On Oakland, tailgating, & starting Dreessen

Previous performance in Oakland is all the warning Houston needs In 2008, the Texans were doing their best to stay in the playoff hunt, heading in to Oakland at 7-7. They ended up laying one of the all-time eggs in franchise history that day, getting whipped by the Raiders 27-16, while looking sluggish and half-interested. Worst of all, this was the game that coined the name “JaMarcus Montana” around these parts for a while. Big Fat JaMarcus Russell treated the Texans’ secondary as if it was… well… uh, as if it was the current incarnation of the Texans’ secondary. Honestly – I think Russell could come back to the Raiders RIGHT NOW at 335 pounds or whatever he weighs – totally ripped on Purple Drank and could probably still drop 250 and 2 touchdowns on the secondary. I would say there’s no way in hell the Texans repeat that performance, but now they have a better quarterback than Russell in Bruce Gradkowski, and Darren McFadd...