Official Texans vs. Rams Game Thread, 10/13/2013

[Arky]

Bradford's pass in the flat sails inc. 2nd and 10 coming up.

Deep pass is overthrown but 2 flags on the Texans. Roughing the passer on A Smith is declined. PI on KJ is accepted. Places the ball at the Texan 25.

Stacy for no gain. 2nd and 10 coming up.

Screen to Givens goes to the Texan 12, first down.

Stacy for 6. 2nd and 4 coming up.

Stacy rushes for 5 and a 1st down at the Texan 2. 1st and goal.

Bradford's short pass to Harkey is good for the TD.

Rams 7, Texans 0

5:59 left in the 1st quarter.

[chuck]

This is a foolish question but did the Rams win the toss?

[Arky]

Originally Posted by chuck

This is a foolish question but did the Rams win the toss?

Don't know. They never said. My guess is they (Rams) won it cause Kubes just about never defers....

[Arky]

Pass to Givens goes for 7. Brings up 3rd and 1.

Flags presnap..... False start Rams makes it 3rd and 6.

Dump off pass to Stacy goes for 5. Rams to go for the FG.

Zuerlein's 42-yard FG is good.

Rams 10, Texans 0

13:22 left in the half.

[Arky]

The ensuing kickoff goes out of the endzone, touchback. Texans ball at their 20.

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Foster sweeps left for about 12.

Pass to Hopkins goes for 13.

Foster for 23.

Foster all the way to the 10 yard line. 22 yards.

Foster for 5. 2nd and goal from the 5.

Tate for 1. 3rd and goal from the 4.

Flags presnap.... offsides Newton.... Makes it 3rd and goal from the 9.

Pass to Martin goes to the 2. Texans to go for the FG.

Bullock's 20-yarder is good.

Rams 10, Texans 3

8:21 left in the half.

[Arky]

Matt Van Gundy?

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The ensuing kickoff is downed in the endzone, touchback. Rams ball at their 20.

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Deep pass to Givens just off his fingertips, inc.

Richardson for no gain. 3rd and 10 coming up.

Screen to Richardson goes for 18 and a first down.

Richardson for 4.

Flags presnap.....Encroachment on Texans makes it 2nd and 1.

Stacy for about 6 and the 1st down. Ball at the Texan 45.

Bradford scrambles for about 5 but late hit from Cushing adds 15 more. Ball is at the Texan 26.

Stacy goes right up the gut for big gainer. Ball at the Texan 8, 1st and goal.

Richardson for about 1.

Stacy for 5. Ball at the 2. 3rd and goal. About 3 minutes left in the half.

Pass to Kendricks goes for the TD.

Rams 17, Texans 3

2:43 left in the half.

[Arky]

The ensuing kickoff goes out of the endzone, touchback. Texans ball at their 20.

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Pass to Hopkins goes inc. 2nd and 10 coming up.

Pass to Martin at the sideline gets 5. 3rd and 5 coming up.

Pass to AJ goes for 15 and the 1st down at the Texan 40.

2 minute warning.

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Dumpoff pass to Foster goes all the way to the Ram 19. 41 yards.

Schaub sacked for loss of 3. 2nd and 13 coming up with 1:37 left in the half. Ball is at the Ram 22.

Pass to Foster good for 5. 3rd and 8 coming up.

Schaub's pass to Hopkins in the endzone is inc. Texans to go for the FG.

Bullock's 35-yarder is good.

Rams 17, Texans 6

49 seconds left in the half.

[nunusguy]

Not flagrant interference by Kareem, but nevertheless it's the play of the drive that goes against the Texans. Now Schaub is gonna have to do something more than hand the ball off.

[Arky]

Manning bobbles the ensuing kickoff but gets it out to the 12. Texans ball.

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Schaub can't find a receiver and is caught for loss of 1. 2nd and 11 coming up.

Pass to Hopkins over the middle good for 22.

Pass to Jones goes for 4. 2nd and 6 coming up.

Foster sweeps right for about 5 but flags are down......Holding on Newton makes it 2nd and 14.

Short pass to Tate goes for about 9 but flags down.... Piling on on the Rams gives and auto 1st down at the Ram 46.

Tate for maybe 1.

Pass to AJ goes for 18 and a 1st down.

Pass to Hopkins goes for big gainer but Hopkins fumbles and Laurinaitis picks it up and returns it all the way to the Texan 43. Rams ball.

[Arky]

Stacy gets 7. 2nd and 3 coming up.

Pass to Austin goes for 3 and a 1st down.

Stacy for about 2. 2nd and 8 coming up. Ball at the Texan 31.

End of the 1st quarter.

[TheMatrix31]

Kubiak needs to be fired and that's that.

[HPF Bob]

What can you say about that type of game except the season is now officially on life support. If they don't beat KC next week, they will go into the bye week on a five-game losing streak and their season is effectively over.

Gives some props to the Rams. They are starting to put themselves together.

As for Yates, that did look amazingly like nothing had changed with Schaub out. Except the refs will call roughing when Yates get hit. I swear, the refs have some pact where Schaub never gets a roughing flag.

[Arky]

There's just layers upon layers at work here so I'll just hit on a couple of things that are bothering me....

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I'm going to defend Yates. He probably didn't even get any extra reps this week. He's like the old dusty tool in the woodshed that needs tweaking before it is usable again. Of course, I didn't like the pick 6 or the dink & dunk "comeback" he executed. Have we completely given up on the long ball? Hell, I'll take a 25-yard pass - complete or incomplete. Just show it occasionally...

I'd really like to see what Keenum can do unless he's put in a puppetmaster situation. But it's too early to totally write off Yates, IMO.....

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As for Schaub, not a fan of Solomon at the Chron but he summed it up pretty succinctly:

3. Matt Schaub has gotten over his pick-six-aphobia.

That’s the good news (zero interceptions). The bad news is he was back to being the Schaub that so disappointed Texans fans at the end of last year. You know, the one who throws passes into the dirt after escaping the rush and the one who checks down when there is no rush. The best examples of both were at the start of the third quarter, when the Texans trailed 17-6 and needed to get something going. On a first down from the Rams’ 49, Schaub slid away from slight pressure then threw the ball into the dirt trying to hit Andre Johnson on a pass that top college quarterbacks make with regularity these days. On third down, Schaub (15 of 21 for 186 yards) dropped into the pocket and didn’t even allow his receivers to run their routes before he threw underneath to Garrett Graham, who was some five yards short of the first down. It was as if Schaub thought it was third-and-3 instead of third-and-10.

I could care less about being morally outraged at the whole cheering the injury deal.....it's fans being fans. Controversy makes for hot topics and some people are not nice (duh). Big deal, get over it.

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The team is a mess right now and I don't have any answers. But hey, at least we kicked their asses in time of possession and total yards.