Official Texans vs. 49ers Game Thread, 12/10/2017

[Arky]

Pass to Goodwin good for 18.

Breida for 6.

Breida for 1. Brings up 3rd and 3 with about 9½ minutes left in the game.

Garoppolo sacked and flags on the play.....holding against the Texans (KJack) gives the 49ers a 1st down at midfield.

Hyde for 1.

Hyde for no gain. Brings up 3rd and 9 with about 7½ minutes left in the game.

Garoppolo uses a timeout. 1 timeout left for the 49ers.

Garoppolo sacked by Lewis! 49ers have to punt.

White fields the punt and is tackled at the Texan 22. Texan's ball.

6:31 left in the game.

[Arky]

L Miller for 9.

L Miller gets 3 but holding on the Texans backs it up 10. Makes it 2nd and 11 coming up.

Pass to Hopkins is caught and fumbled. 49ers recover. 49er's ball at the Texan 32.

5:52 left in the game.

[Arky]

Hyde twists for 7.

Garoppolo keeps and gets tackled by Clowney for a loss of 3. 3rd and 7 coming up.

Pass to Taylor gets 6....4th and 1 coming up. 49ers going for the FG.

Gould's 41-yarder is good.

49ers 26, Texans 16

3:50 left in the game.

[Arky]

The ensuing kickoff is a touchback. Texan's ball at their 25.

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Pass to White flutters inc. 2nd and 10 coming up.

Yates is sacked but the defense was off sides. 2nd and 5 coming up.

Pass to Anderson gets the 1st down at the Texan 39.

Pass to Hop off his hands, inc. 3:17 left in the game.

Flags presnap. False start Texans, -5. Brings up 2nd and 15.

Deep pass to Hop nearly INT'ed but inc. 3rd and 15 coming up.

Yates is sacked. Brings up 4th and 22. Texans going for it.

Pass to White gets the 1st down at the 49er 49.

Shanahan is challenging the ruling of a fumble of the catch after the refs blew the whistle.....Was he down by contact?

Play stands. Can't be challenged.

Yates scrambles for 12. Texans use a timeout.

Caught but out of bounds by Hop so inc.

Pass to L Miller loses 1. Texans use their final timeout with 1:41 left the game.

Yates keeps for 4.

On 4th and 7, Texans going for the FG.

Fairbairn's FG hits the post no good.

49ers takeover at the Texan 42.

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49ers kneeling it out.

Final score:

49ers 26, Texans 16

[chuck]

I didn't think it could get any worse than McNeck's being a bigoted shitstain for all the world to see, but I was sadly mistaken.

Savage gets concussed, has an obvious seizure on the field, and then goes back in the game.

(I'll set aside the sorry truth that Yates is clearly a better NFL quarterback than Savage. I like Tom as a guy a lot. I really wish he were a better player.)

(And I will never get over the arrogance and stupidity in equal measures involved in letting Bouye walk.)

[Keith]

Originally Posted by chuck

I'll set aside the sorry truth that Yates is clearly a better NFL quarterback than Savage.

Yeah. Though, Yates looked better than the last time he was with the Texans.

I just kept wondering how the Bills let Yates go in favor of their other terrible backup. Probably the same thinking that allowed the Texans to make Savage their Game 1 starter this season.

All that said, I feel horrible for Savage. I really hope he has no long term effects from these hits. If he gets and accepts some advice to hang it up to avoid any more concussions, then I hope that happens for the sake of his family. Maybe get into coaching or scouting, find other ways to stay in the business of the game.

[chuck]

Originally Posted by Keith

I just kept wondering how the Bills let Yates go in favor of their other terrible backup. Probably the same thinking that allowed the Texans to make Savage their Game 1 starter this season.

Coaches get ideas about guys and it's the rare coach that's able to revise one of those ideas. The fact that Case Keenum is having a pretty successful year as a starter does not surprise me nearly as much as the fact that a team actually let him win a starting job.

I wonder how viable football at any level is on an ongoing basis unless significant helmet technological improvement is made immediately.