After their dismal performances last season, the Jacksonville Jaguars and Houston Texans are wanting to rebound in 2011-2012, so they will meet each other on the field in Week 8 of the NFL season. Both teams were simply awful on defense last year, with the Texans 29th in points allowed and the Jaguars 27th. Both teams, again, are making a large amount of progress on the defensive end from the first 7 weeks of this season.
The Jaguars, though, are having numerous problems on offense this season. They are dead last in the league in total yards, rushing TDs, first downs, and passing yards. The team is also nearby last place in other areas, notably passing TDs and points scored. Their performance up to now this year has been disappointing, as you would expect, and there is really no reason at all to expect them to do any better this week against the Texans.
Does the Houston defense even really need to a single thing to stop the Jags’ offense? While Jaguars do a excellent job of failing at every offensive play, the Houstons still need to stop Jones-Drew and force them into long plays on 2nd and 3rd downs. And on the offensive end, the Texans need to keep their game dynamic, throwing different types of plays at the Jags defense. Fortunately for Jacksonville, their defense is still improved enough to give the Texans some trouble.
Both teams have had a horrible early schedule so far, but do not count the Jaguars out just yet. Although the Texans are the slightly better team in this match-up, the Jags can hang around and keep games close. Jacksonville only has been completely blown out of one game so far this season – a 32-3 loss to the Jets – but have struggled to drag out more than a number of wins. The Texans must show up strong and make up a lead if they hope to keep the Jaguars out of the game permanently
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The Texans are the -9 ½ point favorites with the over-under at 40 ½ points.
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