I'm not expecting a loss. Do I think Minny will win? Probably. Any given Sunday. There are definitely some matchups we can exploit against them. Our defense certainly matches up well with their offense, which they don't have a ton of. They win games with their defensive performances. We can exploit them based on speed. The main thing with us is we can't turn the ball over. If we end up with a positive turnover margin, I like our chances. I've been saying this all off season, but these two teams are basically mirrors of each other in the respective conferences. I'm definitely not okay with losing. I'll still be pissed. We can beat most teams in this league.
We were mirrors of each other, until Watt went out. But maybe he was never here this year. Either way, it's hurt us bad. That and the fact that the game is in Minnesota will decide it. So far Brock hasn't displayed any ability to put a team on his back.
Anyone else find it ironic (don't cha think) that the same people who think the Vikings are unbeatable because they're 4-0 also think the Texans are one of the worst teams in the league when they're 3-1?
I remember when the Texans were 3-5, had gotten stomped by the dolphins, and were going to Cinci to play the 8-0 Bengals.... That went well. And no one gave us a chance. It was on PrimeTime even.
we didn't play cinci after getting stomped on by the dolphins..we played the titans after the bye week and bounced back...the cinci game was in our hands bc we had momentum from that titans game onwards..
I think it's because in the Texan's only prime time game they got shut out, so that left a really bad impression outside of Houston. Then in the Vikings prime time game they had a really good game, so that left everyone with a really good impression of them. The Vikings are coming into this game right after that bounce.
Well the Vikings defeated the Packers, Giants, and Panthers. 3 wins which are better than the 3 wins that we have.
That makes it even more similar.. got stomped by dolphins (patriots) then beat titans (titans) now undefeated team... Thank you for your fix. Too bad we don't have a bye week to make it EXACT. I was just voicing some similarities...
Combined record of Vikings opponents this year: 6-9 Combined record of Texans opponents this year: 7-9
No. They beat the Packers, Panthers, and Giants. And they won a game convincingly (albeit pulled away late) with Shaun Hill at QB over the same team we struggled with. Bulletin board!
Vikings are a playoff team playing at their new home. They are supposed to win and we are supposed to lose, no shame in that. That said, I just want to see Texans/Brock eliminate mistakes and improvement in the running game. If we do that and lose I won't even be mad.
http://www.footballoutsiders.com/stats/teameff Football Outsiders Texans efficiency rankings through week 4: Offense 32nd Defense 8th Special Teams 25th Overall 29th
Most of that was from the 27-0 schellacking by the Patriots. You guys are ridiculous. The talent discrepancy is not so great between any team in the league where one team can't beat another in any given week. I'm sure if we won, you'd make some excuse too.
