Texans ball at their 20.

Tate gets 10 but flag on the play. Flag against the Texans -10, makes it 1st and 20.

Umph, pass to wide open AJ off the mark. 2nd and 20 coming up.

Screen to AJ goes nowhere. 3rd and 19 coming up.

Quick hitter to OD gets about 11. Texans to punt.

Nice punt (69 yards) by Hartmann is returned 17 yards to the Dolphin 25.

5:01 left in the half.

Henne's deep pass goes inc. but flag on the play. PI on KJ, auto 1st down at the Texan 33 (41 yard penalty).

Thomas for 6.

Thomas gets 6 more and a 1st down. Ball at the Texan 21.

Marshall can't hang on to the pass in the endzone. Whew, shoulda had it... 2nd and 10 coming up.

Thomas for 6. 3rd and 4 coming up.

Henne's pass is deflected inc. by A Smith. Dolphins have to go for the FG.

Carpenter's 34-yarder is no good...

Score remains:

Texans 13, Dolphins 3

2:42 left in the half.

The two concerns I voiced before the game are being exposed. I have had more than enough of Kareem Jackson. He was a wasted pick and is a wasted roster spot. Why he plays at all I have no idea. Yes, I know that Joseph is dinged up at the moment.

If I were a carpenter...

...I'd find a new occupation.

We seem to be getting lucky on these missed field goals.

You're a genius chuck. You have managed to be proven right today without actually being right.

Foster TFL -1. 2nd and 11 coming up. Timeout Dolphins.

Pass to JJ good for 9. 3rd and 1 coming up.

Eheh, what a catch! Schaub's deep pass to AJ good for 43! Ball at the Dolphin 24.

2 minute warning.

Thanks for alerting me to the fact that what I am witnessing is not actually happening. I can't wait to experience an even more startling disconnect between my reality and yours when the team plays NO and Pittsburgh.

Pass to Dreessen good for 9. 2nd and 1 coming up.

Tate gets 4 and a 1st down. Ball at the Dolphin 11.

Screen to AJ only gets 1. Timeout Texans with 35 seconds left in the half.

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Pass to Tate loses yardage -3. 3rd and 12 at the Dolphin 13.

Schaub is sacked by Wake. Texans to go for the FG.

Timeout Texans with 2 seconds left.

Racker's 36-yarder is good by Miami had called a timeout.

Racker's 2nd attempt is also good.

Texans 16, Dolphins 3

Halftime.

Up by 13 at half but not feeling really good about it.

The Saints ass-raped Cutler today. Hopefully, the Texans can block better than the Bears did.

Your reality is not visible to anyone's chuck.

You make constant doom and gloom predicitions about every part of this team. Then when they play well you tell everyone that it is irrelevant. But when they play poorly you tell us it is relevant because you said so.

Just like today. You rip a defense that gave up 141 yards and 3 points in a half. And as proof you are right, you quote the games that have not happened yet. Do you not see the giant hypocricy here? In your convoluted logic you cannot be wrong. They play well and it doesn't count because obviously they will play poorly later. You're a joke. There was a period of time where you were a realistic fan on a board slanted toward homerism, but since Kubiak was not let go you have turned into a caricature of yourself. Go find some other way to spend your sundays or try to keep your analysis to what is happening in this game, not what is bound to happen weeks in the future because Chuck has declared it shall be so.

Halftime stats:

Passing: Schaub 16/22, 170 yds, 1 TD

Rushing: Foster 10/33, Tate 4/21

Receiving: AJ 5/63, OD 3/25, JJ 2/40, Tate 2/10, Foster 2/7

Tackles: Cushing 5, GQ 4, JJo/Manning/Watt 3 each, Mario 2

Time of possession: Texans 16:42, Dolphins 13:18

Total yards: Texans 219, Dolphins 141

3rd down conversions: Texans 3/8, Dolphins 2/6

Red zone: Texans 1/4, Dolphins 0/2

Turnovers: Texans 0, Dolphins 1

Penalties: Texans 3/66, Dolphins 2/15

1st downs: Texans 11, Dolphins 9

Redzone offense looks pathetic...

Defense looks wonderful...except for the now obvious soft interior dline...

Wow, Titans 26, Ravens 13 final.

SF 14, Dallas 7 at the half..

Bills are 2-0....

Yep, wish we coulda converted a couple of those FG's into TD's, but can't complain too much about being up 13, even if we had a couple of gifts.

Time to see some 2nd half action. Hope to see an improved run D, but if we can score a couple in a hurry, they will have to abandon the run, and give Wade another week or so to get it figured out.

That was never more evident than last year when all of you delusional homers said 10-6 and playoffs and I said no.

Like I said, genius. You've proven it yet again.

Gates brings the 2nd half kickoff back to the Dolphin 31.

Thomas for about 3 up the gut. 2nd and 7 coming up.

Thomas sweeps left side for about 2. Dolphin injured on the play - Carey RG. Injury timeout. 3rd and 5 coming up.

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Pass to Marshall gets about 8 and a 1st down. Ball at the Dolphin 44.

Timeout Texans.

Quick pass to Marshall is dropped. 2nd and 10 coming up.

Thomas for about 3. 3rd and 7 coming up.

Flag presnap. False start Dolphins -5. 3rd and 12 coming up.

Henne's pass is caught out of bounds, inc. Dolphins have to punt.

Punt rolls out of bounds inside the Texan 10. Texans ball.

Saw a tweet from Jabba - JJoe is questionable to return with an ankle issue.

Winston is have a ROUGH game....

I don't know why you give me a hard time for having a realistic (and almost always correct) view of the team. I hope the Texans beat the Dolphins 37-3 today but that doesn't make the obvious vulnerabilities I've pointed out (along with several others here) any less valid.

Like I've said, if the team finds itself at 10-2 you'll be welcome to remind me how overblown my concerns were and I'll be happy to acknowledge that you are right.

Ball at the Texan 8. 11:59 left in the 3rd quarter.

Tate gets about 10 up the gut, 1st down.

Tate for 2. 2nd and 8 coming up.

Pass to Casey good for big gainer but holding on Winston on the play -10 yards. 2nd and 18 coming up.

Dump off to Tate gets about 8. 3rd and 10 coming up.

Schaub's pass is off the mark. Texans have to punt.

Not much on the return by Gates. Dolphins ball at their 38.

9:54 left in the 3rd quarter.

Not happy with what's happening out there today.

Because you take a view that doesn't allow you to be wrong and then tell everyone how right you are. Today you are wrong but trying to spin it as being "future right."

I'm wrong because the Dolphins are not actually running up the middle at will and abusing the Texans' CBs or I'm wrong because they are but it doesn't matter because the Texans are winning?

Bush for 3 or 4. 2nd and 6 coming up.

Bush gets 3. 3rd and 3 coming up.

Pass to Marshall goes for 16 and a 1st down. Ball at the Texan 40.

Thomas gets about 15, 1st down.

Henne's pass off the mark to Hartline. 2nd and 10 coming up.

Thomas gets 13 on the delay, 1st down at the Texan 12.

Flat pass to Marshall is good for the TD.

Texans 16, Dolphins 10

6:37 left in the 3rd quarter.

That was fuggly.....

Marshall abused Allen on that one. Yikes.

How do you run up the middle at will and abuse CBs to the tune of 141 yards and 3 points at halftime?

Thomas is gashing us and Jason Allen is playing way off of Marshall.

The dolphins have found our weakness and steadily exposed it.

Manning brings the kickoff back to the Texan 25.

Schaub gets sacked -10. 2nd and 20 coming up.

Pass to JJ good for 8. 3rd and 12 coming up.

Schaub is sacked again. Texans have to punt.

Dolphins bring the punt back to their 39.

They've started the second half. You might want to switch over from the Glee reruns you've been enjoying.

Joseph should be coming back out...

C'mon defense, step it up..

Ball is at the Dolphin 40.

Thomas coughs it up! GQ on the recovery! Texans ball!

Nice. Let's give Schaub some time and punch it in.

Oh my goodness thanks for the heads up play GQ...

Kareem caused that fumble. That was a nice hit.

Tate for 3. 2nd and 7 coming up.

Tate gets 6. 3rd and 1 coming up.

Tate stumbles for the 1st down. Ball at the Dolphin 43.

Schaub can't find anyone open and scrambles out of bounds for 3.

Slaton for no gain. 3rd and 7 coming up.

Ouch, deep pass to AJ just out of reach. Texans have to punt.

Bess fair catches at the Dolphin 9.

Pass to Hartline good for 10, 1st down.

Thomas for 2. 2nd and 8 coming up.

Henne scrambles for big gainer. Ball at the Dolphin 42.

End of 3rd quarter.

How the heck did Henne have all that room?