Well the 2009 NFL season has ended for our Houston Texans and still no playoff berth. That is the bad news.
The good news is that our favorite team has posted their FIRST winning record in their short 7 years in the league.
So as we all prepare to watch Indy and everyone else play on into the post season it is time to look back at the Texans season and try to find the problems that remain with the team and what to fix for next year.
With this in mind lets look at some stats from this year. The offense lead the way this year (as usual) ranking #10 in the league overall. While that may sound pretty good to you let's look deeper into that ranking.
The Texans ranked #1 in passing yards per game, but #30 in rushing yards per game. That needs to change if we want to make a [...]
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Minnesota hosts the New York Giants in an early Sunday game, and the outcome will dictate the Arizona Cardinals' game plan for their later game slot against the Green Bay Packers.
If the Vikings win the Cardinals will surely fall back on plan B, which will be to rest key players and keep the game plan as plain as Breyer's vanilla bean ice cream. With the strong likelihood of facing the Packers the following week on the same field in the first round of the playoffs, it would be foolish to reveal too much to Green Bay.
If the Vikings lose, the Cardinals will be gunning for the #2 NFC seed. Of course, they will [...]
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Here are the Week 17 Bears power rankings from various sites around the web:
Yahoo Sports: #22 (Last week: 24)
Analysis, When Jay Cutler plays like he did Monday night, is there any question as to why this franchise gave up so much to get him?
ESPN: #23 (Last week: 25)
Analysis, They came up big Monday night. Too bad that hasn’t happened more [...]
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The owners blew it earlier this year when they opted to maintain the current playoff format.
Anyone who watched some of the Week 17 action in the NFL came away with a small dose of that feeling of lethargy one has after watching an entire preseason game. It's that "what the hell did I just do?" feeling you get upon first realizing how much time has slipped away. You watched football for three hours in the middle of the day, which prevented you from taking on any major projects or running errands too far from home. And when all was said [...]
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