After their dismal performances last season, the Jacksonville Jaguars and Houston Texans are wanting to rebound in 2011-2012, and they will meet 1 another on the field in Week 8 of the NFL season. Both teams were simply awful on defense last year, with the Texans 29th in points allowed and the Jaguars 27th. Both teams, again, are making a wide range of progress on the defensive end over the first 7 weeks of this season.
The Jaguars, though, are experiencing numerous problems on offense this year. They’re dead last in the league in total yards, rushing TDs, first downs, and passing yards. The squad is also closing in on last place in other areas, notably passing TDs and points scored. Their performance so far this season has been disappointing, as you would expect, and there is really absolutely no reason to expect them to do any better this week against the Texans.
Does the Houston defense even need to do anything whatsoever to stop the Jags’ offense? While the Jaguars do a pretty good job of failing at every offensive play, the Houstons still want 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 has been improved enough to give the Texans some trouble.
Both teams have had a tricky 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 only has been completely blown out of one game so far this season – a 32-3 loss to the Jets – but have struggled to drag out more than a couple of wins. The Texans will need to surface strong and make up a lead if they hope to keep the Jaguars out of the game for good
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The Texans are the -9 ½ point favorites with the over-under at 40 ½ points.
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