Derek Newton Named Starter
It was confirmed today by Head Coach Gary Kubiak that second year right tackle Derek Newton will be the starter heading into the 2012 Houston Texans campaign. Despite a camp battle with veteran Rashad Butler, it felt like Butler’s poor play is what gave way to name Newton the week one starter. Newton did show some bright spots and some potential of being a good NFL football player, but playing the game is what is going to help Newton more than anything. We actually had a chance to talk to Newton during training camp before the first preseason game and you can see…
The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly: Saints Edition
The Texans went to New Orleans to take on the Saints in another showdown between two high-powered offenses. The Texans came out firing on all cylinders in the first quarter. Matt Schaub was red-hot and hitting various different receivers and mixing in the run. The Texans came out of the gate fast and from the looks of things it looked like they had a chip on their shoulder from last year’s close loss. The Texans and Saints battled it out, but the end result was still the same, the Saints had too much offense for the Texans’ second teams to…
Texans 53 Man Roster | Version 2
This is a good time to see if we can put together a legitimate 53 man roster for the Texans in our second prediction of the preseason. We released our first prediction at the beginning of last week, now we give it another crack. Take a look at our second prediction of the 53 man roster Offense (24) Quarterbacks (3) Matt Schaub, T.J. Yates, John Beck Notes: Only change is the addition of John Beck, Kubiak says there are decisions to be made so we helped him with it. Keep both quarterbacks and let Case Keenum develop on the…
The Rundown: Texans vs. Saints
The final preseason appearance for the majority of the Houston Texans starters saw the New Orleans Saints defeat the hometown team 34-27. The first half of football was action packed with plenty of offense and turnovers in which the turnovers actually proved to be the biggest disappointment for the Texans on Saturday night. The Texans stayed in their base defense the majority of the night and let the one on one match ups develop and give some real assessment of players. Offensively in the first half, the Texans were clicking on all cylinders and were very precise with their plays and use of the time clock. The up tempo pace of…
Randy Bullock Lands on Injured Reserve
Head Coach Gary Kubiak gave a bit of bad news pertaining to rookie kicker Randy Bullock, when he informed the media Sunday afternoon that Bullock would be placed on injured reserve. Bullock’s season will come to an end before it ever started and the starting kicking job might go to Shayne Graham, barring any moves within the week. An injured groin, described as “black and blue” by Kubiak, is what sent Bullock for tests this morning. According to reports, Bullock has been battling this injury since camp started and kicking through the pain. Bullock did the majority of the kicking last night and was 3 of…
Texans Players to Watch: New Orleans Edition
The final real tune up for the Houston Texans’ starters will be this coming Saturday night, and they will encounter a good test with the New Orleans Saints. The accurate arm of Drew Brees will be a good test for the Texans’ secondary, who were torched in the 2011 regular season by the Saints’ passing attack. A new season and new issues, the Texans have some kinks to work out on both offense and defense before decisions are made on personnel when the Miami Dolphins come to Reliant in week one. Despite a good showing against the San Francisco 49ers, there were a…
Sunny Harris Lost for the Year
According to Head Coach Gary Kubiak, nose tackle Ra’Shon “Sunny” Harris was lost today for the season with a torn tricep injury. Harris will probably end up on the injured reserve, but that move is yet to happen. Harris was having a good camp but was slowed at the beginning with an upper leg injury that held him out the first preseason game. He appeared in the second preseason game against the San Francisco 49ers and played plenty of snaps and registered 3 total tackles (1 solo and 2 assists). With Harris out for the season, the Texans have two healthy nose…
The POGs: San Francisco Edition
RELIANT STADIUM – The second pre-season game featured two heavy weight playoff hopefuls in the Houston Texans and the San Francisco 49ers, last year’s NFC Championship finalist. With the firey Jim Harbaugh at the 49ers helm, most fans were anticipating a physical, regular-season-style game – and they got it, but it was the 49ers who left the game banged up in a 20-9 loss. As opposed to last week’s game, this week featured some clearer options for “Players of the Game”. The Texans’ passing attack was led by Matt Schaub, who was seemingly able to move the ball…
Digging Deep: San Francisco Edition
The Texans moved to 2-0 on Saturday night with their 20-9 win over the San Francisco 49ers, a team who played for the NFC championship last year. It was another very encouraging performance from the squad. I took a look at some key numbers from the game to find out what the Texans did well and what they need to work on. Positives: 79% Matt Schaub’s completion percentage (11 of 14) for the game against one of the NFL’s best defenses. Schaub came out firing and looked good connecting on 20+ yard passes to Keshawn Martin and Andre Johnson. He…
The Good, The Bad and The Ugly: 49ers Edition
The Houston Texans opened their preseason home debut against the San Francisco 49ers which was considered a good barometer to see where they are in terms of progress this year. The 49ers are a big physical team with the same offensive philosophy as the Texans as a run heavy team, and a team that runs a stout 3-4 defense ranking ahead of the Texans against the run. This was one of the stingiest defenses in the red zone and they proved that Saturday. The Texans went into the game ready for a scrap and came out of the battle on the gridiron with…
