Houston Texans News and Rumors
Two teams advanced, one looked SuperMichael David Smith, profootballtalk.com Saturday’s start of the postseason went according to form, as the division champion No. 3 seeds in each conference advanced by winning at home, eliminating the wild card No. 6 seeds. But the similarities between the two games end there. In Houston, the … |
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Five things to know about next Sunday’s Houston Texans-New England Patriots AFC divisional playoff game at Gillette Stadium: It was ugly last time: On Dec. 10, on "Monday Night Football," the Patriots smoked the Texans 42-14. New England was u… |
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NBC Sports, yahoo.com Tony Dungy says Texans head coach Gary Kubiak has a big job ahead of him in getting his team ready to face the Patriots next week. Earlier in the season, New England blew out Houston, so the Texans will have to make some adjustments. The Texans need to … |
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No player on the field was under more pressure to win Saturday’s wild-card game than Texans quarterback Matt Schaub. Schaub and coach Gary Kubiak were the primary targets for criticism after the Texans failed to secure home-field advantage throughout th… |
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Did the Texans right the ship after their 19-13 wild-card win over the Bengals? Austin Murphy says we'll know the answer next Sunday, when Houston re-visits New England. |
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Once bodies began flying, cleats tore up grass and the Texans went to work, Brian Cushing was fine. But while the national anthem rang out Saturday inside Reliant Stadium and a crowd that swelled to a franchise-record 71,738 settled in to watch Houston … |
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If any Bengal was going to beat the Texans on Saturday, A.J. Green figured to be the man. Quarterback Andy Dalton’s security blanket, Green had cradled more touchdown catches this season (11) among his 97 receptions than all except two receivers in the … |
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The Texans played grind-it-out, wear-‘em-down, beat-‘em-up football Saturday afternoon. In short, it was a tight end’s kind of day. Owen Daniels had a team-high nine catches for 91 yards, his best statistical performance of the season, and compatrio… |
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Arian Foster might watch the game tape. If he does, the Texans running back will only skim through the film, looking for the few images he can mentally store away and quickly learn from. The rest of Houston’s embarrassing 42-14 road blowout loss to New … |
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HOUSTON -- Don’t fast-forward too quickly. Wade Phillips won’t. The Houston Texans' defensive coordinator asked for a day before he starts to figure out how to improve on the Texans’ terrible showing in New England five weeks ago. That’s not unrea… |
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Doug Farrar, yahoo.com In Cincinnati's 19-13 wild-card loss to the Houston Texans, Bengals quarterback Andy Dalton's day was defined by one underthrow and one overthrow, and a whole lot of bad throws in-between. With 11:10 left in the first half and the ball on his own 38-yar… |
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QB: C+ Matt Schaub was 29-of-38 for 262 yards and no touchdowns. He threw one interception that was returned for a touchdown. He wasn’t sacked. He moved the offense down the field, but they settled for field goals rather than touchdowns. RB: A Arian Fos… |
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Realizing they had not been very dominant in the last month as the Texans failed to seal the top seed in the AFC playoffs, the offensive linemen spent the week challenging each other to step up in the wild-card game against the Cincinnati Bengals. They … |
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Brian McIntyre, yahoo.com Pro Bowl running back Arian Foster accounted for 178 yards from scrimmage and a touchdown as the Houston Texans advanced to the divisional round of the AFC Playoffs with a 19-13 win over the Cincinnati Bengals at Reliant Stadium on Saturday afternoon. T… |
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The Texans did what they had to do Saturday at Reliant Stadium, beating Cincinnati 19-13 in the opening game of the NFL playoffs. Their reward: A trip back to New England next Sunday for a rematch with the Patriots, who beat them 42-14 on Dec. 10 at Gil… |
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1. Momentum, schomentum. As I have told you all many times, momentum is like Santa Claus – IT AIN’T REAL. The Texans had lost three of four; the Bengals had won seven of eight. It didn’t matter when the game started. Texans 19, Bengals 13. The best … |
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Isaac Rauch, deadspin.com So, 23 years now, and a guaranteed extra 365 days (at least) on that 8,400 day playoff winless streak for the Bengals. Yikes! They sure do suck. Matt Schaub played just OK but still completed 29/38 passes, Arian Foster ran for 140 yards, and J.J. Watt c… |
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It was hardly pretty or dominant, but Shayne Graham and the Texans’ vaunted defense kicked the Bengals out of the playoffs for the second consecutive year Saturday evening. Graham kicked four field goals, and the Texans defense smothered the Bengals to … |
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HOUSTON -- Thoughts on the Texans’ 19-13 wild-card game win Saturday over the Cincinnati Bengals at Reliant Stadium: What it means: The Texans knocked off the Bengals in the first game of the playoffs for the second consecutive season and advanced to a … |
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Cincinnati Bengals star wide receiver A.J. Green finally got involved. After going without a catch during the first half, Green hauled in a 45-yard bomb courtesy of a perfect throw by Andy Dalton, setting up a 34-yard Josh Brown field goal with 7:48 lef… |
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Photos: Rain can’t keep Texans fans away from Reliant |
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The Texans have dominated the first half but lead only 9-7 because the offense has stalled in the red zone — big surprise — and been forced to settle for three Shayne Graham field goals. The Bengals’ touchdown came on a terrible pass by Matt Schaub … |
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Doug Farrar, yahoo.com The Houston Texans had dominated the Cincinnati Bengals through the first quarter-and-a-half of their wild-card matchup, at least in yardage. Starting their second drive of the second quarter, the home team at Houston Reliant Stadium had well over 100 t… |
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HOUSTON -- As many of us expected, it’s a defensive struggle between the Bengals and the Texans at the midway point. It’s great for the Texans that they’ve had the better of play by a great deal. But when one team outplays another by a great deal an… |
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The Texans won the pregame coin toss and will receive the opening kickoff during an AFC wild-card matchup against the Cincinnati Bengals on Saturday at Reliant Stadium. |
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Michael David Smith, profootballtalk.com If you can’t get in front of a TV today or you want even more than the TV has to offer, you’re in luck: Both of today’s wild card playoff games will stream live as part of Wild Card Extra right here at NBCSports.com. Wild Card Extra features the liv… |
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Isaac Rauch, deadspin.com Cincinnati at Houston (NBC), 4:30 p.m.: The Texans may have the superior record but they backed into the playoffs, losing three of their last four, while the Bengals haven't lost a game by more than one point since Week 9. Plus, it'd be more fun if they… |
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Associated Press, ESPN.com Cincinnati strong safety Chris Crocker is inactive for the Bengals' AFC wild-card playoff game against Houston. |
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Michael David Smith, profootballtalk.com After playing more on special teams than on defense during the regular season, inside linebacker Barrett Ruud will be a starter in the postseason. As we noted would likely be the case thanks to the Texans’ injuries at the position, the team has official… |
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Sam Eifling, deadspin.com For a summer in college I interned for the sports department of the Columbus Dispatch, which sent me for a few days to cover Cincinnati Bengals training camp. The 1990s had just come to a close—a dismal era even by the Bengals' standards—and the beat … |
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HOUSTON -- I don’t believe I’ve ever covered a playoff game where the bulk of the crowd had such poor expectations. A home playoff game is usually filled with optimism. But after the Texans blew three chances in the past four weeks in games that could… |
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Join our ESPN.com NFL experts for the wild-card match up between the Cincinnati Bengals and the Houston Texans. Contribute your thoughts and questions beginning at 4:30 p.m. ET. See you there. Countdown Live: Bengals-Texans |
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Reading the coverage… Houston Texans The Texans might have lost their mojo, but history shows you can get it back, writes Dale Robertson of the Houston Chronicle. The Texans might win this game, but they aren’t going to the Super Bowl, says Randy Harv… |
