The upcoming Dolphins game, 9/18/2011

[Arky]

The Texans travel to Miami this weekend to take on the Dolphins in a late afternoon game (3 pm CST).

The Texans are looking to go 2-0 on the season after defeating the Indianapolis Colts in the opener. The Texan defense was not really threatened much in their matchup with the Colts that featured a rusty Kerry Collins substituting for the injured Peyton Manning. Still, the defense caused timely turnovers and gave the offense a short field for some quick scores at least a couple of times. QB Matt Schaub has been a pretty decent "road QB" in the past so we'll see how he handles the heat of Miami (and their defense). The Texans would like to keep the W's coming while their new 3-4 defense finds itself in 2011..

Miami is coming off a loss to the New England Patriots in a very entertaining Monday Night game (one ESPN probably won't stop talking about for at least a month due to Tom Brady's excellent performance). Miami kept pace for a while but eventually succumbed to New England's firepower. The Texans are going to have to bring their A-game on both offense and defense if *that* Miami team shows up.

TV = CBS, 3pm CST

Announcers = Ian Eagle, Dan Fouts

Favorite = Texans by 3