2013 Texans Opponents

[chuck]

Originally Posted by Joshua

I get the time zone issues and acknowledge that there may be something to that, but the travel stuff is overblown in my opinion.

I don't recall where I heard it, but I heard someone ask a pretty funny question--Is there any other profession where a first class/chartered jet flight to a posh 5-star hotel where every possible thing you might need will be provided to you, largely free of charge and without you needing to do much more than ask, is discussed as if it is some horrific burden? Has anyone ever said that, for example, a businessman or a lawyer was understandably not at his best today because he had to take a first class flight into town the day before and stay in a suite at the Four Seasons?

You have to remember that the impetus for all of this was the Patriots who can't look at a picture of the beach without getting sand in their collective vagina.

[HPF Bob]

A flight to KC or STL shouldn't be that taxing but taking a trip from the East Coast to Phoenix or Denver isn't feel that much better than traveling to Seattle or San Diego.

[Keith]

Originally Posted by chuck

You have to remember that the impetus for all of this was the Patriots who can't look at a picture of the beach without getting sand in their collective vagina.

This is true. The east coast bias is in full play here. The AFC East may not offer a midwest alternative (as Miami, Buffalo, NJ, and Foxboro are all near the eastern coast) and the NFC East has just one (Arlington), so why the West division has to give up any geographical advantage here is lame.

Honestly though, had the NFL set this up this way from the beginning (i.e. the initial 8-year cycle of 2002-2009), then this would all be moot.

[WMH]

Houston Texans (@HoustonTexans) tweeted:
Texans 2013 regular season opponents are set already: (Home) DEN, OAK, STL, SEA, NE, IND, TEN, JAX (Road) KC, SD, AZ, SF, BAL, IND, TEN, JAX

[HPF Bob]

Originally Posted by WMH

Houston Texans (@HoustonTexans) tweeted:
Texans 2013 regular season opponents are set already: (Home) DEN, OAK, STL, SEA, NE, IND, TEN, JAX (Road) KC, SD, AZ, SF, BAL, IND, TEN, JAX

That's huge because SF is a much better road team than Seattle if you judge them on this year's results. I'm sticking with 12-4 for now.

[HPF Bob]

2013 Schedules get released in about an hour, To recap:

Home:
Indy
Tennessee
Jacksonville
Denver
Oakland
New England
Seattle
St. Louis

Road:
Indy
Tennessee
Jacksonville
Kansas City
San Diego
Baltimore
Arizona
San Francisco

[Nconroe]

From USA today - and other sites
One Monday Night game, One Thursday Night and several Sunday Night plus options to more. bye a little early. could be tough opening month, but we will know how good we are by mid Oct. for sure.

2013 schedule (All times ET)

Sept. 9: at San Diego Chargers, 10:20 p.m.

Sept. 15: vs. Tennessee Titans, 1 p.m.

Sept. 22: at Baltimore Ravens, 1 p.m.

Sept. 29: vs. Seattle Seahawks, 1 p.m.

Oct. 6: at San Francisco 49ers, 8:30 p.m.

Oct. 13: vs. St. Louis Rams, 1 p.m.

Oct. 20: at Kansas City Chiefs, 1 p.m.

Oct. 27: Bye

Nov. 3: vs. Indianapolis Colts, 8:30 p.m.

Nov. 10: at Arizona Cardinals, 4:25 p.m.

Nov. 17: vs. Oakland Raiders, 1 p.m.

Nov. 24: vs. Jacksonville Jaguars, 1 p.m.

Dec. 1: vs. New England Patriots, 4:25 p.m.

Dec. 5: at Jacksonville Jaguars, 8:25 p.m.

Dec. 15: at Indianapolis Colts, 1 p.m.

Dec. 22: vs. Denver Broncos, 1 p.m.

Dec. 29: at Tennessee Titans, 1 p.m.

[Keith]

Originally Posted by Nconroe

Sept. 22: at Baltimore Ravens, 1 p.m.
Sept. 29: vs. Seattle Seahawks, 1 p.m.
Oct. 6: at San Francisco 49ers, 8:30 p.m.
Oct. 13: vs. St. Louis Rams, 1 p.m.

Wow, this will be a telling 4-week stretch.