I think the Texans' best chance to succeed is to pound the rock against them but I think they can get the Pats off balance if they come out in the first series in a hurry-up. Shanny and Kubiak used to script the first 15 plays in Denver. Why not run them in a no-huddle hurry up and give Belichick a dose of his own medicine - maybe even with two WRs and two TEs with one back?
Do this in practice too so the defense gets used to the pace. Script it and run it with a stopwatch so they don't spend much time at the line before snapping the ball. If it works right, you get their defenders gassed right from the start in the cold air and wondering if they are going to see that all day.
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