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Wade Phillips: J.J. Watt had the best season ever

Michael David Smith, profootballtalk.com

Everyone knows Texans defensive lineman J.J. Watt had a good season, but Texans defensive coordinator Wade Phillips was “good season” doesn’t even come close to describing how well Watt played in 2012. According to Phillips, Watt had the greatest se…

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Show off your Texans pride at work today Go find your best Houston Texans gear. Or if you don't have a cool jersey, red would do just fine. But you may want to skip the helmet.

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Being underdog a ‘secret weapon’ The Texans have been favored in most of their games this season, but they’re a 9½-point underdog at New England. “I love being the underdog,” defensive end Antonio Smith said. “It’s my claim to fame. I’ve …

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FOXBOROUGH, Mass. - The Patriots have said all week they expect a very different Texans team on Sunday than the one they faced in December. Patriots cornerback Aqib Talib said he’s seen changes on film and expects more in the game. Asked what he think

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Back in late September after the Texans dispatched of the Denver Broncos and Peyton Manning, I wrote a blog entry praising Matt Schaub for his performance. As you may remember, Schaub had his face blasted into a million pieces not once but twice in the.…

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According to the analysts (all 18 of them) over at NFL.com, the AFC Championship Game matchup is set: Tom Brady and the New England Patriots will face longtime rival Peyton Manning and the Denver Broncos on Jan. 20. The prognosticating panel, which incl…

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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. J.J. Watt vs. Dante Scarnecchia OK, we know that Scarnecchia isn’t going to be blocking Watt, the best defensive linema…

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The New England Patriots gobbled up 419 yards and scored six touchdowns against the Houston Texans in a regular season meeting. The guy who’s got to get the Texans defense ready for a better showing Sunday, Wade Phillips, said the unit’s effort at Gil…

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The Patriots seemingly snickered after they blew out Houston on "Monday Night Football" back on Dec. 10. The Texans arrived in New England wearing letterman jackets that they thought showed team unity but which came off as high schoolish, part…

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Reading the coverage… Houston Texans If the Texans struggled with Aaron Hernandez, how are they going to stop Rob Gronkowski, too? John McClain of the Chronicle considers the question from Houston, while Tania Ganguli looks at it from New England. Shayn…

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I feel badly for Khaled Elsayed today. Afterall, he picked Andrew Luck as his All-AFC South quarterback. And we know when a certain AFC South blogger recently made that move how Texans faithful reacted. I suspect Elsayed has a big day of Twitter activit…