"We're moving the ball very well," coach Gary Kubiak said. "To have almost 550 yards in a game, well, I don't think I've ever been a part of one like that. And to do it on the road in that (3 degree) temperature was really special.

"In this league, it boils down to scoring. It doesn't matter if you have 280 yards. If you can find 30 points, then you have a chance to win. We had tremendous ball movement, but yet we only found 24 (points). It was enough, but we should have put a few more points on the board."

--The Texans drafted running back Steve Slaton in the third round primarily to come off the bench in passing situations. After rushing for 120 yards against Green Bay, Slaton has 1,024, a 5-yard average per carry and eight touchdowns.

"We knew we were getting a good player," coach Gary Kubiak said. "We knew we were getting a smart player.

"We expected him to be a third-down player right away, and then because of injuries (to Ahman Green and Chris Taylor), we went with him, and he surprised everybody."

BY THE NUMBERS: 14 -- Highest the Texans have ever finished a season ranked in total offense. With three games to go, they are currently in third.

QUOTE TO NOTE: "I would say we've definitely been more aggressive, but it doesn't mean that all of a sudden we've changed our defense and we're calling different defenses. I think we probably from a zone-dog standpoint or a pressure standpoint have upped our level as far as how many times we may call those types of things in the last couple few weeks. That's obvious. We've been able to do that because we've had some success with them. If you're doing it and you're getting burned so to speak then you probably tuck them away and don't do it as much. But, we've been very good on third down and if (Sunday), we don't offensively put them in some really bad situations, I think they (defense) would have been even better." -- Coach Gary Kubiak, on the improvement of the defense in recent weeks.