Texans vs. Cardinals: 2 teams going in opposite ways,
Cardinals have won 3 of their last 5 games, Texans on the other hand have lost
6 in a row. Cardinals at 4 and 4 are in the mix for a wildcard playoff berth,
the Texans on the opposite need binoculars just to see the Titans and Colts who
are ahead of them in the AFC South. While both teams are in different places
this season the 2 teams do share 1 thing in common, future hall of famers at
Wide Receiver. Andre Johnson (813yrds) and Larry Fitzgerald (470yrds) have been
rocks for their teams this season and will be a big part of this game.
Texans last week came out strong against a now top 5 team in
the Colts. Texans Head Coach Gary Kubiak made a change at quarterback in hopes
of giving the team a spark. Case Keenum the QB entrusted with giving the team a
spark, did just that. He seemingly shocked and stunned the Colts in the 1st
half of that game to the tune of 21, 1st half points including tossing
3 long bombs to Andre Johnson WR. Then the 2nd half came, no need to
go in to what happened but needless to say the team was confused and out of
sorts during the 2nd half and gave up another come back to the
Colts.
This week the gets 2 new changes for this week at the very
least, DC Wade Phillips moves up to Head Coach and OC Rick Dennsion takes over
as the play caller on offense. Shiloh Keo FS and DeAndre Hopkins WR both down
played worry when I asked if there is any concern in the 2 coaches taking over
new roles on this team for the week, both gave support for their respective
coach.
The Cardinals are coming off a bye week and have had plenty
of time to breakdown every aspect of the Texans game. They now have 2 games of
film of the newly revamped Texans, they have had plenty of time to see what
works and doesn’t work. It took the Colts a half to figure out Case Keenum, can
Keenum continue to impress or can he make adjustments if the Cardinals come out
and shut him down early.
The match up will come down to the Texans D vs. the Cardinals
O….. The Texans last week allowed touch down after touch down to Andrew Luck
and crew. While Carson Palmer is no Andrew Luck you can make an argument Palmer
has better toys. Texans minus Brian Cushing can still win, JJ Watt and Antonio
Smith bring the pressure and collapse the pocket the problem is not many others
bring the pressure. The Larry Fitzgerald and Michael Floyd vs. Kareem Jackson
and Johnathan Joseph should be a good match up. You worry if the game comes
down to 3 points, can Randy Bullock knock it in for the win or the tie.
Below is audio from Antonio Smith DE and Duane Brown LT who
talked a little bit about the upcoming game today
