Duane Brown News

I know that we are technically past the halfway mark of the season for the Texans, but since the Texans just got done playing the Colts and since they are headed into their bye week, I thought it would be a good time to create a "report card" that looks at the expectations for different areas of the team headed into the season versus the actual ...

Looking to rebound from last week's blowout loss, the Jaguars may lean heavily on Maurice Jones-Drew. The Texans may not go three-wide: It's easy to presume that Houston will go three-wide in Indianapolis to try to get an extra receiver on the field to make up for the loss of Owen Daniels and to go after nickelback Tim Jennings .

The Texans drafted Mario Williams to get Peyton Manning, but considering the puny pass rush he's provided over the first half of the season, that doesn't seem possible when they play at Indianapolis on Sunday.

This season he's tied for the NFL lead in lost fumbles with five and his job as a starter is in jeopardy after Ryan Moats had a huge day filling in for him.

Here are five things to watch for when the Texans face the Buffalo Bills at Ralph Wilson Stadium on Sunday.

The Houston Texans have never had a winning season in their eight-year existence.

Posted by ESPN.com's Paul Kuharsky Steve Slaton's second season hasn't lived up to his debut.

The Texans ' 21-point advantage at halftime Sunday tied the franchise record. Their largest leads after 30 minutes: Opp.

Another solid, solid effort by the rook ... 1st and 10: Gore runs for three ... 2nd and 7: Smith pass tipped at line ... 3rd and 7: Niners flub snap but call t.o. before fumble ... 3rd and 7: Smith finds Morgan open over the middle for a big, 17-yard gain ... 1st and 10 from 14: Smith fires pass to wide-open Davis for 14-yard TD ... HOU 21, 49ers ...

The Texans moved to 4-3 for the second time in franchise history with a 24-21 victory over the San Francisco 49ers on Sunday.

Left tackle Duane Brown admits he made a bad decision when he drew the 15-yard unsportsmanlike conduct penalty that required Kris Brown to kick what became the game-winning 50-yard field goal at the end of a possession on which the Texans had driven to the 49ers' 11-yard line.

I dearly love it when I learn something about the team that I did not already know and it makes me go hmmmm .

It seems like every week there has been some underlying storyline to the Houston Texans upcoming game.A Last week was a battle between two teams with tendency to take things down to the last second.

Remember the hair? Some folks, including possibly a few Texans, might have thought Brian Cushing was a tad too cool for his own good when he arrived in town with his flowing locks.

I was very pleased with this game in several aspects, which I'll go into later. It was great to see our Texans go up against what has been deemed a good team and take one on their turf.

Defensive tackle Shaun Cody didn't play because of the flu. Frank Okam was the third tackle made active, but Jeff Zgonina started and played on the nose in the four-man front.

When the Texans have the ball... The running game has been a disaster all year long and things just got worse with the loss of RG Mike Brisiel for the entire year.

But when it came time to win the game, he was on the bench watching the goal-line offense come up short on a fourth-down run by Chris Brown at the 1-yard line.

One more yard and Texans quarterback Matt Schaub would have thrown for 200 of them in the fourth quarter Sunday.

It's also a terrible yards-per-rush average, and it currently belongs to the Texans.