Week 14. Monday Night Football. The 11-1 Houston Texans take their AFC-leading record into Foxborough, MA to face the defending AFC champion New England Patriots for the Texans biggest test of the season. The Texans can expect to face a challenge unlike any since perhaps week 6 versus Green Bay. What exactly does that challenge consist of? We check in with Derek Havens of @PatriotsHaven and PatsFan.com to see what it is that makes the Patriots so fearsome, where the team’s deficiencies can be exploited and get some insight on the many Patriots playmakers and the injuries that may affect the team on MNF.
We’re entering the final stretch, the last quarter of the 2012 regular season – don’t stop sending your questions in each week! We continue finding new ways to include more of your concerns for our contributing blogger to address, so shoot your questions for week 15 regarding the first Colts matchup and beyond to me at @TheClaireBear23 with the hashtag #KYO. Thanks for your cont...
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State of the Texans:
PLAYERS:
Tom Brady,
J.J. Watt,
Wade Phillips,
Stevan Ridley,
Shane Vereen,
Brandon Bolden,
Danny Woodhead,
Rob Gronkowski,
Julian Edelman,
Bill Belichick,
Wes Welker,
Aaron Hernandez,
Brandon Lloyd,
Matt Schaub,
Chandler Jones,
Arian Foster,
Brandon Spikes,
Jerod Mayo,
Nate Solder,
Sebastian Vollmer,
Andre Johnson,
Aqib Talib,
Andrew Luck,
Ryan Fitzpatrick
TEAMS: Houston Texans, New England Patriots, Indianapolis Colts, Buffalo Bills
TEAMS: Houston Texans, New England Patriots, Indianapolis Colts, Buffalo Bills
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