Saints 14 @ Texans 24 l 3rd Qrt l CST l

This year it will be Matt Schaub getting body slammed

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Saints owning

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All I read.

I'm going to Houston for the game

Should be a hard good test for Drew against texans 3-4 defense

With all the talk and hand wringing about our O and injuries I thought you might like to see this article.




The Texans’ growing injury list was the primary topic of conversation at Reliant Stadium on Tuesday, and it started with the running backs.

Though ankle injuries suffered by guards Antoine Caldwell and Kasey Studdard during Monday night’s 20-16 victory over the New York Jets were more serious, the Texans have injury questions about four of their top five backs, including three sidelined with pulled hamstrings.

Coach Gary Kubiak said he hopes Arian Foster (hamstring) can return to practice today and play against New Orleans on Saturday. Kubiak said Steve Slaton (hamstring) is going to miss the Saints game and didn’t sound too confident about Ben Tate (hamstring) returning.

And Kubiak sounded unsure about Derrick Ward, who left the Jets game in the first quarter because of a concussion and didn’t return.

“Our plan all along has been for Arian to be on the field in the morning. Tate is moving very slowly. His progress coming back has been very slow.

If Foster and Ward are able to play against the Saints, the situation won’t be so dire. Otherwise, Chris Ogbonnaya will have to come to the rescue again.

“Chris is fine,” Kubiak said. “He’s just beat up from last night’s game.”

Ogbonnaya went from fifth on the depth chart to doing the heavy-duty work against the Jets.


“We’ve got issues at that position and in the offensive line,” Kubiak said.

Caldwell, who backs up Mike Brisiel at right guard, suffered a high ankle sprain that will keep him out quite a while. Kubiak said Studdard’s injury is more serious and that his ankle was still being evaluated. There’s a chance he could miss the season.

Linebacker Cheta Ozougwu, the seventh-round pick from Rice, suffered a concussion and spent Monday night at The Methodist Hospital.

“We evaluated him after the game, didn’t like what was going on and took him to the hospital,” Kubiak said.

Offensive tackle Rashad Butler (hamstring) is day-to-day.


P.S. I don't want to ever play the jets in pre-season.

Oops....

the Houston D should be interesting. They definitely added some key component players. The transition to 3-4 could weaken the performance of their best 2 players though. Mario Williams as a OLB? Ryans as a 3-4 ILB rather than MLB? Reminds me of Vilma not fitting well for NYJ after that change. Ryans possibly out with injury.

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