texans pass rush will have to be relentless in order to have a chance vs the pats

Da Patriots will win again! Tom Brady is da best! Go Pats!

The Texans looked like garbage tonight. 

Texans were lucky to get by the bangles they did not look good. The Pats should handle them

Not that is matters. They won. I hope the Pats respect them more than the fans do. Pats need to bring their A game every week now. 

In 2010, when the Pats went from beating the Jets 45-3 to losing to them 28-21 in the divisional round a month later I remember it had a lot to do with the Jets losing their Safety – Leonnard to injury the Friday before the game. I don’t think either Reed or Graham represent that type of player. Still, you always hear beating a team twice in a season is tough.
 
Gronk will be the difference. He was clearly told to favor his healing arm againt Miami. Like the second Death Star that people only think is unoperational, he’ll be full force next Sunday.   

I wish Robert Kraft would consider and inside/outside policy for the center of the stadium. Tell the club seat owners we will give you a discount next season so if you want to stay inside stay, so we can sell the outside seats to fans for this home game. Work it out and FILL THIS PATRIOT HOUSE!!

If yhe seat owner wants to watch outside (which i doubt just switch).
Go Patriots!

They may have struggled on offense against the bengals , but on defense they were relentless . Our offense needs to be ready for a more ramped up defensive team than the last time . No doubt we can do it but we cannot go by the last game as a barometer to what will happen this game . I’m sure Bill will have them ready though and not let them think it will be the same team they saw the last time .  

Even though the Texans defense looked good against the Bengals, the Bengals offense did not present a real threat with limited options. The Pats offense has way too many options for the Texans defense to address. The Texans may have a good pass rush but there is no one better than Brady at exploiting a defense. The fast pace Pats offense will have the Texans unable to change personel on key downs. Pats should roll in this matchup…..20+ points win.

It could have been entirely different if the Texans had beaten the Vikings or the Colts. But now you have a team that went flat with a #1 seed on the line going on the road to play a team to which they gave rest and health. When the Ravens beat the Colts it will complete a dream wild card weekend for the Pats.

And now we show the full power of this fully operational gronk!

Not sure i want the ravens to advance to me they are the most dangerous opponent the pats may face!

I’d prefer the Patriots playing at home, and Peyton Manning simply at his home, watching the Patriots at their home, out playing  the Ravens. Don’t want to see Manning again this season, it sucks life out of me.

 love the death star reference…..next time you have to find a way to work in “these aren’t the droids your looking for”

I think they got their butts kicked hard enough after the Jags game that they won’t take any game lightly for a while. The most underrated aspect of the last game was the great job the o-line did of keeping the Texan’s d-line on the ground, not letting them get off blocks and jump to swat down passes. They need to duplicate that effort or the Pats will be lucky to score half the points this time around.

I’m a New England fan, but lets look at the common thread in this postseason. Teams are winning with DEFENSE. Even GB won last night by limiting Minnesota. Sure New England has a virulent offense but strong defensive lines play much stronger in January. I don’t know, maybe it’s just me, but I see New England struggling to score 21 points in this game. Another thing – Houston really defended Cincinatti well. My prediction – Houstion 28 New England 10

 Cincinatti offence sucks compared to the pats. andy dalton is not half the qb that Brady is

The Jets were actually a pretty good team in 2010 who had beaten the Pats earlier that regular season.  This Houston team is just not that good.     

Texans win this game with defense 17-13

Let’s not forget the weather. The Texans are a dome team who will have to travel to NE and play in what will probably be below zero temps for the first time this season. And they’ll be playing a team which cleaned its collective clock a month ago. Add a healthy Gronk and a barely above average Texans offense and you get a Patriots win.

 Hilarious to see two posts predicting the Pats scoring 10 and 13 points when they lit up the overrated Texans D barely a month ago. The Pats offense would have to have a meltdown of epic proportions and/or multiple injuries to be held to that low of a point total.

Same formula. Stop the run, put pressure on the quaterback and Brady will take care of the rest. The Pats do not want to go home early.

Seriously??? The Pats have way too many weapons on offense to be held to 10 points. Pats will score 10 points in the first quarter. Brady is not Dalton and will disect the Texans defense. This time around Gronk will be playing. Final score 38-20 Pats…..next.

ALL Houston had to do, knowing what was on the line and being totally still in charge of thier own destiny, was beat the Colts in the final game. The Colts…who didn’t even put up a decent fight in their WC game. The importance of beating that barely play-off team was double-edged: Houston gets not only a week off, but the luxury of NOT playing New England in what will be Hades for Houston: cold, fan-rabid Gillette…which was the obvious outcome if Houston wound up #3 and gave NE the #2 spot. And they couldn’t even manage that, knowing what was on the line.
So…they’re going to do WHAT to the Pats? Hold them to 10 or 13 points…and win?? Based on what…their awesome performance in the past 5 games? You two are braindead.