On to the Texans....

[TackHammer]

The Texans are 10-3 and on a 5 game win streak.

Sadly, don't see us winning this game unless they completely overlook us.

Tampa may be our only win left, leaving us at 5-11, My preseason prediction.

Would you want to see the team rise to 8-8 and a mid round draft pick?

7 Game win streak....

[TackHammer]

Come on we can beat the Texans. They have TJ Yates as QB. Their defense is solid though.

Have you watched TJ ?

[CatMan72]

The real question is will we beat ourselves again?

When we're not beating ourselves, we can beat anyone.

If we can stay out of our own way for the better part of 4 quarters we can win this game.

[boo7382]

Why are people ignoring this?

I'm not....I just didn't know. I don't follow all of the playoff scenarios if we aren't in it.

[bigdog10]

I envision this one getting ugly.

Foster is going to make a ton of his fantasy owners happy this week and propel most to the championships of their leagues. I think this game goes the route of the first falcons game and possibly even the titans game.

[Cat'sGrowl]

Have you watched TJ ?

Yes I have and am not overly impressed. Panthers give themselves a fair chance at winning by mounting a lot of early points and forcing Yates to beat them by throwing the ball. Difference between the Packers, Bears, Saints, Lions, and Falcons-all team the Panthers have gone up early on- is those teams have the ability to let their QB win the games. The Texans have done a solid job of protecting Yates from having to make big time throws or decisions. They've allowed their strong running attack and good defense to win their games and let Yates manage it for them. The Texans are a good team, very complete, but they don't have the comeback capability of the previous teams we've played without Schaub and especially if Andre Johnson isn't healthy in time.

[savage]

i'd like to see us win out. it would give our team a lot of optimism going into next season.

[PiratePanther189]

Come on we can beat the Texans. They have TJ Yates as QB. Their defense is solid though.

You can't use the TJ Yates thing anymore...dude has played very well against much better defenses than ours. The reason for that is because they have the best running game in the league and he won't have to throw the ball against us period. I see this as a loss, it'll be a good game though.

[Texan Pride]

Yes I have and am not overly impressed. Panthers give themselves a fair chance at winning by mounting a lot of early points and forcing Yates to beat them by throwing the ball. Difference between the Packers, Bears, Saints, Lions, and Falcons-all team the Panthers have gone up early on- is those teams have the ability to let their QB win the games. The Texans have done a solid job of protecting Yates from having to make big time throws or decisions. They've allowed their strong running attack and good defense to win their games and let Yates manage it for them. The Texans are a good team, very complete, but they don't have the comeback capability of the previous teams we've played without Schaub and especially if Andre Johnson isn't healthy in time.

You must have missed the Cincinnati game then....

[usmcpanthers]

I see us with a good lead at half followed by a second half implosion. We have done it with every playoff caliber team this year.

[nctarheel0619]

I just want Cam to play well and not turn the ball over.

[Cat'sGrowl]

You must have missed the Cincinnati game then....

He threw the ball 44 times and had 300 yards. You know what that tells me?

[Leeroy Jenkins PhD]

Hope to win every game possible, no losing for better draft picks plzthx

source

"His conclusions:

--Teams that cost themselves draft position by winning "meaningless" games performed substantially better across the board over the next three seasons.

--Teams winning at the end of a losing season eventually won more games, made the playoffs a much higher percentage of the time, and advanced to conference championship games a much higher percentage of the time in subsequent seasons.

--The draft position "sliders" (i.e., teams that slid down the draft chart by winning more late games) won 16.3 percent more of their games and made the playoffs twice as often over their subsequent three seasons, a substantial increase in a league designed for parity."

So basically, teams that finished 5-11 made the playoffs more the next years versus teams that went 2-14?? hmmmm

[TheRealDeal]

I envision this one getting ugly.

Foster is going to make a ton of his fantasy owners happy this week and propel most to the championships of their leagues. I think this game goes the route of the first falcons game and possibly even the titans game.

I thank him for that.