On to the Texans....

[panthers55]

Like I already said "we dont know how good he is yet" But with Kubiak coaching him he will get better.

And tape will help defenders to a certain extent. But they should be watching the O-Line and our RBs.

Thats whats going to make him a success. If your line sucks and you cant run the ball your screwed anyway....unless of course you're Peyton Manning.

After all Kubiak did wonders with David Carr. Oh wait..............

[dos poptarts]

Furthermore, how are we turning into a turnover prone offense?

Foster has dropped the rock 3 times in the last 3 games.

Tate lost one against Cinci.

Yates has thrown 2 picks and a couple fumbles as well. (not including a pick6 against ATL that was called back for a defensive penalty that was away from the play.)

Schaub has thrown what 6 picks all year with 1 fumble?

And if history repeats itself, the last time a #1 defense played the panthers while their D-Coord was entertaining new job prospects (*cough Kiffin cough*), the Panthers put up 250+yrds rushing on them with D-Lo & Stew. (now I know Wade hasn't said anything publicy about headcoaching again, but rumor is that he did leak it to Chronicle report John McClain).

[CRA]

Matt Ryans stat line vs. Texans D : 20 for 47 - 267 yds 2 picks & 1 TD. Overall, even with 267, he looked hurried and lost all day. And good luck with the building the huge lead thing.

Matt Ryan also just flat out missed open guys for easy TDs. Stat line doesn't show that.

[Texan fan]

Just want to say a friendly good luck and give a little insight from the other side of the ball.

T.J. has looked pretty solid in the last couple of weeks. He has had some accuracy problems at times but seems to come through when it counts. He's very poised in the pocket and seems to get out of trouble and keep his eyes down field. He's impressed me in the couple of games I have seen him. It helps that he ran this offense in college.

Our Running game has not been quite as dominant since Johnson has been down with his hamstring. We still have been able to get 120-150 YPG with Foster and Tate. Last week we had 4 turnovers against the Bengles (fumbles), but our Defense was able to keep us in the game while our offense put together a good second half. That allowed us to squeek one out at Cincinnati.

Our Defense is amazing. I have not seen a defense like this in Houston ever. They never seem to quit. Expect an intense pass rush that never gives up until the game is over. We play tight man and like to rush at least 5 every play. We also have various aggressive blitz packages that we throw in. We also seem to do a great job shutting down the other teams running back.

If our offense can cut down on the fumbles this week I think we'll be tough. we moved the ball well last week, we just squandered a touchdown and a couple of field goals with the fumbles.

Last thing is that our stadium is REALLY loud. We have not had a playoff team in a long time here in Houston and the fans are going crazy right now. Teams have had major communication problems in our stadium. It has been a playoff atmosphere every game.

I'm excited to see what Cam can do. He is an amazing athlete. I'm definitly not overlooking this game, but I see the Texans pulling it out in the end. We're really trying to get that first round bye. It should be fun. Good luck guys.

[SCP]

You guys should not have a problem with us. Our defense is bad. We have 15 guys on IR. I think you win by two scores. But next year, the league better watch out for these Panthers.

[NotAndreaYates]

Foster has dropped the rock 3 times in the last 3 games.

Tate lost one against Cinci.

Yates has thrown 2 picks and a couple fumbles as well. (not including a pick6 against ATL that was called back for a defensive penalty that was away from the play.)

Schaub has thrown what 6 picks all year with 1 fumble?

And if history repeats itself, the last time a #1 defense played the panthers while their D-Coord was entertaining new job prospects (*cough Kiffin cough*), the Panthers put up 250+yrds rushing on them with D-Lo & Stew. (now I know Wade hasn't said anything publicy about headcoaching again, but rumor is that he did leak it to Chronicle report John McClain).

Yates had one fumble that was...uh...incredibly questionable. The announcers were even like WTF...and Mike Perera or WTF his name is. And yeah, Schaub threw six picks in ten games. In three, Yates has two. It's actually pretty much the same as Schaub. Nice try though.

Like I said, if this were in Carolina, I'd be expecting upset. But it's not, it's in Reliant.

[Cat'sGrowl]

Any of you guys ever made the drive from Beaumont to El Paso (and vice versa on the return) in a single day?

Freakin sucks.

[shelbypanther]

Carolina 0-2 lifetime against Houston, and we won't discuss the other game we lost in that shithole stadium.

[pantherclaw]

Have got to stop the run.

Do that, and panthers win.

[Panthers128]

Carolina 0-2 lifetime against Houston, and we won't discuss the other game we lost in that poohole stadium.

These would be the Steve Smith kicking incident and the blown 17-0 lead?

If history tells us anything, Sunday is going to be a long day.

[ubecool454]

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?

Excuse me but we are on a 7 game win streak and looking forward to seeing Steve Smith and Cam Newton and Co. come to town sunday. I know a lot of Texans fans already put this one in the win column but on any given sunday so I for one am not overlooking the Panthers and I hope the Texans players don't either. Good luck sunday.

[Lumps]

Excuse me but we are on a 7 game win streak

drugs

[ubecool454]

Texans are looking past us.

No we are not! Thats been a problem in the past...looking past teams and not closing out games.

[ubecool454]

drugs

LOL..7 game winning streak and soon to be 8.