We're favored.

[DanBengalfan]

NFL - odds - Yahoo! Sports

Can you beleeb dat sheet?

I guess when a team is down to their 3rd string QB and they just lost their best receiver again we might stand a chance.

We need to do better than we've done the last few weeks though. We almost choked on a hairball against Cle, and laid down and let Pittsburgh r*pe us Big-Ben style. right now, I don't know of anyone outside the turds of the NFL that we can beat.

 

[vancelot23]

They're 2-0 w/out Schaub.

 

[bengaldoug]

Houston is better than us on both sides of the ball......I don't care what the line is, if we win it will be an upset.....

 

[vancelot23]

We do have one advantage in that run defense is a strength. We need to slow down Foster and Tate and make them put the ball in the air.

 

[bengaldoug]

Our run defense hasn't looked so strong the last few weeks.....Mendenhall and Redman ran all over us.....no reason to believe Foster and Tate won't do much worse to us.....I would say our best chance is to run blitz and pressure the rookie quarterback into mistakes, hopefully....Zim needs to get 'em cranked up pressuring from the get go.....still, I am not confident in our offense's chances of lighting up their d......I know this, I'd sure feel much better if JJ was playing for us instead of against.

 

[bengaldoug]

I sure hope Dunlap, Sims, and Clements can play....we need all three to stand a chance.....the middle is noticeably weaker without Sims clogging it up.....

 

[vancelot23]

Yeah, we fucked up big time in not keeping JJ, although I think we offered him the same as Houston. I fully expect him to get a pick 6 against us.

 

[Cincyfan78]

I think the key will be the offense. They have to put points on the board, and sustain drives.

Houston can't eat away at the clock if they are playing from behind. The offense needs to do something it's not done much of this year, and get after it and take the lead...get up 10-14 and turn the Texans' offense more one dimensional than they want.

 

[vancelot23]

That's been our problem all year. We're content to just sit around and either sit on a 7 point lead, or go down...as long as we're controlling the clock and field position.

 

[bengaldoug]

If we don't do it to them you can damned well bet they'll do it to us......

 

[vancelot23]

Yep, they actually try to win all 4 quarters. What a novel idea.