not much of a snoozer in Houston after all

In case you missed it (and unless you live in Houston you probably did), the most lopsided matchup of the week turned out to be very exciting as the 8-1 (now 9-1) Texans came back to defeat the 1-8 (now 1-9) Jacksonville Jaguars in one of the wackiest games of the season.

Coming into the game with the #2-ranked defense at home facing a 1-8 team missing injured Maurice Jones-Drew, and where the starting quarterback got knocked out of the game early in the first quarter, this game shouldn’t have been close, much less a shootout. The game provided a laundry list of highlight notes:

- Matt Schaub completed 43 passes for 527 yards, the second most ever, and five touchdowns.

- Chad Henne came off the bench to throw for 354 yards, 4 touchdowns and no turnovers against the aforementioned #2 NFL defense.

- Andre Johnson caught 14 passes for 273 yards.

- Rookie first-round pick Justin Blackmon caught 7 passes for 236 yards. In nine previous games he totaled 250 receiving yards.

- It was the first time in NFL history opposing receivers each received over 200 yards in the same game.

- With six minutes remaining, the 1-8 Jaguars actually had a 14 point lead over the 8-1 Texans.

- Matt Schaub mad more completions (43) than the Arizona Cardinals had passing yards (41).

- Texans became the first team in NFL history to score twice in overtime.

- The two teams combined for 1098 yards of offense.

The Texans have a short turnaround as they fly to Detroit for a Thanskgiving showdown against the Lions. By the way, I think it's safe to say that Calvin Johnson is a little scarier than Justin Blackmon.