Texans 16, Browns 6: Houston Wins the Battle of the Disappointing Teams

In the battle of two of the most disappointing teams this season, the Texans won on the road so this means the Browns are more disappointing. So I guess they can take that as a victory of sorts.

Browns' QB Brady Quinn started despite a broken index finger on this throwing hand and was largely ineffective when he wasn't throwing interceptions. Derek Anderson replaced him to equally poor results. WR Braylon Edwards was the Browns leading receiver, but his story of the game was more of sloppy routes and dropped passes.

The Browns were very effective in spurts running the ball against the poor Texans run defense, but coach Romeo Crennel inexplicably gave up on the run.

The Texans defense "forced" 5 turnovers, and when I say "forced," I mean the Browns offense gooned with most of them, and the Texans were the beneficiaries. The Texans defense which has been in the worst in the league over the last four years was the beneficiary of a Cleveland team that is completely inept offensively.

Non-surprisingly, Texans RB Ahman Green didn't come back in during the 4th quarter to close out the game because he has a knee injury that he will get an MRI on Monday.

For a more detailed Texans-centric view of the game, I suggest checking out my Chron.com account of the game.