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Kubiak touts Dennison for head-coaching job

Mike Florio, profootballtalk.com

So far, Texans offensive coordinator Rick Dennison has landed on the interview list of only one NFL team - the Bears.  His current boss thinks the time has come for someone to give Dennison a chance to run a team of his own. “I think he’s been read

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Photos: Texans’ recipe for a payback against the Patriots

Jay Busbee, yahoo.com

If it's the NFL postseason, it's time for Patriots fans and columnists to ratchet their annoying tendencies up another few notches. Yes, they've reached many Super Bowls in recent years, and even won a few, and yes, we're all jealous of their success. B…

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What I think they should be thinking at the headquarters of the Houston Texans this evening… We’re presumed dead. It’s understandable. We know what we did in New England last time. We hardly provided a lot of reasons for people outside this locker r…

Michael David Smith, profootballtalk.com

Players often say before big games that they’ve tuned out the media and are focused solely on the upcoming opponent. But as Texans running back Arian Foster prepares to face the Patriots on Sunday, he’s very much paying attention to what the media say…

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By Jimmy Golen The Associated Press FOXBOROUGH, Mass. - To hear Bill Belichick glumly address reporters on Monday, you’d think the Texans blew New England out in the regular season - and not the other way around. “There were several things in that

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Well, the Texans have done it again. In a repeat match-up against the Dalton-led Bengals, the Texans again sent the Katy native home for the season. But not without a fight. In the waning moments of the game the outcome was still not secured. While I’m …

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As we get ready for Texans-Patriots Part 2 on Sunday in Foxborough, the Chronicle will take a daily look at some of the key matchups: Andre Johnson vs. Aqib Talib At first glance, Andre Johnson’s numbers in the regular-season meeting against the Patriot…

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If the Texans needed any more motivation for Sunday’s divisional round playoff matchup with the New England Patriots, they got it courtesy of Boston Globe columnist Dan Shaughnessy. In his Sunday column, Shaughnessy called the Texans a fraud and predict…

Jack Dickey, deadspin.com

There's a good case to be made that the Patriots face an easy road to the AFC championship game. In recent weeks the Texans have looked less like the team that gored the league for the better part of the last two years and more like the reliably .500 te…

Michael David Smith, profootballtalk.com

In December, the Patriots destroyed the Texans, 42-14. Which is great news for the Patriots, who get to play the Texans again on Sunday in the divisional round of the playoffs. Except for one problem: The Patriots have been down this road before: Two ye…

Field Yates, ESPN.com

New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady isn't resting on the fact that the first time his team played the Texans this season, they handily defeated them 42-14 on "Monday Night Football," when Houston was an AFC-best 11-1 at the time.

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Reading the coverage ... Football Outsiders discussed Bengals-Texans and Colts-Ravens as they unfolded. Houston Texans The Patriots' rout of the Texans turned on five plays, says Dale Robertson of the Houston Chronicle. That regular-season game in New E…

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As the Texans keep hope alive - as well as the focus of the Houston sports world - the Astros inch closer to spring training. In case you’re still keeping up, mark it down. Pitchers and catchers start reporting as early as February 11. The Astros op