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LenDale White is the man when the Titans are near the goal line

The Houston Texans were losing and desperate so they went for fourth down 6 times in the game yesterday, but only made it twice and the Titan defense held.

Just listen to this quote from Keith Bulluck.

“We want them to go for it,” linebacker Keith Bulluck said. “That’s a challenge to us. If they feel they’re big enough and bad enough to go for it on fourth down and get it, we welcome the challenge. We like to pump our chests out too.”

With Houston facing fourth-and-10 at the Tennessee 48 with 4:26 to go, free safety Michael Griffin picked off his second Matt Schaub pass of the game. After the Texans regained possession, Schaub was rushed by Kyle Vanden Bosch on fourth-and-10 from the Tennessee 11 and threw his third interception, this time to cornerback Cortland Finnegan. He took it 99 yards for the longest interception return in franchise history.
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Tennessee Titans 31 Houston Texans 12

The Titans are now 3 - 0.

Even without the injured Vince Young, the Titans were able to win and win big. They are gaining confidence with each good game.

perfection.

LenDale White ran for two touchdowns, Kerry Collins threw for another and Tennessee rolled over Houston 31-12 Sunday to improve to 3-0 for only the third time in franchise history.

“It’s a long way to go, but 3-0 is a good start,” Titans defensive end Jevon Kearse said after getting his first full sack this season. “There’s still a lot of room for improvement.”

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The tandem of Chris Johnson for yards and LenDale White for touchdowns is paying off for the Tennessee Titans.

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Hurricane Ike has no respect for Fantasy Football

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It is a wacky world we live in.

It seems that the Baltimore Ravens Houston Texans football game has been delayed until November 9th because of Hurricane Ike.

The Texans’ home opener was originally scheduled for Sunday, then postponed to Monday night as Ike approached the Gulf Coast. The Category 2 storm slammed into Texas on Friday night and moved into Houston early Saturday morning.

Ike tore chunks off the stadium’s retractable roof and the damage couldn’t be fixed in time for the game, said Shea Guinn, the president and general manager of Reliant Park.

“There are parts of the roof that are completely gone,” Guinn said.

The retractable roof on the $352 million venue rolls open in nine sections. Guinn said five of the sections were missing and large pieces of debris had fallen into the stadium.

“It’s hard to tell what came from where,” Guinn said.

The Texans said alternate sites for Monday night were considered, but logistics made them impossible.

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Hold on there, Houston had a game already on November 9th.

Houston was originally scheduled to play the Bengals on Nov. 9. Now, those teams will play on Oct. 26 and Cincinnati will take its bye week on Nov. 9, when the Texans now play the Ravens.

Baltimore had an open date on Nov. 9 on its original schedule.

So upon finding this out, what are most of us super shallow Fantasy Football fans thinking?

Well, how does this affect my Fantasy Football team? What week will the points go to? Is there some sort of exemption for these two teams suddenly having a bye week this weekend?

Hey, are they worried about people living in the area or anyone getting hurt? Was it mentioned before that Fantasy Football players are shallow?

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Let’s take a look at the NFL Playoff picture.

NFC
Dallas, Green Bay, Seattle, Tampa Bay, and Giants are in.
Dallas has the home field advantage.
Green Bay gets a first round bye.
The Giants got one of the wild cards.
Minnesota gets the other wild card with a victory or Saints loss.

Comments - Dallas, Green Bay, and Seattle all look pretty solid. Is Tampa really in the playoffs? Wouldn’t you love to see Brett Favre get one more ring!

Knocked out - Arizona, Atlanta, Carolina, Chicago, Detroit, Philadelphia, San Francisco, and St. Louis. Wow, Chicago after a dominant Super Bowl year! Detroit in spite of Kitna’s 10 or more wins prediction. Up and coming San Francisco was never up and coming.

AFC
New England, Indianapolis, San Diego, Pittsburgh, and Jacksonville are in.
Jacksonville is one of the wild cards.
Cleveland needs a victory or Titans loss to get the other wild card.
Tennessee needs a victory, and it won’t be easy, facing the Colts, if they are to get the other wild card.

Comments - New England looks incredible. Colts and Chargers are solid, but will eventually have to visit New England. Name one Jacksonville player. Cleveland can continue the Derek Anderson story.

Knocked out - Baltimore, Buffalo, Cincinnati, Denver, Houston, Kansas City, Miami, N.Y. Jets, and Oakland. Baltimore after a surprising playoff year last year with great defense. Poised to be in the playoffs Denver never could get it really rolling. Now we know the real reason Saban left Miami.

NFL Football Fan Question Who are you picking to win each conference?

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By Guest Blogger, Kori Ellis

If you can only watch one game in each time slot, these are the games I would watch:

Morning Game
Houston Texans @ Cleveland Browns
In the last couple years, this would be a game to avoid at all costs. This year, these are two of the more exciting teams in the NFL. The Texans have Andre Johnson and Matt Schaub back healthy and their defense has a bunch of budding stars. The Browns have offensive weapons galore around their surprise quarterback stud Derek Anderson.
PREDICTION: I see the Browns having too much offense for the Texans to handle. The Browns win 31-20.

Afternoon Game
Denver Broncos @ Chicago Bears
This game will be fun to watch for many reasons. First of all, the Broncos seem to play really well or really poorly. Seeing which Broncos team shows up will be interesting. Speaking of really poorly, Rex Grossman is back in the saddle for the Bears and you just never know how he will implode next.
PREDICTION: The Broncos will pull away as Grossman throws a big interception late in the game. The Broncos win 24-20.

Night Game
Philadelphia Eagles @ New England Patriots
The night game will feature Patriots running up the score on another hapless victim. This time that victim will be the Philadelphia Eagles. Without Donovan McNabb, the Eagles are going to get destroyed. It’s just a matter of how lopsided it will become.
PREDICTION: The Eagles keep it close for a couple minutes before Tom Brady gets going. The Patriots win 49-7.

Monday Night
Miami Dolphins @ Pittsburgh Steelers
On MNF, the game itself shouldn’t be too interesting but there should be ample subplots. How will Ricky Williams do after serving his marijuana suspension? Will the 0-10 Dolphins even score a point? Will the Steelers try to run up the score or will they simply run out the clock?
PREDICTION: Dolphins’ quarterback John Beck gets intercepted three times as the Steelers win 28-3.

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Baltimore Ravens Kate S

What is it another crazy ad on TV by Peyton Manning?

Is it some kind of play on words?

No, it is the Dog Days of the NFL. Mid Season with lots of bye weeks and the baseball playoffs going on.

Even NBA hoops is cranking up in its preseason.

So, besides Manning combing his hair, what is going on?

Glad you asked.

Big News: San Diego Chargers don’t know where there next game with Houston will be played. No, they are not confused or anything. It is the fires in California. The mayor is worried they made need to use the stadium as shelter.

Analysis: Does not matter where the Chargers and LaDainian Tomlinson play the Texans. The result will be the same. Pick - The Chargers.

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Don’t be messing with Mario!

Oh boy. Houston passed on local legend Vince Young.

That wasn’t enough; they then passed on national legend Reggie Bush.

Instead they picked Mario Williams.

Mario who? They did not. They picked, umm, let’s see, it was… Hey, maybe it was that Mario guy.

Yeah, it will always be remembered. Problem is we will remember what they did not do and not what they did.

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George Webster - a great linebacker and a great person

Sometimes we have to pay attention to what is important in life. The recent death of George Webster should serve to remind us all how lucky we are and how great he was.

Your humble author has had the good fortune to witness many star athletes at Michigan State University and meet some of them up close and personal.

Kirk Gibson played in a basketball league using my name (it was my best season ever!)

Magic Johnson used to visit the YMCA to speak to the youngsters about basketball. My work study job teaching swim lessons was at the same YMCA.

George Webster visited the Spartans at a basketball game in recent years. My season tickets were near by.
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Gaines brings it with speed and speed kills!

This could turn out to be one of the most entertaining drafts in a long long time.

Why, you ask?

Because the top 7 or 8 teams need all top ten rated players. Some worse than others.

Can you honestly say that Oakland, Detroit, Cleveland, Tampa, Arizona, Washington, Minnesota, Atlanta, Miami, and Houston don’t need pretty much everything?

Wow, was that some kind of double single negative? But you get the picture and it isn’t pretty.

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Kevin Jones will play on one foot, if only you give him a chance!

He had to go.

It was a bad injury to his foot.

Some thought he might have to miss the whole 2007 season.

Now it looks like he is on pace to be ready to play for the Detroit Lions in the fall.

Wait a minute. You said he is off the team. That is your ever loving title of this whole written mess.

He is off the team. Read more

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David Carr is lying down on the job, even as Tully Banta-Cain tries to get his attention

When David Carr goes to sleep, he lies down.

When David Carr plays football, he gets knocked down.

He gets knocked down a lot.

Carr averages getting sacked 50 times a year. That is a lot. In fact it is too much.

No more is that going to happen. He found a way to improve his pass protection. Read more