Jeff Zgonina News

It's about time the AFC South rivalry between the Texans and Titans heated up. Until now, the Titans didn't respect the Texans enough to trash talk them.

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.

Spooky. How perfect, or perfectly awful, is it that the Texans should have been made to visit this most haunted of houses on Halloween weekend.

Texans quarterback Matt Schaub has been sacked 12 times in the seven games, and the defense has registered only nine sacks against those seven opponents.

Steve Slaton scored two touchdowns and the Houston Texans built a big lead before holding on for a 24-21 win over the San Francisco 49ers on Sunday.

Top game-by-game performances by opposing runners vs. the Texans : Att.: 20 Yards: 107 Avg.: 5.4 Long: 39 TDs: 2 Chris Johnson, Titans Att.: 16 Yards: 197 Avg.: 12.3 Long: 91 TDs: 2 M. Jones-Drew, Jaguars Att.: 23 Yards: 119 Avg.: 5.2 Long: 61 TDs: 3 Justin Fargas, Raiders Att.: 10 Yards: 24 Avg.: 2.4 Long: 13 TDs: 0 Beanie Wells, Cardinals Att.: 7 ...

Antonio Smith recovers. 2nd-4, Cin 35, 5:50 in 4th Cushing forces Cincinnati's J.P. Foschi to fumble after a 6-yard pass from Palmer.

Texans rookie coordinator Frank Bush's rushing defense began the season in the deepest of funks.

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.

The Texans improved their record to 3-3 with a convincing 28-17 victory at Cincinnati.

BENGALS 31, PACKERS 24 : Watching the clock about to tick down to 0:02, Aaron Rodgers took the snap, faked a spike and looked to the end zone.

Sunday's victory at Tennessee ranks among the most improbable wins in Texans history: Sept.

Three veterans averaging 36 years of age and 16 years of experience made a dive for a loose ball on the most important play of the game Sunday.

Matt Schaub throws four touchdowns as Texans bounce back from season-opening loss to the Jets with 34-31 road victory over the Titans.

Final analysis: I'm an idiot, but you already knew that. Six guys made the team that I didn't predict .

As was pointed out by Joe in the comments of the last post, on Thursday morning, FanHouse posted its NFL predictions for 2009.

Posted by ESPN.com's Paul Kuharsky We certainly regard the Jaguars as a young team.

The Texans didn't get run off the field, and if you're looking for progress, this is it.

Posted by ESPN.com's Paul Kuharsky Biggest surprise: Safety John Busing was a playmaker and a big hitter all preseason, and he came in at a position where the Texans added only a late draft pick, Troy Nolan , who's on IR.

Very strange to have a Monday night game, and then a Friday night game. It's thrown my blog writing timing off, and I'm sure its much weirder for the team.