3rd quarter ends with the Texans with the ball at their own 16 and 1st down.

Chiefs finally had to punt.

Chiefs 24, Texans 7

Watson hit as he throws leading to the first turnover of the game. Sneed returns it to the Texan 17.

Mahomes hits Hill for the 3 yard TD pass.

Chiefs 31, Texans 7

11:25 left in the game.

A very Bill O'Brien-y end to the first half was a harbinger of the familiar to come in the second half.

Let's remember the Chiefs are in fact, demonstrably good. But they have exposed several anticipated weaknesses of this roster that likely will not be rectified by Week 2.

19 yard TD pass to Akins. Fulton false started but the refs miss it.

Try for 2 pts. no good.

Chiefs 31, Texan 13

7:15 left in the game.

Watson runs to the left for a 1 yd TD run in stat padding time.

Chiefs 31, Texans 20

2:38 left in the game.

Chiefs run the onsides kick all the way back to the Texan 20.

Chiefs going for the FG with 33 seconds left.

Butker is good from 19.

Chiefs 34, Texans 20

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Texans don't do much with the ensuing kickoff.

Final score:

Chiefs 34, Texans 20

and it wasn't that close....

Randall Cobb was hardly a factor until the game was essentially out of reach. Just a reminder of what the Texans committed to him.

It's only the first game, but this cannot be what was in mind for GM O'Brien when he made this offer. Wonder what GM O'Brien had to say after the game to HC O'Brien.

Some players to keep an eye on:

Rookie CB John Reid (Penn St., Rd 4) saw a lot of action and was credited with 6 solo tackles.

Newcomer defensive tackle PJ Hall played 2 yrs with Oakland and was credited with 4 tackles, 1 TFL. Outstanding for a Texan DT.

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The Ravens are a 5 to 6 pt. favorite when they visit NRG two Sundays from now. So, they would be roughly a 11 to 12 pt favorite if the game took place in Baltimore....

Hall's goal line destruction of Helaire (with an assist to Watt) was one of the few highlights of the night. It was sad watching him hop up to celebrate and then quickly realize they were getting killed. Too bad he doesn't play for a real team where he can celebrate properly.

Texans WR corp 163 yards
Deandre Hopkins 151 yards

This should be an interesting race to watch this year. If Deandre wants to win, he'll need more garbage time opportunities like our guys got.

Speaking of garbage time, I had totally forgotten that Randall Cobb was on the team.

Recent transactions:

Pharaoh Brown is a former Cleveland Brown TE.

Fumagalli (pron: foom-ah-GOLL-ee) is a Broncos TE who was best used as an H-back. He got beat out by the unfortunately-named Jake Butt whose biggest accomplishment since being drafted by Denver a few years back was ducking a punch from a Titans LB on Monday night.

News has come in that NO Chiefs or Texans tested positive for COVID after Thursday's game. Before getting too excited about this, keep in mind the Texans defense was exercising social distancing with any Chief player who had the ball for the first three quarters so the results are not unexpected.