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Darrell Green, a product of Houston's Jones High School, was voted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame this past weekend. Green, who was selected No. 1 overall in 1983 by the Washington Redskins, played 20-years with the same team, an NFL co-record with the Rams' Jackie Slater.

After assistant head coach Mike Sherman left the Texans for College Station and the Texas A&M job, Texans head coach Gary Kubiak was tasked with finding a replacement for the architect of his offense. Though Kubes is himself a former offensive coordinator, he's made a practice of surrounding himself with other top-tier assistants ever since he took the Texans job.

Houstonist has become aware of some slightly disturbing news: word on the skreet is that Leon's Lounge may be under new ownership. Leon's is a Houston institution like the Oilers, the Summit, AstroWorld and the AstroDome. See. We told you it was disturbing.

By waiting an extra day to recap the Texans' 31-15 loss to the Redskins, it was our hope that we could write a thoughtful and vitriolic-free analysis. Unfortunately, after sifting through the wreckage, it appears that our optimism has taken a turn for the worse. The current state of the Texans is not a pretty sight. The once promising stable of running backs has been reduced to a game of musical chairs. Our quarterback, while...

You probably don't need us to tell you this, but your Houston Texans lost to the Eagles yesterday 24-10. Things began with a bang, with the Texans then waxing mediocre for the remaining three quarters. Note: we said "mediocre," not "abysmal," so there is progress in the air. Those hoping for the playoffs, though, had better clean the tint off their glasses if they don't want to spend football season waylaid by disappointment.Our on-site operative reports that "a fair amount of fans at the game were surprised at the outcome;" Houstonist tried to warn you otherwise, even if we were secretly hoping for the sizable upset. The harsh truth, though, is this: Mario is not quite ready, the line remains porous, without D Double the running game is anemic, and in case you didn't hear, that kid Reggie is no bust. What remains to be seen is if the Texans can get on solid enough ground to make us forget all this, or at least put up with it for the foreseeable future. With the Colts, Redskins, and Dolphins coming up, it's high time we started measuring these Texans against themselves, instead of in terms of scoring and victory. If they can build on this one quarter of competitiveness, it'll be something to get behind — even if it's in a losing effort. Of course we'd all like to see this team win its division, but it doesn't have to be all or nothing. Plenty of other cities have losing football teams that they still respect, and that's probably the most realistic goal at this point. There's a lot of middle ground between 2-14 and the Super Bowl, and the majority of NFL fans get perfectly amped to stomp around on it for months on end.Oh, and Vince? Brief appearance for the Titans, just long enough to log a pick that one writer compared to "a wounded quail."