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Houston Texans at Denver Broncos - Week 3
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Fantasy | Game Notes | Results & Schedule | Injury Report | Stat Comparisons | Weather | Team vs. Team History

NYG
CAR		 36
 7
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TB
DAL		 10
 16
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KC
NO		 27
 24
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JAC
IND		 22
 17
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SF
MIN		 13
 24
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STL
CHI		 6
 23
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DET
TEN		 41
 44
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CIN
WAS		 38
 31
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BUF
CLE		 24
 14
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NYJ
MIA		 23
 20
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PHI
ARI		 6
 27
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ATL
SD		 27
 3
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PIT
OAK		 31
 34
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HOU
DEN		 31
 25
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NE
BAL		 30
 31
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GB
SEA		 12
 14
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Playoffs: Wild-Card | Divisional Playoffs | Conference Championships | Super Bowl

Final Score Prediction

Texans 23, Broncos 17

Fantasy Player Rankings and Projections by Mike Krueger
Houston Texans
Rank  Player Projections
QB 28 Matt Schaub Pass: 220, 1 TD Rush: 0, 0
RB 3 Arian Foster Rush: 100, 1 TD Rec: 3-20, 0
RB 30 Ben Tate Rush: 40, 0 TD Rec: 1-10, 0
 WR 6 Andre Johnson Rec: 6-90, 1 TD
 WR 67 Kevin Walter Rec: 3-40, 0 TD
TE 20 Owen Daniels Rec: 4-40, 0 TD
TE 36 James Casey Rec: 1-10, 0 TD
K 9 Shayne Graham FG: 3/3 XP: 2/2
DEF 6 Defense / ST  
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Denver Broncos
Rank  Player Projections
QB 15 Peyton Manning Pass: 280, 1 TD Rush: 0, 0
RB 21 Willis McGahee Rush: 70, 1 TD Rec: 1-10, 0
RB 40 Knowshon Moreno Rush: 20, 0 TD Rec: 1-10, 0
WR 7 Demaryius Thomas Rec: 6-90, 1 TD
WR 31 Eric Decker Rec: 5-70, 0 TD
WR 73 Brandon Stokley Rec: 2-30, 0 TD
TE 19 Jacob Tamme Rec: 4-40, 0 TD
TE 32 Joel Dreessen Rec: 2-20, 0 TD
K 27 Matt Prater FG: 1/1 XP: 2/2
DEF 13 Defense / ST  

Game Notes

Texans Are only team in NFL to start 2-0 in each of past 3 seasons... Head coach GARY KUBIAK spent 9 seasons (1983-91) as player with Broncos & 11 years (1995-05) as asst. coach in Den... In past 6 on road, QB Matt Schaub has 10 TDs vs. 1 INT & 110.6 rating. Schaub (99) needs TD pass to reach 100 career. In only career start vs. Den., (12/26/10) Schaub completed 23 of 33 passes (69.7 pct.) for 310 yards with 1 TD vs. 1 INT & 96.8 passer rating... RB Arian Foster (3,286) surpassed DOMANICK WILLIAMS (3,195) for most career rush yards in franchise history last week. Had 91 rush yards with TD in only meeting vs. Den. Registered 17th 100-yard rush game of career last week (110). RB Ben Tate had career-best 2 rush TDs vs. Jax... Since '03, WR Andre Johnson averages NFL-best 79 receiving yards per game (9,796 yards in 124 games)... Defense allows NFL-low in pts. per game (8.5), yds. per game (196) & pass yards per game (124)... Club is tied for 2nd in AFC with 6 sacks... DE J.J. Watt has 1.5 sacks in each of past 2 games. DE Antonio Smith has 30.5 career sacks.

Broncos Club is 2-0 at home vs. Texans... For career, QB Peyton Manning has 16-2 record (.889) vs. Texans & has completed 452 of 642 passes (70.4 pct.) for 5,122 yards with 42 TDs (most vs. any opponent) vs. 8 INTs & 110.6 rating. Manning (63) needs 300-yard passing game to surpass HOFer DAN MARINO (63) for most 300-yard passing games in NFL history... RB Willis McGahee averages 80.9 rush yards per game in 17 games w/ Den. (1,376 total). Posted 31st career 100-yard rushing game last week (113). Since '04, ranks 4th in NFL with 61 rush TDs. Has rushed for 100+ yards in 2 of 3 career games vs. Hou. (117, 112)... WR Demaryius Thomas tied career-high with 8 catches last week. Aims for 3rd consecutive game with TD rec. WR Brandon Stokley has 5 career TD catches vs. Hou... TE JOEL DREESEN spent 5 seasons with Texans (2007-11)... Broncos are tied for 2nd in AFC with 6 sacks... Texas native, LB Von Miller has 14.5 sacks in 17 career games... CB Champ Bailey has 50 career INTs, 3rd-most among active players (ED REED, 59; CHARLES WOODSON, 55).


Results and Schedule
Houston Texans
Week Date Opp H/A Score Dif
1 2012-09-09 MIA H W 30-10 +20
2 2012-09-16 JAC A W 27-7 +20
3 2012-09-23 DEN A W 31-25 +6
4 2012-09-30 TEN H    
5 2012-10-08 NYJ A    
6 2012-10-14 GB H    
7 2012-10-21 BAL H    
8   Bye      
9 2012-11-04 BUF H    
10 2012-11-11 CHI A    
11 2012-11-18 JAC H    
12 2012-11-22 DET A    
13 2012-12-02 TEN A    
14 2012-12-10 NE A    
15 2012-12-16 IND H    
16 2012-12-23 MIN H    
17 2012-12-30 IND A    
   
Denver Broncos
Week Date Opp H/A Score Dif
1 2012-09-09 PIT H W 31-19 +12
2 2012-09-17 ATL A L 21-27 -6
3 2012-09-23 HOU H L 25-31 -6
4 2012-09-30 OAK H    
5 2012-10-07 NE A    
6 2012-10-15 SD A    
7   Bye      
8 2012-10-28 NO H    
9 2012-11-04 CIN A    
10 2012-11-11 CAR A    
11 2012-11-18 SD H    
12 2012-11-25 KC A    
13 2012-12-02 TB H    
14 2012-12-06 OAK A    
15 2012-12-16 BAL A    
16 2012-12-23 CLE H    
17 2012-12-30 KC H    

Injury Report
Houston Texans
Questionable  ILB Tim Dobbins (hamstring)
Probable  OLB Connor Barwin (elbow)
 ILB Brian Cushing (ribs)
 CB Johnathan Joseph (groin)
 CB Brice McCain (knee)
 OLB Brooks Reed (hip)
 DE Antonio Smith (ankle)
IR  K Randy Bullock (groin (8/26))
 OLB Keyaron Fox (knee (8/9))
PUP  ILB Darryl Sharpton (hip)
   
Denver Broncos
Probable  SS Quinton Carter (knee)
 TE Joel Dreessen (ribs)
 OLB Von Miller (hip)
 CB Tracy Porter (neck)
 WR Brandon Stokley (shoulder)
IR  DE Jason Hunter (triceps (8/27))
 DT Ty Warren (triceps (9/11))

Offense Stats Comparison
  HOU
 Offense 		 DEN
 Offense 		 NFL
 Avg. 		  Adv. 
Points for 28.5 26.0 24.3 HOU
Rushing yards 149.5 106.0 108.8 HOU
Rushing yards per attempt 3.60 3.93 4.06 DEN
Completion % 69.7% 68.3% 62.6% HOU
Passing yards 224.5 229.0 238.1 DEN
Passing yards per completion 9.76 10.65 11.13 DEN
Passing yards per attempt 6.80 7.27 6.96 DEN
Interceptions 0.0 1.5 1.0 HOU
Fumbles lost 0.0 1.0 0.5 HOU
Sacks allowed 1.0 2.5 2.2 HOU
3rd down conversions 44.1% 42.9% 38.8% HOU
4th down conversions 100.0% 100.0% 59.1% -
Time of possession 39:00 26:08 30:05 HOU
  Defense Stats Comparison
  HOU
 Defense 		 DEN
 Defense 		 NFL
 Avg. 		  Adv. 
Points against 8.5 23.0 24.3 HOU
Rushing yards 72.0 71.0 108.8 DEN
Rushing yards per attempt 4.36 2.63 4.06 DEN
Completion % 50.9% 60.5% 62.6% HOU
Passing yards 124.0 208.5 238.1 HOU
Passing yards per completion 8.55 9.07 11.13 HOU
Passing yards per attempt 4.35 5.49 6.96 HOU
INT return 1.5 0.5 1.0 HOU
Fumble recoveries 1.0 0.0 0.5 HOU
Sacks 3.0 3.0 2.2 -
3rd down conversions 10.5% 50.0% 38.8% HOU
4th down conversions 0.0% 50.0% 59.1% HOU
Time of possession 20:60 33:53 30:05 HOU

Special Teams Stats Comparison
   HOU   DEN  NFL
 Avg. 		  Adv. 
Yards per punt return 13.0 6.6 11.5 HOU
Yards per kick return 21.0 23.5 23.6 DEN
Yards allowed per punt return 21.6 7.0 11.5 DEN
Yards allowed per kick return 26.0 24.7 23.6 DEN
  Misc Stats Comparison
   HOU   DEN  NFL
 Avg. 		  Adv. 
Penalties 7.0 8.0 6.5 HOU
Penalty yards 49.5 72.5 56.6 HOU

Note: Team statistics are shown as the average per game through Weeks 1 to 2 of the 2012 season with no adjustment. Once more weeks are played, these stats will tabulate the last 6 weeks results and deduct the best and worst value from the data set.

Weather

Team vs. Team History
Houston Texans vs. Denver Broncos
 Season   Week   Date   Vis   Home   Score   Winner 
2004 9 2004-11-07 HOU DEN 13-31 DEN
2007 15 2007-12-13 DEN HOU 13-31 HOU
2010 16 2010-12-26 HOU DEN 23-24 DEN

Note: Only playoff games from the 2004 to 2010 seasons are included in the team vs. team history. Playoff games from seasons prior to 2004 are not currently included in the database.