HOUSTON
1 Bucs defense feeling Blue: Despite a patchwork offensive line and star Arian Foster being out with injury, the Texans were confident they could run on the Bucs defense.
Backup Alfred Blue, thrust into a featured role, showed that confidence with a huge game, rushing 31 times for 139 yards and a key 20-yard touchdown to separate the game in the fourth quarter.
Only twice in the past 10 years has an opposing player rushed so many times against the Bucs — a pair of non-stars in Atlanta's Michael Turner (2008) and St.