I had marked the Colts game a loss on my fabled, "Road to 10-6", so my mindset was hoping the team didn't get embarrassed and give everyone a wake up call. Well, the Texans loss, but showed everyone in the stadium that these are not the same old Texans. The game started out with # 13, Mathis running the opening kickoff back for a TD. The stadium was as loud as I had ever heard it. Then the volume got turned up a notch when the Colts got the ball. The stadium sounded like previous years again. It was a tough, physical game that saw the Texans lose Jacobi Jones, Ahman Green, Steve McKinney and Cedric Killings along with the game. Not good. Add those losses along with Andre Johnson the week before and you have a depleted Texans team on the offensive side of the ball. It is now even more important that Matt Schaub gets more comfortable with other recievers like Andre Davis and Kevin Walter. Also, the defense is going to have to step up with all those offensive weapons out. Faggins at CB has been a disaster so far this season, he is going to have to step it up or get demoted to the bench if he can't improve this week. Everytime he Colts needed a completion, Peyton looked twoards #38. Faggins complied by allowing reception after reception. I am not souring on the team or anything. I just have a better idea of who the 2007-2008 Houston Texans are now. They are an above average offensive team with a great defense, even with Faggins. Sounds like a good combination to me. If they can hold on while Johnson and Green are out, they will be fine.
Here is the NFL.com short version of the game - Click Here
Here is the pictures I took that day - Click Here
Pics from the game, Thanks to Bullpenphotos - Click here
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