AFC South · 2008

Houston Texans

Record

8-8

Net EPA

+0.002est.

Efficiency

How this team plays

Percentile against the teams that played this season, computed from play-by-play.

Offence

Higher is better.

  • EPA / play+0.037
  • Success rate45.3%
  • EPA / dropback+0.069
  • EPA / rush-0.012
  • Explosive rate9.6%
  • CPOE+3.93
  • Third-down rate42.2%
  • Red-zone TD rate52.0%
  • Points / drive1.91
  • Turnover rate2.9%
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Defence

Oriented so that further right is always better.

  • EPA / play allowed+0.052
  • Success rate allowed44.4%
  • EPA / dropback allowed+0.069
  • EPA / rush allowed+0.030
  • Explosive rate allowed9.8%
  • Pressure rate (proxy)14.9%
  • Sack rate4.6%
  • Points / drive allowed2.06
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Offensive EPA / play — league shape+0.037 · 60th %ile
Defensive EPA / play allowed — league shape (left is better)+0.052 · 81th %ile

Form

The shape of the season

Rolling four-week EPA per play. The aggregate hides collapses and surges; this shows them.

4-week rolling EPA/play — up is good for both lines.

  • Offense
  • Defense (prevented)

Betting profile

Against the number

Settled against closing lines. Descriptive, not predictive.

ATS

8-7-1

-1.0 vs line

Home

4-3-1

Away

4-4

As favorite

3-4

As dog

5-3-1

O/U

10-5-1

+1.8 vs total

Roster

Roster

No roster published for 2008

Roster files begin in 1999 and are published weekly from 2002.

Schedule

16 games

Houston Texans schedule
WkOpponentResult
1@ SteelersL 17-38
3@ TitansL 12-31
4@ JaguarsL 27-30
5vs ColtsL 27-31
6vs DolphinsW 29-28
7vs LionsW 28-21
8vs BengalsW 35-6
9@ VikingsL 21-28
10vs RavensL 13-41
11@ ColtsL 27-33
12@ BrownsW 16-6
13vs JaguarsW 30-17
14@ PackersW 24-21
15vs TitansW 13-12
16@ RaidersL 16-27
17vs BearsW 31-24