Vegas: 2010 Texans over/under win total set at 8

[Joe Joe]

Originally Posted by painekiller

I am thinking that maybe high. IMO the interior OL is not a playoff OL.

The Texans OL is not playoffs because the Texans have never made the playoffs, but damn did they come close last year.

The Texans were bad at getting stuffed early in the season on runs, but the RBs did horrible when the blocking was there. I'm happy the Texans got Tate as he doesn't look as slow to the hole as the Texans RB last year.

The Texans were great at pass protection. They gave up very few sacks especially given the number of times Schaub let the ball fly.

The only thing that scare me a little is the schedule, but I think teams outside our division are more worried about having the Texans on their schedule.

[Joshua]

I'm worried about the upcoming season. It's not only that we have what appears to be a brutal schedule but also the schemes of those teams. We face a lot of aggressive defenses, particularly 3-4 ones. Historically, we have been terrible against blitzing 3-4 teams with solid NTs (see, Ravens, Steelers, Jets over the last 2 years). Other than blind loyalty, I have no reason to conclude that the Jets, Cowboys, Chargers, and Ravens are anything but bad matchups for us.

Plus, Denver (Dumervil) and Washington (our old buddy, Albert) are now running a 3-4 (although how well they will run it is still yet to be known). Finally, we also have several blitz-happy/very good pass rushing 4-3s on the schedule as well. Philly, Giants, and Colts can all get after the QB.

Above average pass rushing defenses generally seem to give us troubles and we have a boatload of them on the schedule next year. As a corrollary, this also raises Schaub injury concerns for me. Hope I'm wrong.

[Bigtinylittle]

If Schaub stays healthy, I will be very surprised if we have a losing season, no matter what the schedule looks like. I base my reasoning on this: we have undeniably more talent here now than Kubiak has ever had, and we have managed to go the last three years without having a losing season.

Barring key injuries, for us to go from 9-7 to 7-9 or worse with more talent than we have ever had just doesn't add up. Not saying it couldn't happen, just that it would really surprise me.