Philadelphia Eagles QB Michael Vick has got to be excited to face the Houston Texans secondary. Houston’s pass defense has ranked near or at the bottom of the league all season, and the Texans haven’t been very good at containing mobile quarterbacks over the past few seasons.
Thursday Night Football, Texans Vs. Eagles: What Are Michael Vick And DeSean Jackson Going To Do To Houston’s Secondary?
Battle Red Blog and Bleeding Green Nation took a break from talking Vick to talk Houston’s secondary, which seems like a way to talk about Vick without talking about Vick, but wow that’s a really bad secondary:
I always take a quick look at the offensive and defensive rankings to see if anything jumps out about the next week’s opponent. Obviously for the Texans it’s the pass defense. Is it as bad as it looks?
BRB: No, it’s not as bad as it looks. It’s worse. The numbers don’t do the futility justice on their own, so one of our writers has been keeping track of the 2010 Houston defense from a historical perspective. The secondary is truly as bad as anything you’ll ever see; every DB has taken his turn in the barrel, and any one of them is capable of getting torched by the Eagles.
If Philly’s receivers are going to have a big day against the Texans, DeSean Jackson is the likeliest candidate to lead the way. But Jackson hasn’t done much since his 88-yard catch-and-prance to open the game against the Washington Redskins.
Has Jackson become a decoy, or will the Eagles make a concerted effort to get him going on Thursday night against the elixir that is the Houston secondary?
Teams are playing him really tough right now. He’s getting jammed at the line. Like I said earlier, the Bears were playing a safety 25 yards over the top. He’s getting double-teamed.
Take a look at Weeks 4-6. He caught 5 passes total. Then in the two games after the bye, he racks up a ton of yardage and catches a couple TDs. So if he popped up with a monster game this week, it would surprise no one.
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