Don’t believe the hype of NFL Offseason Rankings (article)

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Originally Posted by Paintrain

I agree with you on Seattle, Tennessee and New Orleans and would add Green Bay in as well.. You think Houston is way too low? I want to see more from Schaub as well as determine who their RB and complimentary WR to Andre Johnson are before deeming them a playoff team..

Schaub will get better with age. He's proven exactly what JC has thus far, that he's very promising in his youth. Schaub though is actually a year ahead of Campbell, and should hit his prime this season.

The problem with Houston is even if everything fires on all cylinders and they become a top 5 team in the NFL this year (a bit optimistic, but possible), they are still only the 3rd best team in their own division.

While I believe they are easily a playoff caliber team in skill, the Steelers/Bengals/even Raiders likely have the inside track because those teams don't have to play 4 games against the Colts and Jaguars. (The Raiders don't have to play any, but the Steelers and Bengals [and Browns] do have to play the Jags and Colts and Texans).

No doubt about it though, the Texans will be above average in both offense and defense this year, and that does warrant a much better rank than 13, IMO.