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#1
12-20-2016, 12:58 PM
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Weeks 16 & 17 scheduling for 2016, playoffs
(I'm gonna put this here because the Texans should be in the playoff scenarios all the way till the end)
-------------------------------------------------------------------- Week 16 is set up a little different this year due to Christmas Day landing on a Sunday. There will be just be two NFL games on Christmas Day (Sunday) with the majority of the games occuring one day earlier (Saturday the 24th). It goes like this: Thursday Night Football (Dec. 22) - New York @ Philadelphia (NBC) Saturday (Dec 24): Miami at Buffalo 12:00 PM CBS New York at New England 12:00 PM CBS Tennessee at Jacksonville 12:00 PM CBS Minnesota at Green Bay 12:00 PM FOX San Diego at Cleveland 12:00 PM CBS Washington at Chicago 12:00 PM FOX Atlanta at Carolina 12:00 PM FOX Indianapolis at Oakland 3:05 PM CBS Tampa Bay at New Orleans 3:25 PM FOX Arizona at Seattle 3:25 PM FOX San Francisco at Los Angeles 3:25 PM FOX Cincinnati at Houston 7:25 PM NFL Sunday (Dec 25): Baltimore at Pittsburgh 3:30 PM NFL Denver at Kansas City 7:30 PM NBC Monday Night Football (Dec. 26) - Detroit @ Dallas (ESPN) ---------------------------------------------------------------- Week 17 is "normal" for a Week 17 in that all 16 NFL games will be on Sunday with no TNF and no MNF. Sunday (Jan. 1): New Orleans at Atlanta 12:00 PM FOX Baltimore at Cincinnati 12:00 PM CBS New York at Washington 12:00 PM FOX Houston at Tennessee 12:00 PM CBS Carolina at Tampa Bay 12:00 PM FOX Green Bay at Detroit 12:00 PM FOX Jacksonville at Indianapolis 12:00 PM CBS New England at Miami 12:00 PM CBS Chicago at Minnesota 12:00 PM FOX Buffalo at New York 12:00 PM CBS Dallas at Philadelphia 12:00 PM FOX Cleveland at Pittsburgh 12:00 PM CBS Arizona at Los Angeles 3:25 PM FOX Oakland at Denver 3:25 PM CBS Kansas City at San Diego 3:25 PM CBS Seattle at San Francisco 3:25 PM FOX Now, one of the above games will be flexed to Sunday Night Football but as of this writing, it is undetermined. Texans vs. Titans has to be one of the leading candidates..... ------------------------------------------------------------------- Most likely playoff scenarios for the AFC South (excluding ties): 1. If the Texans win out, they will win the AFC South. 2. If the Titans win out, they will win the AFC South. 3. If the Titans somehow lose to Jacksonville in Week 16, the Texans could clinch later that night with a win over Cincy. 4. If the Titans win in Week 16, it makes the Texans vs. Cincy game later that night meaningless* and it will set up a showdown game, Texans vs. Titans, in Week 17. The Texans have been in 1st place in the AFCS all year so it would be very disappointing if they slipped up in the last game of the season..... Let's not let that happen, eh? *Meaningless to the bottom line, not meaningless to the players and coaches working on "gettin' better".... 
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#2
12-21-2016, 12:20 PM
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---------------------------------------------------- Lots of people liking the Bengals in the upcoming Bengals @ Texans game. The line has dropped from Texans by 2½ to Pickem in some places. I can see it - Bengals have nothing to lose and come in loosey-goosey, Texans uptight.... I might add, even though the Titans have increased to a 5 pt favorite over the Jags, IMO, they are in a dangerous spot.... They are coming off an upset win over KC, feeling pretty good about themselves and have to go to Jacksonville (hey, it's just the Jags, right?). If the Jags play like they did in Houston, it should be a close game. We will get to see Titans vs. Jags in the Houston area on CBS before the Texans play later that night vs. the Bengals, also on CBS and the NFLN....
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#4
12-25-2016, 06:36 PM
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I have to admit, I lost faith. Time for some koolaid!
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#5
12-25-2016, 09:39 PM
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Exhibit A: Week 14 @ Indianapolis - Andrew Luck and the Colts are driving for a go ahead score. In the red zone. Clowney strips sacks Luck, the Texans recover and it changes the whole complexion of the game. Texans go on to win 22-17. Exhibit B: Week 15 @ NRG - Oz gets benched after throwing 2 picks. Texans are losing 13-0. Savage comes in with 8:32 left in the 2nd qtr and leads the Texans to a come from behind 21-20 win. Had the change occurred at halftime or later, the Texans might not have won.... Exhibit C: Week 16 @ NRG - After nerfing the offense for two quarters, OB lets it loose a bit and the Texans score a few points. The Bengals put together a heroic end of game drive only to miss the game winning 43-yard FG as time expires. Game was way closer than it had to be. Any of the above could've easily gone the other way. Flirting with disaster (Molly Hatchet?). Yet, they're still kicking. Not sure they can keep doing this.... One would think it'll bite them in the butt eventually.... ---------------------------------------------------- The only Kool-Aid I have left is with Tom Savage. It's still early in his "debut" and we don't know yet if he can be The One..... ---------------------------------------------------- So, it looks like the Texans will probably play Oakland or KC at home in the first round of the playoffs. Sure would like to see them silence some of the critics (lookin' at you, Rodney Harrison) and win a round or two....
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#6
12-26-2016, 01:14 AM
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If the Texans are an example of playoff-caliber division-winning NFL football, no wonder the league's ratings are tanking. It's hard to watch the Texans week after week win games they really ought to lose.
Then I think about this same defense with Watt and Johnson back and I think "this team could really go somewhere with a few tweaks and a new offensive line."
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