Another Preseason in the Books

The Texans won their preseason matchup against Tampa Bay by a score of 27-20. While I knew I wasn't going to be treated to some high caliber play, I must say I was quite bored until Rex Grossman came on the scene and connected with Andre Davis for 87 yards and 6 points. Grossman went on to 9 of 16 for 197 yards and 2 TD's. That's not a bad night at all for just over 2 quarters of play. While he showed some flashes of brilliance and quite possibly moved ahead of Dan Orlovsky on the depth chart, at times he did show why he was let go from the Bears. But then again, who can complain about getting a former Superbowl starting quarterback for the league veteran minimum?

I was hoping to see Brian Cushing play in this game as he did not play in the week 3 match against the Vikings. Coach Gary Kubiak says that Cushing will be ready for the Jets this Sunday, but we'll soon see. One man who is happy is Zac Diles. His play through 4 preseason games has earned him the starting slot as the other outside linebacker.

On another good note, Dunta Robinson has ended his holdout. This has earned the Texans a 2 week roster exception as he does have the franchise tage. If his conditioning is as promised, look for a much upgraded corner defense from the one we saw through these past 4 weeks.

As for the other game on September 4, I watched that in the PIP window of my television. I'm not going out on too much a limb here in saying it was even uglier than my game. For all the Vikings have in their starting lineups, the depth certainly does not appear to be there for them defensively. This season is going to be longer for them than a lot of the pundits seem to be predicting. Oh yeah, the Vikings have also been actively shopping Tarvaris Jackson.

I am a gracious opponent, so I will wish Mardi and her Vikings the best of luck over the next 17 weeks. I'm sure both of us will be continuing this blog into at least mid-January. I will have my predictions up soon, so let's see how things go.