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NFL Schedule 2018

Well, that's it, the season's over with now. Might as well start talking about the draft next year. Maybe Oakland will trade Gruden to us for our 1st round draft pick.
 
Thorn said:
Well, that's it, the season's over with now. Might as well start talking about the draft next year. Maybe Oakland will trade Gruden to us for our 1st round draft pick.
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Surely we have some more over paid players we can trade away with 2nd round picks?
 
Well least we dont have to wait too long to see how this season is gonna be. LOL

Pats
Titans

First 2 weeks......... oh my
 
dwight pugoy said:
Well least we dont have to wait too long to see how this season is gonna be. LOL

Pats
Titans

First 2 weeks......... oh my
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Pats have lost their mojo and have been known to drop winnable games early in the season. They are in decline. With all the injuries we have had to players, the team and those players should be fired up to play the first game.

The Titans we hung 40+ points on. Their new head coach (whatever his name is. Doesn’t matter.) has no inside info on our team. He wasn’t too impressive with the last team he was with.

2-0.
 
Texansballer74, post: 2814587, member: 56332..........Just wanted to finish up what you started, hope you're ok with this. PG1

2018 Houston Texans Schedule

///// PRESEASON \\\\\

01. THURSDAY 09 AUG 18 at Kansas City Chiefs
Arrowhead Stadium, Kansas City, MO Time 8:30 EST

02. SATURDAY 18 AUG 18 San Francisco 49ers
NRG Stadium, Houston, TX Time 8:00 EST

03. SATURDAY 25 AUG 18 at Los Angeles Rams
LA Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, CA Time 4:00 EST

04. Thursday 30 AUG 18 Dallas Cowboys
NRG Stadium, Houston, TX Time 8:00 EST


 
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Texansballer74, post: 2814587, member: 56332..........Just wanted to finish up what you started, hope you're ok with this. PG2


2018 Houston Texans Schedule


///// REGULAR SEASON \\\\\

01. 09 SEP 18 at New England Patriots
Gillette Stadium, Foxborough, MA Time 1:00 EST (CBS)

02. 16 SEP 18 at Tennessee Titans
Nissan Stadium, Nashville, TN Time 1:00 EST (CBS)

03. 23 SEP 18 New York Giants
NRG Stadium, Houston, TX Time 1:00 EST (FOX)

04. 30 SEP 18 at Indianapolis Colts
Lucas Oil Stadium, Indianapolis, IN Time 1:00 EST (CBS)

05. SUNDAY 07 OCT 18 Dallas Cowboys
NRG Stadium, Houston, TX Time 8:20 EST (NBC) KTRK-TV

06. 14 OCT 18 Buffalo Bills
NRG Stadium, Houston, TX Time 1:00 EST (CBS)
 
Texansballer74, post: 2814587, member: 56332..........Just wanted to finish up what you started, hope you're ok with this. PG3

2018 Houston Texans Schedule


///// REGULAR SEASON \\\\\

07. 21 OCT 18 at Jacksonville Jaguars
EverBank Field, Jacksonville, FL Time 1:00 EST (CBS)

08. THURSDAY 25 OCT 18 Miami Dolphins
NRG Stadium, Houston, TX Time 8:20 EST (FOX / NFL)

09. 04 NOV 18 at Denver Broncos
Sports Authority Field at Mile High, Denver, CO Time 4:05 EST (CBS)

10. **BYE WEEK**

11. 18 NOV 18 at Washington Redskins
FedEx Field, Landover, MD Time 1:00 EST (CBS)

12. MONDAY 26 NOV 18 Tennessee Titans
NRG Stadium, Houston, TX Time 8:15 EST (ESPN)

13. 02 DEC 18 Cleveland Browns
NRG Stadium, Houston, TX Time 1:00 EST (CBS)
 
Texansballer74, post: 2814587, member: 56332..........Just wanted to finish up what you started, hope you're ok with this. PG4

2018 Houston Texans Schedule

///// REGULAR SEASON \\\\\


14. 09 DEC 18 Indianapolis Colts
NRG Stadium, Houston, TX Time 1:00 EST (CBS)

15. SATURDAY 15 DEC 18 at New York Jets
MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford, NJ Time 4:30 EST (NFL)

16. 23 DEC 18 at Philadelphia Eagles
Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia, PA Time 1:00 EST (CBS)

17. 30 DEC 18 Jacksonville Jaguars
NRG Stadium, Houston, TX Time 1:00 EST (CBS)
 
TexansBull said:
Pats have lost their mojo and have been known to drop winnable games early in the season. They are in decline. With all the injuries we have had to players, the team and those players should be fired up to play the first game.

The Titans we hung 40+ points on. Their new head coach (whatever his name is. Doesn’t matter.) has no inside info on our team. He wasn’t too impressive with the last team he was with.

2-0.
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:highfive:

:coffee:
 
I'm pretty sure we'll show up for all 16 games


....unless there's another Harvey
 
http://www.espn.com/blog/houston-texans/post/_/id/22113/2018-houston-texans-game-by-game-predictions

Here’s a game-by-game prediction of how the 2018 season might go:

Week 1: Sunday, Sept. 9, at New England Patriots, 1 p.m. ET

The Texans will start the season with one of their toughest games of the year in what could be a fun rematch from 2017. Last September, quarterback Deshaun Watson had his coming-out party, throwing for 301 yards with two touchdowns and two interceptions. He gave the Texans a chance to win with less than three minutes remaining before Tom Brady led the Patriots on a game-winning touchdown drive. This game will be close, but it'll have the same result. Record: 0-1

Week 2: Sunday, Sept. 16, at Tennessee Titans, 1 p.m. ET

Houston will see a familiar face early in the season with former defensive coordinator Mike Vrabel on the opposing sideline as the Titans' head coach. This will be another close game, but Tennessee will take the win at home as the Texans get off to a slow start. Record: 0-2

Week 3: Sunday, Sept. 23, vs. New York Giants, 1 p.m. ET

The Texans should get back on track in their home opener with a victory over the Giants. Although New York is a talented club that hopes to bounce back in 2018, much like the Texans, Houston will pull it out at home. Record: 1-2

Week 4: Sunday, Sept. 30, at Indianapolis Colts, 1 p.m. ET

The Colts will be a tougher test with the return of Andrew Luck, but a healthy Texans defense should get Houston to .500 after a tough start. Record: 2-2
Week 5: Sunday, Oct. 7, vs. Dallas Cowboys, 8:20 p.m. ET

The Texans’ first prime-time game of the season comes in Week 5 when they host the Cowboys. Dallas recently released wide receiver Dez Bryant and has had an otherwise quiet offseason. The teams haven’t played since 2014 when the Cowboys won in overtime at home. This game at NRG Stadium will go the other way, though, and Houston will have its first winning record of the season. Record: 3-2

Week 6: Sunday, Oct. 14, vs. Buffalo Bills, 1 p.m. ET

Buffalo and Houston haven’t played since 2015, but the Texans have won three of the past four games between the teams. Outside of running back LeSean McCoy, the Bills don’t present much of a threat offensively and the Texans will win their third game at home. Record 4-2

Week 7: Sunday, Oct. 21, at Jacksonville Jaguars, 1 p.m. ET

The Texans are 6-2 against the Jaguars under head coach Bill O’Brien, and both of those losses came in 2017 when Jacksonville went from worst to first to win the AFC South. This game won’t be as ugly as Houston’s season-opening debacle last season, but the Jaguars will continue the trend and come out on top. Record: 4-3

Week 8: Thursday, Oct. 25, vs. Miami Dolphins, 8:25 p.m. ET

Miami will get Ryan Tannehill back but he probably is not enough to bring the Dolphins back to the playoffs. Watson gets hot and leads the Texans to a big win. Record: 5-3

Week 9: Sunday, Nov. 4, at Denver Broncos, 4:05 p.m. ET

The Texans will face their former quarterback Case Keenum, who signed with the Broncos in free agency after an impressive season with Minnesota. Keenum spent parts of three seasons in Houston, going 2-8 as a starter, but he won’t beat his former team. Record: 6-3

Week 10: BYE

Week 11: Sunday, Nov. 18, at Washington Redskins, 1 p.m. ET

This game could be a tough test, depending on how Alex Smith is doing with his new team. Coming off a bye, though, Houston will continue its winning streak. Record: 7-3

Week 12: Monday, Nov. 26, vs. Tennessee Titans, 8:15 p.m. ET

This game probably won’t be a repeat of the 57-14 trashing the Texans put on the Titans at home a year ago. At this point in the season, though, Houston will get an important division win. Record: 8-3

Week 13: Sunday, Nov. 2, vs. Cleveland Browns, 1 p.m. ET

Cleveland should be better than the 0-16 team it was last season, regardless of what it does with two of the first four overall picks in the draft, but Watson and the Texans should be able to handle the Browns and continue their win streak. Record: 9-3

Week 14: Dec. 9, vs. Indianapolis Colts, 1 p.m. ET

O’Brien always emphasizes winning within the division as a key to taking the AFC South. To go from worst to first this season, the Texans will need to take advantage of the Colts and win both games against them. Record: 10-3

Week 15: Saturday, Dec. 15, at New York Jets, TBD

A late-season trip to MetLife Stadium will be the Texans’ fourth and last prime-time game of the season, and the only one on the road. The Texans will continue this long stretch of success with a victory against the Jets. Record: 11-3

Week 16: Sunday, Dec. 23, at Philadelphia Eagles, 1 p.m. ET

This could be a shootout between two talented, young quarterbacks in Watson and Carson Wentz, but the Eagles’ defense will prevail and the defending Super Bowl champions will beat the Texans in what could be a thriller if Houston remains healthy. Record: 11-4

Week 17: Dec. 30, vs. Jacksonville Jaguars, 1 p.m. ET

The Texans should be much improved from a year ago, but they will still get swept by the defending AFC South champions for the second year in a row. But, if the Texans can go 11-5, they'll be in a great position to reach the playoffs and potentially win the division. Record: 11-5
 
Seegara said:
10-6. We lose at Boston, Philly, and Denver. We also lose 2 to Jacksonville and 1 to Nashville.
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This is a "Deshaun Watson stays injury free" worst case scenario.

Also, to TexansBaller that ESPN projection basically means we beat the teams we are supposed to beat but won't surprise anyone and upset the big dawgs. Kind of a deflating projection. (Even with us finishing 11-5)
 
The Texans won't lose twice to the Jaguars in 2018 if they're healthy. We'll take one of the games against them and split. And while I agree with the 11-5 record, in fact I predicted 12-4 for 2018, there is no way we're starting off 0-2.

We'll beat the Patriots and Titans to start off 2-0. We should have beaten the Pats on the road last year before O'Brien's dumb playcalling at the end. Same thing happened at Seattle. Hopefully he's learned from that.

The Patriots aren't going to be good forever. Let's face it.
They're already showing cracks in the armor (last year).
Tom Brady is another year older. Father time is undefeated.

The Texans should finally beat the Patriots on the road in 2018.
 
I like this schedule for the Texans better than others in recent years and that doesn't mean I actually have a clue of what our record will be in '18 because teams often change a lot from year to year. For example the Browns, with new FO leadership and a ton of very high picks at that the disposal of that new leadership may unlike in previous years be good, maybe really good. And maybe the Jags won't be as strong as they were surprisingly last year.
I like the idea of opening on the road especially against some division opponents and finishing against them at home, and I'd also rather play Brady & Belichick early.
 
Bulls on Parade said:
The Texans won't lose twice to the Jaguars in 2018 if they're healthy. We'll take one of the games against them and split. And while I agree with the 11-5 record, in fact I predicted 12-4 for 2018, there is no way we're starting off 0-2.

We'll beat the Patriots and Titans to start off 2-0. We should have beaten the Pats on the road last year before O'Brien's dumb playcalling at the end. Same thing happened at Seattle. Hopefully he's learned from that.

The Patriots aren't going to be good forever. Let's face it.
They're already showing cracks in the armor (last year).
Tom Brady is another year older. Father time is undefeated.

The Texans should finally beat the Patriots on the road in 2018.
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If the Texans enter the season with no major injuries and the OL has been upgraded to some degree....Texans are starting 3-0.

Patriots will be a sheep of the team they were last year and Tom's going to be year older. A healthy defense can make this a miserable Sunday for Mr Brady.

Titans are the Titans and again, if this defense is healthy and doing its thing, they will shut down the Titans offense while Watson and the offense do their thing.

NY Giants will be more of the same from the first 2 games.

Don't forget, that's ESPN's projection for the season and when have they ever embraced anything from Texas?
 
OptimisticTexan said:
If the Texans enter the season with no major injuries and the OL has been upgraded to some degree....Texans are starting 3-0.

Patriots will be a sheep of the team they were last year and Tom's going to be year older. A healthy defense can make this a miserable Sunday for Mr Brady.

Titans are the Titans and again, if this defense is healthy and doing its thing, they will shut down the Titans offense while Watson and the offense do their thing.

NY Giants will be more of the same from the first 2 games.

Don't forget, that's ESPN's projection for the season and when have they ever embraced anything from Texas?
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It's called the "Watson Effect".

They are loving the heck out of Deshaun Watson. Like us they believe this kid will continue to get better and the sky is the limit.
 
I'm one of those people that needs proof. The best the Texans have done in a season with O'Brien is 9 wins (the worst was 4 wins). Until they prove otherwise they're a mediocre 9 and 7 team. I get the enthusiasm over Watson but with him starting last year the best they managed was 3-3. And some of the reason for that was O'Brien. He's still here.

I'd run off a number of other reasons I don't think they've improved enough to best their best over the last 4 seasons but that would be redundant. OK, I'll name one - the offensive line is still below average and will remain so, IMHO, for at least another complete season. No picks in the first 2 rounds hinders their ability to improve the line to the level they need to in order to protect Watson and open up running lanes for whoever is going to be the featured RB. I guess it's still going to be Miller unless they get lucky in the draft.
 
Banned I'm with you on the proof thing as well as your assessment on Bill Obrien. But I have a feeling the offensive line will much better. And if Watson does stay healthy, his quick trigger/decision making can make up for some of the flaws.
 
banned1976 said:
I'm one of those people that needs proof. The best the Texans have done in a season with O'Brien is 9 wins (the worst was 4 wins). Until they prove otherwise they're a mediocre 9 and 7 team. I get the enthusiasm over Watson but with him starting last year the best they managed was 3-3. And some of the reason for that was O'Brien. He's still here.

I'd run off a number of other reasons I don't think they've improved enough to best their best over the last 4 seasons but that would be redundant. OK, I'll name one - the offensive line is still below average and will remain so, IMHO, for at least another complete season. No picks in the first 2 rounds hinders their ability to improve the line to the level they need to in order to protect Watson and open up running lanes for whoever is going to be the featured RB. I guess it's still going to be Miller unless they get lucky in the draft.
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I think people are forgetting we were still under .500 when Watson went down last year. I hope we are good, but this team has a lot of question marks mainly on the OLine and Secondary.
 
Do I think the Rockets can win a championship? Yes The Astros? Yes.

Texans? No. It's the same old Texans, good enough to make the playoffs, not good enough to do anything when there.
 
banned1976 said:
I'm one of those people that needs proof. The best the Texans have done in a season with O'Brien is 9 wins (the worst was 4 wins). Until they prove otherwise they're a mediocre 9 and 7 team. I get the enthusiasm over Watson but with him starting last year the best they managed was 3-3. And some of the reason for that was O'Brien. He's still here.
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But that 3-3 record would be 5-1 with good play calling to get those 2 critical 1st downs in the Boston and Seattle games. You're right, BOB is still here, and that's reason enough not to get carried away and predict a SB win.
 
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The record during Watson's tenure under center could've been completely different with a healthy defense and RC calling the defense. Give me a healthy defensive unit and RC calling the plays this season, as well as a slightly improved OL and I feel pretty strongly about the Texans coming out of the gate on a positive note.
 
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OptimisticTexan said:
The record during Watson's tenure under center could've been completely different with a healthy defense and RC calling the defense. Give me a healthy defensive unit and RC calling the plays this season, as well as a slightly improved OL and I feel pretty strongly about the Texans coming out of the gate on a positive note.
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I concur.
 
Seegara said:
But that 3-3 record would be 5-1 with good play calling to get those 2 critical 1st downs in the Boston and Seattle games. You're right, BOB is still here, and that's reason enough not to get carried away and predict a SB win.
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Those "2 critical" plays weren't the reason those games were lost. Yeah, they could have helped win it, but those games were lost because of the 36 and 41 points given up. If your offense puts 30+ points on the board in an NFL game, those games need to go in the W column.

RAC pulling the strings again and a little bit of luck on the health front, could get this turned around in a hurry.
 
Speedy said:
Those "2 critical" plays weren't the reason those games were lost. Yeah, they could have helped win it, but those games were lost because of the 36 and 41 points given up. If your offense puts 30+ points on the board in an NFL game, those games need to go in the W column.

RAC pulling the strings again and a little bit of luck on the health front, could get this turned around in a hurry.
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Absolutely true!!!
 
Anyone else looking at a road trip for the home opener? Saturday could watch the Astros stroke the Red Sox, then go represent on Sunday
 
Mike Jurecki‏Verified account@mikejurecki May 31


.@ESPN toughest schedule with the majority of teams are in NFC and easiest in the AFC.

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Depending on what happens in the off season and training camps, those "easy" or "hard" schedules can change pretty quickly. And if your team can't execute it doesn't matter anyway.
 
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