What surprises me is that the Packers and Bears are both ranked second and third for most sacks given up right behind Arizona (meaning Rodgers and Cutler are taking a beating), and yet they're still Super Bowl contenders. J.J. Watt should go out of his mind in this game - sacking Jay Cutler three or four times. He sacked Aaron Rodgers twice in that other Sunday Night game even though the rest of the defense was a no show.

We can't let the Bears defense force any turnovers or score points. If their offense has to beat us I like our chances. But it's up to Johnathan Joseph to lock down Brandon Marshall one on one. If he can't then we're in trouble. It's going to be hard enough to slow down Matt Forte and the Bears special teams unit is better than ours. The only advantage we have is our offense is better than theirs when it comes to scoring points but because their defense is so strong it's pretty much an even matchup.

The Texans will be all over Cutler in this game. I think we can hold Chicago to 17 points.

Will it be enough? Can we score at least 20 points on that elite Bears defense to win?

Another day closer...I honestly think our offense is going to explode this game. It's about time they pull together and not be as slow as they were last Sunday.

Expect to see Watt lined up with Carimi and expect him to be doubled for at least some of the time. Mike Tice's biggest priority is knowing where he is at all times on offense. It's a really bad matchup for the Bears in that regard. The good news is that the Bears' defense can make the Texans' life hell as well. Foster is going to have his hands full with that front 7.

Ben Tate did not practice today and is unlikely to play at Chicago. That's three weeks that he's been out now with a hamstring injury. I'm starting to wonder if there's something more serious with him? He had the bye week and the Bills game to rest. We really needed him for this game because the yards will be hard to come by on the ground.

The Texans will have to pass the ball to set up the run or rely on the short-yardage passing game. Arian Foster is a threat to break a big play catching the ball out of the backfield anyways. I feel the Texans offensive line is still a little shaky in pass protection but they really don't need much time if Schaub is rolling out or going deep with the play-action pass.

I've always felt the Texans passing offense has been underrated all season long and people don't view Matt Schaub as an elite quarterback when he can be if given the chance. Houston was embarrassed 42-24 by the Packers at home the last time they played on NBC's Sunday Night Football.

I'm hoping they remember that beat down as they go into this road game. They don't want to make it two stinkers in a row on primetime TV.

I'm so pumped up for tonight. Only slept about 30 minutes total. It feels like Super Bowl 47. Wouldn't shock me if it was these two teams.

80 % chance of rain and a wind gust of 35 mph? Tonight's game is going to be pretty epic. Jay Cutler is going to see a heavy dose of J.J. Watt

Damn those 7pm games!
I don't want to wait any longer!

This post was edited by iRTB on Nov 11 2012 01:34pm

Me too

Almost time ladies and gentleman.