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Hope we have a great Halloween weekend with a win and all your favorite candy. If you are handing out candy, make sure it is the good stuff, and that you have enough to give out multiple pieces.

Posted by ESPN.com's Paul Kuharsky The suggestion: Barrett in Austin suggested Steve Slaton 's touchdown run in Houston's win over San Francisco.

Later on this evening, I will post an interesting look at the how the Texans fared on first downs on the offensive side of the ball.

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.

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

The Texans have matched the best six-game start in franchise history. 2002 1-5 Through 6 games 4-12 Finished season 2003 2-4 Through 6 games 5-11 Finished season 2004 3-3 Through 6 games 7-9 Finished season 2005 0-6 Through 6 games 2-14 Finished season 2006 2-4 Through 6 games 6-10 Finished season 2007 3-3 Through 6 games 8-8 Finished season 2008 ...

Matt Schaub has thrown for at least 300 yards in four of his last five games and leads the NFL with 14 touchdown passes.

Matt Schaub has impressed Texans coach Gary Kubiak with the way he's throwing the ball and handling the team.

Veteran Chris White and rookie Antoine Caldwell will rotate at right guard on Sunday when the Texans play the Cincinnati Bengals at Paul Brown Stadium.

Posted by ESPN.com's Paul Kuharsky In a breakdown of runs up the middle by ESPN Stats & Information, Chris Johnson ranks third , Maurice Jones-Drew ranks seventh , Donald Brown ranks 24th .

With Cedric Benson leading the NFL in rushing and Cincinnati on a 4-0 roll, he's starting to look like the bargain of the young century.

Posted by ESPN.com's Paul Kuharsky With Mike Brisiel out for the season with a foot injury, the Texans will turn to rookie Antoine Caldwell , Chris White or both starting Sunday at Cincinnati.

They call it a game of inches. And nowhere was that more apparent than yesterday's latest loss by the Texans.

The Children's Museum of Houston gala chairs had a pretty good idea that holding the annual fundraiser in the museum would be a major hit.

Fresh off a win in which the defense looked as if they could actually defend, the Texans faces an offense that can put some points on the board and really challenge the young secondary.

For the Texans, it's always going to be about breaking barriers until they have broken all of them and won the Super Bowl.

For the first time this season, the Houston Texans weren't left to answer questions about their horrible run defense and inability to stop big plays.

''You know, we're right there in the middle of the pack. And that's where we finished last year.

Houston safety Eugene Wilson was inactive against the Oakland Raiders because of an illness, and two other Texans were available to play but were also ill on Sunday.