Football. I'm ready.

The Houston Texans are 1-0, first time since their inaugural season. I have a good feeling about this season. Realistically, I think they'll be 8-8. Barring horrendous injuries (as always), I think Shaub will provide more consistent leadership and performance. Ahman Green looks to still have some gas in his tank, and Andre is still Andre, but you have to watch for Jacoby Jones on top of that. Defensively, it looks like moving Mario to the left is making a huge difference. Just look at last Sunday compared to all of last season. Okoye should do well in his rookie season, too. They lost their FS to injury, though, and that may make an untested defense more vulnerable, but they still have potential to show improvements from last year.

As the schedule goes, I think Houston can win 3 of 4 from the weak NFC south (Loss to dem Saints, which I can't complain about too much), 2 of 4 from the AFC west (KC [done!] and jOakland), 3 within the AFC south (JAX and Ten once fer sure, maybe one of them twice or another rare win vs Indy). Oh yeah, then there's Cleveland and Miami. Gotta win at least one of those. Hey! That makes 9-7 by my calky-lations. Now, I'm sure that there will be at least one or two slip ups to foil my optimistic outlook, but damn, it's gotta be better than the last five years. And they started out in that direction.