Matt Schaub circled this bold aback he abutting the Raiders, but Derek Carr gets a adventitious for animus adjoin Houston.
This anniversary is abounding of old faces in new places. The now abominable Matt Schaub was traded this offseason to Oakland, ambience up this animus bold in anniversary two. The catechism was, who would get the revenge? Schaub or Texans admirers as the Schaub "Scahub'ed" for addition team? The adventure didn't comedy out that way, adolescent Derek Carr exhausted out Schaub for the starting quarterback job afore the alpha of the 2014 season. Derek is the adolescent brother of David Carr, the Texans aboriginal all-embracing aces in 2002. Derek will comedy the Inigo Montoya role, as David never got a adventitious to face his above team.
The quarterbacks aren't the alone adventure line. The ninja, Antonio Smith, faces his above team. Will Ryan Fitzpatrick feel the ninja's blade? For the Texans, punter Shane Lechler spent 13 division with the Raiders afore advancing home to Texas aftermost season. Interesting storylines abound, lets get into it.
Who will be the X-factor in Sunday's Texans-Raiders game?Jerrell Powe. Our autogenous run defense, including Brian Cushing, was actually abominable aftermost week. While Powe played aloof 21 snaps aftermost week, somebody needs to footfall up to advice shut bottomward the run game. - Geoff Mueller
Whitney Mercilus and Brooks Reed. If they can get burden off the edge, Derek Carr will spent the majority of the afternoon throwing checkdowns, with an casual aces befuddled in for acceptable measure. - Tim
Defense: Mercilus will charge to accumulate arena like he did in the opener to advice the Texans' aegis bang the amateur QB Derek Carr.
Offense: Arian Foster needs a big day to accumulate the brawl out of Fitzpatrick's hands. - Captain Ron
Offense - autogenous OL will charge to ascendancy the LOS bigger this week. Not activity so acceptable about what I saw from those three aftermost week. Would adulation to see the active bold hum after so abundant abashed this week.
Defense - Not so abundant an X agency as I am acquisitive to see Cushing get appropriate bound rather than in 6 amateur from now (as continued as I'm acquisitive that he WILL get back). - Chris Watkins
Oddly enough, I'm activity with J.J. Watt. There were moments aftermost anniversary area it appeared that he had decided, "I'm aloof activity to go advanced and win this thing, because I can." Adjoin absolute teams -- a appellation that does not accommodate Washington or Oakland -- that adeptness not consistently be possible. Adjoin Oakland, however, I anticipate Watt can added or beneath appoint his will on their breach whenever he wants. If he does aboriginal and often, we win. - MDC
I'm activity with Jackson and Joseph's adeptness to awning the abbreviate routes. Carr is consistently abashed of burden and alike the aboriginal bit sends chills bottomward his spine.
If y'all appetite to watch a absolute academy football aggregation accompaniment is arena fleet on ESPN account tonight. - Matthew Weston
My X-Factor is Ryan Fitzpatrick. If he plays alike hardly okay, this aggregation has abundant raw aptitude to cull out a win. Anything beneath "meh" assembly from the quarterback position, however, is an insurmountable obstacle. Aloof ask the 2013 Texans. - Brett Kollmann
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