Official Texans vs. Titans Game Thread, 10/1/2017

[Arky]

Watson scrambles for 10.

Short pass to L Miller over the middle gets 2. 36 seconds left in the half.

Pass to Hop goes for 21. Ball at the Titan 18.

Pass to Griffin in the end zone off the mark, inc.

Pass towards Hop is picked by the Titans. Titan's ball at their 9 yard line with 10 seconds left in the half.

Titans kneel it.

Halftime:

Texans 30, Titans 14

[Arky]

The 2nd half kickoff is a touchback. Texan's ball at their 25.

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L Miller for 9.

L Miller gets 2 and the 1st down.

Watson pressured, throws it away, inc. 2nd and 10 coming up.

Watson buys some time and finds Hop for a gain of 15.

Short pass to Ellington gets 5.

L Miller goes for about 3. Brings up 3rd and 2.

Quick pass to Hop gets 6 and the 1st down. Ball at the Titan 36.

L Miller caught for a loss of 1.

Quick pass to Hop gets 5. 3rd and 6 coming up.

Ellington makes a catch for 5 yards. Brings up 4th and 1. Texans going for it.

Quick pass to Hop gets 4 in the flat, 1st down. Ball at the Titan 23.

Pass to Hop draws the PI. Ball is placed at the Titan 10 yard line. 1st and goal.

Whistles presnap.....false start on the Texans, -5 yards. 1st and 15 to the goal line.

Watson keeps for 4. 2nd and 11 coming up.

L Miller goes for 6. 3rd and goal at the 5 yard line.

False start Texans. -5 yards. 10½ yards to go for the TD.

Fuller hangs on! TD!

Texans 37, Titans 14

6:51 left in the 3rd qtr.

[chuck]

For every regrettable read Deshaun will make two or three or four unbelievable throws where he throws a guy open. Griffin last week, Fuller just now, and those are just the TD throws. He usually looks a lot more like a veteran than he does a rookie.

[Arky]

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

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The Jets are leading the Jags 17-10......smh... I'm on the Jags...

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Cassel in at QB.

Pass to Murray gets 4.

Murray for 2. 3rd and 4 coming up.

Cassel's pass off the mark, inc. Titans have to punt.

Punt is caught out of bounds at the Texan 14. Texan's ball.

5:12 left in the 3rd qtr.

[Arky]

Foreman powers for 5.

Foreman stopped for no gain.

On 3rd and 5, quick pass to Fuller gets a few yards but flag is down, illegal shift on the Texans is declined. Texans have to punt.

Punt is brought back to the Titan 21. Titan's ball.

3:27 left in the 3rd qtr.

[Arky]

Pass to Murray in the flat goes for no gain.

Murray for 3.

On 3rd and 7, Cassel's pass is off the mark, inc. Titans have to punt.

Punt goes out of bounds at the Texan 27. Texan's ball.

1:46 left in the 3rd qtr.

[Arky]

Slant to Hop goes for 13.

Foreman for about 1 yard.

Foreman goes for 3 but flag is down.....offsides defense, 5 yards. 2nd and 4 coming up at the Texan 46.

End of the 3rd qtr.

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On 2nd and 4, deep pass to Fuller is broken up, inc.

Pass to L Miller goes for 14 and the 1st down.

Foreman for 3.

Foreman for no gain. 3rd and 7 coming up.

Pass to L Miller over the middle draws the PI flag and also a roughing the passer penalty (accepted). Places the ball at the Titan 22, 1st down.

Pitch to Ellington goes to the Titan 9, 1st and goal.

L Miller for 1.

Watson passes to L Miller for TD!

Texans 44, Titans 14

11:19 left in the game.

[Arky]

The ensuing kickoff is brought back to the Titan 42. Titan's ball.

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Deep pass is caught but out of bounds so inc. 2nd and 10 coming up.

Picked by Gilchrist! Texan's ball at the Titan 42!

10:55 left in the game.

[chuck]

Put this one in the books, boys.

[barrett]

Originally Posted by chuck

I thought Deshaun was incredible. The first touchdown throw I said Touchdown! just as he released it. Although you could see a very small part of the field, it was just blindingly obvious that he saw someone open and that he was throwing it to the end zone. By the way, how typical is it that the team has thrown all sorts of picks at the WR position and the best receiver on the team not named Deandre is a guy they signed off the street?

Despite some egregious clock management issues and some typically terrible play calling, I thought the game plan was more or less exactly what it needed to be. Play action worked great, the roll outs were great and I'd like to see more of them, you can do a lot with the split back sets and I'd like to see them use that formation more both for pass protection and for rushing plays. Other than the first possession we didn't see much running towards the sideline, and I think with Watson's legs you can use an option pitch out of the split back set to great effect once or twice a game.

In a similar concept to isn't it amazing how much smarter your father gets as you go from 17 to 25, isn't it amazing how much better the OL gets when you employ a decent game plan? Sure NE's front seven is at best nothing special, but still.

The bad news is the team's secondary is horrific. The good news is most teams don't have Tom Brady to exploit it.

First we ran it for a TD to Miller, and then it wasn't from split backs, but they definitely added the speed option this week. Bill O'Brien the most vanilla play caller of the past 3 years is going speed option to a WR coming on a reverse.

Maybe OB is a 'genius' in very specific circumstances like when he has a good QB. I guess this makes him like everyone else in the NFL.

[Arky]

Originally Posted by chuck

Put this one in the books, boys.

Let's go for a 50 burger..

The famine has been too long.....

[barrett]

I love that every media outlet anointed Tennessee in the offseason even though we had owned them in recent years. It was a pick against he texans more than for the titans, but it was still hilarious to me they replaced us with a team who had most of the same issues.