After their dismal performances last season, the Jacksonville Jaguars and Houston Texans are aiming to rebound in 2011-2012, and they will come across 1 another on the field in Week 8 of the NFL season. Both teams were simply awful on defense in 2010, with the Texans 29th in points allowed and the Jaguars 27th. Both teams, again, have made a wide range of progress on the defensive end from the first 7 weeks of this season.
The Jaguars, though, have numerous problems on offense this season. They may be dead last in the league in total yards, rushing TDs, first downs, and passing yards. The squad is also close to last place in several other areas, notably passing TDs and points scored. Their performance up to now this season has been disappointing, understandably, and there is really no reason one can anticipate them to do any better this week against the Texans.
Does the Houston defense even really need to do anything whatsoever to stop the Jags’ offense? While the Jaguars do a first rate job of failing at every offensive play, the Houstons still need to stop Jones-Drew and force them into long plays on 2nd and 3rd downs. And on the offensive end, the Texans need to keep their game dynamic, throwing different types of plays at the Jags defense. Fortunately for Jacksonville, their defense continues to be improved enough to offer the Texans some trouble.
Both teams have had a difficult early schedule so far, but do not count the Jaguars out just yet. Although the Texans are the slightly better team in this match-up, the Jags can hang around and keep games close. Jacksonville has only been completely blown away from one game so far this season – a 32-3 loss to the Jets – but have struggled to pull out more than a couple of wins. The Texans will have to show up strong and make up a lead if they hope to keep the Jaguars out of the game permanently
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The Texans are the -9 ½ point favorites with the over-under at 40 ½ points.
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