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Yeah, but I've had Johnson not that long ago, as did a few other people, and I liked Dixon in college and never drafted him and used him yet. He was pretty awesome at Oregon. Figured it was worth a shot - even though I knew his injury history was pretty spotty.

At least it's not the whole season! My trainer's not that bad, so hopefully we can keep him on the field after this...

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You can actually win 10 games in that division, and still lose all divisional games and come in 4th. I know it's happened to me before.

Re: A new Jag! (jax hc09)
 

Great to see you start a winning streak, but why'd it have to come against my Lions and my Titans. Couldn't you have just waited to catch fire until after playing them.

All kidding aside, seems like Dixon is doing wonders for you, minus the three interception game. Sucks that he was injured, but that's football. At least you're still keeping up your winning streak. How are your playoff chances looking? You'd probably have to win out and get some help to pull out an appearance.

Re: A new Jag! (jax hc09)
 

When I get home and get to play again, I'll post the standings, but I'm still last in my division. I would have to pass someone to think about a wildcard. No one's catching the Colts in my division, they're still undefeated if I recall. Honestly, missing the playoffs might be a boon, since it gives me more access to better coaches.

Dixon has been really good for me, although my passing attack has been really limited due to drops... I want to address the receiver spot in the draft next year too and hopefully find a guy to pair with Avery, who's been running as my #3 this year, but will be a starter next year. I've been tinkering with the depth chart most of the season, seeing who's really making more plays for me where, seeing who's really staying on the squad next year, etc. Again, my passing game isn't where it should be - although I run as much as possible because my backs have been doing really well and my receivers haven't. Of course some guys have like 9 or 10 drops, and with the early erratic QB play I don't call a lot of passes right now. Through 11 games my top receiver has 29 receptions and everyone else is in the teens. I prob have 11 or 12 people with receptions though, we really share the ball.

I'm also not getting enough pass rush, as my leading sacker has 4 or 5. My stats don't exactly line up to simmed stats, though I have felt that the sliders I'm using are giving me realistic games. (I play them all)

All in all though I'm happy. I think we got past some of our tough games and were able to win some of the easy ones lately. Finally getting some of the playbook learned has been key. I always struggle early because so many guys don't know anything with the playbook. Of course, I've still have Texans-Bears-Packers-Colts-Ravens to go... I might just make it to 9-7, but I'm feeling 8-8. In NFL History, the Jags went 5-11 that year, so I'm already ahead of the game!

Side note: I Bet Tuiasosopo is bummed, with Dixon out, it's his chance to try to get his starting gig back - although I'm sure he can see the writing on the wall... but since Tui got mysteriously hurt after we were already done with practices for the week, he won't be back before Dixon...

Re: A new Jag! (jax hc09)
 

Nice so far. Do you regret rolling with Freddy T over Pocket Hercules?

Re: A new Jag! (jax hc09)
 

No, not really. I'm kind of old school. I've always thought Fred was one of the best backs of his time and wanted to use him. He's one of the Jags greatest players and I couldn't see cutting him. I've got a few players like him that I've just loved watching and like to get on my team 'cause they can still perform really well.

MJD is kind of a loud mouthed punk. He got off scot-free on his most recent offseason incident, I don't mind finding his replacement.

Thanks for following!

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The last time these two teams met, Houston took the ball away 4 times, and multiple miscues by the Jaguars led to a Texans victory. Travis Henry was held to 36 yards in that game, a number he nearly doubled on his first carry during the rematch. Rashean Mathis held Andre Johnson to one catch, and apart from a blown coverage on a long Jacoby Jones TD reception, the passing game of the Texans went nowhere.

Meanwhile, the Jaguars offense was able to connect on several key plays to keep drives moving. Legedu Naanee had a season-high 6 receptions to pace the team, while the run game continued its dominance.

Several Jaguars players were knocked out of the game, Robert Henderson, John Henderson, Greg Jones, Champ Warren and Cory Boyd. Injury reports are pending.

<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"><link href="http://dynasties.operationsports.com/css/osdyn.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"><table class="osdyn" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" width="575"><tbody><tr class="masthead"><td colspan="6" align="center">Jacksonville Jaguars at Houston Texans</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="48%">Dec 1, 2008</td><td align="right" width="10%">1ST</td><td align="right" width="10%">2ND</td><td align="right" width="10%">3RD</td><td align="right" width="10%">4TH</td><td align="right" width="12%">SCORE</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Jacksonville Jaguars (6-5)</td><td align="right">14</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">7</td><td align="right">3</td><td class="active" align="right">27</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Houston Texans (9-2)</td><td align="right">7</td><td align="right">7</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td class="active" align="right">14</td></tr></tbody></table><table class="osdyn spacer" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" width="575"><tbody><tr class="masthead"><td colspan="3">Team Stats Comparison</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="60%">
</td><td align="center" width="20%">JAC</td><td align="center" width="20%">HOU</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="center">Total Offense</td><td align="center">297</td><td align="center">367</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="center">Rushing Yards</td><td align="center">162</td><td align="center">164</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="center">Passing Yards</td><td align="center">135</td><td align="center">203</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="center">First Downs</td><td align="center">13</td><td align="center">11</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="center">Punt Return Yards</td><td align="center">12</td><td align="center">23</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="center">Kick Return Yards</td><td align="center">147</td><td align="center">165</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="center">Total Yards</td><td align="center">456</td><td align="center">555</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="center">Turnovers</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">1</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="center">3rd Down Converstion</td><td align="center">6-12</td><td align="center">4-14</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="center">4th Down Conversion</td><td align="center">0-0</td><td align="center">0-3</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="center">2-Point Conversion</td><td align="center">0-0</td><td align="center">0-0</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="center">Red Zone Touchdowns/Field Goals</td><td align="center">2/0</td><td align="center">0/0</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="center">Penalties</td><td align="center">3-15</td><td align="center">1-5</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="center">Posession Time</td><td align="center">34:10</td><td align="center">25:45</td></tr></tbody></table><table class="osdyn spacer" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" width="575"><tbody><tr class="masthead"><td colspan="4">Scoring Summary</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td colspan="2">FIRST QUARTER SCORING</td><td align="right" width="10%">JAC</td><td align="right" width="10%">HOU</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="center" width="10%">11:53</td><td width="70%">(HOU) T Henry 67 yd run (Brown PAT)</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">7</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="center" width="10%">11:40</td><td width="70%">(JAC) C Gordon 92 yd kickoff return (Scobee PAT)</td><td align="right">7</td><td align="right">7</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="center" width="10%">01:24</td><td width="70%">(JAC) G Jones 7 yd run (Scobee PAT)</td><td align="right">14</td><td align="right">7</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td colspan="2">SECOND QUARTER SCORING</td><td align="right" width="10%">JAC</td><td align="right" width="10%">HOU</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="center" width="10%">11:01</td><td width="70%">(HOU) M Schaub pass to J Jones 70 yds (Brown PAT)</td><td align="right">14</td><td align="right">14</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="center" width="10%">08:03</td><td width="70%">(JAC) J Scobee 53 yd FG</td><td align="right">17</td><td align="right">14</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td colspan="2">THIRD QUARTER SCORING</td><td align="right" width="10%">JAC</td><td align="right" width="10%">HOU</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="center" width="10%">05:03</td><td width="70%">(JAC) L McCown pass to D Avery 11 yds (Scobee PAT)</td><td align="right">24</td><td align="right">14</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td colspan="2">FOURTH QUARTER SCORING</td><td align="right" width="10%">JAC</td><td align="right" width="10%">HOU</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="center" width="10%">10:55</td><td width="70%">(JAC) J Scobee 50 yd FG</td><td align="right">27</td><td align="right">14</td></tr></tbody></table><table class="spacer" style="margin:0 auto;" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" width="575"><tbody><tr><td align="center" valign="top" width="50%"><table class="osdyn spacer" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" width="100%"><tbody><tr class="masthead_alt"><td colspan="5" bgcolor="#007198">Jacksonville Jaguars</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="36%">PASSING</td><td align="right" width="16%">C/A</td><td align="right" width="16%">YDS</td><td align="right" width="16%">TD</td><td align="right" width="16%">INT</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>J McCown</td><td align="right">13/19</td><td align="right">135</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="36%">RUSHING</td><td align="right" width="16%">ATT</td><td align="right" width="16%">YDS</td><td align="right" width="16%">AVG</td><td align="right" width="16%">TD</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>F Taylor</td><td align="right">16</td><td align="right">89</td><td align="right">
</td><td align="right">0</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>F Jones</td><td align="right">11</td><td align="right">48</td><td align="right">
</td><td align="right">0</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>C Boyd</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">11</td><td align="right">
</td><td align="right">0</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>L McCown</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">-2</td><td align="right">
</td><td align="right">0</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>G Jones</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">7</td><td align="right">
</td><td align="right">1</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>K Osby</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">9</td><td align="right">
</td><td align="right">0</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="36%">RECEIVING</td><td align="right" width="16%">REC</td><td align="right" width="16%">YDS</td><td align="right" width="16%">AVG</td><td align="right" width="16%">TD</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>L Naanee</td><td align="right">6</td><td align="right">74</td><td align="right">
</td><td align="right">0</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>K Osby</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">14</td><td align="right">
</td><td align="right">0</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>D Avery</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">11</td><td align="right">
</td><td align="right">1</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>M Lewis</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">17</td><td align="right">
</td><td align="right">0</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>R Williams</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">
</td><td align="right">0</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>F Jones</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">12</td><td align="right">
</td><td align="right">0</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>T Williamson</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">
</td><td align="right">0</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="36%">DEFENSE</td><td align="right" width="16%">TACK</td><td align="right" width="16%">SACK</td><td align="right" width="16%">INT</td><td align="right" width="16%">TD</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>R Nelson</td><td align="right">7-2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>J Durant</td><td align="right">7-2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>R Green</td><td align="right">2-1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="36%">KICKING</td><td align="right" width="16%">FG</td><td align="right" width="16%">XP</td><td align="right" width="16%">PTS</td><td align="right" width="16%">LONG</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>J Scobee</td><td align="right">2/2</td><td align="right">3/3</td><td align="right">9</td><td align="right">53</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="36%">PUNTING</td><td align="right" width="16%">NO</td><td align="right" width="16%">YDS</td><td align="right" width="16%">AVG</td><td align="right" width="16%">IN20</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>A Podlesh</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">114</td><td align="right">28.5</td><td align="right">1</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="36%">KICK RETURN</td><td align="right" width="16%">RET</td><td align="right" width="16%">YDS</td><td align="right" width="16%">AVG</td><td align="right" width="16%">TD</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>J Tryon</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">55</td><td align="right">27.5</td><td align="right">0</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>C Gordon</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">92</td><td align="right">92.0</td><td align="right">1</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="36%">PUNT RETURN</td><td align="right" width="16%">RET</td><td align="right" width="16%">YDS</td><td align="right" width="16%">AVG</td><td align="right" width="16%">TD</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>J Tryon</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">12</td><td align="right">6.0</td><td align="right">0</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>C Gordon</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0.0</td><td align="right">0</td></tr></tbody></table></td><td align="center" valign="top" width="50%"><table class="osdyn spacer" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" width="100%"><tbody><tr class="masthead_alt"><td colspan="5" bgcolor="#03182F">Houston Texans</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="36%">PASSING</td><td align="right" width="16%">C/A</td><td align="right" width="16%">YDS</td><td align="right" width="16%">TD</td><td align="right" width="16%">INT</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>M Schaub</td><td align="right">18/32</td><td align="right">209</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="36%">RUSHING</td><td align="right" width="16%">ATT</td><td align="right" width="16%">YDS</td><td align="right" width="16%">AVG</td><td align="right" width="16%">TD</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>T Henry</td><td align="right">24</td><td align="right">164</td><td align="right">
</td><td align="right">1</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="36%">RECEIVING</td><td align="right" width="16%">REC</td><td align="right" width="16%">YDS</td><td align="right" width="16%">AVG</td><td align="right" width="16%">TD</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>J Jones</td><td align="right">8</td><td align="right">124</td><td align="right">
</td><td align="right">1</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>K Walter</td><td align="right">6</td><td align="right">33</td><td align="right">
</td><td align="right">0</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>M Peterson</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">29</td><td align="right">
</td><td align="right">0</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>A Johnson</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">11</td><td align="right">
</td><td align="right">0</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>B Berrian</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">12</td><td align="right">
</td><td align="right">0</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="36%">DEFENSE</td><td align="right" width="16%">TACK</td><td align="right" width="16%">SACK</td><td align="right" width="16%">INT</td><td align="right" width="16%">TD</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>D Williams</td><td align="right">11-1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="36%">KICKING</td><td align="right" width="16%">FG</td><td align="right" width="16%">XP</td><td align="right" width="16%">PTS</td><td align="right" width="16%">LONG</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>K Brown</td><td align="right">0/0</td><td align="right">2/2</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="36%">PUNTING</td><td align="right" width="16%">NO</td><td align="right" width="16%">YDS</td><td align="right" width="16%">AVG</td><td align="right" width="16%">IN20</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>S Weatherford</td><td align="right">6</td><td align="right">192</td><td align="right">32.0</td><td align="right">0</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="36%">KICK RETURN</td><td align="right" width="16%">RET</td><td align="right" width="16%">YDS</td><td align="right" width="16%">AVG</td><td align="right" width="16%">TD</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>B Berrian</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">105</td><td align="right">26.2</td><td align="right">0</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>N Sanderson</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">60</td><td align="right">30.0</td><td align="right">0</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="36%">PUNT RETURN</td><td align="right" width="16%">RET</td><td align="right" width="16%">YDS</td><td align="right" width="16%">AVG</td><td align="right" width="16%">TD</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>B Berrian</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">23</td><td align="right">11.5</td><td align="right">0</td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table>

This Monday Night game was a goal! Approval up to 95!!

RB Cory Boyd has strain and will miss 2-3 weeks.

FB Greg Jones has a severe hamstring injury and will miss 5-6 weeks. That's the rest of the season. I decided not to put him on IR yet, maybe there will be a miracle. I have the roster space. I signed veteran FB Cory Schlesinger to take his spot. Cory's 36, but he's a very good FB, decent carrying skills, great blocker. His health is 86, so no complaints there! Right now Greg's a Pro Bowl selection, not sure if he'll keep it through the rest of the season...

DT John Henderson will miss 2-3 weeks. This is prob his last season here. He's great when he's in the lineup, but he gets knocked out of almost every game, and has missed several weeks over the year.

The other injured players are all back, and Dixon should be back in 2 days, enough time to practice and get back on the field. McCown's been good, but Dixon really started this amazing streak, so he's going back in there.

Up next, the Jaguars take their 7-5 record to Chicago to face the 7-5 Bears, who lead the NFC North.

Former Jaguars QB David Garrard leads the Bears. Veteran RB Michael Pittman leads the rushing attack, and is spelled by RB Chris Taylor. Former first round pick Cedric Benson is 3rd. Devin Hester starts at wideout, along with rookie WR DeSeasn Jackson. WR Mark Bradley and rookies Will Franklin and Keenan Burton round out the receiving corps.

Adewale Ogunleye and Mark Anderson are the ends, with Tommie Harris and rookie LeTroy Guion at DT. Rookie DT Nick Hayden is the reserve. Lance Briggs, Hunter Hillenmeyer and Brian Urlacher give the Bears a tremendous linebacking group. Vasher and Tillman are a great pair of corners. Veteran FS Mike Brown is having a solid year, and veteran SS Jay Bellamy is starting even though he's 36 and seems to have lost a step. He's mentoring rookie SS Tom Zbikowski to be his replacement next year it seems.