5-4 - Last Game a Loss by a missed Field Goal to the Colts 1 Sep 13 NYJ 24 @ HOU 7 Final 2 Sep 20 HOU 34 @ TEN 31 Final 3 Sep 27 JAC 31 @ HOU 24 Final 4 Oct 04 OAK 6 @ HOU 29 Final 5 Oct 11 HOU 21 @ ARI 28 Final 6 Oct 18 HOU 28 @ CIN 17 Final 7 Oct 25 SF 21 @ HOU 24 Final 8 Nov 01 HOU 31 @ BUF 10 Final 9 Nov 08 HOU 17 @ IND 20 Final What do you like? What do you not Like? 7 Games Left Out of the Bye ** - 11 Nov 23 TEN @ HOU * - 12 Nov 29 IND @ HOU ** - 13 Dec 06 HOU @ JAC 14 Dec 13 SEA @ HOU 15 Dec 20 HOU @ STL * - 16 Dec 27 HOU @ MIA * - 17 Jan 03 NE @ HOU * - represent the hardest games to me. ** - Represents a MUST WIN Rocket River
My Prediction: WIN - 11 Nov 23 TEN @ HOU LOSS - 12 Nov 29 IND @ HOU WIN - 13 Dec 06 HOU @ JAC WIN - 14 Dec 13 SEA @ HOU WIN -15 Dec 20 HOU @ STL WIN - 16 Dec 27 HOU @ MIA LOSS - 17 Jan 03 NE @ HOU That has them at 10-6 The Miami and Jacksonville games are the Games to Watch Those will be the difference between 10-6 and 8-8 Rocket River
We are somewhere between an 9-7 and 10-6 team. Unfortunately, in the NFL, that is a HUGE difference. Also, anything more than that would be fortunate (and overacheiving), and anything less will be drastically underacheiving.
It is possible that the Patriots will have already clinched their division and maybe even a first round bye by the time we face them in week 17. If so, it should be a easy win IMO.
I don't care how they do it. Anything worse than 5-2, Texans are going to miss the playoffs. Can't depend on other teams to do our dirty work. Of course, the ****ing Giants could have helped by not choking the game away today.
I am looking at 10-6 and 11-5 is not out of the question. The only losses that I would be ok with would be at Miami and home for Indy. Jax is the key game though because they are very Jeckyl and Hyde so it depends which Jax team we get and NE should have everything wrapped up by the last game of the season. The Indy game should be fun because we played them very well today so a "W" can be expected but when playing Manning its never a given yet if we beat them I can easily see 11-5.
Call me crazy, I say we finish 11-5. We will beat Colts at home. St. Louis is a give me. I think the only loss will be against the Patriots.
Realistically there is one playoff spot between the following 5 teams: 6. San Diego Chargers 7. Houston Texans 8. Jacksonville Jaguars 9. New York Jets 10. Baltimore Ravens
that's pretty bold. Titans, Dolphins and Jaguars aren't pushovers. going 6-1 the rest of the way is asking too much.
Titans will probably push us to the fourth, but these guys needs to step it up. Penalties killed us today, not just Kubiak's coaching blunder. We are better then our record indicates. Though 6-1 seems bold, I really don't think its unacheivable. If Slayton somehow gets over the mental block of fumbling and Texans D keeps it up, I say 6-1 nad bring on the AFC Wildcard!
NE may have the division wrapped up by the last game, but what about home field advantage throughout the playoffs vs. the Colts...
Titans, Jags, Pats, Colts, fins. Can only afford to lose 2 of these games to make the play-offs. Regardless of play-offs. A 9-7 record after giving away 2 games at the beginning of the season due to an inability to stop teams on 3rd and long or mundane running plays that go for 70 yards isn't as bad as it seems.
Colts beat the Pats next week and that shouldn't be an issue. The Steelers/Bengals should be the issue but I THINK they will have the 2 seed wrapped up regardless looking at the schedules. Yes, I am ignoring the Broncos, just can't believe in those ponys.
I can't see us losing to JAX, SEA, STL. That puts us at 8 wins right there. I think Texans rebound well at home and beat TEN in a tough MNF game, which makes 9. That leaves us IND, MIA, NE. We need at least one win from them, two probably clinches playoffs, but is asking a lot. Depending on how things play out, the NE game may not mean as much to them, so that could be a plus. Dolphins are still a very good team and their rushing game can go off (And usually does) at any time. IND will be a very hard fought game, but I think we could get our revenge. I may be reaching here, but I think we go 6-1 with our one loss being to MIA, unless NE is still battling for advantage, in which case I could see us dropping the game to them for 5-2. Thing is, I could see us missing the playoffs even at 10-6, which would make the early season losses to JAX and ARI that much more painful.
14 days until the next game. We still have to split the division games, which means winning in Jax. 27th in rush defense is about as scary as a rumble strip for MJD and Chris Johnson come Monday night.
I dont worry to much about Chris Johnson/MJD they will get theres and we rank better(16th) vs the rush and pass(18th) then both Tenn/Jax. As long as we do our think on "O" while competitive we should win both games.
