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DRAFT:

1st Jacoby Ford (8/7)

FORD is a WR ranked 70 with speed 97 and catch 72. He'll return kicks for now.

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FREE AGENCY:

Jeremy Shockey (12/7)
Trevor Pryce (36/7)
Derrick Gibson (26/7)
Patrick Surtain (38/7)
Willie Anderson (5.3/1)
Hines Ward (31/7)
Daunte Culpepper (29/7)
Jerry Porter (9.5/7)
Marvin Ellis (16/7)

SHOCKEY is ranked 94 and aged 30, with amazing speed for a TE, 84. He'll take over from HEAP as the #1 guy.

PRYCE is ranked 94 and aged 35, with good speed (64) and strength (90).

GIBSON is ranked 94 and aged 31, with speed 85 but acceleration 99, he'll take over from DARIUS when he retires after next year.

SURTAIN is ranked 94 and aged 34.

ANDERSON is ranked 88 and aged 35, he can start for a year.

WARD is ranked 87 and aged 34.

CULPEPPER is ranked 80 and aged 33.

PORTER is ranked 71 and aged 32.

ELLIS is a RT ranked 77 and aged 25, with strength 97, pass blocking 84 and run blocking 81. He's one for the future!

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CUT:

Deshawn Hughes

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RE-NEGOTIATED:

Cornelius Griffin (4.7/1)

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PRE-SEASON:

Ford +2 to 72
Jackson +1 to 69
Oher +2 to 79
Long +2 to 84
Raji +2 to 83

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So here is our Year 8 roster:

QB

David Carr (8) 99
Daunte Culpepper (11) 80
Brian Brohm (2) 67

HB

Edgerrin James (11) 91
Kenny Irons (3) 79
Edwin Siegel (2) 61

FB

Marion Barber (5) 82

WR

Andre Johnson (7) 99
Randy Moss (12) 97
Hines Ward (12) 87
Jacoby Ford ® 72
Jerry Porter (10) 71
Dexter Jackson (2) 69

TE

Todd Heap (9) 97
Jeremy Shockey (8) 94
Billy Miller (10) 77

LT

Tony Boselli (15) 94
Michael Oher (1) 79

LG

Justin Smiley (6) 91
Fred Rose (3) 70

C

Nick Hardwick (6) 94
Ryan Matthews (1) 52

RG

Chris Snee (6) 91
Wayne Wilkes (1) 63

RT

Willie Anderson (14) 88
Marvin Ellis (3) 77

LE

Trevor Pryce (13) 94
Gary Walker (15) 89
Chris Long (2) 84

RE

Marshall Anderson (1) 61

DT

Haloti Ngata (4) 91
Cornelius Griffin (10) 86
B.J Raji (1) 83

LOLB

Rob Reynolds (6) 74
Earl Lowe ® 70

MLB

DeMeco Ryans (4) 93
Teddy Lehman (6) 88

ROLB

Thomas Davis (5) 85
Levi Flowers (5) 75

CB

Patrick Surtain (12) 94
Charles Woodson (12) 94
Chris McAlister (11) 94
Shaun Springs (13) 92
Samari Rolle (12) 91
Leon Hall (3) 78

FS

Stuart Schweigert (6) 94
Brent Jackson ® 69

SS

Donovan Darius (12) 95
Derrick Gibson (9) 94

K

Mike Nugent (5) 90

P

Brandon Fields (3) 88

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YEAR 8 has been SIMMED and the TEXANS have amazingly gone 16-0 again!

TOP PERFORMERS:

DAVID CARR passed for 4400 yards, 49 TDs and 16 INTs.

EDGERRIN JAMES rushed for 1465 yards and 18 TDs.

MARION BARBER added 279 yards and a TD.

ANDRE JOHNSON caught 91 balls for 1419 yards and 22 TDs; RANDY MOSS caught 93 for 1329 yards and 15 TDs.

JEREMY SHOCKEY had 90 receptions for 649 yards and 7 TDs.

YEAR 8 PRO BOWLERS:

CARR, JAMES, JOHNSON, MOSS, SHOCKEY, HARDWICK, SNEE, PRYCE, NGATA, SURTAIN.

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YEAR 8 PLAYOFF STARTERS:

QB DAVID CARR (99) - Big-armed, agile and strong, already one of the finest QBs in the game
HB EDGERRIN JAMES (91) - Veteran back is powerful with great hands
FB MARION BARBER (82) - Powerful and fast, still a bit green
WR1 ANDRE JOHNSON (99) - Big, strong and fast, franchise receiver
WR2 RANDY MOSS (97) - Super fast, agile and athletic
WR3 HINES WARD (87) - Very sure-handed, retires after this year
WR4 JERRY PORTER (71) - Big target, still has good hands
TE1 JEREMY SHOCKEY (94) - Fastest TE in the game, real weapon
TE2 TODD HEAP (97) - Smooth, strong receiver and blocker
LT WILLIE ANDERSON (88) - Veteran bruiser joins us for a single year
LG JUSTIN SMILEY (91) - Youngster progressing fast, very strong
C NICK HARDWICK (94) - Very strong, pivot of the line
RG CHRIS SNEE (91) - Extremely strong, beginning to really progress
RT TONY BOSELLI (94) - Still a franchise tackle with outstanding strength but injury prone, retires after this year

LE TREVOR PRYCE (94) - Powerful and pretty fast, great pass-rusher
RE GARY WALKER (89) - Excellent strength, a real stud DE, retires after this year
DT HALOTI NGATA (91) - Awesome strength and excellent speed
DT CORNELIUS GRIFFIN (86) - Good speed, strength and moves, final year with us
LOLB DeMECO RYANS (93) - Excellent speed and acceleration
MLB TEDDY LEHMAN (88) - Incredibly strong, good speed too
ROLB THOMAS DAVIS (85) - Speed to burn and great explosiveness
CB1 CHRIS McALISTER (94) - Veteran is assured and smooth
CB2 CHARLES WOODSON (94) - Legendary veteran could make the Hall of Fame
CB3 PATRICK SURTAIN (94) - Very smart and very smooth
CB4 SHAUN SPRINGS (92) - Very good speed and smart too
FS STUART SCHWEIGERT (94) - Very fast, great agility and acceleration
SS DONOVAN DARIUS (95) - Gifted centerfielder, leader of the D, retires after this year

K MIKE NUGENT (90) - Accurate young K
P BRANDON FIELDS (88) - Big-legged youngster

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YEAR 8 TEAM NOTES:

Our new backup QB is DAUNTE CULPEPPER, he'll retire after this year.

JOHNSON and MOSS are still WR#1 and WR#2. UFAs HINES WARD and JERRY PORTER step in as the WR#3 and WR#4; they'll both retire after this year.

UFA addition JEREMY SHOCKEY is our new starting TE; TODD HEAP moves to #2. #3 TE BILLY MILLER will retire after the season.

Our new LT for this year only is WILLIE ANDERSON. RT TONY BOSELLI will retire after the season. Young MICHAEL OHER and MARVIN ELLIS wait in the wings.

Our new LE is TREVOR PRYCE. RE GARY WALKER retires after this year. Young CHRIS LONG awaits his turn.

HALOTI NGATA is our new #1 DT, while CORNELIUS GRIFFIN the #2. It's GRIFFIN's final year with us. Young B.J RAJI is up next.

It's still McALISTER and WOODSON as the top 2 CBs, with PATRICK SURTAIN the new #3. SHAUN SPRINGS and SAMARI ROLLE are #4 and #5. They'll both retire after this season.

SS DONOVAN DARIUS will also retire after this year. DERRICK GIBSON is up next.

JACOBY FORD and DEXTER JACKSON are our KRs.

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First up in the playoffs are familiar villains, the 10-6 SAN DIEGO CHARGERS!

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10-6 CHARGERS at 16-0 TEXANS

TEXANS win 52-13

7-0 Ford 89 yard kickoff return
14-0 Moss 9 yard TD reception
17-0 Nugent 35 yard FG
24-0 Moss 72 yard TD reception
24-6 Pratt 14 yard TD reception
(2 point conversion failed)
31-6 James 2 yard TD run
38-6 Shockey 54 yard TD reception
38-13 Peelle 7 yard TD reception
45-13 James 3 yard TD run
52-13 James 1 yard TD run

The TEXANS cut through the CHARGERS with their rapier-sharp speed, and then bludgeoned them into submission with a blunt object. The rapiers were RANDY MOSS, who caught 5 balls for 122 yards and 2 TDs, JEREMY SHOCKEY, who had 4 receptions for 102 yards and 2 TDs, and JACOBY FORD, who returned a kickoff 89 yards for a score. And the blunt object was EDGERRIN JAMES who blasted in for 3 TDs and totalled 67 yards rushing on 13 carries. The final score was 52-13 a real shellacking of the shell-shocked CHARGERS by a dominant TEXANS team at the top of its game.

DAVID CARR was MVP as he completed 17 of 24 passes for 316 yards and 3 TDs. In contrast DREW BREES completed 18 of 36 for 262 yards, 2 TDs and an INT.

LT2 ran 14 times for only 29 yards for the CHARGERS. BOB NORTON caught 7 balls for 77 yards, while JUSTIN PEELLE had 5 receptions for 76 yards and a TD.

DeMECO RYANS had an insane game, with 10 tackles, 4 for a loss, and 2 sacks. Best game ever by a TEXANS LB? TEDDY LEHMAN snared the INT of BREES.

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And in the AFC CHAMPIONSHIP GAME, another familiar foe - the 13-3 BALTIMORE RAVENS!

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13-3 RAVENS at 16-0 TEXANS

TEXANS win 29-14

7-0 James 2 yard TD run
10-0 Nugent 41 yard FG
10-7 Lewis 1 yard TD run
13-7 Nugent 33 yard FG
16-7 Nugent 20 yard FG
16-14 Boller 7 yard TD run
23-14 James 5 yard TD run
29-14 Griffin 61 yard fumble return
(2 point conversion failed)

ANDRE JOHNSON had a game for the ages with 9 receptions for 223 yards, and even snared an INT when CHRIS McALISTER got hurt! His performance took the TEXANS past a battling RAVENS team that made a real game of it. It wasn't until big old CORNELIUS GRIFFIN rumbled 61 yards with a fumble to paydirt that it was over.

DAVID CARR completed 13 of 21 passes for 256 yards, while EDGE ran 12 times for 21 yards and 2 TDs. RANDY MOSS was pretty subdued with 3 catches for 25 yards.

KYLE BOLLER compelted 15 of 25 for 222 yards, while JAMAL LEWIS ran 16 times for 21 yards and the score. CADE SPARKS was their leading receiver with 6 catches for 111 yards.

Defensively, CHARLES WOODSON was the leading tackler for HOUSTON with 5 and an INT. PATRICK SURTAIN and ANDRE JOHNSON (amazingly!) also got INTs. HALOTI NGATA and TREVOR PRYCE added sacks.

For the RAVENS, ED REED had a big game with 8 tackles, and their D got two sacks of CARR.

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And coming up in the SUPER BOWL - the 12-3-1 SEAHAWKS vs the 16-0 TEXANS, as the TEXANS seek to complete a second straight unbeaten season!

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SB: 12-3-1 SEAHAWKS vs 16-0 TEXANS

TEXANS win 34-17

0-3 Brown 24 yard FG
0-10 Harris 26 yard INT return
7-10 Moss 68 yard TD reception
7-17 Robinson 64 yard TD reception
10-17 Nugent 32 yard FG
17-17 Johnson 28 yard TD reception
20-17 Nugent 23 yard FG
27-17 Moss 74 yard TD reception
34-17 Jackson 76 yard punt return

RANDY MOSS to the rescue! With the TEXANS down 10-0, it was a 68 yard TD reception from RANDY that got them back in the game, and then again it was MOSS with the 74 yard TD reception that iced the game. He would finish MVP for his 3 catches for 156 yards and 2 TDs.

DAVID CARR had a solid outing, completing 16 of 29 for 323 yards, 3 TDs and an INT, but that pick was critical, putting HOUSTON in an early 10-0 hole. He didn't get much support from his running games, with EDGE managing just 22 yards on 9 carries. At least ANDRE JOHNSON was reliable with 5 receptions for 84 yards and the TD.

MATT HASSELBECK completed 14 of 23 passes for 185 yards and a score. SHAUN ALEXANDER carried 19 times for 12 yards. KOREN ROBINSON had 3 receptions for 73 yards and a TD.

TEDDY LEHMAN was the leading tackler for HOUSTON with 6, two for a loss. PATRICK SURTAIN got hurt but the retiring SHAUN SPRINGS replaced him capably.

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So the TEXANS have now won four straight SUPER BOWLS and have completed back to back 16-0 seasons!

And because we are now, very nearly, at the present day, that is where we will leave them.

We will finish the off-season, come right up to the present day, and then that will be that!

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RETIRED:

DONOVAN DARIUS

The veteran strong safety concludes his career with 954 tackles, 25 sacks and 40 interceptions. He went to 3 PBs, and started for us for the last seven seasons.

TONY BOSELLI

What a story this guy was! Not only did this expansion draft TEXAN and former JAGUAR come back from a crippling injury (that forced his retirement in real life), he put together a further eight outstanding seasons for the TEXANS at RT, in which they won 5 Lombardi Trophies!

He finishes his career with 382 pancakes and went to 4 PBs.

GARY WALKER

Another original "expansion draft" TEXAN, WALKER had a superb career in HOUSTON, starting all eight years for us at DE, and finishing with career totals of 803 tackles and 122 sacks. He went to 6 PBs.

BILLY MILLER

Starting TE for the first 5 seasons of the dynasty and a reserve thereafter, concludes his career with 482 catches for 4648 yards and 36 TDs. Went to 4 PBs.

SHAUN SPRINGS

Starting CB for us for 3 seasons and a reserve for a further 2; went to 5 PBs in total.

SAMARI ROLLE

Starting CB for us in the Lombardi Trophy-winning Year 2 and a valuable reserve thereafter, went to 4 PBs.

DAUNTE CULPEPPER
HINES WARD
JERRY PORTER

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RE-SIGNED:

Justin Smiley (36/7)
Nick Hardwick (49/7)
Chris Snee (44/7)
Stuart Schweigert (33/7)
Teddy Lehman (33/7)
Rob Reynolds (2.5/2)

That's every member of our first draft class re-signed - and what a draft class!

1st Stuart Schweigert (6.5/7)
2nd Nick Hardwick (4.2/7)
3rd Justin Smiley (3.4/7)
4th Rob Reynolds (2.5/7)
5th Chris Snee (1.7.7)
6th Teddy Lehman (1.5/7)

The only one who is not a valuable starter is REYNOLDS, and he is a useful reserve LB.

We basically got out starting FS, C, LG, RG and MLB in one draft!

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NOT RE-SIGNED:

Willie Anderson
Fred Rose
Cornelius Griffin

GRIFFIN started at DT for us for 6 years; ANDERSON at OT for one.

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DRAFT:

1st Prince Amukamara (15/7)
2nd Alex Henery (7.5/7)

AMUKAMARA is a CB ranked 75 with speed 99, great prospect!

HENERY is a K ranked 85 with kicking power 99.

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FREE AGENCY:

Donte Stallworth (54/7)
Chris Hovan (38/7)
Michael Vick (9/1)
Bethel Johnson (2.5/1)
Jevon Kearse (5.5/1)

STALLWORTH is a fabulous WR ranked 97 and aged 30. He has speed 97; agility 99; acceleration 99; and catch 94. Ay caramba!

HOVAN is ranked 95 and aged 33. He has speed 68, strength 87, and acceleration 91.

VICK is ranked 88 and aged 31. He is still speed 92 and throwing power 94. He'll be a great backup to CARR.

JOHNSON is ranked 74 and aged 32, with speed 97.

KEARSE is ranked 88 and aged 34, with speed 83 and acceleration 92.

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PRE-SEASON:

Ford +2 to 74
Jackson +1 to 70
Oher +1 to 83
Raji +2 to 88
Amukamara +2 to 77
Henery +1 to 86

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So that's it for this chapter of the TEXANS - thanks for your interest, it was quite a ride!