Official Texans vs. Bills Game Thread, 11/4/2012

[Arky]

Fitz's deep pass almost INT'ed but inc. 2nd and 10 coming up.

Pass to Jackson goes for 5. 3rd and 5 coming up.

Pass to Martin is broken up by Ball, inc. Bills to go for it on 4th down....

Pass to Chandler goes for nice gainer to around midfield.

Pass to the sideline to Jones is inc. 2nd and 10 coming up.

Fitz scrambles for 11.

Fitz scrambles and has the ball knocked loose by Mercilus - ball is recovered by Demps! Texans ball!

[Arky]

Forsett loses 1.

Forsett for 6. 3rd and 5 coming up.

2 minute warning.

[Arky]

Forsett caught in the backfield for loss of 4. 4th and 9 coming up. Texans call timeout with 1:15 left in the game. Texans punting....

Ball makes the tackle on the punt returner at the Bills 22. Bills ball.

[Arky]

Fitz dumps off to Spiller for gain of 6. 58 seconds left in the game.

Pass complete to TJ Graham for 4 and the 1st down.

Dumpoff to Spiller goes for 13. 25 seconds left in the game.

Flags presnap. False start Bills -5. 1st and 15 coming up.

Fitz is sacked by Mercilus! Time runs out!

Final score:

Texans 21, Bills 9

Not pretty but it'll do.....

[Nconroe]

The second half was a little better with a lot less penalties.

Mercilus had two impact plays with a forced fumble recovered by Demps and then a sack.

Nice to see AJ have over 100 yds receiving.

Next Sunday night at Chicago will be a good test with two 7-1 teams.

[HPF Bob]

Watched this from Sam's Boat and wasn't typing but a very meh sort of game. Defense took a fairly explosive team and kept them out of the end zone the entire game. The offense committed no turnovers. We had some players dinged up during the game but the subs came in and played well.

Once Aaron Williams (former Longhorn) got hurt covering AJ, it was clear that Schaub could find AJ whenever he wanted to. Still, I didn't understand passing up a 47-yd FG try with a 12-pt. lead to try the deep ball to AJ on fourth down. Unless Graham was hurt (his KOs are lacking distance), it didn't make sense.

Special teams are still scary. Incidentally, Trindon Holliday had a 105-yd KO return for a TD in the Broncos win. Holliday still hasn't been on a losing team all season.

The Bears sure are looking tough so the Texans will need to be at the top of their game next week.