Tennessee Titans vs Houston Texans: Monday Night Football Picks

Tennessee Titans vs Houston Texans">Monday Night Football match-up between the Tennessee Titans and the Houston Texans—the Titans are one of the hottest teams in the AFC, and the Texans are proving every week that they are one of the most volatile teams in all of the NFL.

Monday night, the Titans head to Reliant Stadium in Houston to take on the Texans, going to be a very important AFC battle.

At 5-4, the Texans are right in the middle of the AFC playoff, while after a 0-6 start, the Titans have won three straight and have to win out to get into the post season.

No doubt, the Texans have put together some impressive numbers in the below chart. I believe that the Titans have fixed a lot of the problems they had early in the season, but no one really knows if that is true or not until they take the field tonight.

This week, a lot of talk has been about Nick Harper . Harper has been bad and I have to believe he will continue to be. Titans need to strip Steve Slaton early and get him off the field. I would feel much better with Ryan Moats, Ankle Brown, and Fumble Foster carrying the ball.

With Vince Young under center Tennessee has turned their season around, but it has been the running of Chris Johnson that has made the difference. Houston quarterback Matt Schaub has thrown for more than 2,600 yards and 17 touchdowns through the Texans first nine games. Schaub's 17 TD's has him third in the AFC behind only Peyton Manning and Tom Brady.

Titans being better on defense than they were early in the season, I still think the Texans are going to get their points. That starts with Vince Young.  He has played better in his three starts, but he faces his greatest test tonight not because the Texans defense is that much better than what he has faced but because of the tough spot any turnovers could put the team in. 

The good news is that Vince Young has always played his best on the national stage.  In fact, he is playing in front of the hometown crowd and I think we will see big things from Vince tonight.

The Texans have actually been very good against the run the past month, and they weren't that bad against Chris Johnson the first time minus the two big TD runs, but those still count and that is the greatness of Chris Johnson. He can make a good game by a defense look bad on one or two runs.  Here's to hoping tonight is another night like that.

The Titans need to get out on top from the start. Their offense with Vince Young at the helm is better suited to hold a lead rather that play from behind. Houston and the passing game has proven that they are in any game at any time.