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I must've given them the kiss of death after my comment yesterday 
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Tate and Foster are going to be hammering it down even more now! I think they can manage to still win the division without Schaub. All Leinart will have to do is hand off a lot and make a couple of throws to spread the field occasionally.. A healthy AJ would help out..
Although just heard rumours of a Favre signing!
Although just heard rumours of a Favre signing!
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That could be some back story for the Super Bowl...
Favre's Texans vs Rodgers Packers. Especially after what Favre said about Rodgers.
Favre's Texans vs Rodgers Packers. Especially after what Favre said about Rodgers.
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And just like that ... it was over.
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Just adopt last weeks Broncos game plan for the rest of the season and you might be alright.
I feel bad for Schaub though, who knows if you limp into playoffs he might still play this season..
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Was Matt Leinart as bad as everyone makes out? Has a decent arm. He has experience running similar type offence. Probably even a bit more agile than Schaub. As i said on another Texan forum he could be our Alex Smith.
Not like the AFC is loaded with great teams. Most teams are pretty up and down.
Not like the AFC is loaded with great teams. Most teams are pretty up and down.
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9-3 baby, AJ ingured again but TJ looks the goods. Great win against the Falcons this week, I can smile for at least another week.
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Good story brewing in Houston. This is kinda how Tom Brady got all his cred/fame, coming in for an injured Bledsoe in the playoffs and as a puppy winning the Super Bowl. Could TJ Yates be the next 'feel-good' Super Bowl winning puppy story, and eventually marry a supermodel and become a man in a skirt?
I like these kind of situations, always think history repeats.
Yates: From Combine Arm to Playoff Race
If he can pull a supermodel I'll give him far more cred than Brady...
Mind you, he does look better 'in profile', if he can just walk around like that all the time...
I like these kind of situations, always think history repeats.
Yates: From Combine Arm to Playoff Race
If he can pull a supermodel I'll give him far more cred than Brady...
Mind you, he does look better 'in profile', if he can just walk around like that all the time...
I would prefer to see Jake Delhomme resurrect his career instead and kick New Englands arse in the play-offs. Preferably at Reliant Stadium, where we played in the SB.
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Happy 10th Birthday.
Time flies in the NFL: The Houston Texans’ very first game, a Sunday night win over the Cowboys, feels like a fresh memory to me. And yet the Texans sent out a reminder today that they’re celebrating their 10th anniversary this year.
The Texans’ announcement noted that the players will wear a patch on their jerseys with a 10th anniversary logo, and they’ll commemorate memorable events from their first year in the NFL, starting with a celebration today of the Texans’ expansion draft, which took place on February 18, 2002.
In the expansion draft, the Texans selected 19 players from 14 other NFL teams, and today Aaron Glenn, a Pro Bowl cornerback who joined the Texans via the expansion draft, will be at Reliant Stadium to kick off the Texans’ 10th anniversary season. (There probably won’t be much mention of the fact that aside from Glenn, the Texans had more misses than hits in the expansion draft: The top two choices in that draft were tackles Tony Boselli and Ryan Young, who played zero and nine games, respectively, in a Texans uniform.)
Whatever else they do to celebrate in 2012, the Texans have already started the year off by doing what the Texans’ loyal fans waited 10 years for them to do: Reach the playoffs.
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Arian Foster is on pace to be the third-fastest RB in NFL history with 5000 yards from scrimmage.
Only Edgerrin James and Eric Dickerson have done it faster. Foster has 4633 yards in 37 games, which is more than all of the NFL's top-ten leaders in yards from scrimmage. Through 37 games, Emmitt Smith had 3368 yards from scrimmage, and Walter Payton had 3974. That's extremely impressive production from Rotoworld's No. 1 ranked RB for Week 3.
Source: Nick Scurfield on Twitter
Only Edgerrin James and Eric Dickerson have done it faster. Foster has 4633 yards in 37 games, which is more than all of the NFL's top-ten leaders in yards from scrimmage. Through 37 games, Emmitt Smith had 3368 yards from scrimmage, and Walter Payton had 3974. That's extremely impressive production from Rotoworld's No. 1 ranked RB for Week 3.
Source: Nick Scurfield on Twitter
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Texans LE J.J. Watt is the first player since Kevin Greene in 1998 to have multiple sacks in each of the first four games in a season.
Since 1982, only eight players have registered more sacks than Watt's 7.5 in their first four games. The NFL's most dominant player was rewarded with AFC Defensive Player of the Month of the month honors. According to numbers compiled by Rotoworld's Evan Silva, Watt has tallied 40 tackles, 12 sacks, 17 QB hits, 16 tackles for loss, nine batted passes and a pick-six over his last eight games. He's been an unholy terror for a Texans defense that doesn't spend much time on the field thanks to an offense that ranks second in the NFL in average time of possession.
Source: Houston Chronicle
Since 1982, only eight players have registered more sacks than Watt's 7.5 in their first four games. The NFL's most dominant player was rewarded with AFC Defensive Player of the Month of the month honors. According to numbers compiled by Rotoworld's Evan Silva, Watt has tallied 40 tackles, 12 sacks, 17 QB hits, 16 tackles for loss, nine batted passes and a pick-six over his last eight games. He's been an unholy terror for a Texans defense that doesn't spend much time on the field thanks to an offense that ranks second in the NFL in average time of possession.
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Wade Phillips spot on....
Wade Phillips: Difference in fines evidence of unfair system
Texans defensive coordinator Wade Phillips said Thursday he didn’t understand the discrepancy in the NFL’s fine system, considering the vastly different amounts from a pair of hits he saw firsthand.
Phillips said he didn’t get that Texans linebacker Tim Dobbins was fined three times as much as Jets guard Matt Slauson was for a cut block which ended the season of Texans linebacker Brian Cushing.
“I don’t understand the fine system when Cushing gets put out for the season on an illegal play — I know Dobbins hit the guy,” Phillips said, via Tania Ganguli of the Houston Chronicle. “I understand that. It’s his first offense. [Matt] Schaub got hit way worse than that in the ballgame. . . .
“I just don’t see the fairness in all of it. It’s only defensive players basically. If a linebacker gets put out for the season, it’s 10,000 dollars, but it’s 30,000 if the quarterback gets hit.”
Phillips also pointed out that because Cutler continued to play, it was hard to pinpoint that Dobbins’ hit caused his concussion.
“And, the guy made an 11-yard run the next play and tried to run over our defensive back and then he played the next series and had a 19-yard run in that series. When did he get a concussion? You can’t say he got it then for sure,” Phillips said. “
“When he’s throwing the ball, you still have to be careful. You can’t determine if he’s one yard or two yards across the line of scrimmage. . . . If he’s in a throwing motion, we’ve got to be careful. I’m not saying the guy shouldn’t be fined, I’m just saying I don’t understand the fine system. Because it’s on national TV and the Chicago quarterback got a concussion, now it’s a big fine.”
In a roundabout way, Phillips was echoing the sentiments of Bears linebacker Brian Urlacher earlier in the day, who said cut blocks such as the one that ended Cushing’s season are as big a deal as concussions.
But what both also have to know is that there aren’t nearly 4,000 players suing the league for cut block-related health problems right now.
Wade Phillips: Difference in fines evidence of unfair system
Texans defensive coordinator Wade Phillips said Thursday he didn’t understand the discrepancy in the NFL’s fine system, considering the vastly different amounts from a pair of hits he saw firsthand.
Phillips said he didn’t get that Texans linebacker Tim Dobbins was fined three times as much as Jets guard Matt Slauson was for a cut block which ended the season of Texans linebacker Brian Cushing.
“I don’t understand the fine system when Cushing gets put out for the season on an illegal play — I know Dobbins hit the guy,” Phillips said, via Tania Ganguli of the Houston Chronicle. “I understand that. It’s his first offense. [Matt] Schaub got hit way worse than that in the ballgame. . . .
“I just don’t see the fairness in all of it. It’s only defensive players basically. If a linebacker gets put out for the season, it’s 10,000 dollars, but it’s 30,000 if the quarterback gets hit.”
Phillips also pointed out that because Cutler continued to play, it was hard to pinpoint that Dobbins’ hit caused his concussion.
“And, the guy made an 11-yard run the next play and tried to run over our defensive back and then he played the next series and had a 19-yard run in that series. When did he get a concussion? You can’t say he got it then for sure,” Phillips said. “
“When he’s throwing the ball, you still have to be careful. You can’t determine if he’s one yard or two yards across the line of scrimmage. . . . If he’s in a throwing motion, we’ve got to be careful. I’m not saying the guy shouldn’t be fined, I’m just saying I don’t understand the fine system. Because it’s on national TV and the Chicago quarterback got a concussion, now it’s a big fine.”
In a roundabout way, Phillips was echoing the sentiments of Bears linebacker Brian Urlacher earlier in the day, who said cut blocks such as the one that ended Cushing’s season are as big a deal as concussions.
But what both also have to know is that there aren’t nearly 4,000 players suing the league for cut block-related health problems right now.
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Wade Phillips: J.J. Watt had the best season ever
Everyone knows Texans defensive lineman J.J. Watt had a good season, but Texans defensive coordinator Wade Phillips was “good season” doesn’t even come close to describing how well Watt played in 2012.
According to Phillips, Watt had the greatest season that any defensive linemen ever has had in the history of the sport.
“He had the best season ever. Nobody’s ever had a season like that,” Phillips said Thursday.
That’s a bold statement, but Phillips has spent 35 years as a defensive line coach, defensive coordinator or head coach in the NFL, and he knows what he speaks of when he discusses defensive line play. Phillips noted that he coached Hall of Fame defensive ends Elvin Bethea and Bruce Smith, and he said that as great as those two guys were, neither of them ever had a year as good as Watt’s 2012.
Watt’s 2012 season really was amazing: He led the league in sacks with 20.5 and knocked down another 16 passes, and he’s not just a one-dimensional pass rusher. He’s also one of the best defensive linemen in the NFL against the run. FootballOutsiders.com uses play-by-play data to compile a stat they call “defeats,” which combines every time a defensive player forces a turnover, gets a tackle behind the line of scrimmage, or gets a tackle or tipped pass to prevent a conversion on third or fourth down.
The Football Outsiders play-by-play data goes back two decades, and until this season the single-season record for defeats belonged to Ray Lewis, who had 45 defeats in 1999. This year Watt obliterated that record, with 56 defeats.
Phillips may be right. Watt might not just be the Defensive Player of the Year for 2012. He might also have had the best season any defensive player has ever had, in any year.
Everyone knows Texans defensive lineman J.J. Watt had a good season, but Texans defensive coordinator Wade Phillips was “good season” doesn’t even come close to describing how well Watt played in 2012.
According to Phillips, Watt had the greatest season that any defensive linemen ever has had in the history of the sport.
“He had the best season ever. Nobody’s ever had a season like that,” Phillips said Thursday.
That’s a bold statement, but Phillips has spent 35 years as a defensive line coach, defensive coordinator or head coach in the NFL, and he knows what he speaks of when he discusses defensive line play. Phillips noted that he coached Hall of Fame defensive ends Elvin Bethea and Bruce Smith, and he said that as great as those two guys were, neither of them ever had a year as good as Watt’s 2012.
Watt’s 2012 season really was amazing: He led the league in sacks with 20.5 and knocked down another 16 passes, and he’s not just a one-dimensional pass rusher. He’s also one of the best defensive linemen in the NFL against the run. FootballOutsiders.com uses play-by-play data to compile a stat they call “defeats,” which combines every time a defensive player forces a turnover, gets a tackle behind the line of scrimmage, or gets a tackle or tipped pass to prevent a conversion on third or fourth down.
The Football Outsiders play-by-play data goes back two decades, and until this season the single-season record for defeats belonged to Ray Lewis, who had 45 defeats in 1999. This year Watt obliterated that record, with 56 defeats.
Phillips may be right. Watt might not just be the Defensive Player of the Year for 2012. He might also have had the best season any defensive player has ever had, in any year.
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...and hence the reason why he should be league MVP. Seriuosly if he doesn't we will never see a defender ever win the ******* thing. Not just sacks and PDs but TFLs. Some ridiculous average like 4 per game (scks & TFL combined). As i've said before his PDs are way above any other non-defensive back.
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Harvey: Too many question marks for Texans to be true contenders
After a season-ending loss, the Texans are looking for a recipe that will lead them past the second round of the postseason and beyond.
See the alternate viewpoint from Jerome Solomon
The front-page headline in the Boston Herald before Sunday’s game in Foxborough, Mass., between the Patriots and Texans read:
“TOM’S TIME: After bitter Super Bowl defeats, it may be now or never again for Brady.”
There is a sense in Boston that the Patriots’ window during the Bill Belichick-Brady era might finally be closing after five Super Bowls — and perhaps a sixth next month after their 41-28 victory over the Texans earned them another berth in the AFC Championship Game — and three — maybe four — Super Bowl titles.
I have a sense, shared by plenty of others if you pay attention to opinions expressed on the Internet and on sports talk radio in the aftermath of a second Boston massacre within five weeks, that the Texans’ window also might be closing — after two home playoff victories in two seasons succeeded by losses in the AFC divisional round.
In retrospect, it could be that the Texans never actually had a window.
“We’re right there as a team,” coach Gary Kubiak said after the loss.
Right where?
Indeed, in the last two seasons, the Texans were within one victory of having a chance for another victory that would have put them in the Super Bowl. But if you put the last half of this season under a microscope, they aren’t any closer to being there than a lot of other teams.
Although they won 13 games and finished with the third-best record in the AFC, they lost four of their last six. Including two overtime victories, they won only three of their last nine games in regulation time.
The defense, the team’s strength, allowed 20 points or more in two of the first nine games and 23 points or more in six of the last nine. The offense scored two touchdowns in the first game against the Patriots and three in the second but only three in the four games in between.
Owner still believes
“We’re very close,” Texans owner Bob McNair said Sunday. “We’ve just got to realize when the pressure is on, you’ve got to step up and execute, do it 100 percent of the time, not 70 percent.”
He might have been talking about the playoff loss to the Patriots, but he could just as well have been talking about the latter part of the season, when legitimate contenders are in drive and the other teams are in neutral or, like the Texans, in reverse.
Going forward, where are the Texans going to find that extra 30 percent?
McNair and Kubiak endorsed quarterback Matt Schaub.
What choice do they have? He is under contract for three more seasons and owed too much guaranteed money over the next two seasons for them to give up on him.
Besides, who is the alternative? There is no promising backup whose name Texans fans can chant when they’re frustrated with Schaub and, considering the lack of quarterback depth in this year’s draft, probably not one coming to the rescue.
The Texans have to hope Schaub, who will turn 32 before next season, regains the reliability he had in leading them to, during one stretch, 15 victories in 16 games he started instead of continuing to be the quarterback of late who appears to have lost his poise.
They also need more depth at linebacker and wide receiver. Brian Cushing’s return from injury could help stabilize them at linebacker, but Connor Barwin, Bradie James and Tim Dobbins are among the players they might lose to free agency at the position. As for wide receiver, DeVier Posey suffered a serious Achilles tendon injury Sunday just as he was establishing himself as the No. 2 behind Andre Johnson.
McNair said the Texans can restock through the draft and the non-premium free-agent market.
Hard to acquire help
They will draft too low in the first round to guarantee them a ready-made NFL player. Last year’s first-round pick, Whitney Mercilus, showed potential but will have to step up to replace Barwin.
The Texans don’t have much room under the salary cap to sign free agents, even those who are called non-premium for a reason.
The schedule will provide no relief. They played seven of 16 regular-season games against teams that made the playoffs this season. They will play seven games in 2013 against teams that made the playoffs this season.
Predicted to run away and hide from the rest of the AFC South, they finished one game ahead of Indianapolis.
Remember the optimism the Texans finished with last season? The Colts are the new Texans.
If you believe their comments after Sunday’s game and while they were cleaning out their lockers Monday at Reliant Stadium, the Texans aren’t buying that.
“We just have to keep fighting and keep working and keep banging on that door,” Johnson said. “Hopefully, it will fall down.”
No, Andre. It’s like Bum Phillips said years ago. You have to kick down that door.
After a season-ending loss, the Texans are looking for a recipe that will lead them past the second round of the postseason and beyond.
See the alternate viewpoint from Jerome Solomon
The front-page headline in the Boston Herald before Sunday’s game in Foxborough, Mass., between the Patriots and Texans read:
“TOM’S TIME: After bitter Super Bowl defeats, it may be now or never again for Brady.”
There is a sense in Boston that the Patriots’ window during the Bill Belichick-Brady era might finally be closing after five Super Bowls — and perhaps a sixth next month after their 41-28 victory over the Texans earned them another berth in the AFC Championship Game — and three — maybe four — Super Bowl titles.
I have a sense, shared by plenty of others if you pay attention to opinions expressed on the Internet and on sports talk radio in the aftermath of a second Boston massacre within five weeks, that the Texans’ window also might be closing — after two home playoff victories in two seasons succeeded by losses in the AFC divisional round.
In retrospect, it could be that the Texans never actually had a window.
“We’re right there as a team,” coach Gary Kubiak said after the loss.
Right where?
Indeed, in the last two seasons, the Texans were within one victory of having a chance for another victory that would have put them in the Super Bowl. But if you put the last half of this season under a microscope, they aren’t any closer to being there than a lot of other teams.
Although they won 13 games and finished with the third-best record in the AFC, they lost four of their last six. Including two overtime victories, they won only three of their last nine games in regulation time.
The defense, the team’s strength, allowed 20 points or more in two of the first nine games and 23 points or more in six of the last nine. The offense scored two touchdowns in the first game against the Patriots and three in the second but only three in the four games in between.
Owner still believes
“We’re very close,” Texans owner Bob McNair said Sunday. “We’ve just got to realize when the pressure is on, you’ve got to step up and execute, do it 100 percent of the time, not 70 percent.”
He might have been talking about the playoff loss to the Patriots, but he could just as well have been talking about the latter part of the season, when legitimate contenders are in drive and the other teams are in neutral or, like the Texans, in reverse.
Going forward, where are the Texans going to find that extra 30 percent?
McNair and Kubiak endorsed quarterback Matt Schaub.
What choice do they have? He is under contract for three more seasons and owed too much guaranteed money over the next two seasons for them to give up on him.
Besides, who is the alternative? There is no promising backup whose name Texans fans can chant when they’re frustrated with Schaub and, considering the lack of quarterback depth in this year’s draft, probably not one coming to the rescue.
The Texans have to hope Schaub, who will turn 32 before next season, regains the reliability he had in leading them to, during one stretch, 15 victories in 16 games he started instead of continuing to be the quarterback of late who appears to have lost his poise.
They also need more depth at linebacker and wide receiver. Brian Cushing’s return from injury could help stabilize them at linebacker, but Connor Barwin, Bradie James and Tim Dobbins are among the players they might lose to free agency at the position. As for wide receiver, DeVier Posey suffered a serious Achilles tendon injury Sunday just as he was establishing himself as the No. 2 behind Andre Johnson.
McNair said the Texans can restock through the draft and the non-premium free-agent market.
Hard to acquire help
They will draft too low in the first round to guarantee them a ready-made NFL player. Last year’s first-round pick, Whitney Mercilus, showed potential but will have to step up to replace Barwin.
The Texans don’t have much room under the salary cap to sign free agents, even those who are called non-premium for a reason.
The schedule will provide no relief. They played seven of 16 regular-season games against teams that made the playoffs this season. They will play seven games in 2013 against teams that made the playoffs this season.
Predicted to run away and hide from the rest of the AFC South, they finished one game ahead of Indianapolis.
Remember the optimism the Texans finished with last season? The Colts are the new Texans.
If you believe their comments after Sunday’s game and while they were cleaning out their lockers Monday at Reliant Stadium, the Texans aren’t buying that.
“We just have to keep fighting and keep working and keep banging on that door,” Johnson said. “Hopefully, it will fall down.”
No, Andre. It’s like Bum Phillips said years ago. You have to kick down that door.
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Houston Texans announce 2013 ticket prices
The Houston Texans announced their ticket prices for the 2013 season today. The Texans’ average general ticket price next season will be $86.39 per ticket, which is up 9.8 percent from $78.66 in 2012.
It is anticipated that the Texans once again will be in the middle third of the NFL in ticket prices. Houston’s average ticket price in 2012 ranked 15th in the NFL and was lower than seven other playoff teams.
Once again last season, Texans' season ticket holders received the first opportunity to purchase playoff tickets, and season ticket holders accounted for more than 98 percent of the tickets sold to the general public for the Texans’ Wild Card Playoff game against Cincinnati on Jan. 5. Additionally, all payments made for a potential AFC Championship Game will be applied to 2013 season ticket payments. The remaining balance will be prorated over four payments.
The Texans defeated Cincinnati 19-13 in the AFC Wild Card Playoff before a record crowd of 71,738, marking the first time in Houston NFL history that a team won home playoff games in back-to-back seasons. The Texans’ 13 wins last season, including the playoffs, tied the record for the most in a season by a Houston NFL team. Under head coach Gary Kubiak, the Texans have posted a 22-10 record over the last two seasons, which is tied for the fifth-best mark in the NFL in that time.
In December, the Texans, along with the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo and the Harris County Sports and Convention Corporation, announced plans to install new high-definition video boards in Reliant Stadium prior to the 2013 NFL season. The video boards, which will cost an estimated $16.5 million, will be the largest in-stadium display in the world and will be 25 percent larger than the next-largest video screens in the NFL.
“The Texans' gameday experience is consistently rated among the best in pro sports, from tailgating through the final whistle and everything in between. Reliant Stadium has also developed a reputation as one of the most difficult stadiums for visiting teams in the NFL, and Texans fans are a major reason,” John Schriever, Texans Vice President of Ticketing and Event Services, said. “Our fans give us a tremendous home field advantage, and we want to continue to make Texans games accessible to all fans. This pricing structure will allow us to continue to remain competitive on the field and deliver an even more compelling fan experience.”
The Houston Texans have sold out 112 consecutive games at Reliant Stadium, a Houston NFL record; and their 11 consecutive sold-out seasons represent the longest sellout streak of any professional sports team in Houston history.
Houston’s 2013 home schedule includes several marquee opponents, including rematches with the New England Patriots and Denver Broncos, both of whom Houston faced on the road in 2012. The Texans will host two other 2012 playoff participants in Seattle and Indianapolis, along with division rivals Jacksonville and Tennessee. Houston’s home slate is rounded out by a pair of familiar foes: the Oakland Raiders, who the Texans have faced six times in the last seven years, and St. Louis, which is led by former Tennessee head coach Jeff Fisher.
Reliant Stadium has been consistently recognized for having the best tailgating atmosphere in the NFL; and global customer satisfaction and market research firm J.D. Power and Associates recognized the Houston Texans for providing the best gameday fan experience in the NFL last year.
The Texans are currently accepting applications for the 2013 season ticket priority wait list, which currently has more than 19,000 members. To join the Houston Texans priority wait list, call 866-GOTEXANS or click HERE.
The Houston Texans announced their ticket prices for the 2013 season today. The Texans’ average general ticket price next season will be $86.39 per ticket, which is up 9.8 percent from $78.66 in 2012.
It is anticipated that the Texans once again will be in the middle third of the NFL in ticket prices. Houston’s average ticket price in 2012 ranked 15th in the NFL and was lower than seven other playoff teams.
Once again last season, Texans' season ticket holders received the first opportunity to purchase playoff tickets, and season ticket holders accounted for more than 98 percent of the tickets sold to the general public for the Texans’ Wild Card Playoff game against Cincinnati on Jan. 5. Additionally, all payments made for a potential AFC Championship Game will be applied to 2013 season ticket payments. The remaining balance will be prorated over four payments.
The Texans defeated Cincinnati 19-13 in the AFC Wild Card Playoff before a record crowd of 71,738, marking the first time in Houston NFL history that a team won home playoff games in back-to-back seasons. The Texans’ 13 wins last season, including the playoffs, tied the record for the most in a season by a Houston NFL team. Under head coach Gary Kubiak, the Texans have posted a 22-10 record over the last two seasons, which is tied for the fifth-best mark in the NFL in that time.
In December, the Texans, along with the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo and the Harris County Sports and Convention Corporation, announced plans to install new high-definition video boards in Reliant Stadium prior to the 2013 NFL season. The video boards, which will cost an estimated $16.5 million, will be the largest in-stadium display in the world and will be 25 percent larger than the next-largest video screens in the NFL.
“The Texans' gameday experience is consistently rated among the best in pro sports, from tailgating through the final whistle and everything in between. Reliant Stadium has also developed a reputation as one of the most difficult stadiums for visiting teams in the NFL, and Texans fans are a major reason,” John Schriever, Texans Vice President of Ticketing and Event Services, said. “Our fans give us a tremendous home field advantage, and we want to continue to make Texans games accessible to all fans. This pricing structure will allow us to continue to remain competitive on the field and deliver an even more compelling fan experience.”
The Houston Texans have sold out 112 consecutive games at Reliant Stadium, a Houston NFL record; and their 11 consecutive sold-out seasons represent the longest sellout streak of any professional sports team in Houston history.
Houston’s 2013 home schedule includes several marquee opponents, including rematches with the New England Patriots and Denver Broncos, both of whom Houston faced on the road in 2012. The Texans will host two other 2012 playoff participants in Seattle and Indianapolis, along with division rivals Jacksonville and Tennessee. Houston’s home slate is rounded out by a pair of familiar foes: the Oakland Raiders, who the Texans have faced six times in the last seven years, and St. Louis, which is led by former Tennessee head coach Jeff Fisher.
Reliant Stadium has been consistently recognized for having the best tailgating atmosphere in the NFL; and global customer satisfaction and market research firm J.D. Power and Associates recognized the Houston Texans for providing the best gameday fan experience in the NFL last year.
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Solomon: Rough winter for Schaub continues at Pro Bowl
Matt Schaub threw two interceptions during Sunday’s Pro Bowl.
Poor Matt Schaub.
(Well, by poor, I certainly don’t mean to imply that money is an issue in his life. I stay out of guys’ pockets as much as possible, but he did make at least $22 million this season, which is about 2 ½ times the money Joe Flacco and Colin Kaepernick, the two Super Bowl quarterbacks, made this season.)
It is going to be a difficult offseason for the Texans’ signal caller.
Not only did Houston fall short of its stated goal with a second straight divisional round exit from the playoffs – and Schaub had a lot to do with the early ending thanks to a poor stretch of play to end the season – but his run of substandard play continued even in the Pro Bowl, as he completed only 12 of 22 passes for only 113 yards with two interceptions in a game in which defense isn’t allowed.
Just when the anti-Schaub crowd had been all but silenced, he fell apart this season.
Just when the anti-Schaub crowd was just about done venting after the loss at New England two weeks ago, Schaub throws up a dud in a meaningless all-star game. He looked like the same guy, lacking confidence, lacking zip on the ball, that he did down the stretch.
Much of the talk last week was that the Pro Bowl is meaningless. Many said that because they assumed Schaub would light it up, as he did when he was named MVP of the game a few years ago. After all, we’re talking about practice. Not a game.
Schaub didn’t exactly light it up. In fact, he was just short of terrible in the bits I watched. So here we go again. What the heck is wrong with Schaub?
I can still ask that question because I’m not in the anti-Schaub camp.
I recognize his limitations, but I also recognize his strengths. Any rational person can see that the Schaub we saw down the stretch wasn’t the one we have seen for much of the rest of his tenure with the Texans.
And, no, it isn’t sufficient to simply claim he wilted under the pressure. That’s an easy out based on emotion, not fact.
Hell, one could present a better argument that like a baseball pitcher Schaub wore his arm out by throwing 103 passes on just three days rest when he led the Texans to wins over Jacksonville and Detroit in November.
It’ll be a long offseason for Schaub and Gary Kubiak as they try to figure out what actually did happen, and what changes they can make to try to prevent it from happening again.
Matt Schaub threw two interceptions during Sunday’s Pro Bowl.
Poor Matt Schaub.
(Well, by poor, I certainly don’t mean to imply that money is an issue in his life. I stay out of guys’ pockets as much as possible, but he did make at least $22 million this season, which is about 2 ½ times the money Joe Flacco and Colin Kaepernick, the two Super Bowl quarterbacks, made this season.)
It is going to be a difficult offseason for the Texans’ signal caller.
Not only did Houston fall short of its stated goal with a second straight divisional round exit from the playoffs – and Schaub had a lot to do with the early ending thanks to a poor stretch of play to end the season – but his run of substandard play continued even in the Pro Bowl, as he completed only 12 of 22 passes for only 113 yards with two interceptions in a game in which defense isn’t allowed.
Just when the anti-Schaub crowd had been all but silenced, he fell apart this season.
Just when the anti-Schaub crowd was just about done venting after the loss at New England two weeks ago, Schaub throws up a dud in a meaningless all-star game. He looked like the same guy, lacking confidence, lacking zip on the ball, that he did down the stretch.
Much of the talk last week was that the Pro Bowl is meaningless. Many said that because they assumed Schaub would light it up, as he did when he was named MVP of the game a few years ago. After all, we’re talking about practice. Not a game.
Schaub didn’t exactly light it up. In fact, he was just short of terrible in the bits I watched. So here we go again. What the heck is wrong with Schaub?
I can still ask that question because I’m not in the anti-Schaub camp.
I recognize his limitations, but I also recognize his strengths. Any rational person can see that the Schaub we saw down the stretch wasn’t the one we have seen for much of the rest of his tenure with the Texans.
And, no, it isn’t sufficient to simply claim he wilted under the pressure. That’s an easy out based on emotion, not fact.
Hell, one could present a better argument that like a baseball pitcher Schaub wore his arm out by throwing 103 passes on just three days rest when he led the Texans to wins over Jacksonville and Detroit in November.
It’ll be a long offseason for Schaub and Gary Kubiak as they try to figure out what actually did happen, and what changes they can make to try to prevent it from happening again.
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TheGreatBarryB
Hall of Famer
Just on the 2-7 Texans.....I have defended Schaub before and most of the O line is lousy but he had to be benched, some of his ints were horrendous especially little short passes right into the hands of opposing defenders.
As for Keenum, so far so good. Some tremendous long passes to AJ but no way too early to judge. Texans have signed him for 2 more years on low salary. Has thrown zero ints and remember has not had Kubiak helping on sodelines last game and a half.
Also Foster inj, Tate playing with broken ribs, crap O line, average receivers apart of course from AJ. Way more problems elsewhere and with cap problems coming up it looks like the window may have closed on the Texans.
But anyway on a happy note, look at this run by former Oiler great Earl Campbell. Never saw him play but heaps of highlight reels.....
As for Keenum, so far so good. Some tremendous long passes to AJ but no way too early to judge. Texans have signed him for 2 more years on low salary. Has thrown zero ints and remember has not had Kubiak helping on sodelines last game and a half.
Also Foster inj, Tate playing with broken ribs, crap O line, average receivers apart of course from AJ. Way more problems elsewhere and with cap problems coming up it looks like the window may have closed on the Texans.
But anyway on a happy note, look at this run by former Oiler great Earl Campbell. Never saw him play but heaps of highlight reels.....
- Sep 6, 2005
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- AFL Club
- Fremantle
"You were so right GG early in the season saying Schaub was pathetic and the Texans needed to move on from him. You indeed are a man ahead of your time."
TheGreatBarryB
Hall of Famer
Ah yes the old I told you so post...... don't forget though a big part of your argument was that Schaub couldn't win in the playoffs, having forgotten he didn't play 2 seasons back.
Anyway in other Texans news...Ed Reed is cut days after criticisning coaching staff. That's the easiest $5.5m Reed will ever earn.
Foster placed in IR, good move no point risking further aggravation.
bgt2110
Premiership Player
Was watching the Colts/Houston game a couple of weeks back and one of the commentators compared Keenum's look and QB style to Romo, i hope we stick with Keenum and see what he can do next year. Looks to have the enthusiasm and confidence to be given a shot at it.
TheGreatBarryB
Hall of Famer
Well there goes December!!
The way that Matt Schaub was playing benching him was inevitable, the question that lingers now is what happens with Kubiak and Rick Smith at the end of the year? Hard to see them both staying after this train wreck of a season.
I wonder just how many pictures Joe Marciano has by the way, How he managed to avoid getting sacked last year was beyond me and the special teams unit has incredibly gone backwards once again this year!
I wonder just how many pictures Joe Marciano has by the way, How he managed to avoid getting sacked last year was beyond me and the special teams unit has incredibly gone backwards once again this year!
