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In the Texans' 34-31 victory over the Tennessee Titans in September, offensive tackle Eric Winston challenged defensive end Kyle Vanden Bosch to a fight during the game.

One day after Tennessee Titans outside linebacker Keith Bulluck called them out, the Texans refused to participate in a game of insults.

Mario Williams has 6 1/2 sacks in prime-time games against Denver and Jacksonville.

Before we discuss the Texans and Titans, how exciting the Monday night game at Reliant Stadium is going to be and what a terrible decision Patriots coach Bill Belichick made tonight, I'd like to tell you about something that's near and dear to me.

Andre Johnson may be the quietest superstar the NFL has ever seen. It was a beautiful fall day in Indianapolis when I approached the will call window of Lucas Oil Stadium, the final stop on a five-day road trip reporting for an upcoming story in The Magazine.

Texans wide receiver David Anderson makes regular appearances on KGOW and KPRC .

He said there were friends and family in attendance to witness his pair of interceptions, but he couldn't wait to get back to Houston.

The Texans have had tough losses in their history, but Sunday's setback to the Colts at Lucas Oil Field 20-17 may have been their toughest.

Texans still win a nice consolation prize. Or something like that. ''This is No.

The Texans came back from a 13-0 deficit on the road by scoring 17 consecutive points, only to fall to Peyton Manning and the Indianpolis Colts by a 20-17 final.

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

Looking to rebound from last week's blowout loss, the Jaguars may lean heavily on Maurice Jones-Drew. The Texans may not go three-wide: It's easy to presume that Houston will go three-wide in Indianapolis to try to get an extra receiver on the field to make up for the loss of Owen Daniels and to go after nickelback Tim Jennings .

Receiver David Anderson said the Texans' new starting tight end, Joel Dreessen, is so dedicated he eats pages out of the playbook to make sure he's prepared for a game.

The first time Texans running back Steve Slaton touched the ball Sunday, on a dump pass from Matt Schaub, he cradled it in both hands well before he collided with Buffalo cornerback Terrence McGee.

Spooky. How perfect, or perfectly awful, is it that the Texans should have been made to visit this most haunted of houses on Halloween weekend.

The Houston Texans have never had a winning season in their eight-year existence.

Hope we have a great Halloween weekend with a win and all your favorite candy. If you are handing out candy, make sure it is the good stuff, and that you have enough to give out multiple pieces.

Posted by ESPN.com's Paul Kuharsky The suggestion: Barrett in Austin suggested Steve Slaton 's touchdown run in Houston's win over San Francisco.

Later on this evening, I will post an interesting look at the how the Texans fared on first downs on the offensive side of the ball.

It seems like every week there has been some underlying storyline to the Houston Texans upcoming game.A Last week was a battle between two teams with tendency to take things down to the last second.