The Texans better hope Matt Schaub stays healthy all year long after what I saw last night.  Dan Orlovsky started at QB last night and he was pretty awful.  He completed 11 of 16 passes for 113 yards with 2 INTs (one of them was returned 91 yards for a TD by safety Corey Lynch).  Orlovsky also carried the ball 2 times for 11 yards.  John David Booty finished up this game by completing 17 of 37 passes for 209 yards with 2 TD passes.  RB Chris Henry led the way on the ground for the Texans in this game with 51 yards on 16 carries (3.2 ypc).  TEs James Casey (8 rec, 81 yards), rookie Garrett Graham (4 rec, 66 yards) and Derek Fine (2 rec, 27 yards, TD) were utilized heavily in the passing game last night.  WRs Dorin Dickerson (5 rec, 45 yards and 1 carry for 19 yards) and Bobby Williams (3 rec, 45 yards) pitched in on the passing game.  The Texans finished up with 101 yards rushing (4.6 ypc) and 316 yards passing last night.

Rookie linebacker Daryl Sharpton led the way for the Texans’ D with 6 tackles, 1 sack and 1 QB hit.  The Buccaneers finished up with 69 yards rushing (2.9 ypc) and 198 yards passing last night.  The Texans finish the pre-season with a 1-3 record.

The Texans really pushed the Cowboys around on Saturday Night.  Matt Schaub was efficient completing 18 of 29 passes for 183 yards with 1 TD pass.  Dan Orlovsky finished up the game by completing 3 of 4 passes for 25 yards.  Arian Foster had a outstanding game against the Cowboys with 110 yards rushing on 18 carries (6.1 ypc) with 1 TD run.  He also caught 4 passes for 16 yards (4.0 avg) in this game.  Jeremiah Johnson pitched in with 53 yards rushing on 9 carries (5.9 ypc) in this game.  WR Andre Johnson (7 rec, 79 yards) and Jacoby Jones (5 rec, 63 yards, TD) led the way in the passing game for the Texans.  The Texans finished up with 173 yards rushing (4.8 ypc) and 208 yards passing in this game as they had possession of the ball for 35:27.

Safety Bernard Pollard (7 tackles, 1 pass defensed) and CB Glover Quin (5 tackles, 2 tackles for a loss, 1 sack and 1 QB hit led the way for the Texans’ D in this game.  Rookie CB Kareem Jackson only had 1 tackle but he picked off a Tony Romo pass and returned it 64 yards for a TD.  LB Demeco Ryans pitched in with 1 tackle and 1 fumble recovery in this game.  The Cowboys finished up with only 13 yards rushing (1.1 ypc) and 216 yards passing in this game.  The Texans are now 1-2 on the pre-season.

The Texans used a sixth round pick last April on Trindon Holliday with the idea that he would replace Jacoby Jones on punt returns and Andre Davis on kickoff returns so that they could both concentrate on offense.  Well, even the best laid plans don’t come to fruition all of the time and this is one of those cases.  Holliday will undergo surgery today to repair ligament damage in his right thumb which will cause him to miss most if not all of his rookie season.  Holliday returned 3 punts for 1 yard (0.3 avg) and 5 kickoffs for 114 yards (22.8 avg) during the pre-season for the Texans.

UPDATE:  (8/31/2010) - The Texans have placed Trindon Holliday on the Injured Reserve List ending his rookie season.

The Texans got totally destroyed Saturday Night in the Bayou by the Saints.  Matt Schaub completed 8 of 10 passes for 117 yards on Saturday Night.  Dan Orlovsky looked a lot better in this game as he completed 14 of 19 passes for 140 yards with 1 TD pass.  Arian Foster led the way on the ground for the Texans in this game with 28 yards rushing on six carries (4.7 ypc) with 1 TD run and he also caught 2 passes for 15 yards.  Steve Slaton pitched in with 19 yards rushing on 5 carries (3.8 ypc) last Saturday Night.  WR David Anderson (3 rec, 61 yards) and TEs Joel Dreessen (3 rec, 55 yards) and rookie Garrett Graham (3 rec, 32 yards, TD) led the way in the passing game for the Texans.  The Texans finished up with 48 yards rushing (3.4 ypc) and 243 yards passing despite only having possession of the football for 20:00 minutes in this game.

The Texans’ D got absolutely pushed around by the Saints in this game.  The Saints finished up with 198 yards rushing (4.3 ypc) and 211 passing yards in this game.  Safeties Eugene Wilson (11 tackles) and Bernard Pollard (9 tackles, 1 tackle for a loss) led the way for the Texans’ D in this game.  CB Glover Quin (7 tackles) and linebackers Brian Cushing (7 tackles) & Kevin Bentley (7 tackles, 1 tackle for a loss) also helped out on D. 

The Texans have placed defensive lineman Tim Bulman on the Injured Reserve List with a shoulder injury.  Bulman played in 15 games (1 start) for the Texans last season and he had 18 tackles and 1 pass defensed.  He has now played in 39 games (2 starts) in five years in the NFL and he has 45 tackles, 4 sacks and 2 passes defensed.  The Texans likely won’t miss Bulman too much as he was pretty far down the depth chart for 2010.