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HOU 2013 Opponents Determined

srrono

All Pro
AFC SOUTH

1. Houston Texans

Home: Indianapolis Colts, Jacksonville Jaguars, Tennessee Titans, Denver Broncos, Oakland Raiders, New England Patriots, St. Louis Rams, Seattle Seahawks

Away: Indianapolis Colts, Jacksonville Jaguars, Tennessee Titans, Kansas City Chiefs, San Diego Chargers, Baltimore Ravens, Arizona Cardinals, San Francisco 49ers

Complete team by team link
http://www.profootballweekly.com/2012/12/31/2013-opponents-determined
 

Playoffs

Hall of Fame
Tough schedule.

At least we get the Patsies & Broncos & Seahawks at home. Season tickets will sell nicely for all the disaffected fans.
 

Perki-Perk

DieHard Texan!
I'd say that's an 11-5 schedule off first glance. One, maybe 2 tough away games and the rest of the tough opponents at home.

Cushing will be back...
 

TexanSam

Hall of Fame
My first thought is that the away portion looks very easy except the 49er game. All very winnable. The home part is much tougher.
 

76Texan

Hall of Fame
11-5 or 12-4.

Bonus observation: NE, DEN, SEA, SF = potential SNF/MNF games.
Man, you're really optimistic.
It's not going to be easy winning the division next year.
If somebody gives me 4-2, I'll take it in a heartbeat.
I'm seeing 10-6 or 9-7.
 

Thorn

Dirty Old Man
I'm not even going to try to guess the schedule before the draft and offseason. Lot can change from now till then.
Yep. A lot can change for us AND the teams on our schedule. Both good and bad. Predictions are fun I guess, but not entirely useful. Just ask the Mayans.
 

JCTexan

Hall of Fame
Man, you're really optimistic.
It's not going to be easy winning the division next year.
If somebody gives me 4-2, I'll take it in a heartbeat.
I'm seeing 10-6 or 9-7.
Jacksonville & Tennessee don't scare me right now, and the only difference on the schedule is Indianapolis will have Cincinnati & Miami. Cincy has been to the playoffs the past two years and Miami should only improve next year with Tannehill.
 

Ryan

THIS YEAR
I don't think that's 100% accurate. Because we played Seattle and San Fran at home in 2009, so those should be away this time around. The last time we played Arizona was in Arizona when Andre took out 3 guys to get into the endzone.
 

srrono

All Pro
I am hoping the NE game is early in the schedule. SF game will be intresting to see how our LBs handle that mobile QB.
 

PhilpW

Irish-American
from nfl.com

Houston Texans
Home: Indianapolis Colts, Jacksonville Jaguars, Tennessee Titans, Denver Broncos, Oakland Raiders, St. Louis Rams, Seattle Seahawks, New England Patriots

Away: Indianapolis Colts, Jacksonville Jaguars, Tennessee Titans, Kansas City Chiefs, San Diego Chargers, Arizona Cardinals, San Francisco 49ers, Baltimore Ravens
 

Lucky

Ride, Captain, Ride!
Staff member
I don't think that's 100% accurate. Because we played Seattle and San Fran at home in 2009, so those should be away this time around. The last time we played Arizona was in Arizona when Andre took out 3 guys to get into the endzone.
That's correct.

from nfl.com

Houston Texans
Home: Indianapolis Colts, Jacksonville Jaguars, Tennessee Titans, Denver Broncos, Oakland Raiders, St. Louis Rams, Seattle Seahawks, New England Patriots

Away: Indianapolis Colts, Jacksonville Jaguars, Tennessee Titans, Kansas City Chiefs, San Diego Chargers, Arizona Cardinals, San Francisco 49ers, Baltimore Ravens
NFL.com is wrong. The Texans will play at Seattle, with Arizona here.
 

SheTexan

Hall of Fame
That's correct.


NFL.com is wrong. The Texans will play at Seattle, with Arizona here.
I just pulled up the sch off HT.com and it has us playing Seattle here and the Cards away.. I think they posted their sch off NFL.com though.

That's why I said there are two diff sch out! IF we play Seattle here, and the Cards there, then they changed up the system. The reason I've been paying attention is because I want to plan a vac trip to Seattle next year around the time I THOUGHT we were going to play there. Guess we might not know until the official sch comes out in April.
 

Thorn

Dirty Old Man
Now I remember reading an article where the NFL said some of the future home/away games might be shuffled a tad. I can't remember the reason for it though, but I do remember reading the article.
 

Ranger Tom

All Pro
Depending on which schedule is correct, I see 10+ games I feel good about. That, however, is based on how all of these teams have performed in the 2012 season. Primarily, I'm pinning my hopes on the idea that the Jaguars, Titans, Chiefs, Raiders and Rams will all continue to suck.
 

Thorn

Dirty Old Man
Depending on which schedule is correct, I see 10+ games I feel good about. That, however, is based on how all of these teams have performed in the 2012 season. Primarily, I'm pinning my hopes on the idea that the Jaguars, Titans, Chiefs, Raiders and Rams will all continue to suck.
jaguars, titans, chiefs and raiders will continue to suck I think. I don't know about the rams though, a few pieces in the right spot and they could be a good team. But you're right, and I've said it before myself, you just don't know how teams will be from year to year.
 

toronto

Hall of Fame
jaguars, titans, chiefs and raiders will continue to suck I think. I don't know about the rams though, a few pieces in the right spot and they could be a good team. But you're right, and I've said it before myself, you just don't know how teams will be from year to year.
I do know that your stadium will be a tad hot for the Pats game.
 

MEGA SWATT

All Pro
Yeah, it's going to be loud as **** at Reliant when NE comes here.
So now the Pats are the team we will build/coach our team to beat like the manning colts and more recently the ravens whom we could never beat in the regular season and nor the playoffs......until recently (regular season) and more than likely we would have beat them this year at home for the AFC 'ship.

I would love to destroy the Pats during that game - just totally rip them to pieces............total domination........:thisbig:
 

Ranger Tom

All Pro
I would love to destroy the Pats during that game - just totally rip them to pieces............total domination........:thisbig:
It sure would be nice to have another 42-14 game...but going our way, this time. Shoot, if we could pull that one off, I'd be happy with a 9-7 record and a wild card slot.
 

JCTexan

Hall of Fame
10-6 realistically

11-5 optimistically

Prime time games will get us.
Houston was 3-2 in Prime Time games this year. Two of the best teams they played were the losses (Patriots, Packers). I don't think it was Prime Time games that got them in those games as much as it was Rodgers & Brady exploiting man-coverage.

They will probably have four or five Prime Time games next year. Possible match-ups for those games: @San Francisco, Seattle, New England, Denver, @Baltimore, @San Diego, Indianapolis. Prime Time games are the toughest opponents and I can see another 3-2 or 2-3 record in Prime Time. It has nothing to do with playing it in Prime Time, though.
 

Lurvinator11

Veteran
kansas will be tougher they will have one of the top draft qbs
I don't know why you are so high on the Chiefs every year.

They will be terrible next year, especially since the QB draft class is very weak coming in. I feel like we can sweep the AFC West.
 

Tailgate

Fall of Hame
I would prefer that all of the Texan games were played at noon on Sunday.
I agree. I used to hate the noon games, and care about primetimes.... I could care less anymore, no Monday nights and especially do not want any Thursday games.

So we get Broncos, Seahawks, Rams, and Patriots at home. And our two tough roadies are at Ravens and 49ers. I will take that all day.
 

Lurvinator11

Veteran
I see a 12-4 season.

We can win almost all of our home games, save one. The Pats game will be hard to predict, because I can see a loss, but I know our fans will show up. I could also see a loss to the Rams, since Fisher knows us pretty well.

On the road, I see about 3 losses. Indy, San Fran, and possibly the Ravens.

So give or take, we can go anywhere between 11-5 or 13-3.
 

Vinny

shiny happy fan
Depending on which schedule is correct, I see 10+ games I feel good about. That, however, is based on how all of these teams have performed in the 2012 season. Primarily, I'm pinning my hopes on the idea that the Jaguars, Titans, Chiefs, Raiders and Rams will all continue to suck.
jaguars, titans, chiefs and raiders will continue to suck I think. I don't know about the rams though, a few pieces in the right spot and they could be a good team. But you're right, and I've said it before myself, you just don't know how teams will be from year to year.
Rams beat playoff teams Redskins, Ravens, 49ers and the Seahawks this season. They are not going to suck next season. Titans and Jags will continue to struggle. Chiefs have a good core team.
 

srrono

All Pro
http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/06/nfl-has-plenty-of-good-options-for-ravens-week-one-home-opener/

As the Super Bowl champions, the Ravens will be the home team for the NFL’s Thursday night opener on September 5, and the good news for the NFL (and NBC) is that the Ravens have a very good slate of home opponents in 2013, from a TV ratings perspective.

The Ravens’ home opponents in 2013 are the Bengals, Browns, Steelers, Patriots, Jets, Texans, Packers and Vikings. Of those, only the Browns can be eliminated: There’s no way the league will put Cleveland in the marquee Week One opener.

(Well, if we want to get crazy, we’ll point out one scenario in which the opener could be Browns-Ravens: If the Ravens put the non-exclusive franchise tag on Joe Flacco, and the Browns sign him away, then Browns at Ravens would suddenly become the marquee game of the entire season. But it’s probably safe to say that won’t happen.)

Aside from the Browns, every other potential Week One matchup in Baltimore would be a good game: The Bengals, Patriots, Texans, Packers and Vikings were all playoff teams, the Steelers-Ravens rivalry has long been one of the NFL’s best, and even though the Jets were a circus last year, they were a circus that plenty of people watched.

So who will the Ravens’ Week One opponent be? Only once since the NFL began playing the opening game in the Super Bowl champion’s city has there been an interconference game, and it probably won’t happen again this year: FOX only gets the Ravens twice and would surely fight to keep Vikings-Ravens or Packers-Ravens from moving over to NBC. Considering that the last three Week One opening night games have been NFC matchups that otherwise would have been on FOX, the NFL will probably decide that it’s time to take an AFC game from CBS.

Of the AFC games, one stands out as the best of the bunch: Patriots-Ravens, a rematch of the last two AFC Championship Games. The Patriots and the Ravens have developed a great rivalry in recent years, and they’ve played some excellent games that have drawn huge TV ratings. The Ravens have a great slate of home games in 2013, but none is better than the Patriots game, and that’s probably the one we’ll all be watching on the first Thursday night in September.
 

JCTexan

Hall of Fame
http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/06/nfl-has-plenty-of-good-options-for-ravens-week-one-home-opener/

As the Super Bowl champions, the Ravens will be the home team for the NFL’s Thursday night opener on September 5, and the good news for the NFL (and NBC) is that the Ravens have a very good slate of home opponents in 2013, from a TV ratings perspective.

The Ravens’ home opponents in 2013 are the Bengals, Browns, Steelers, Patriots, Jets, Texans, Packers and Vikings. Of those, only the Browns can be eliminated: There’s no way the league will put Cleveland in the marquee Week One opener.

(Well, if we want to get crazy, we’ll point out one scenario in which the opener could be Browns-Ravens: If the Ravens put the non-exclusive franchise tag on Joe Flacco, and the Browns sign him away, then Browns at Ravens would suddenly become the marquee game of the entire season. But it’s probably safe to say that won’t happen.)

Aside from the Browns, every other potential Week One matchup in Baltimore would be a good game: The Bengals, Patriots, Texans, Packers and Vikings were all playoff teams, the Steelers-Ravens rivalry has long been one of the NFL’s best, and even though the Jets were a circus last year, they were a circus that plenty of people watched.

So who will the Ravens’ Week One opponent be? Only once since the NFL began playing the opening game in the Super Bowl champion’s city has there been an interconference game, and it probably won’t happen again this year: FOX only gets the Ravens twice and would surely fight to keep Vikings-Ravens or Packers-Ravens from moving over to NBC. Considering that the last three Week One opening night games have been NFC matchups that otherwise would have been on FOX, the NFL will probably decide that it’s time to take an AFC game from CBS.

Of the AFC games, one stands out as the best of the bunch: Patriots-Ravens, a rematch of the last two AFC Championship Games. The Patriots and the Ravens have developed a great rivalry in recent years, and they’ve played some excellent games that have drawn huge TV ratings. The Ravens have a great slate of home games in 2013, but none is better than the Patriots game, and that’s probably the one we’ll all be watching on the first Thursday night in September.
If it's not the Patriots, it'll be the Steelers. I think the Texans-Ravens could be a prime-time game but I doubt it'll get chosen for the opener over the Patriots or Steelers game.
 
I think the Colts will be the 2012 Titans.

Way too many balls bounced their way last season to happen again. I'd be surprised if they win more than 8.

Also agree KCC and STL will be forces next year.
 

Lurvinator11

Veteran
I feel like our season opener will be against Indy on the road.

We have had our season opener at home for the past 4 years, and I just feel like we will be on the road this season. Also, Colts will have high expectations, and many will pick them as an upset to us.
 
I feel like our season opener will be against Indy on the road.

We have had our season opener at home for the past 4 years, and I just feel like we will be on the road this season. Also, Colts will have high expectations, and many will pick them as an upset to us.
How bout HOU @ IND on MNF in the first game of the MNF doubleheader? I'm down with that...
 

JCTexan

Hall of Fame
I feel like our season opener will be against Indy on the road.

We have had our season opener at home for the past 4 years, and I just feel like we will be on the road this season. Also, Colts will have high expectations, and many will pick them as an upset to us.
Nothing would make me happier. The Texans have won their last three openers by a combined fifty-seven points (two of which were against Indy). Maybe that's just the thing to get them a win @Indy for the first time ever...
 

Big Lou

Hall of Fame
AFC SOUTH

1. Houston Texans

Home: Indianapolis Colts, Jacksonville Jaguars, Tennessee Titans, Denver Broncos, Oakland Raiders, New England Patriots, St. Louis Rams, Seattle Seahawks

Away: Indianapolis Colts, Jacksonville Jaguars, Tennessee Titans, Kansas City Chiefs, San Diego Chargers, Baltimore Ravens, Arizona Cardinals, San Francisco 49ers

Complete team by team link
http://www.profootballweekly.com/2012/12/31/2013-opponents-determined
The toughest opponent the Texans will face next year is bolded above............
 

thunderkyss

Just win baby!!!
Staff member
Contributor's Club
I feel like our season opener will be against Indy on the road.

We have had our season opener at home for the past 4 years, and I just feel like we will be on the road this season. Also, Colts will have high expectations, and many will pick them as an upset to us.
If you believe in the conspiracy theories, this makes sense. We've never won in Indy & this will give Andrew Luck a leg up in the division.

I don't believe in the conspiracy theories & I don't put much stock in the fact that we haven't won in Indy.

But I would bet this is most likely our opening game.
 

Stemp

Brew Master
I see the NFL doing what it's done the past couple of years and having us and Indy play each other twice late in the year. It's pretty obvious that they will be contenders for the division and the NFL wants meaningful division games late in the year.
 

thunderkyss

Just win baby!!!
Staff member
Contributor's Club
I see the NFL doing what it's done the past couple of years and having us and Indy play each other twice late in the year. It's pretty obvious that they will be contenders for the division and the NFL wants meaningful division games late in the year.
I do like that better. I'd just as soon all the division games be played in November & December. I don't know how feasible that is.... but the November/December team is more true to that team than the September/October teams when they're trying to figure out what's what.

But I hope we don't get another 3 game shortened road trip culminating in a primetime game.
 

JCTexan

Hall of Fame
I see the NFL doing what it's done the past couple of years and having us and Indy play each other twice late in the year. It's pretty obvious that they will be contenders for the division and the NFL wants meaningful division games late in the year.
2010 & 2011 the openers were against Indianapolis so those definitely weren't "late in the season". I despise playing a team twice in three weeks like Houston/Indy did last year. One early matchup and one late matchup would be preferred for me.
 

b0ng

Bad Hombre
Anybody who is definitively claiming that this schedule is easy or hard is literally talking out of their ass, since FA and the draft has not even happened yet.
 

HJam72

Hall of Fame
OK, well, I'll pull this one outta my @$$:

That schedule looks to me like a good way to go 9-7....and then win the SB. :koolaid:
 
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