We can spend all day dissecting individual matchups, talking strategy and discussing personnel. Really the only two names you need to know are Darren McFadden and Arian Foster. And the only area of the field you should be focused on is where the biggest and the baddest compete on every snap – the trenches.

Whoever controls the line of scrimmage will walk away the winner. It’s just that simple.
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While Welker is a route running demon with an ESP-like connection to Tom Brady, All-Pro Andre Johnson is a beast that is as much a threat underneath as he is down field. However as of now Johnson is a question mark after suffering a non-contact injury. Of course we’ve been here before with Johnson and the Texans.

Just over a year ago we went through a similar song and dance with Johnson who eventually sat out the Texans’ 31-24 win over the Raiders. Even without their top target Houston used the legs of Arian Foster and Derrick Ward to run all over Oakland.

So what is going to make the 2011 version of this burgeoning rivalry any different?
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