Well the good news is they only have one TE to worry about and even he isnt what the Pats can throw at you. My best solution is to mirror Johnson with Smith and hope Burnett or Dansby can cover Daniels. Texans run a much more conventional offense so we shouldnt have to worry about playing our nickle (which sucks) all game. We shouldnt have to worry about Sapp being matched up on a TE and hopefully we dont have to worry about Reshad "fan favorite of those who dont know any better" Jones starting either. I'm not so sure the Texans dont run all over us though. I think we match up better against the Texans in the passing game though. The bigger question might be, how do we block Williams with Colombo? This will probably be a game where Fasano is used as a blocker an awful lot.
Smith and Davis arent the problem, it's the rest of the secondary that blows. The Pats starting WR didnt do much of anything against us, yes Branch had a big game but that was against Carroll, who shouldnt even be on the team. I dont know who the Texans slot guy is but I know he isnt Wes Welker and I know their TE's wont combine for nearly 200 yards of receiving on us so our pass D should be much better against the Texans. Like Ive been saying for a long time now, we ****ed up big time not taking Earl Thomas. Our safeties are completely useless in coverage and Sapp/Carroll just arent capable of stepping in for an injured Smith/Davis.