Official Texans @ Raiders Game Thread, 10/3/2010

[Arky]

The Texans travel to Oakland to do battle with the upstart Raiders this Sunday. The Raiders (1-2) really should be 2-1 as kicker Sebastian Janikowski missed a 32 yd FG at the buzzer in Arizona last Sunday. RB Darren McFadden is looking good in the running game and Oakland's defense seems to be much improved. The Texans look to get back on track after coming off a 27-13 loss to the Cowboys in Houston.

TV = CBS (channel 11 local), 3:05 pm CST

Announcers = Gus Johnson, Steve Tasker

Opening line = Texans by 4
Current line = Texans by 3 to 3.5

Set your DVR's.

[Fonz the Boss]

Will Bruce Gradkowski look like a Pro Bowler against our secondary? I hope not

[edo783]

I suspect he will. The real question IMO will be "Can we out score them?". Not as easy as it might seem on first blush. They have a very solid defense, so racking up points may not be that easy and we have a defense that makes it easy for the opposition to rack up points. Not a good situation.

[TheMatrix31]

Let's SMASH them.

I f'n hate the Raiders, and especially Raider fans.

[cadams]

McClain said that both McFadden and Bush are hurt, so they will probably be throwing a lot more than normal this week.

[NBT]

The game against the Raiders this weekend, will define the character of this team for the near future and maybe futher, if there is a lockout next year. How they come back and show some effort, tenacity, and decent coaching (it stunk last week), is going to be the barometer for the rest of the year. I hope Kubiak comes out of his trance and gets back to work on Schaub. The D-coordinator better get his s**t together with that secondary too. I don't know why this team seems to have these hic-ups every year. Unhappily they ususally last for 3 or 4 games.

[edo783]

Originally Posted by cadams

McClain said that both McFadden and Bush are hurt, so they will probably be throwing a lot more than normal this week.

And is this supposed to be good news?