J.J. Watt had another great game against the Bengals today (5 tackles, 1 sack and 1 pass deflection) and the entire defense stepped up. It was great to see them hold the Bengals to only two field goals. Their only Touchdown came off the Schaub pick six. Not many people are going to give the Texans a chance to win at Foxboro next Sunday so I hope they have fun and play loose.



A good showing for Watt in the playoffs, like today, will earn him the defensive player of the year award if he hasn't locked it up by now. If he's not the best defensive player in the NFL, I don't know who is. Aldon Smith, Von Miller? Yeah, maybe... but Watt does way more at his position and quite frankly, has been doing it with less talent around him on the front seven -- we've been without our best LB for most of the year.

A recent tweet from NFL Network and NFL.com reporter Aditi

Aditi Kinkhabwala
‏@AKinkhabwala
Arian Foster on a rematch with the Patriots: "We owe them one."

Jj watt will be all over Brady. Sack after sack in his own field. Better double team all game.

Blah, the J.J. Watt video I posted was removed. It was pretty much like this one...

Everybody is ripping Matt Schaub but we are better off heading into New England for the divisional round as oppose to going to Baltimore last year with T.J. Yates. The Texans offense is due to erupt. Too much talent, too many playmakers. They've been underachieving for the past five games. They started playing better against a very good, I might even say elite Bengals defense last Saturday. But they settled for too many field goals and only one Touchdown inside the red zone.

They'll need to score numerous Touchdowns in this game and end up with at least 30 points or more to have a chance on Sunday because the Patriots are the number one scoring offense. But the Texans, talent wise and on paper, do not take much of a back seat with what they can do on offense. We can't allow the Patriots defense to shut us down like last time.

Arian Foster and Andre Johnson. This is their time to shine, their game to show the world why they have been two of the best players at their position. I'm tired of hearing about Tom Brady and Bill Belichick. They have dominated the NFL for the past 12 years. It's time for some new blood to win.

Nothing that happened in the regular season matters now. I could care less that Houston choked away the 1st seed. I was upset about it a week ago but none of that stuff is going to help them win or lose this game on Sunday.

This post was edited by Madmartigan on Jan 9 2013 08:33am

I'd love to see jj watt sack Brady.

He came close twice in the last game. The entire Texans defense is more healthy and hungry this time around. I think he will make it happen on Sunday.

JJ will get at least 2 sacks.

We need to see a lot of Andre this game as you said we MUST get touchdowns. We can't win the game like we did vs the bengals. Schaub moved a bit last game and will need to move around a little more. I have confidence out D will be top notch this game and will put the pressure on Brady.

The red zone offense has been a concern for a while but I think they just need to go back to the power running game which is their bread and butter. The only red zone Touchdown they scored against the Bengals came on an Arian Foster run right up the gut and between the Tackles. When they tried to get into the end zone with a quick slant, roll outs and play-action passes near the goal line it just didn't work and they were booed off the field when the field goal unit came in. Fans wanted Gary Kubiak to go for the 4th and 1's and 4th and 2.

1-for-5 in the red zone just doesn't get it done. That's pretty much leaving 16 points on the table when you kick 4 Field Goals.

Although Andre Johnson dropped a Touchdown catch he normally makes. Schaub over-throw it by a couple inches but Andre makes that catch 9 times out of 10. The Bengals defense was one of the hottest and best entering the playoffs. Their defensive line was generating a lot of praise by the national media going into the game.