After their dismal performances last season, the Jacksonville Jaguars and Houston Texans are looking to rebound in 2011-2012, and they will get together one another on the field in Week 8 of the NFL season. Both teams were simply awful on defense in 2010, with the Texans 29th in points allowed and the Jaguars 27th. Both teams, again, have made a lot of progress on the defensive end with the first 7 weeks of this season.

The Jaguars, though, are experiencing numerous problems on offense this season. They’re dead last in the league in total yards, rushing TDs, first downs, and passing yards. The team is also close in on last place in other areas, notably passing TDs and points scored. Their performance so far this year has been disappointing, to say the least, and there is really absolutely no reason one can anticipate them to do any better this week with the Texans.

Does the Houston defense even really need to do anything to stop the Jags’ offense? While Jaguars do a pretty good job of failing at every offensive play, the Houstons still must stop Jones-Drew and force them into long plays on 2nd and 3rd downs. And on the offensive end, the Texans need to keep their game dynamic, throwing different types of plays at the Jags defense. Fortunately for Jacksonville, their defense is still improved enough to offer the Texans some trouble.

Both teams have had a tricky early schedule so far, but do not count the Jaguars out yet. Although the Texans are the slightly better team in this match-up, the Jags can hang around and keep games close. Jacksonville only has been completely blown away from one game so far this season – a 32-3 loss to the Jets – but have struggled to pull out more than a number of wins. The Texans will need to appear strong and build up a lead if they hope to keep the Jaguars out of the game for good
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The Texans are the -9 ½ point favorites with the over-under at 40 ½ points.


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