Houston Week Notes

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[url="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23Bengals&src=hash"][s]#[/s][b]Bengals[/b][/url]-Texans TV announce team Dan Hicks, Mike Mayock, Alex Flanagan Saturday at 4:30[/background][/font][/color]

[b] [size=3]Pro Bowl quarterback becomes Houston’s weak link on offense[/size][/b]
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[size=3]Posted by Mike Florio on January 1, 2013, 10:53 AM EST[/size][/size][/font][/color][color=#000000][font=Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif][size=4]
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[size=3]Somehow, Texans quarterback [url="http://www.rotoworld.com/player/nfl/16/matt-schaub"]Matt Schaub[/url]scored a contract extension early in the season. Somehow, he landed in the Pro Bowl above [url="http://www.rotoworld.com/player/nfl/6439/andrew-luck"]Andrew Luck[/url], who had much less around him on both sides of the ball.[/size][/size][size=1]
[size=3]Somehow, the Texans will have to try to win one or more playoff games with Schaub as their quarterback.[/size][/size][size=1]
[size=3]I write these words knowing full well that I’ll now be accused of “hating” the Texans, Matt Schaub, and/or his dog. But even his dog would admit that there are more than a few better quarterbacks in the NFL.[/size][/size][size=1]
[size=3]As previously pointed out, Schaub [url="http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/12/11/schaub-isnt-ready-for-prime-time/"]has not shown up[/url] this year in high-profile games. More recently, in eight quarters of action on which the No. 1 seed in the AFC was riding, Schaub threw a grand total of zero touchdown passes. His passer rating against the Vikings in Week 16 was a measly 72.1, which actually looks good in comparison to the 66.3 generated against the Colts in Week 17.[/size][/size][size=1]
[size=3]After starting 11-1, the Texans have now lost three of four. And now come the overachieving Bengals, who have won seven of eight games and who have a defense that will make it even harder for Schaub in his career debut as a postseason starter.[/size][/size][size=1]
[size=3]That’s right, Schaub has no playoff experience on which to draw as he prepares to face Cincinnati, whose second-year quarterback played in a playoff game last year on Schaub’s home field.[/size][/size][size=1]
[size=3]Though I’ll likely pick the Texans to win the game, it won’t happen because of Schaub, but in spite of him. And if I pick the Texans to hold serve at home, there’s no way they’ll be the selection when they return to New England.[/size][/size]
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Hilton, out of Indiana State, had been with the [url="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23Bengals&src=hash"][s]#[/s][b]Bengals[/b][/url] during the preseason[/background][/font][/color]

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Bengals head coach Marvin Lewis is banking on more playoff experience meaning his team doesn't have to be a prisoner of experience. So he figures he doesn't have to say a word about last year's same-Bat-Time-Same-Bat-Channel matchup with the Texans on Saturday (4:30 p.m.-Cincinnati's Channel 5) in Houston.
A total of two-thirds of the 53-player roster (36) enters the Houston game with NFL playoff experience. That’s eight more than last year, so Lewis doesn't think he has to go rah-rah over last year's 31-10 loss at Reliant Stadium.
“I don’t have to use any of it," Lewis said Monday. "The guys remember and that’s why they’ve fought the way they’ve fought this year. Any professional that does anything remembers their last experience and that’s been there throughout the start of our season this year. You’re not going to keep squeezing more blood out of that turnip.”
Lewis took a break from his preparation Monday to speak briefly via conference call with reporters that cover the club, where last year was a popular topic. As every Cincinnati school kid knows, the game changed when Texans defensive lineman J.J. Watt plucked an [url="http://www.bengals.com/team/roster/andy-dalton/9378c4ed-938c-434c-929d-4d45fe252101/"]Andy Dalton[/url] pass off the line scrimmage with 52 seconds left in the first half and went 29 yards for a touchdown that broke a 10-10 tie.
"There were a lot of plays after that play that mattered, but that was a big play for them," Lewis said. "We had some momentum going and an opportunity to score right before halftime. Any time you have a chance to score points and you give up points the other way, that swing stings a little bit. But there was a lot of football left to play and we didn’t overcome it and we never got back in it.”
A lot of that was because the Texans raced 5.4 yards per their 35 carries. The postcard Bengaldom took into the offseason was of running back Arian Foster stiffarming the secondary for a 42-yard touchdown run with 5:15 left for the final score. Safety [url="http://www.bengals.com/team/roster/chris-crocker/2772f783-b547-470c-b074-6229e7234ebd/"]Chris Crocker[/url] was one of the prominent victims, but he's also symbolic of how this defense bears no resemblance to the one that arrived in Houston last year.
Crocker, with a knee injury, and middle linebacker [url="http://www.bengals.com/team/roster/rey-maualuga/72e4f750-08d1-4fa5-abee-a5cfebe1389b/"]Rey Maualuga[/url], with an ankle injury, were limping. One of the team's top run stoppers, tackle [url="http://www.bengals.com/team/roster/pat-sims/7394af12-2914-477a-af09-c0194967fd16/"]Pat Sims[/url], was out (ankle). But Crocker, Maualuga and Sims have all been key figures in a furious last eight games the Bengals allowed just 97 yards per game on the ground. Meanwhile, the Bengals pass rush, anchored by Pro Bowl tackle[url="http://www.bengals.com/team/roster/geno-atkins/cce83be5-6849-488f-b8ed-cc876b47ca32/"]Geno Atkins[/url], has matured with a total of 51 sacks, second-most in the NFL.
And the corners? The Bengals allowed just two TD passes in December and haven't allowed one longer than 27 yards since Oct. 14, a huge key against a Texans offense that lives off big throws to Pro Bowl wide receiver Andre Johnson, like the 40-yard touchdown he got against the Bengals in last year's Wild Card game.
But Crocker, who may be dinged again with a quad injury that took him out of Sunday's win against the Ravens in the first quarter, is starting from scratch and isn't thinking about last January.
"I'd rather not even say. I'd like to keep it to myself and let it play out," Crocker said after Sunday's game. "I don't want to make this week about how we're so much a different team than last year, whatever. Let's just play. Let's not really talk. For me, that's how I'm approaching this game. It wasn't nice. I'm not trying to re-live it until you just brought it up. It's one of those things; I didn't have my best day. That's 360 and some days ago."
Crocker, one of 15 Bengals active in three of the last four postseason runs, is also one of 34 players with the team last year in Houston. And you can add cornerback [url="http://www.bengals.com/team/roster/jason-allen/ecbe6bdc-b8a6-4dd8-9713-06458d0391c5/"]Jason Allen[/url] since he played for the Texans that day. With his top offensive players enduring the playoff din of Reliant, Lewis likes his team's experience even if it is young in age.
“Some of the core offensive skill players played in the game last year. We’ve got a tight end ([url="http://www.bengals.com/team/roster/orson-charles/9b5e2649-bf72-4025-9e92-f9ed1659c3d9/"]Orson Charles[/url]) and receiver ([url="http://www.bengals.com/team/roster/marvin-jones/1e8a8414-cc83-4d5e-a61a-9236316539e4/"]Marvin Jones[/url]) who didn’t, and an offensive guard ([url="http://www.bengals.com/team/roster/kevin-zeitler/6872c3b8-cf27-4731-bfae-bcae68fb85a8/"]Kevin Zeitler[/url]) and center ([url="http://www.bengals.com/team/roster/trevor-robinson/a20116a2-b109-438e-bea9-f50b947fc1c9/"]Trevor Robinson[/url]) who didn’t," Lewis said. "But for the most part offensively, we’re in a little better shape that way."
And on defense, except for WILL rookie backer [url="http://www.bengals.com/team/roster/vontaze-burfict/941b89df-2666-4d9f-810e-9b889ba417eb/"]Vontaze Burfict[/url] and rookie nickel backer [url="http://www.bengals.com/team/roster/emmanuel-lamur/b4e6df20-145b-4c3c-b39d-f861da4a807b/"]Emmanuel Lamur[/url], Lewis has either returners, or a new veteran like cornerback [url="http://www.bengals.com/team/roster/terence-newman/6312eee8-0115-4ae9-9a0c-ab13a9cc864e/"]Terence Newman[/url] that had five playoff starts for the Cowboys for Cincinnati's second-most playoff appearances.
Kicker [url="http://www.bengals.com/team/roster/josh-brown/d8ae9806-aea7-428c-8ada-2a7987af2c55/"]Josh Brown[/url], who signed Dec. 6, leads the team with nine postseason games with Seattle from 2003-07. Running back [url="http://www.bengals.com/team/roster/benjarvus-green-ellis/d809b273-f3c9-414d-b9b0-3fd185b8e017/"]BenJarvus Green-Ellis[/url] is third, with four games for New England from 2008-11.
Experience or no experience, a sure sign that the 4-1 December has vanished is that Lewis is no longer talking about momentum.
“Momentum finished yesterday. It’s what you do now that counts. We get no points for what we did at the end of the season," Lewis said. "We earned a spot to go into this and we’re one of 12 teams now. We have to go back and get ready to go. We’ve got to play better than we played and we have to have the sense of urgency, the sense to finish, the resiliency that we’ve had throughout the second half of the year. That’s the only thing we have."
Four starters haven't taken a playoff snap, second-year left guard [url="http://www.bengals.com/team/roster/clint-boling/f7ed97f5-f482-4f8d-b799-6e57357a7b43/"]Clint Boling[/url]and rookie right guard Kevin Zeitler, along with Burfict and Marvin Jones.
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[size=4][b]Gary Kubiak on the playoff rematch with the Bengals[/b][/size][/size][/font][/color][color=#565555][font='Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif][size=1]
[size=4]For teams that play in different divisions and haven't faced each other this year, the Bengals and Texans are familiar foes after playing twice last year.
Said Texans head coach Gary Kubiak of the matchup: “It’s interesting. A year later we’re right back here together again. I mean it doesn’t affect much. We played a couple times last year and then we know each other pretty darn good for teams that aren’t in the same division. That’s a little unusual for that standpoint. We have tremendous respect for the Bengals and obviously we’re trying to correct things and trying to play a lot better football. It’s a quick turnaround. We both just played Sunday and found out late Sunday that we have to turn around and play on Saturday. We’ve got challenges to get our team ready to go.” [/size][/size][/font][/color] [size=4]5 minutes ago[/size]

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Bengals Cornerback Leon Hall joins us today on [url="https://twitter.com/NFLLIVE"][s]@[/s][b]NFLLIVE[/b][/url] today on ESPN2 after the Outback Bowl.[/background][/font][/color]

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[url="https://twitter.com/Dan_Hoard"][s]@[/s][b]Dan_Hoard[/b][/url][color=#333333][font=Arial, sans-serif][background=rgb(245, 245, 245)]: Congrats to [/background][/font][/color][url="https://twitter.com/khuber10"][s]@[/s][b]khuber10[/b][/url][color=#333333][font=Arial, sans-serif][background=rgb(245, 245, 245)] for breaking the [/background][/font][/color][url="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23Bengals&src=hash"][s]#[/s][b]Bengals[/b][/url][color=#333333][font=Arial, sans-serif][background=rgb(245, 245, 245)]single-season records for average yards per punt (46.6) and net average (42.0)[/background][/font][/color]

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Looks like Justin Hilton wr is back
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[b] Cincinnati Bengals Sign WR Justin Hilton To Practice Squad Roster[/b]



By [url="http://www.sbnation.com/users/Josh%20Kirkendall"]Josh Kirkendall[/url] on Jan 1, 11:45a

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[url="https://twitter.com/Dan_Hoard"][s]@[/s][b]Dan_Hoard[/b][/url][color=#333333][font=Arial, sans-serif][background=rgb(245, 245, 245)]: Congrats to [/background][/font][/color][url="https://twitter.com/khuber10"][s]@[/s][b]khuber10[/b][/url][color=#333333][font=Arial, sans-serif][background=rgb(245, 245, 245)] for breaking the [/background][/font][/color][url="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23Bengals&src=hash"][s]#[/s][b]Bengals[/b][/url][color=#333333][font=Arial, sans-serif][background=rgb(245, 245, 245)]single-season records for average yards per punt (46.6) and net average (42.0)[/background][/font][/color]
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Good for him. I haven't been his biggest fan in years past but he was more consistent this year - and he just killed it inside the 20. He's always been good at that but I think he improved this year, too. Props to the coverage guys as well - Miles, Hawk, VRey, Skuta, etc.

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[b] Cincinnati Bengals Sign WR Justin Hilton To Practice Squad Roster[/b]



By [url="http://www.sbnation.com/users/Josh%20Kirkendall"]Josh Kirkendall[/url] on Jan 1, 11:45a
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He looked pretty good in camp last year. Good to see he's getting another opportunity.

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One advantage we have over Houston is that we've seen their guys before. Foster, Andre, Walter, Daniels... they've seen our guys but they weren't in their prime. Dalton, Gresham, Green are better than last season. BJGE is new all together. Burfict is a playmaker they've not seen and I think Rey has improved as well. Our DL was good last year but not this good.

I think Houstob is in trouble.

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One advantage we have over Houston is that we've seen their guys before. Foster, Andre, Walter, Daniels... they've seen our guys but they weren't in their prime. Dalton, Gresham, Green are better than last season. BJGE is new all together. Burfict is a playmaker they've not seen and I think Rey has improved as well. Our DL was good last year but not this good.

I think Houstob is in trouble.
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All good points. Our defense is playing much better than it was late last season

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@CBSBengals: Jay Gruden on head coach rumors: "Haven't played the best football offensively the last couple weeks. I'm just trying to keep my job here."

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[url="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23Bengals&src=hash"][s]#[/s][b]Bengals[/b][/url] BJGE, Taylor Mays and Chris Crocker did not practice today. Green-Ellis and Mays did some running on the side.[/background][/font][/color]

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Marvin Lewis predictably vague regarding RB BenJarvus Green-Ellis (hammy): "He'll be all right. He'll be fine at some point."[/background][/font][/color]

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OL Kevin Zeitler says on top of attending Wisconsin w/ JJ Watt, the two lived less than a mile from each other in high school.[/background][/font][/color]

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Jay Gruden on head coach rumors: "Haven't played the best football offensively the last couple weeks. I'm just trying to keep my job here."[/font][/color]

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Jay Gruden said he hasn't heard from anybody regarding a head coach interview and its the "furthest thing from my mind."[/background][/font][/color]

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Gruden on Green-Ellis: "He's got a little twinge right now, but it looks like he's going to be fine."[/font][/color]

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[size=3]With a running game that struggled the past two games and with BenJarvus Green-Ellis doing jogging off to the side due to a hamstring injury, offensive coordinator Jay Gruden was somewhat optimistic that Green-Ellis would be available on Saturday against the Texans.
Said Gruden about the Bengals running game: "We're going to prepare to run the ball like we do every week and hopefully BenJarvus is healthy. He's got a little twinge right now, but it looks like he's going to be fine. It will be important to us. We have other backs also that can run the ball. We're not going to change our plan at all. It never varies. We have a good run plan going in, but Houston's a good run defense as we all know. It's going to be important to try to force the issue."[/size][/size][/font][/color]
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Well he did resign here months before playing in it.
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he didnt exactly have alot of options

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[color=#565555][font=Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif][size=1][size=3][b]Gruden discusses the Bengals running game[/b][/size][/size][/font][/color]
[color=#565555][font=Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif][size=1][size=3]With a running game that struggled the past two games and with BenJarvus Green-Ellis doing jogging off to the side due to a hamstring injury, offensive coordinator Jay Gruden was somewhat optimistic that Green-Ellis would be available on Saturday against the Texans.
Said Gruden about the Bengals running game: "We're going to prepare to run the ball like we do every week and hopefully BenJarvus is healthy. He's got a little twinge right now, but it looks like he's going to be fine. It will be important to us. We have other backs also that can run the ball. We're not going to change our plan at all. It never varies. We have a good run plan going in, but Houston's a good run defense as we all know. It's going to be important to try to force the issue."[/size][/size][/font][/color]

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Why do so many of your posted articles show up in magnifying glass font?

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Anyone who experienced 1988, knows the feeling the team--and the fans for that matter-- had going into those playoffs: no one was going to stop us. A reversal of sorts back then: a feast -or-famine defense, coupled with a totally complete offense.

Anyone getting that feeling with these guys? For me, it's all about getting that next monkey gone. Couldn't beat the Stealers...gone. Couldn't beat the Rats...gone. Now....

If we can get that monkey gone....I just have this feeling all hell is going to break loose for us going forward.
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I'm with you there. The steelers game finally convinced me this defense will keep our offense in any game.

[Hint of Snow]

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[color=#333333][font=Arial, sans-serif][background=rgb(245, 245, 245)]Kubiak: the Bengals' Geno Atkins is exceptional. Their CB's are playing exceptional too. Their MLB is one of the best in NFL right now.[/background][/font][/color]

HUH?

[Bengals1181]

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Why do so many of your posted articles show up in magnifying glass font?
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ha, I even beefed that one up to 14 font. Articles from some sites just don't like to transfer well.

[Bengals1181]

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[color=#333333][font=Arial, sans-serif][background=rgb(245, 245, 245)]Kubiak: the Bengals' Geno Atkins is exceptional. Their CB's are playing exceptional too. Their MLB is one of the best in NFL right now.[/background][/font][/color]

HUH?
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some sites still list Burfict as an ILB.

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[quote name='Le Tigre' timestamp='1356999107' post='1202038']
Anyone who experienced 1988, knows the feeling the team--and the fans for that matter-- had going into those playoffs: no one was going to stop us. A reversal of sorts back then: a feast -or-famine defense, coupled with a totally complete offense.

Anyone getting that feeling with these guys? For me, it's all about getting that next monkey gone. Couldn't beat the Stealers...gone. Couldn't beat the Rats...gone. Now....

If we can get that monkey gone....I just have this feeling all hell is going to break loose for us going forward.
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Yes but:
That team was a #1 seed. Undefeated at home and 4-4 on the road. Also, sort opposite this team.

Still a good feeling though

[Hint of Snow]

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some sites still list Burfict as an ILB.
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That has to be a quote from watching this last game. Didn't taze line up in the middle for some plays or was I drinking too much?

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That has to be a quote from watching this last game. Didn't taze line up in the middle for some plays or was I drinking too much?
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Yeah, heaven forbid that a coach would have a different opinion of a player on our team. He had to be talking about someone else, rather than the guy that plays the position he was talking about.

[Hint of Snow]

[quote name='kennethmw' timestamp='1357079544' post='1202311']
Yeah, heaven forbid that a coach would have a different opinion of a player on our team. He had to be talking about someone else, rather than the guy that plays the position he was talking about.
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So you are saying you think Rey is one of the best MLBs in the league? OK