Any chance we get to gig up an image of Andre laying the beatdown, we'll take it!! see y'all Sunday out at the game. Stop by the Orange lot and look for the RGC flag!

 

By: Nick Scurfield via HoustonTexans.com

Texans defensive end J.J. Watt has been named the AFC Defensive Player of the Week.

Watt had a team-high five tackles, 1.5 sacks, two passes defensed and one fumble recovery in the Texans' 27-7 victory at Jacksonville in Week 2. The Texans limited the Jaguars to 117 yards of total offense, a new team record.

“He’s exceptional," Texans coach Gary Kubiak said of Watt. "He’s factoring in the game just incredible, whether it’s a tipped ball, getting a turnover, a sack. He’s such a big-play guy... He’s had two as good of outings as you could possibly have.”

Through two games, Watt ranks second in the NFL and is tied for the AFC lead with three sacks. He's tied for third in the league with five passes defensed, trailing two defensive backs. The Texans have allowed an NFL-low in points per game (8.5), yards per game (196.0) and passing yards per game (124.0).

This is the first weekly NFL award of Watt's NFL career. The second-year pro from Wisconsin was a PFW/PFWA All-Rookie selection last season, when he had 56 tackles, 5.5 sacks, a team-high 7.0 tackles for loss and four passes defensed. Watt tied for the NFL playoff lead with 3.5 sacks and returned an interception for a touchdown in the Wild Card round against Cincinnati.

The last Texans player to win AFC Defensive Player of the Week honors was safety Glover Quin, then a cornerback, in Week 12 of the 2010 season. The last Texans defensive lineman to win the award was Mario Williams in 2007.

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Arian's latest SoundTrax shown on ESPN sparked this design...what you think, should we make tees???

 

Join us for a limited Running Game Clothing pre-release party coinciding with the first game of the 2012 NFL season. Let's all gather up and watch the Giants with a predicted beatdown of the cross-state rival Cowboys. The party will be located at Pub Fiction Midtown starting at 7pm. 

We will be selling some very limited, pre-released items including our brand new Bulls on Parade tees and tanks. Be the first group in Houston (or anywhere!) to get these items. All remaining designs will be available by the following Saturday online or in person at the Texan's Home Opener tailgate party at Reliant Stadium.

See you at the party!

 

Old Navy TRYING to be clever...All the more reason to stick with Running Game clothing.

See this recent article we saw on Yahoo by Doug Farrar:

Somebody at Old Navy needs a little help with their American Football League history. In 1961, the Dallas Texans went 6-8 and finished second in the AFL West division behind the San Diego Chargers, who lost the 1961 AFL championship to the Houston Oilers. The next year, the Texans beat the Houston Oilers in the AFL Championship and promptly moved to Kansas City to become what is known today as the Chiefs.

That's a 1962 championship for the Dallas Texans, not a 1961 championship. And the Houston Oilers won the 1961 championship. Keep these things in mind, and we'll continue.

In 2002, the Texans name returned to pro football when Houston was awarded the franchise that  replaced the Oilers, who moved out of town after the 1996 season. In 2011, the Houston Texans won their first conference title with a 10-6 record, good enough for the pole position in the AFC South. The Houston Texans went on to beat the Cincinnati Bengals, 31-10, in the wild-card round of the 2011 playoffs before dropping 20-13 to the Baltimore Ravens in the divisional frame.

Why this little history lesson, you might ask?

Because Old Navy had themselves an epic fail with the replica t-shirt pictured here. The Houston Texans didn't exist in 1961, the Houston Oilers won the 1961 AFL championship, the Dallas Texans weren't even in the playoffs in 1961, and the American Football Conference shown on the shirt didn't exist until the AFL and NFL merged into one big NFL in 1970.

In as many ways as possible, whoops.

"The NFL clothing sold in our Old Navy stores is created by a third party sports licensing company," Edie Kissko, a spokesperson for Gap Inc., which owns the Old Navy brand, said in a statement published by ESPN. "It is our intention to always provide the best merchandise to our customers and NFL fans. We apologize for this error and are removing the T-shirts."

The ESPN report indicated that the shirt was still available on Sunday evening, but a search on Monday produced no results.