Jets To Host Texans on Thanksgiving (??)

by David_Wyatt on Mar 24, 2010 3:24 PM EDT

We did briefly discuss this in the Hard Knocks thread, but I think it deserves it's own story:

Not official yet, but it looks like #Jets will host #Texans on Thanksgiving Night.Houston owner Bob McNair confirmed both tms want it.

According to Manish Mehta's Twitter, the Jets will likely host the Houston Texans on Thanksgiving. Houston were also in the running for the 'Hard Knocks' program, so it seems as if the NFL are throwing them a bone here, and why not? Houston are an interesting team on the rise, usually good entertainment and it should be a great game against the Jets.

Although this is not confirmed by league sources, Manish followed up his innitial comment with:

Texans owner Bob McNair on possible Thanksgiving gm: "All I know is #Jets requested to play us on Thanksgiving. We’ve requested it too"

We can't present this as fact until there is confirmation (hence the [??] in the title) but Manish is usually spot on, and everything leads us to believe this will be the match-up. Interesting to note that we requested to play Houston.

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Why would we request to play Houston? Because we smoked them last year? So then that would make the Ravens as the most likely choice for us to play on MNF?

by chrebetsthebet on Mar 24, 2010 3:36 PM EDT reply actions

Maybe the Vikings?

by Pigjuice on Mar 24, 2010 3:47 PM EDT reply actions

I think the Vikings are a lock to play the Saints in the opening game on Thursday night.

by chrebetsthebet on Mar 24, 2010 3:49 PM EDT up reply actions

We are likely getting a AFC East rival for that MNF game.

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by David_Wyatt on Mar 24, 2010 3:54 PM EDT up reply actions

I’d like it to be the Dolphins, and hopefully we can get some redemption right away to start the season.

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by dvdvil on Mar 24, 2010 4:15 PM EDT up reply actions

I really don’t want to open up again against the Patriots, that has become so dull recently. How many years in a row have we opened at home against them now? 3…

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by David_Wyatt on Mar 24, 2010 4:17 PM EDT up reply actions

Vikings are a lock to play the Saints

That makes the best sense to me. I think Favre will skip training camp and be back, and I think the overtime rules will end up applying to the regular season, too. So this game should be interesting.

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by dvdvil on Mar 24, 2010 4:00 PM EDT up reply actions

I think the league should introduce a ‘Brett Favre’ rule, in which any player that skips camp, and then announces his intentions to play, is suspended the first 4 games of the regular season. The reason being, Brett Favre annoys me with his training camp behaviour every year.

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by David_Wyatt on Mar 24, 2010 4:02 PM EDT up reply actions

Lol

It is annoying, but you know what, if his team is okay with it, then it’s ok with me. If he is so good that he can skip training camp and come back during the preseason, who are we to say he shouldn’t? The annoying part for me is not that Favre takes his time, that is his right (although he takes it to far sometimes), but that ESPN just doesn’t shut the hell up over it. That’s when it becomes intolerable, for me.

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by nrmax88 on Mar 24, 2010 4:12 PM EDT up reply actions

I’m fine with it, too. I just wish the Vikings would just plain admit they don’t care whether he’s at training camp or not, and I wish Favre would just admit he doesn’t want to be there.

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by dvdvil on Mar 24, 2010 4:14 PM EDT up reply actions

I just don’t like the thought of his team mates bonding, some of the most established players in the league, sweating it out, and then Favre splightly walking in towards the end od July acting like he is the big deal. It probably wouldn’t annoy me half as much if the media just accepted that the likely outcome is that he will be back but just not yet. The daily updates on will he or wont he, when we all know he will are annoying as hell.

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by David_Wyatt on Mar 24, 2010 4:19 PM EDT up reply actions