The Texans played almost a perfect game. The Bengals not so much. The first time the Texans touched the ball, it resulted in a 73 yard punt return by Jacoby Jones. Strangely, both TD returns Jones has done this season have resulted in him ending up on the west side of the north endzone, where he jumps up into the stands where his mom sits. His teammates joke that he needs to get his mom to move each quarter to the other endzone.
Texans quarterback Matt Schaub was nearly perfect, completing 24 of 28 with a 144 QB rating. Gary Kubiak said "That's hard to do against air."
Maybe Chad Ocho Cinco should change his name back to Johnson. He claims that his friend Andre Johnson is having such a huge season because "he's a Johnson." Andre Johnson leads the league in receptions, yards, and yards per game average. In each of his four games in October, he has been over the 130 yard mark, with 41 receptions, 593 yards and 2 TDs for the month.
A Texans defense that had previously not been able to hold a team under 21 points held the Bengals to six. If the Bengals are incapable on throwing on a Texans defense that is one of the worst in the league, they may not be able to move the ball on any team.
Unfortunately for the Bengals, it doesn't look like their schedule gets any easier any time soon.



















Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
10-27-2008 @ 7:54AM
Matthew Alloway said...
I have to give you props for that headline it's laugh out loud funny.
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10-28-2008 @ 12:41AM
Yak Yak said...
It kind of sucks, i was looking forward to reading more of you bashing Richard Smith's Defense. And we can't really call them one of the worst defense's. They are 15th in yards per game, and 16th when it comes to passing yards per game.
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10-28-2008 @ 8:08AM
Chris F. said...
Marvin Lewis has completely loss his team. He thinks he can build a team by using other team's rejects instead of building through the draft like it should be done. They might as well go 0-16.
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10-28-2008 @ 9:06AM
Stephanie Stradley said...
Yak Yak-
Are you related to Richard Smith? Because nobody I know who actually watches the Texans play find much to defend about the defense.
Yards per game is a garbage stat. It's not just me that questions the defense, check this out:
http://blogs.chron.com/texanschick/2008/10/houstontexans_talk_with_footba.html
Look, nothing would make me happier than if the Texans defense was solid. But that they played okay against the worst QB in the league through 100 starts in Ryan Fitzpatrick isn't going to get me doing cartwheels.
Thanks for reading and commenting,
Steph
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