Texans 24, Saints 6 (4)

Nor do they deserve to be after Sunday’s humiliating 24-17 loss. The Saints’ defense is ranked last in Football Outsiders DVOA defensive stats, last in pass defense and 26th in run defense.

Gronkowski injured his right knee with 2:49 left in regulation and was carted off. There was no immediate word on his status.

It’s their fourth straight win, and keeps them atop the AFC South at 6-5. The Texans went 11 plays, 70 yards, taking 6:06 to score against a helpless New Orleans defense with Brian Hoyer connected with Ryan Griffin on a 10-yard touchdown pass. Whoever ends up playing the position throughout the game will end up throwing at least three interceptions. Brees is brilliant enough to overcome his own team’s wretched defense.

Now while we realize Sean Payton is essentially a ‘defacto’ GM himself and wields as much power if not more than Loomis on personnel matters, we’re not calling for Payton to be fired simply because we don’t expect him to stay with the organization beyond this season.

The Rams (4-7) have dropped four in a row. For his career, the Super Bowl winning quarterback has passed for 59,233 yards and 416 touchdowns.

Newton has accounted for 27 of Carolina’s 32 offensive touchdowns – 20 passing and seven rushing. This was the first time in 155 games that the Saints have not scored a touchdown.

They added they second touchdown of the game when Hoyer connected with wide receiver Cecil Shorts on a three-yard pass for the score.

It’s certainly up for grabs and the Texans must attempt to win every game possible so that they can get in and do some damage. However, we propose that the Saints bring in a more competent management team to do so, instead of the current one in place that has the Saints leading the National Football League in “dead money”.

The Texans surrendered one first down, but then forced a 3rd and 9, where they shine as the #1 defense on 3rd down in the NFL.

The Texans finished 5 for 5 on third-down conversions in the first quarter.

Fitzpatrick also connected with rookie Devin Smith and Eric Decker in New York’s fourth win in the last five meetings with Miami. “We’ve definitely been playing at a high level lately”. They finally put that to rest as Brian Hoyer threw a pass to Ryan Griffin that resulted in a touchdown on their first drive against the Saints. 500 mark for the first time this year at 6-5.

“We just got completely out-executed and outplayed”, New Orleans tackle Zach Strief said.

Raiders 24, Titans 21: At Nashville, Tenn. Brees has been impressive all year, but today he threw a pick, no touchdowns, and went only 25/44 with 255 yards.

What the Jets had hoped would be a recipe for success; a dominant defense and running game with a quarterback who gets the ball in the end zone more frequently than he gives it away has fallen flat.

On the other side of the field, the offense looked just as solid. “When we’re not on the field and we’re not putting drives together, it’s going to feel very different than the three-game winning streak, when we were doing the opposite of that”. “You start looking at the third down numbers and the distance you’re operating in gives you a pretty good idea of either your efficiency or inefficiency on first and second down”. He was sacked twice and had his left ankle checked in the locker room at halftime.