Antonio Smith News

Posted by ESPN.com's Paul Kuharsky INDIANAPOLIS -- One giant difference between the Colts and Texans Sunday was penalties.

Antonio Smith threw Joseph Addai for a 2-yard loss on third down, and coach Jim Caldwell elected to punt rather than go for fourth-and-3 at the Houston 39.

The Texans made a few roster transactions yesterday, placing Owen Daniels on season ending injured reserve and promoting defensive end Jesse Nading from the practice squad to the 53 man roster.

Make sure you check back in this evening as I will have some film study including a cool wrinkle to the zone scheme that helped Ryan Moats gain 14 yards and I'll also have a film study session that shows you how the Jets snuffed out the Dolphins "Wildcat" offensive sets.

A game that couldn't have started any uglier couldn't have ended much better for the Texans on Sunday.

Fellow Houston Texans' defensive end Antonio Smith called Connor Barwin "a pass-rushing machine." Fellow Houston Texans' defensive end Antonio Smith called Connor Barwin "a pass-rushing machine." It was quite a day for Barwin.

The Texans look to improve their road record to 2-1 with a victory on Sunday over the Cincinnati Bengals, who are 4-1 and in first place in the AFC North.

With help from Glover Quin, top, Texans linebacker Brian Cushing puts the clamps on Bengals receiver Chad Ochocinco in the second half Sunday.

We hear that although the Jaguars' coaching staff publicly wrote off RB Maurice Jones-Drew 's complaints about the offense lacking an identity and not running the ball enough as a sign of Jones-Drew's competitiveness, privately the coaches were not happy with the comments.

With Cedric Benson leading the NFL in rushing and Cincinnati on a 4-0 roll, he's starting to look like the bargain of the young century.

The Texans lost the Jacksonville game when Chris Brown got to the 1 and fumbled into the end zone.

When they visit the Arizona Cardinals today, the Texans begin the final lap of their first full tour through the NFC on something of a roll against teams from what some still call the senior conference, made up largely of storied franchises from the pre-merger National Football League.

Here are five key things to watch for on Sunday when the Texans face the Arizona Cardinals at University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Ariz.

The surprise team of the 2008 season, the Arizona Cardinals, have been surprisingly slow out of the gate in 2009.

I don't often watch football, but when I do, I watch the Texans at the Cardinals.

If Beanie can hold on to the ball, expect a breakout day for the rookie RB against the Texans.

That honor, Carter said then, goes to . Johnson and Fitzgerald will make a rare appearance on the same field Sunday when Johnson leads the Houston Texans into Arizona, where the rested Cardinals look to avoid going 0-3 at home.

The only consistent thing about the Cardinals' defense so far this season has been its inconsistency.

Soon enough, the Texans will look back at the first four games as the salad days of the season.

JUST to clarify, Texans coach Gary Kubiak actually did enjoy Sunday's big victory over the Raiders .