TexanAlmighty said:
Texans 17
Bengals 16
It will happen, the Texans will prevail! We are gonna upset them and you heard it here first!!! GO TEXANS!!!!
I think it's obvious this is a risky game for Cincy. They're heavily favored against a team with a good amount of talent who needs a win bad. DD does concern me, as does Johnson.
For the Texans, the keys to the game are:
1. Got to slow down Cincy's offense early - it can be done. See last week's game.
2. Avoid turnovers. Do NOT see last two weeks games, where Cincy set NFL record with 5 INTs two weeks in a row.
3. Pound with DD and throw to TE - you can be successful there if you can stick with it. You'll need to take a few shots to AJ as well. Careful of rookie (Def rookie of month) O. Thurman - if you throw and make TE vulnerable, you'll need another TE - he's been laying people out.
I have DD on my FFL team, and he'll be starting for me this week. I have Carr on the bench - I expected more from him this year, as I'm sure you did as well. I am nowhere near ready to cut him - I think he'll come around and post decent numbers this year.
If you guys do those three things, and I suspect you'll try it, this is anyone's game. My expectation, and honestly my hope is that you can't do all three enough to win.
Here's to a clean, injury-free game that we can all enjoy!
I'll predict 20-10 Bengals; more often than not, the prognosticators hit it close.