Tale of the Tape that compares Houston's Arian Foster and San Fran's Frank Gore so far in 2014.

 

http://www.houstontexans.com/taleoftape.html

[BigNasty92]

DeAndre Hopkins was named Offensive Rookie of the Month for September the NFL announced today...

 

In related news, the NFL also named Matt Schaub Veteran Offensive Sh!tbag for September....

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DeAndre Hopkins was named Offensive Rookie of the Month for September the NFL announced today...

 

In related news, the NFL also named Matt Schaub Veteran Offensive Sh!tbag for September....

 

LOL! Here's hoping that Schaub has a much better October than he did September beginning in San Fran on Sunday.

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It's time to get over last week's loss to Seattle. That one is gone and as much as we'd like to we can't change the outcome. We need to get behind the Texans, including Matt Schaub, because they are facing a tough challenge against the 49ers in their place.

 

Houston is the early game of the two on Sunday Night. So, they should have our undivided attention.

 

The good news this week is that Brian Cushing passed his concussion protocols and will play Sunday night!

 

If Arian Foster can run against the Seahawks (Ben Tate too) then there's no reason not to believe he can't run on the 49ers. It would be sweet to see AF get 100+ yards rushing and about 35-40 yards receiving. It sure would take the pressure off Matt Schaub.

 

Here are the 5 things to watch in the Texans game Sunday night according to Texans.com's senior writer Drew Dougherty.

 

http://www.houstontexans.com/news/article-2/5-Things-to-Watch-Texans-at-49ers/283fcf01-0a82-44fa-a2fc-57488f12cb59

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Wow, is Matt Schaub been lousy? No, he was bad on one play against Seattle last week. This week? That's another story all together. Should it matter that Houston has face two of the top three defenses that past two weeks? I don't know but Schaub was just plain sorry last night. The problem was TJ Yates wasn't much better. Houston just absorbed an old fashioned beat down in Frisco and the problems didn't just lie in Schaub's lap but he's got to accept that he was pure d lousy last night. Texans fans better hope he can find a way to right his ship because as much as people love the backup neither TJ Yates nor Case Keenum is the short term answer. Maybe the long term but this is a team that is basically ready to win NOW. Schaub can play better than he has so far in 2013 and maybe we are over reacting to a 2-3 start to the season but now they are in a division with a team in Indianapolis that is for real and in first place with a 4-1 record and Tennessee team that is playing really good defense at 3-2. That mean Houston is in third place and 2 games out of first. Not where we should be. Not only that but Indy just finished beating the two teams Houston lost two. They beat Frisco in Frisco two weeks ago and now they've beaten Seattle at home. Yeah I know, Houston did enough to win but they ended up with the L. The season isn't over and we've seen Houston start out of the gate fast and fade at the end. Ok, it's time to come out of the gate slow and finish with a flourish! If they do then the conversations around the water coolers at work will be long forgotten.

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As a Texans fan, it's looking like this season may be a lot longer (meaning painful to endure) than I would like it to be. I just hope they right the ship soon. This Texans' season reminds me of the Bruce Springsteen song, "One Step Up (and Two Steps Back)". The problem is that it's looking like the Texans have taken a lot more than two steps back this season when compared with the last few.

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This item makes me think I should ressurect the "What the Hell were you thinking" thread because this certainly qualifies. Even if a player plays bad he doesn't deserve this:

A so-called fan confronted Matt Schaub AT HIS HOUSE to berate him for his play the last couple of weeks. No violence occurred but the fact that a person would actually do something like this is beyond me. I honestly think that the person who did this could be prosecuted for perpetrating a terroristic act and should be ASAP. The notion that someone would do this is beyond my ability to fathom. Also, another person took pictures of Schaub's wife and kids and posted them on facebook. This too is an act of terror and should be prosecuted as such. How would you feel if someone did that to your family? If the cops didn't do something I certainly would. I would teach that person what it means to mess with a man's family. This is contemptable and cowardly and expletives I'm sure most of you can fill in as well as I. If somebody beat the crap out these people, put them in the hospital it would send a message as well as prosecuting them as terrorists. See how these people like GITMO with pissed of Muslims. You might say I'm over reacting but I don't play when it comes to my home and family and neither would you.

Here's a link to ESPN.com on the matter. Wait until the first video finishes and check out Mike Golic's reaction.

 

http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/9795996/nfl-eyes-fan-incident-home-matt-schaub-houston-texans

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Okay, we are going to put the past two weeks behind us and look forward to righting the ship and what better team to face at this point than the Rams. The Rams give up a ton of yards in the run game and their pass defense is nothing to right home about. It's a home game that should be a shoe-in for the Texans to sort of calm people down and right the ship. Houston should take care of business and it should take some of the heat off of Matt Schaub. Allow him to build some confidence and get past this rough patch of the season.

 

Arian Foster has been limited in practed due to a thumb and a chest injury but there isn't any doubt he will play Sunday. Andre Johnson missed practice Thursday because of the shin injury he's been nursing for couple of weeks ago also isn't expected to miss time either.

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Texans and Rams Sunday notes:

 

> Andre Johnson is listed as a game time decision but he said he would be out there. The question is whether he can go due to the shin injury he suffered a few weeks ago against Baltimore. He missed practice on Wednesday and Thursday but I'm sure it's giving a veteran player a chance to heal up some.

 

> Fantasy owners need to make sure you pick up Garrett Graham. He's a good player and he'll be starting for the foreseeable future due to the broken leg Owen Daniels suffered against the 49ers.

 

Here's some things to-do from Texans.com beat writer Deepi Sidhu and Drew Dougherty's 5 things to watch in Sunday's game.

 

http://www.houstontexans.com/news/article-2/Texans-To-Do-List-vs-St-Louis/7ee1455a-8e12-4f7a-b315-4aa92b29955b

 

http://www.houstontexans.com/news/article-2/5-Things-to-Watch-Texans-vs-Rams/6d65621f-e32b-4527-93d0-506afede15f3

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In the past week we heard about so-called Texans fans who stalked Matt Schaub to his house and publicly derided him for his recent poor play and posted pictures of his family on social media pages for no other reason than to facilitate others into harassing his family. In yesterday's game Schaub injured his ankle on a sack by the Rams and had to leave the game. When Houston fans saw that Schaub was hurt people actually cheered. It makes me ashamed to be a Texans fan because I would be associated with jerks like that. I can't believe fans of their own team would do that. There is only one other time I've seen a player who was injured cheered because he was injured and that was when "fans" in Philadelphia cheered when Michael Irvin was laying motionless on the stadium turf with a neck injury that caused temporary paralysis and ended up ending his career. I never liked Philadelphia before that and I've hated Philadelphia ever since. Any Philadelphia team. Can't stand them or their fans. I can only imagine what Matt Schaub and his family think of Houston now. Even Rams players said what those fans did was messed up. What's common around the country is when a player is hurt you shut up until you find out if the player is okay or not and when you see he's okay then you applaud. Never mind about whether or not Houston got spanked by the Rams the issue here is a little compassion for another human being. The same guy who played so well last year and got the team to the playoffs, the same guy who does charity work and fund raising work all over the city of Houston got cheered when he was injured. Houston, you ought to be ashamed of yourself. I really thought "Clutch City" was better than that.

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When it rains it pours, doesn't it? In today's press conference Gary Kubiak said that strong safety Danieal Manning will miss for an undetermined amount of time due to a "significant knee injury" he suffered in last Sunday's loss to the Rams. Shiloh Keo will move into the spot for the foreseeable future.

 

According to Kubiak the real downfall of the Texans has been the turnovers and penalties they have committed during this four game losing streak including 5 pick six's in 5 games in a row setting a most dubious NFL record. It makes perfect sense because looking at the numbers Houston has been pretty darn good on offense sans turnovers and penalties. The Texans are ranked 7th in total offense gaining 395.7 yards per game while the defense is just allowing 252.8 YPG. How about that Schaub haters? Schaub had thrown pick six's in the previous 4 games but he had taken care of the ball against St Louis. TJ Yates managed to chunk two picks including the record 5th pick 6 in a row. There were also fumbles, one for TD, that derailed the Texans. Besides the turnovers Houston had 7 penalties for 95 yards which didn't help matters one bit. If Houston takes better care of the ball and stops shooting themselves in the foot with the rash of penalties they've been committing they could be 5-1 or 6-0 but they have and they are 2-4 as a result. Things don't get any easier this week as Houston travels to Kansas City to face the undefeated Chiefs.

 

Speaking of Matt Schaub, he is determined to play Sunday although considering the treatment by Houston's so-called fans the past two weeks I can't imagine why. Kubiak has said it's an end of the week decision he will have to make. In the mean time Kubiak said he will prepare both TJ Yates and Case Keenum to play this week. Kubiak said he will prepare both the same and decide on the starter at the end of the week. Yates played the rest of the game last Sunday going 12-17 for 98 yards and two picks. Hardly a stellar performance. If you listen to the ESPN afternoon radio show both AJ Hoffman and Fred Fauer immediately hang up when Case Keenum's name is mentioned to replace Schaub. I may be off base here but Keenum is mobile which Schaub is not and he's got a better arm than Schaub. The only things he doesn't have are size (6'1" 205) and the experience. The last couple of years has seen a renaissance at the QB position and the read option or at least mobility in the QB position has been the new vogue in the NFL. As for size, if you believe the measureables for Keenum vs Russell Wilson (5"11" 206) Keenum is actually bigger. Not being a fan of either Hoffman or Fauer I tend to think they are just pessimists and nay-sayers anyway. Eff them and I really hope Keenum gets his chance if Schaub can't go.

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Stop the freaking presses! The latest news from ESPN is that Matt Schaub WILL NOT be available for Sunday's game vs Kansas City and Gary Kubiak has named Case Keenum this week's starter!! Keenum is a popular choice because he played his college ball at the University of Houston and is a local kid who really played well during this past preseason. TJ Yates has not progressed the way the Texans would have hoped and actually looked like he regressed in the past two games he came into the game in relief of Matt Schaub. He's played like a guy who is trying not to make a mistake or a QB who doesn't trust himself to make the throws needed to move the team. I'm happy to see Keenum get this opportunity but it's unfortunate that his first start is on the road against the best defense in the NFL this season.

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Houston played another good game yesterday and lost. After 4 carries Arian Foster was lost for the game due to a pulled hamstring and they had a rookie QB making his first start of the season. All things considered I think the Texans did as well as they could. Keenum's debut, in a loss, wasn't bad if you consider he was facing one of the best defenses in the NFL. His final stat line was 15 of 25 for 271 yards and one TD and NO PICKS. His QB rating was 110.6. His TD pass was a thing of beauty as he hit DeAndre Hopkins in stride in the end zone for a 29 yard strike.

Houston had it's chances at the end but the Chiefs dialed up their pass rush and sacked Keenum and forced two fumbles and they just never gave the Texans a chance to win. The Chiefs simply was not going to allow Houston to steal the game from them. No position player from either team put up 100 yards. The game's leading rusher was Jamaal Charles who gained 86 yards on 21 carries and Andre Johnson was the leading receiver on the field gaining 89 yards on 4 receptions. Now, to be fair, Charles added another 37 yards receiving to give him 123 combined yards but you get my point. It was a defensive slugfest and KC just made more plays.

It was a nice debut for Keenum and I'm convinced he did better than TJ Yates would have but the question here is was it enough to justify benching Matt Schaub when his ankle is healed enough for him to play? That's a Gary Kubiak call but given Koobs' history I'd say it wasn't. The important thing was Keenum comported himself very well and he should leapfrog Yates as the primary backup. I'm sure Houston fans will be behind the move but you can't always go with the fans. There's a saying in the NFL the most popular player on any team is the backup QB and after yesterday's game the fans will be calling for Keenum to start.

 

Interesting Notes:

 

> Keenum's first start was against KC. In 2007 Matt Schaub's first start was against KC.

> Keenum's 101.6 QBR was a team high for a first start.

> Keenum's 271 yards passing broke Schaub's record of 225 yards for a first start in franchise history.

> In Week 3 Dallas lost to the Chiefs by the same 17-16 score Houston lost by yesterday.

 

Bad News

 

> Arian Foster left the game after 4 carries with a hamstring issue. Hopefully, this won't be a long term issue.

> Brian Cushing left in the third quarter when Jamaal Charles went low to block him and injured the same knee Cushing suffered a season ending torn ACL last year. This time around Cushing has a broken fibula and a torn LCL. Cushing said his season could be over. You have to know Jamaal Charles feels bad today because he lost a season two years ago with his own torn ACL. This is a devastating loss to Houston whose defense suffered a lot after Cushing was hurt in Week 5.

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With all the troubles around the Texans headquarters there seemed to be a need for Gary Kubiak to send a message to his team. Or, a need to exercise discipline over a team who may need it. Or they just violated team rules on the road trip to Kansas City as Kubiak stated in today's press conference. Either way there really must be more to the story that a simple violation of team rules as opined by Houston Chronicle reporter John McClain. When asked about what team rule/s were violated Kubiak responded, "I won't discuss team rules. I've made a decision to move forward.".

The three players waived are DE Sam Montgomery, LB Willie Jefferson and RB Cierre Wood. Montgomery was the Texans 3rd round pick in this year's draft which speaks to the seriousness of the reason or reasons behind the waiving of these players. Teams just don't give up on 3rd round picks without good reason. Jefferson is from Beaumont and he went to school at Ozen HS and he attended college at Stephen F Austin. This past April Jefferson was signed as an undrafted free agent. Cierre Wood made a big splash for himself in this past preseason. After going undrafted after a very good college career at Notre Dame Houston signed Wood just hours after this year's draft as a UFA. Wood showed such promise in preseason Houston kept him on the final 53 man roster despite having Arian Foster and Ben Tate in front of him. With Foster suffering from a hamstring injury early in the game Wood would have been in line to make a contribution to the team.

All three players made the trip to KC but none of them was active for the game. Apparently, their transgressions occurred at the team hotel and was serious enough to cost them their jobs.

[LUSportsFan]

Yesterday was great for the Texans. It was close, but they prevailed against the bye.

 

Tough to be a Texans fan during the losing streak!

 

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