Quote (Madmartigan @ Jan 8 2012 01:06am)
Andre Johnson did not play in that regular-season loss at Baltimore. Mario Williams was already lost for the year. Texans were already injury riddled going into that game. T.J. Yates with Andre Johnson as opposed to Matt Schaub without Andre Johnson. As I mentioned in another thread, it's a wash to me.
It's still going to come down to the run game for Houston. Ravens were able to shut down Arian Foster and Ben Tate but they didn't have to fear covering Andre Johnson. That makes a huge difference with how you play your safeties.
It does when you have Schaub. I really like Yates but I think you are underplaying the loss of Schaub here. Yates most likely is not going to overpower our secondary . Andre bein healthy is big, but the ravens have been exceptionally good at stopping #1's this year IMO , although Andre is a different breed. But like you said, run game for both team will determine the outcome. I am hoping to go To the game, still haven't gotten tickets yet though
This post was edited by tuckerblair89 on Jan 8 2012 10:40am