Alex Green is going to go bananas on screens and draws. Too bad Sharpton can't come back until week 7
Well, at least he's big and heavy. He can absolutely tackle players who run into him Hope BJ Raji isn't making the flight!
No kidding. The key to this game will be our offense, as our defense is now soft as pudding up the middle (which has always been Wade's biggest problem as a DC). If we can keep Green Bay off the field and in shotgun formation when they have the ball, we will win. Simple as that. We can't expect our defense to turn in a performance like the one they had last night every week. Matt has to play with robot like efficiency and Arian needs the right side of the line to start pulling its weight or things will get ugly. Alex Green and Jermichael Finley are in line to have huge games, as those would normally be Cushing's assignment. Dobbins and James simply cannot cover those guys.
My hope is the real Arian continues to stand up... He is now moved up 2nd in the NFL for rushing, (can he pass J. Charles?) but more important has improved his ypc at 4.0 for the average. This should cont. to get better as well. Foster seems to just get stronger each game...Another 152 yard rushing game will be welcome...
Reliant is going to be rockin'. If the Colts can beat the Packers with their head coach in the hospital surely we can beat them with our best defensive player out. Go Texans!
Cedric Benson is out for 8 weeks or so. That limits their running game. Coach McCarthy says Finley has a "chance" he can play against Texans. He is questionable. Texans 27-20
To be Honest, I am not as confident after last night's game... but I still think we will pull it together enough to get a win.. Texans are playing at home, so it *should* hopefully be easier to get pumped and score for the fans. Lets go TEXANS!!
I am Prying we get a split of these next 2 games. With that said, I see no reason why we can Beat the Packers. Are weakness is defending the power rush. Last time i checked, GB don't have the personnel to run that. Baltimore, on the other hand.... At least we are at home the next 2 weeks
Normally I would say closed for the noise, but if the weather is good, it would be cool to see the overhead shots of reliant with the roof open for a national TV game. Basically, if they want to keep the roof closed to improve the HFA, they never should have built a retractable roof stadium since this would be the perfect scenario to have it open.
If we split the next two games I think it is the Green Bay game we win, not Baltimore...which sucks because the Ravens could be fighting us for a top seed plus I want revenge for last year's playoffs...but sitting at 6-1 going into Week 8 would not be bad at all.
With Cushing out we suddenly look a lot more vulnerable than we already did against the run. Really worry about that.
Even though I'm still a bit bummed out about Cushing, I'm still excited about the Texans finally being on NBC. Forget MNF, SNF is where it's at! Football Night In America from Houston, baby! Plus, can't wait to see the aerial coverage of Reliant Stadium and our city at night with all the lights! As far as the game goes, I would be worried if this game was in Lambeau field, but the Texans D will play better behind the noise of the crowd. I think the Texans should win this game barring an epic collapse like from the special teams.
This.. Partly for me personally is I don't get the HD feed for MNF, but I do for the upcoming SNF. . .
