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Houston Texans head to the Motor City to face Lions on Thanksgiving Day

Found November 21, 2012 on isportsweb.com: Yardbarker Blogger Network
PLAYERS: Arian Foster
TEAMS: Houston Texans
Only 4 days after they played what may have been the hardest game of the season thus far the Houston Texans head to Detroit on a short week to face off with the Detroit Lions this week on Thanksgiving Day. The Texans are coming off a game that went into overtime against a divisional rival. It was a game many thought would be a blowout but turned out to be the highest point total this year for both teams as the Texans scored 43 and also allowed the visiting Jags 37 as well. The Texans know they gave up too many big plays last week and must correct this quickly with the Lions aerial assault of Calvin Johnson and Matthew Stafford next on deck. In order to come out of this game with a win the Texans must make it a point to control the clock as well as the line of scrimmage on both sides of the ball this week. Houston Texans RB Arian Foster will be looking to rebound from a game in which he averaged only 2.8 yards a carry against the Jags. I’d usually start by talking about the offense b...
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