Submitted by rsteel on
Oakland Raiders over Houston Texans: We went down in flames with Oak last week in a horrible no show against Den but we will not hesitate to come back on them in this situation. Yes Oak will go with 3rd stringer Cook. That has many backing off and has the points available inflated. Cook looked decent in relief last week and will now have had time to prepare. Secondly Cook is from Mich St. it is not like he has not played in big games in hostile environments with a bigger crowd than he will see today. Secondly Osweiler was benched and now is back because Savage has a concussion. Elway knew Osweiler was no good that is why he let him walked. Osweiler has an ugly ratio of 15TD vs 16 INT and QB rating of 72.2. Cook may actually show better. Houst has not won a game by more than 5 since Oct. Oak has played the 4th toughest schedule while Houst checks in at 18. Both offenses figure to be conservative in what has the makings of a low scoring game the points offered are huge. Little doubt Oak has just as good a chance of winning this game outright as Houst.