Where has Quintin Demps Gone and More
After an interesting week leading up to the Wild Card round for the Houston Texans, the Texans were able to keep the Cincinnati Bengals from cutting their season short with a 19-13 victory. With the fans in an uproar after a December to forget, the Texans will be traveling to Foxborough and taking on the New England Patriots in a rematch from week 14′s embarrassment for the Texans. Despite the negativity surrounding the team, the Texans have a chance to silence all their doubters with the Patriots’ rematch this coming Sunday. The odds are already stacked against the Texans and the national media is making this…
The Good, The Bad and The Ugly: Colts Edition
The first divisional matchup between the Houston Texans and the Indianapolis Colts had divisional as well as playoff implications, making it a big game. With a win, the Texans would clinch the division, while the Colts would clinch a playoff spot. Both teams needed a win to keep their positioning in the playoff race as well as the division; however, the Texans flexed their muscle just enough to close the door on the Colts. FINAL SCORE: Texans 29 Colts 17 TEXANS REGULAR SEASON RECORD: 12-2 TEXANS DIVISIONAL RECORD: 5-0 TEXANS AFC CONFERENCE RECORD: 10-1 TEXANS VS NFC CONFERENCE RECORD:…
Mid Season Report Card: Secondary
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 secondary in this post and give our thoughts on the position group. The Secondary Johnathan Joseph: The biggest difference this season is that teams are not scared to throw at him and Joseph does give up plenty receptions. For a three week period, Joseph was giving up touchdowns and deep passes which is not Joseph like, call it a groin issue but it was concerning. Being the lock down corner and spoiled from last…
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…
Is Trindon Holliday A Luxury?
Recently, the Houston Texans had to make roster adjustments due to safety Quintin Demps breaking his forearm. The Texans had to add another safety to the fold while cutting someone to stay at the league required 53 man roster. The Texans resigned safety Troy Nolan back to the roster while cutting quarterback John Beck. Before the cut was made, a debate amongst Texans fans and media sparked about who would be the player that the Texans cut to make room for Nolan. The first and most common name that came up was Trindon Holliday. Holliday was the least likely player that…
Texans Bring Back Troy Nolan
According to the Houston Chronicle’s John McClain, the Texans have brought back safety Troy Nolan to join the team. Nolan will take the place of recently injured safety Quintin Demps, who broke his forearm against the Tennessee Titans on Sunday. In a surprise move, Nolan was waived after training camp in favor of Shiloh Keo and Demps, who are still on the team. He was soon claimed by the Miami Dolphins prior to week one, and has appeared in three games for the Dolphins in 2012, but only played three snaps all season. In 2011, Nolan served as the team’s third safety in dime situations, and late in…
Quintin Demps Out with a Broken Forearm
Today Head Coach Gary Kubiak said that safety Quintin Demps broke his left forearm on a tackle of Tennessee Titans tight end Jared Cook. Demps had surgery on his right thumb last Monday to repair an injured thumb he suffered in the Denver Broncos game and he played Sunday’s game in a cast. Demps was having surgery today to repair his forearm, and his status for the amount of time missed is still up in the air. S Quintin Demps had surgery on a broken forearm. Not season-ending, but he will miss “some time” per Kubiak #Texans — Nick…
The Good, The Bad and The Ugly: Titans Edition
The Tennessee Titans came into Reliant Stadium to battle the Houston Texans in the second divisional matchup for Houston. The Texans went into this game expecting to contain quarterback Jake Locker and stuff the run, but it was evident that Chris Johnson didn’t get that memo. The Texans shut the passing game down but were completely disassembled by the run game. The Texans gave up a ton of yards on the ground but fortunately it didn’t affect the final score. The Texans bull dozed the Titans to another dominant win and won by 20+ points. FINAL SCORE: Texans 38…
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…
Early Surprises for the Texans
Heading into week four, the Houston Texans have been showing a little bit of everything on both sides of the football in their wins. The team has shown running or passing the football they can win and also with timely defense they can turn the tide in an instant. To make things like this happen, it takes certain players to make their mark on the season, and there have been some role players who have been doing their part. Despite being early in the season, the Texans have leaned on some players who are building off of decent 2011 campaigns, and there are…
