Cowherd's entire basis of his argument rests on two people-Andrew Luck and DeShawn Watson.

The problem with him riding on Luck is twofold.

First, we don't know if he is healthy, or how efective he will be. Tonight on NFLN he was interviewed and he still has a little pain in his shoulder.

After the interview, former scout Bucky Brooks and former GM Charlie Casserly indicated there was cause for concern. Brooks focused on the lingering pain after all of his inactivity. Casserly wondered about him changing his throwing motion at this stage of his career. His return to 100% health is far from a given.

Furthermore, even when Luck was healthy, we have had success against him. Even when we sucked mightily in 2015 and 2016, we managed splits with Luck led Colts teams. Truth be told, weshould have swept them both of those years. Now, we have a far more talented and better coached team than we had those two years, and compared to the Colts, we have a far more talented team. I think a sweep of the Colts is probable.

As for Watson, yes he seems to have recovered from his ACL, but the presumption he will beat Jacksonville is a bit reactionary for a couple of reasons.

First, when he played against us in week one, he was only 12-23 for a TD and 1 INT, and a fumble, and 4 sacks. Those numbers were not great. No the Texans didn't game plan for him, but neither did the Jags.

Secondly, the things that doomed the Texans against us last year are still problematic. It is doubtful the Texans OL can block our pass rush enough to make Watson as effective as he was against other opponents. That effect is magnified by our secondary. If he is on his game, could he posesome problems? Sure. But this defense has beaten some pretty good QBs, including Rivers, Big Ben, and Wilson.

I also think our offense is more capable of beating these two teams than we were before. We canconsistently run the ball, and we have an OL that can pass protect.

Screw Cowherd and his lazy and biased analysis.

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