Kasey Studdard News

Theya re an experienced group. Theya re playing extremely well and theya re veteran back there.

If you're like me, you've gone over the last 10 games of the schedule trying to figure out which games the Texans will win, which games they'll lose, and what their record will be.

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.

Right now, nine teams have fewer victories than the Texans and seven have the same number of victories as they do.

Allow me to set the scene: The Texans have lost three games this season . Two of those games have come down to one play.

They got into a fistfight the first time they met on a recruiting trip to Austin.

It's also a terrible yards-per-rush average, and it currently belongs to the Texans.

Thankfully the Raiders didn't bring a running clinic to our Texans this time. Just like most Texans fans, we went into the game expecting some type of disaster to happen.

The Texans dominated the Raiders 29-6 on Sunday at Reliant Stadium and pushed their 2009 record to 2-2. Jones takes off: Wide receiver Jacoby Jones scored on a 95-yard kickoff return in the third quarter.

After fumbling three times in his first 26 carries, Texans RB Steve Slaton received a stern message from his coach.

VIDEO: Meet starting O-lineman Kasey Studdard and get a breakdown of the defense.

Texans fans should pause a minute and thank former Detroit general manager Matt Millen for taking receiver Charles Rogers over receiver Andre Johnson with the second overall pick in the 2003 draft.

The Texans will have to play the next 14 games without Pitts, who will be placed on injured reserve today after undergoing season-ending surgery on his right knee.

Matt Schaub looked like two different quarterbacks in the first two weeks of the season.

Pitts was injured Sunday against the Titans and underwent microfracture surgery on Wednesday and will be placed on injured reserve.

Houston Texans left guard Chester Pitts will have arthroscopic surgery Wednesday, when the team will find out the severity of his knee injury.

Coach Gary Kubiak celebrated Houston's bounce-back win over the Tennessee Titans with his team this weekend.

Texans left guard Chester Pitts has sprained his right knee in the second quarter against the Tennessee Titans, and his return is questionable.

Final analysis: I'm an idiot, but you already knew that. Six guys made the team that I didn't predict .

Next stop, the regular season. For anyone dissatisfied with the performance of the Bucs' first-team offense during the preseason, the unit didn't get a chance to change opinions Friday night.