Houston Texans “Super Draft” 2002-2012
It’s not often when you get a chance to do something that takes vision and time to put together, which turns into one of the more interesting posts we have done in some time. We enlisted the help of TX Cleaver, Big Ron and Jake Langerkamp, who have been fans with the team since it’s inception in 2002. We asked all three to join us in a mock draft using, as players to draft from, only the Houston Texans’ players who have ever suited up for the team since 2002. All three were intrigued by the idea and immediately accepted the offer. Of course, we only used four…
The Most Disappointing Texans of 2012
With high hopes and expectations, the Houston Texans looked primed for a run to the Super Bowl before the season started. As we know, the road ended before we knew it and then came the evaluation period to see what exactly went wrong. Call it scheme, coaching or just general play of players, it was an upsetting end to a promising season. We looked at the most disappointing Texans of the 2012 season, and here is the short list. Ben Tate After a 942 yard 2011 season, Ben Tate rushed for 279 yards in 2012 and was relegated to…
Digging Deep: New England Edition
The Texans suffered their second loss of the season on Monday night, losing to the New England Patriots 42-14. This was their first loss on the road this season and brings their record to 11-2. They now only have a one game lead over the Patriots in the AFC and would lose the number one seed in the case of a tie-breaker. Positives: 46 Ben Tate looked more in pre-injury form rushing 8 times for 46 yards (5.8 ypc). This is the same number of yards Arian Foster had on 7 more carries. 100% The Texans scored touchdowns on both…
Know Your Opponent With @ndyWillis
In this week’s episode, we check in with Twitter favorite and Jaguars fan everydude, Andy Willis. Andy is as diehard as diehards come. We have a Twitter bet for (apparently) every Texans/Jaguars (not Jags – seems they don’t like that) match-up. It’s an avatar wager and if I win, he gets this. If he wins, I get… I don’t know. Does it matter? It seems Andy and the rest of Jacksonville have conceded the contest already. Which works for us here at State of the Texans. Although, truthfully, Jaguars fans are my favorite of…
Mid Season Report Card: Quarterbacks and Runningbacks
This is the section of our SOTT Mid Season Report card and we will run through every position group for the Houston Texans. We focus on the quarterbacks and running backs in this post and give our thoughts on the position group. The Quarterbacks and Running backs Matt Schaub: Talk about a new player and new leader, Schaub has been better than ever for the Texans. His pocket awareness and decision making abilities are much better this season and he has been the biggest difference for the offense. It was apparent the offense took a step back last season when he went down…
Bye Week Decisions for the Texans
The Houston Texans are coming off their much needed bye week and they are heading into their official halfway point of the season when they match up with the Buffalo Bills. The Texans have a few personnel issues they must deal with in the coming days to make sure the team is tightened up for the stretch run. At the current moment, the team has an active roster of 52 players with rookie defensive end David Hunter hitting the injured reserve last week. The good thing is that the Texans are not dealing with “huge” issues, but with depth at a…
Ben Tate Unlikely to Play Against Jets
According to ESPN’s Adam Schefter Texans RB Ben Tate, a limited participant in last week’s practices due to a toe injury, is unlikely to play tonight vs. Jets. — Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) October 8, 2012 The Houston Texans still have not released their in-actives for tonight against the New York Jets, but Ben Tate has been dealing with a toe issue that has kept him out practice the majority of this week. Look for running back Justin Forsett to help out starter Arian Foster with the running game duties tonight. Forsett was signed as a free agent this off-season and this season he has 6 carries for 35 yards on the…
Texans to Watch: Titans Edition
The Texans look to improve to 4-0 on the season and 2-0 in the division at Reliant Stadium this weekend. The foe is division rival Tennessee Titans, which come to Houston after winning their first game in overtime, 44-41 against the Detroit Lions. The Texans (and probably most fans) are riding a “Rocky Mountain High” into this game after beating Peyton Manning and the Broncos last week. But that was last week and this could be a trap game if the Boys in Steel Blue aren’t ready. Hopefully with the match-up being a home division game, it will push the Texans…
The POGs: Jacksonville Edition
JACKSONVILLE, Fla.- The Texans easily defeated their division rival Jacksonville Jaguars by amassing 411 total yards via a franchise record 83 total plays. The Texans dominated offensively and defensively. The Jaguars were stuffed, managing only 117 total yards – 32 yards coming on one pass play. Gabbert was limited to a miserable 53 yards passing. The Jaguars had no answers for their abyssmal showing. Neither during the game or after, as evidenced by the post-game quotes. In fact, it seems as if the Jaguars believed they beat themselves rather than getting man-handled by a far superior team. “Yeah we killed…
The Good, The Bad and The Ugly: Jaguars Edition
The Houston Texans invaded Everbank Field to take on the Jacksonville Jaguars in their first matchup of the season. The Texans started the game on offense and started with a vanilla passing game. They moved the ball, but not effectively enough to score a touchdown as it led to a field goal. The Texans’ defense came out firing on all cylinders as the Bulls on Parade forced an easy three and out after a pair of encroachment penalties. The Texans had very little resistance as they were able to turn off the air attack on the Jaguars and coast to a…
