The Jacksonville Jaguars (0-2) are taking on the Houston Texans (1-1) this week in Houston and are hoping they can avoid going 0-3 on the season.  The Jaguars defense has to play better then it has so far this season.  They need to get at least some pressure on the Texans’ quarterback Matt Schaub or he is going to light them up like Kurt Warner did last week.  Schaub threw for 357 yards and four touchdowns last week against the Tennessee Titans, so he is a talented quarterback.

This will probably be a pretty high scoring game, as the Texans defense is just as bad as the Jaguars.  David Garrard and Maurice Jones-Drew could have a break out game this week, as the Texans’ defense is last in the league in total yards so far, allowing 455.5 yards per game.  Garrard needs to protect the ball much better than he has been and needs to stop fumbling.  He has more fumbles than touchdowns, three vs two.  The Jaguars better hope that their defense can slow the electric Houston offense down some, or this will be a shootout the Jaguars wont be able to keep up with.

With both defenses not showing much so far this season, it will be an offensive battle.  The Jaguars offense has been pretty stagnant thus far, and Houston’s offense looked great last week, so I think the Texans are going to be able to put more points up on the board and pull out a high scoring victory.  I think the Jaguars will have a better game offensively, but they just wont be able to keep up with the Texans.

FINAL SCORE PREDICTION:  Texans 38, Jaguars 31